I have doing keyword research and aslo find some keywords and get a bit of ranking. But there should be more innovative methods to get them easily. Would like to know how you guys work on them.
The best method is to simply use Google keyword tool and look for keywords with searches of less than 5000/month. Then look at the keyword's top 10 rankings. If they are not optimized or have very few backlinks, you know you can rank for the keyword.
google keywords tool is the primary source for find keywords, however there are other tools out there and we believe you should do the checking for yourself and find the best thing that works for you, i can suggest you to checkout wordstream keyword research tool, also worktracker keyword research tool , all mentioned here : http://www.searchengineguide.com/lisa-barone/five-steps-to-effective-keywor.php enjoy