building on your niche and finding your in

Rachel Goodchild · 10-16-2008, 02:10 AM

i really struggled with focus when I first began
I knew I had a natural niche but i still haven't really capitalized in it. my business coach told me I needed to stick with parenting and education because so much of my offline expereince in in that zone

about a month ago I cheekily asked someone I met at a function if I could supply contnet for thier website..

this : LIFESTYLE | TV ONE | tvnz.co.nz
is the result

see where it says parenting expert? heck- that's me!

scary thing is that I'm not montetizing this yet. I will,,,,it's just that damn focus coming into play. but for now...WHAT A BUZZ!

Ok guys- here's where you slamme for the wasted oportunity right?

Darrell Hagan · 10-16-2008, 03:06 AM

Congrats Rachel. Maybe not money with this yet, but you are surely building recognition. Thats valuable too. Stick with it and you'll go far in that niche.....

>Edit< Wow, that was FAST! Upon further investigation, I see that you have gone far in that niche

Rachel Goodchild · 10-16-2008, 03:17 AM

total failure though Darrell....don't make any money online with it

ExRat · 10-16-2008, 03:55 AM

Hi Rachel,

Nice work! There's not so much wrong with building a brand/buzz without monetizing it (yet.)

There's a lot more wrong with not building a brand/buzz because you haven't worked out how to monetize it (yet).

I'm no parenting expert, I'm just a great Dad with an even greater son. But if I could offer a tip, the one thing I expect to see in an article like that is 'how to motivate children to want to learn about money'. In other words, how to present them with a game, in order to achieve your aims.

Kiyosaki used this with his cashflow board game (but designed it to work on adults too).

If someone is stuck, they just start with rewards (sweets?). So instead of 'let's learn about money' it's 'let's play a game and the winner gets the prize and is King/Queen of the house for the day'.

Don't make rules, make a reward scheme (IE rules disguised as a reward scheme.) You get the added bonus that {endeavour=rewards later} becomes implanted, which is one of the basic money rules and one where society conditioning actually promotes the opposite (thanks to those who profit from borrowing, remember them?)

Mine's a box of Fruit Gums please.

Martin Luxton · 10-16-2008, 04:12 AM

Rachel,

It would be great if at the bottom of the article you could get a live link

"Rachel Goodchild writes regularly about child education at www.rachelteacheskids.com".

Martin

ExRat · 10-16-2008, 04:18 AM

Hi Martin,

Warm enough in Perth for you?

Tell the Sheilas I miss 'em.

jacstone193 · 10-16-2008, 05:27 AM

Yes Rach - try and get your links in

10-16-2008, 02:10 AM	#1
Rachel Goodchild writer and presenter War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Auckland , New Zealand. Posts: 1,574 Thanks: 7 Thanked 62 Times in 36 Posts Social Networking	building on your niche and finding your in i really struggled with focus when I first began I knew I had a natural niche but i still haven't really capitalized in it. my business coach told me I needed to stick with parenting and education because so much of my offline expereince in in that zone about a month ago I cheekily asked someone I met at a function if I could supply contnet for thier website.. this : LIFESTYLE \| TV ONE \| tvnz.co.nz is the result see where it says parenting expert? heck- that's me! scary thing is that I'm not montetizing this yet. I will,,,,it's just that damn focus coming into play. but for now...WHAT A BUZZ! Ok guys- here's where you slamme for the wasted oportunity right?
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10-16-2008, 03:06 AM	#2
Darrell Hagan HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: , , . Posts: 453 Thanks: 70 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	Re: building on your niche and finding your in Congrats Rachel. Maybe not money with this yet, but you are surely building recognition. Thats valuable too. Stick with it and you'll go far in that niche..... >Edit< Wow, that was FAST! Upon further investigation, I see that you have gone far in that niche

10-16-2008, 03:17 AM	#3
Rachel Goodchild writer and presenter War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Auckland , New Zealand. Posts: 1,574 Thanks: 7 Thanked 62 Times in 36 Posts Social Networking	Re: building on your niche and finding your in total failure though Darrell....don't make any money online with it
	If you can afford to, please give money to support the people in the Christchurch Earthquake. Here is a post to give you information on how to, no matter where you are in the world New Zealand thanks you

10-16-2008, 03:55 AM	#4
ExRat Dare To Be Different War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: U.K. Posts: 8,878 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 2,807 Times in 1,041 Posts	Re: building on your niche and finding your in Hi Rachel, Nice work! There's not so much wrong with building a brand/buzz without monetizing it (yet.) There's a lot more wrong with not building a brand/buzz because you haven't worked out how to monetize it (yet). I'm no parenting expert, I'm just a great Dad with an even greater son. But if I could offer a tip, the one thing I expect to see in an article like that is 'how to motivate children to want to learn about money'. In other words, how to present them with a game, in order to achieve your aims. Kiyosaki used this with his cashflow board game (but designed it to work on adults too). If someone is stuck, they just start with rewards (sweets?). So instead of 'let's learn about money' it's 'let's play a game and the winner gets the prize and is King/Queen of the house for the day'. Don't make rules, make a reward scheme (IE rules disguised as a reward scheme.) You get the added bonus that {endeavour=rewards later} becomes implanted, which is one of the basic money rules and one where society conditioning actually promotes the opposite (thanks to those who profit from borrowing, remember them?) Mine's a box of Fruit Gums please.
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10-16-2008, 04:12 AM	#5
Martin Luxton Christmas Rocker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North Pole Posts: 2,380 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 545 Thanked 696 Times in 372 Posts	Re: building on your niche and finding your in Rachel, It would be great if at the bottom of the article you could get a live link "Rachel Goodchild writes regularly about child education at www.rachelteacheskids.com". Martin
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10-16-2008, 04:18 AM	#6
ExRat Dare To Be Different War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: U.K. Posts: 8,878 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 2,807 Times in 1,041 Posts	Re: building on your niche and finding your in Hi Martin, Warm enough in Perth for you? Tell the Sheilas I miss 'em.
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10-16-2008, 05:27 AM	#7
jacstone193 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 122 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: building on your niche and finding your in Yes Rach - try and get your links in
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