Good niche and SEO friendly, how? O_O

Alright, so I hate to be the noob that asks questions instead of answering them when he's brand new, but I need some help with this subject.

I write great articles, I really do. But A-C won't give me more than about $2 for anything I write. I was told by a friend that this was because my niche was crap for SEO, and that I needed a topic that wasn't too saturated yet not under-saturated. So, how is this done?

Do I simply take a specific word (or string of words...) and somehow find out how saturated they are, then drop that list of words throughout the article?

If so, what can I use to find out how saturated the words are?

In essence, I suppose I'm asking: How do I find a niche that works, and how do I promote that niche within the content itself?

Thanks for any and all help, it's really appreciated.

Welcome to the forum Sinces. Start out by reading around here in the AC sub-forum because all of your questions are already answered.

Start here http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/associated-content-writing-articles/77524-made-30-two-articles-today.html and your questions will be answered.

Cheers

Also, read this, it may help:

What kinds of content have a greater chance of receiving an Upfront Payment offer?
At Associated Content, we encourage content on all topics from all viewpoints. However, we know that certain topics have a greater chance of performing well over a longer period of time - and we offer Upfront Payment on this content. Here are some topics that are typically not eligible for Upfront Payment (excluding assignments):

• AC Tutorials
• Humor
• Poetry/Prose/Creative Writing
• Movie/Music/Television show reviews (except sneak-previews)
• Video game reviews (except of recently-released games, cult-classic games and comprehensive video game guides not readily available online)
• Website reviews
• Editorial/Opinion pieces
• Recipes

before submit an article, just do a short research on AC articles database to see how much saturated is your niche.

If you see many articles on a specific topic so submitting a new article will result in a small upfront offer.

as for SEO within your article, repeat your phrase many times throughout, almost to the point it sounds like an informercial. For instance if your key phrase was viagra infomercials, keep writing viagra infomercials throughout the post, instead of using alternate terms. It's totally counterintuitive to writing for print, but that's what works for seo, it seems.

That makes sense, werrich. I just wrote an article about rubik's cubes and wrote it several times more than any other keyword (only about 6 times actually) and my offer was $3.10. I can work with that! Thank you.