STOP looking for new niches.

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Can I please offer you my .02 about something? I see all this stuff about gizmos that find "hidden new niches" blah blah blah.

**NEWS FLASH** The best niches to market to are right under your nose. Think about for a minute with me won't you?

Turn on the TV/Radio...what do you see? Prime examples of companies marketing to hungry prospects of their product service. For instance, I see infomercials for older folks who want access to "the fountain of youth". I hear ads for courses that teach parents how to get their unruly kids in line. I see ads for men who have problems with intimacy.

What about the conversations you have or overhear during the day? How about that friend you know who is trying to avoid a divorce...but just isn't sure how. Or the other friend who is always complaining about how he/she can't buy any nice stuff because his/her credit stinks.

Do you catch my drift? Find out what makes the people involved in these niches tick. Find out what thoughts continue on a recurring basis through their minds. Then figure out what they are buying and SELL it to them...in your own little way that adds value and makes you stand out from the madison avenue fancy pants marketing crowd.

You don't have to have the flashiest website...you just have to be able to relate to them and offer them what they want.

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#niches #stop
  • Profile picture of the author gcbmark20
    Hi Matchoo77,

    You are spot on my friend but some people are required to be a bit open minded and shown the door before they begin to see how marketing can work for them.

    You have just enlightened their minds with this comment and that is why this forum is such a great place for anyone looking for that break through.

    It is true that the answers are already under our noses and by looking at what the BIG corporations are spending millions on advertising every year; it is easy to get an idea of how you can use these clues to become a success yourself.

    SUCCESS DOES LEAVE CLUES and you have to train your brain to become a sponge for absorbing vital information of this kind on a daily basis.

    I have used certain words from advertisments I have heard on the radio before and re-purposed them for my own promotions etc.

    Fantastic post Matchoo and I wish you every success in your future efforts!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author seotothecore
    There is one thing for sure, and that is that us marketers will ALWAYS be able to sell a dream...
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  • Profile picture of the author stanigator
    Originally Posted by matchoo77 View Post

    Can I please offer you my .02 about something? I see all this stuff about gizmos that find "hidden new niches" blah blah blah.

    **NEWS FLASH** The best niches to market to are right under your nose. Think about for a minute with me won't you?

    Turn on the TV/Radio...what do you see? Prime examples of companies marketing to hungry prospects of their product service. For instance, I see infomercials for older folks who want access to "the fountain of youth". I hear ads for courses that teach parents how to get their unruly kids in line. I see ads for men who have problems with intimacy.

    What about the conversations you have or overhear during the day? How about that friend you know who is trying to avoid a divorce...but just isn't sure how. Or the other friend who is always complaining about how he/she can't buy any nice stuff because his/her credit stinks.

    Do you catch my drift? Find out what makes the people involved in these niches tick. Find out what thoughts continue on a recurring basis through their minds. Then figure out what they are buying and SELL it to them...in your own little way that adds value and makes you stand out from the madison avenue fancy pants marketing crowd.

    You don't have to have the flashiest website...you just have to be able to relate to them and offer them what they want.

    /end rant
    I guess your rant has to do with "new niches" being economically unproven (i.e. wasteland), and you just need to provide a solution that's better than the competition's in order to do well? I understand not even Apple can reach every human on earth who has the ability to buy its products.
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  • Profile picture of the author goguy
    You are right but what if I don't like the niche that are under my nose? That's one way, where looking for new niches comes in.
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  • Profile picture of the author stanigator
    New niches for you doesn't mean it's entirely new to your customers.
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  • Profile picture of the author FIP
    matchcoo77

    Spot on. Its about observing your world and not so much finding a new niche - but uncovering or discovering the symptoms or the clues that will evolve into one..imo.
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