What are the best ways to identify profitable copywriting niches?

This! Write what you know. It is a much more authentic writing niche for you than a researched one. If you're a coffee fiend, you not only have the passion, but the knowledge to share. If you are a diver, you have specialized skills and experience to share. What is it you love doing? How long have you been doing it? Do you talk about it all the time with friends and family? You've found your niche, my friend.

Why are you passionate about this niche? Write it all out, perhaps in bullet points if it gets too long. Then highlight the key areas that arise. You can do this in several ways: search in word and then highlight; by following the author's plot trick and print it out, cut into sections, and physically sort them into piles; ask a friend to assess the main points. That list can be honed into a USP by drilling down into these key areas. Then snip and focus on the best of your points, i.e., education and experience, or deep meaning and a desire to write/teach about it.

The best thing to consider is your interest. If you find a profitable niche that helps your peers grab projects but you find the topic dry, no matter how hard you try you will not be able to get the same results The niche that you find interesting will help you to get the creative juices flowing. It will help you to write better, relate to the material better, and even predict buyer behavior. This will help you to achieve better results in your career and make the job fun. Remember, copywriting is a creative job. Creativity demands interest. Just like art.

The most profitable copywriting niches tend to have: 1. High specialization (SEO, regulated industries). 2. High ROI (email). 3. High stakes (advertising). 4. High net worth (CXO ghostwriting, Fortune 500) So look for "highs" when planning your career.

You might be suprised by your niche leading into similar or related niches! Once you work with an organization, they can ask for further work with you, or refer you to someone who needs similar yet different work. Be open to new things, and always learning. That is one of the best ways to both stay creative AND earn a living in copywriting!