Posted:
Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:40 pmby Ladan Lashkari
Hi Lynn,
Thank you for introducing that site! It's a perfect example of what we were talking about.
Your site is very neat, easy to navigate and has a professional look and feel. What's more, the niche you've chosen has a good potential for an online store. For this specific niche, I think an online store will be even more profitable than a content-based site.
Good luck!
Another Technique For Tapping Into Markets
Posted:
Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:47 amby jbsmith
Great discussion everyone, after all - finding the right market and then focusing in on the right demand within that market is really the key to any successful online business.
What I have been doing for the last 12-months, for markets that I may be interested in but do not have a great deal of experience with yet, is to setup a content site (adding articles I've written and 3rd party articles I have had written for me), product or program reviews, a blog, etc... - with
the focus on 2 main things: 1) Building a list through offering a variety of
giveaways - software, ebooks, or 21-part course, etc... 2) Experimenting
with affiliate programs, not with the primary intent of making money, but
more with the intent of seeing what people are most likely to purchase.
After a few months of driving traffic to these sites, I have a very good idea of a) market viability, b) what the market wants c) their spending habits.
In some cases, if I still don't see evidence of strong demand for aff products
and when surveying my list, no clear buying pattern appears, I'll simply
turn it into an Adsense site or portal.
Most cases, I've seen clear evidence of what the market wants, then I
can re-structure my offers, pages, etc... around demand.
This is a very low-risk, high return approach to entering markets you may
not be 100% (ok even 80%) sure of.
Hope this helps...
Jeff
Posted:
Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:52 pmby Ladan Lashkari
Great tips, Jeff! Thanks for sharing!
Posted:
Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:38 amby Griffin Lilly Jr
*Falls over*
Jiminy Cricket!
Great advice and info!
My brain is overloading with all these tasty facts!
Thanks for 'sticking' this up!
By the way, how dows XSitePro streamline this whole process of making a niche site? Has anyone signed up for this program?
Posted:
Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:04 pmby Lynn Terry
I was just replying to your Introduction, Griffin - so glad to see you found this thread! XSitePro is getting RAVE reviews... see our Testimonials section for a good long thread of posts by happy users
Posted:
Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:17 pmby Griffin Lilly Jr
Here is a website about niche marketing as well:
Enjoy!
EDIT: Yikes! Yahoo! bought out Overture.com!
I am informing you because the author's point about using Overture will bring a new site and the instructions may not be relevant.
Posted:
Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:14 amby quantikev
Thank you for your reply Jeff.
My blog is now a month & a half old, and I can see what you mean regarding traffic. Even with a long space of time between my last and most recent post, traffic is constantly gaining. Its obvious as I create more post topics, I will gain more traffic from showing up under additional search queries. All this in a very small niche.
Also, glad to see a blog on a medical topic. I have considered blogging about a specific disease and this will be valuable for learning from.
Kevin