Find A Niche Online
Finding A Niche Online - Let’s Make This Simple
Many people speak of finding untapped niches online these days, but the more advice that is given out to small niche marketers online to dig for such gold, the less likelihood there is of anyone actually finding so called "untapped niches". It’s safe to say that almost anything that is profitable is already being marketed online.
However, it doesn’t mean finding a targeted niche is a pointless exercise, due to targeted niche markets being the most responsive to relevant product sales and all round marketing campaigns.
The core to every targeted niche is as follows -
1. Find a sub category of a product (i.e. left handed golf clubs instead of golf clubs)
2. Single out a specific segment of your potential buyer demographic (i.e. beginner golfers)
3. Market your entire business towards beginner golf players who are left handed
4. Collect regular cheques in the post
5. Rinse and repeat
Ok, a little basic it may be but those 5 points are the key to niche marketing. Here are a few more pointers to keep in mind -
Demand
Search the internet for typical terms your audience would type in. Take a look at the amount of competing websites for each term you use. If you are researching specific terms in this manner, make sure you put them inside quotation marks. For example:
"Left handed golf clubs for sale" instead of simply left handed golf clubs for sale.
This will ensure that the results only represent websites that are specifically targeting that exact phrase,
with the same words in the exact same order.
Don’t be immediately put off if there seems to be millions of competing websites. Just because there are millions of search results does not mean there are millions of direct competitors. This is a big misconception that I explain to my subscribers all the time. There are so many internet marketers out there that are providing false information like this that it can literally mean the make or break of a small niche marketers ideas and efforts.
Also be sure to check out the amount of paid advertisements. The more the merrier in my opinion, because this indicates a healthy and certainly profitable market. These people are all chasing something profitable - if it were not so, there would certainly not be as many advertisers. However, this type of research on paid advertisers cannot be a flash in the pan - you must monitor these advertisers for a few days at least.
Why?
Because they may be coming and going quicker than you think. If that’s the case, it tends to indicate that the market is oversaturated and more to the point - the products do not convert. Knowing which products do not convert however, can be very useful when developing your own
products or promoting someone else’s products as an affiliate.
By: Nick JB
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Find Online Niche Markets
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Your Online Niche Market And How To Earn Money With It
It was the executive editor of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson, who first mentioned "The Long Tail" in an article published in 2004. He was writing about one of the most important aspects of successful niche marketing on the internet, one that Amazon.com used to turn itself into the top bookselling site on the Internet by offering a massive catalog of books and appealing to a wide range of minority interests.
If you plot a line on the graph to show book sales, from the number one bestseller to titles that have sold just a single volume, what you will have is a very long descending line. It is the long descending line that is referred to as the "long tale". This kind of line can be plotted for any market, not just books.
Although Amazon dominates a huge number of relatively narrow online niche market sectors all along the long tail of book sales, that does not mean that Amazon has a monopoly or that there is no opportunity for anybody else to build a successful business of their own using long tail keywords that are targeted at just one or two niche markets. Simply by learning to dominate one or two well-chosen niches, you will be able to establish yourself in a very comfortable position for doing business on the Internet.
When someone is new to internet marketing, they should not attempt to compete with the big companies at the top of the tail where the competition is very strong. Instead, focus on an online market niche that is lower down and you will stand a much better chance of dominating it.
So, how exactly should an Internet marketing newbie go about finding a niche and dominating it?
Firstly, find something which you are interested in. Then narrow it down to specifics. A sharp focus is vital for successful niche marketing. You are aiming to find a specific niche that is both small enough for you to stand a good chance of dominating, but large enough for you to be able to make enough money out of as the leading expert in the field.
Let’s suppose that are an avid fisherman. "Fishing" is a huge niche so you need to be more specific. Now "fly fishing" is an improvement but you still need to narrow it down to something more specific such as "fly fishing equipment". This would be your primary niche. Ideally, try to use the keyword phrase as the name of your website, i.e., flyfishingequipment.com or fly-fishing-equipment.com.
Using your online niche market site to set yourself up as a fly fishing equipment supplier might be a viable idea if you have time to deal with wholesale buying, packing and shipping and enquiries.
The big drawback with this business model is that there is only a finite amount of goods that you can turnaround in a given time, so you will either have to stay small (which you can do by choosing a tighter niche) or hire staff to meet growing demand.
Another option would be to make your own information product. With this you will have to do a lot of research and writing before you see a return. However, once you have your information product up on your site you can sell it as often as you like without needing to handle stock or take on employees.
You may also want to find some relevant affiliate programs to promote in order to generate extra revenue on the back end. You will need to market your website so that you rank well for the keyword phrase, "fly fishing equipment". Again, you are not attempting to compete with the big boys or trying to sell to the entire world. Your aim is simply to attract a few hundred people to your online niche market site each week and work on turning them into loyal customers.
By: John Baril
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Niches Explained
I’m sure if you’ve been around the internet marketing world for a while, you’ve heard the word "niche". This post will hopefully clear up any confusion you may have about the term, and get you started on your way to making a profitable income online with the proper niche.
First and foremost, what is a niche? To be exact in the offline world, a "niche" is something that you are good at. Something that you know about, and have a lot to offer on the topic. Let’s take Paula Abdul for example. She always tells the singers of American Idol they have "found their niche". What she means is they have found their calling, they have found what they are good at doing.
Now let’s take the word and make it make sense in the online world. When you have a niche online, it’s something that you revolve your websites, products, etc. around. Let’s say I had a website that teaches people how to make money with e-commerce. (If you don’t know what that is, click on the link…it will take you to a previous post about e-commerce websites). My entire website would be built around telling people and teaching people how to build online stores…hence, my niche would be e-commerce websites.
Another example: Let’s say I had a website about dogs. All my pages on the site would reflect information on dogs…thus, my niche would be…drum roll please….dogs.
Now let’s say I actually had an e-commerce website that sold picture frames. You guessed it, my niche would be picture frames.
The key to making money on the internet is finding the right niche, and profitable ones. You have to remember that no matter how good your site is, if it’s not properly optimized, and if the competition for your niche is high, your chances of ranking for the keywords of your niche are slim.
It’s important that you take the time to research your niche and find out how much competition you’ll have, how much the product or idea is in demand (meaning how much the product or idea is searched for, bought, or needed).
Now that you know what a niche is, you can start learning about finding profitable niches!
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