Comments on: How to Evaluate a Niche Market

By: Chris in South Korea

Chris in South Korea — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:45:23 +0000

I can tell you for a fact that niche blogging – and marketing – can do a lot more than make you money. In the past two years, I’ve built up a following based on genuine articles, a dedication to writing in said niche, and reaching out to people outside of the niche.

The niche? Living and traveling in South Korea. I can’t say it’s the sexiest sounding niche, but it’s one that anyone in the world can check out and relate to – even live vicariously through.

There’s something to be said about perks – getting in to a rocking concert for free, or being sent an excellent book to review. Just writing a sparse blog doesn’t get you the real-world benefits. Food for thought.

Time to check out something different – check out life in Korea.

By: Kyle Griffin

Kyle Griffin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:50:30 +0000

i tried SEO Marketing for my clickbank affiliate products and it is also good.;:-

By: Maria Rogers

Maria Rogers — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:14:35 +0000

Niche marketing is a good way to promote products and earn money online because there are few competitors yet.;:.

By: Moon Hussain

Moon Hussain — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:18:19 +0000

Alan,

My first time here and I’m glad I found your blog. I have a similar article on my site and will be going through a product testing phase very soon. In fact, I just started a series and published part 2 of it today (putting together a product website). I’ll be reading through more of your content.

Check it out if you have a moment. Thanks!
Moon Hussain´s last blog ..Product Marketing and Testing Series–Part II: Hacking The Technical “Stuff” When Creating Product Website

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:07:40 +0000

@Dan: Have heard good things about the Keyword Academy–I’ll check that out. Will get in touch soon after a bit more research. Thanks for stopping by!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:49:48 +0000

I’m really focussing on this sort of thing too now. The only advice I think I can give is that the number of sites a keyword search returns isn’t really a good indication of competition. If “water bottle” has 300k low quality results and “thermos flask” has just 25k with plenty of high quality results it will probably be best to target “water bottle” as you will find it easier to get a higher ranking.

I follow the method laid out at the Keyword Academy which evaluates how likely you will be able to rank for keywords with a really solid formula. Having seen a few different formulas theirs is the best I have come across.

Drop me an email if you want to chat more about it, would be happy to help you out.
Dan´s last blog ..2009 and 2010 in Brief

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:02:24 +0000

@Christiaan: I may have, now that I think about it You’re right–niche marketing, at least the way I described it, is mostly a short-term solution. That being said, people who take it seriously tend to hedge themselves by setting up multiple sites. Perhaps a few of these will, in fact, generate money long and far down the road. There’s only one way to find out!

By: ChristiaanH

ChristiaanH — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:39:26 +0000

$500 in supplemental income as a goal for 2010, did you steal that from my 2010 shortlist or do great minds think alike?

Niche marketing seems to be the best way to go for a sideincome, looking into that one myself and found a small niche that doesn’t seem to be tapped at the moment. One-offing is the biggest downside. YOu set something up and it works, but will it work in a year, let alone 5 to 10 years?

That really made me think, aside from the savings guys like Leo, Darren and Glen must have by now, how will they be faring in a decade. Will there still be the posibility of online income for us “little people” or is it in the hands of huge corporations making millions with us down here not standing a chance to compete anymore.

Time is ticking, better get to it right now and reach that goal by the end of 2010 and keep developing new niches until we reach the cross-over point.

Please keep us informed, looking forward to the developments.

By: Eugene Gregorio

Eugene Gregorio — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:55:51 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and article. I rarely post comment…

If I want to get a hold of you, what would be the best way to get in touch? I’d love to run some ideas by you one of these days…related to the acn marketing & sales video phone project I am working on. Thanks a lot and I look forward to your reply.

Regards,
Eugene Gregorio

By: fred

fred — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:58:25 +0000

Hi,

Good post. I am inthe middle of a series of tests to generate a passive revenue.

As you know ad revenue if a function of display the right ad in front of the right people at the right time x nb of visitors.

Traffic-wise, I just build great-iphone-aps.com and write one article per day. the backend is wordpress with a dozen of plug-ins to make it SEO friendly. Let’s see if traffic takes off by fopllowing the book an if I make the same amount of money that Nerdy Nomad. I think I will but when? as you may have notice Nerdfy Nomad has been blogging since 2007.

Another test that I will run next week is auto-blogging. There are some plugin available that allows you to pull info from other sites such as Yahoo Answers for example.

This is duplicated content for sure and google is supposed to ban this site very quickly. However, with all the new socuial features that I see on many websites (such as re-tweet) getting ban by google because of duplicated content may be a myth in 2010.

If auto-blogging works, well I will produce 10 websites and may generate 10 x 200 USD = 2000 USD.

will keep u posted.
feel free to comment the above.
cheers,
fred