Do You Read Magazines in Your Niche?

by Chris Munch

Posted: 14 years ago 21 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

For those of you plugging away at one particular niche, do you read magazines and other publications within your niche?

#magazines #niche #read

Jeremiah Walsh 14 years ago

Sometimes yes. They often have advertisements for certain products. If someone is going to shell out crazy money to advertise in a magazine... it should be a product that is selling well. Perhaps it is on amazon or there is simethign just like it available to resell. Perhaps you can make a variation of it.

Good ideas come from those magazines.
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excoder01 14 years ago

Just to get ideas.

Honestly, there's just so much to read out there, and don't have time for it.
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- Chris Munch 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by excoder01
  
  Just to get ideas.
  
  Honestly, there's just so much to read out there, and don't have time for it.
  
  Yeah so true, I wish I could read in my sleep.
  
  I do my best to take in new info with videos at lunch, podcasts when driving or walking, and reading when I have chance (usually when traveling).
  
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entrepreneurjay 14 years ago

I love Website magazine its a very good magazine and they send you a couple free issues. You guys should check it out. A lot of good Internet marketing related articles in this magazine.
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tpw 14 years ago

I read content about my niche sure... but most of my niches do not have accompanying magazines in the stores...
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The Dotcom Hippie 14 years ago

For my main niche these days - which isn't even a niche, it's a market - I read magazines, and have been doing that for over twenty years. This is the kind of market that there'd be no use in going into unless you expected massive traffic, but I did expect that, because 1) it's where my, um, expertise lies, and 2) I'm good at SEO and better than most of the competition, and there's a LOT of keywords to rank for. And the "expertise" comes from being crazy about this stuff since I was about twelve. Had I not loved the stuff, I would NEVER have gone into it. I could make better money doing more of the other stuff I do, but I'm really past the "uh, you gotta maximize profits bro" phase at this stage, to be honest... Now I don't have to post article after article, day after day, month after month about something I hate writing about.
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Alexa Smith Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ChrisTew

For those of you plugging away at one particular niche, do you read magazines and other publications within your niche?

There aren't magazines for some of my niches, but there are books. Yes, I always do, regularly and enthusiastically.
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Mark Jordan 14 years ago

Yes, to get ideas and I also enjoy reading these magazines.
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shermancox 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ChrisTew

For those of you plugging away at one particular niche, do you read magazines and other publications within your niche?

when I can...Over my 5 years in my niche I have been a subscriber to a few magazines in the niche. I have also read many books in the niche. However, over time my magazine reading has tapered off significantly.
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- paulgl 14 years ago
  
  I don't read magazines in my niche, so to speak. At least as far
  as marketing it on the internet. But yes, I read mags for ideas on
  articles.
  
  I do read a general IM magazine that is top notch for warriors.
  Website Magazine. You get a free subscription to boot. I get
  the free print version mailed to me regularly and it is gold.
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Michael Oksa 14 years ago

I would like to, but there just doesn't seem to be any magazines in my niche. Please publishers, could somebody print a music magazine?!?!

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- Alexa Smith Banned 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Michael Oksa
  
  Please publishers, could somebody print a music magazine?!?!
  
  It'll never sell ...
  
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  Aussie_Al 14 years ago
  
  Yes, the majority of my niches are passions of mine so I would be reading and researching anyways
  
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sambakker 14 years ago

Yes but it depends which niche I am in. I wont do it for lesure but to learn
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Darni 14 years ago

No, it's not because that I don't want to, it's because that a lot of niches which I focus are micro niches. There just aren't magzines for them.
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- Chris Munch 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Darni
  
  No, it's not because that I don't want to, it's because that a lot of niches which I focus are micro niches. There just aren't magzines for them.
  
  Those micro niches probably fit into a bigger niche. Like a site on fishing hooks would fit into the fishing niche.
  
  Reading the magazines that the niche belongs to will help you understand what your demographic is into.
  
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Gary Pettit 14 years ago

I have to agree with shermancox. The amount of time spent reading learn, when you are starting out, tapers off as your networking and "real-life" experience become your main sources of learning.
I do, however, still subscribe to my two favorite magazines in my niche, and I carry them with me. There are always random moments, waiting in line, etc., when I can find one or two valuable tips or ideas to try or expand upon.
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Tomwood 14 years ago

I use/have used magazines in various ways

To brainstorm niche and subniches

To assess the profitability of a niche

To see what people are buying online within the niche

For article ideas
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~kev~ 14 years ago

Yes, I read magazines from time to time - their a good source of information and ideas.

And since some of the stuff on my site is based off history, I buy history books from time to time off of amazon.
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Mac Deyak 14 years ago

I do for a couple of reasons...

A - Content Ideas... find out what trends are hot and jump on them
B - Check out the adverts
C - Find and connect with experts (*By far the most important) - Most of these magazines use freelance writers or non-exclusive (meaning they can write for whoever they wish), except of course for the featured editorials (with some exceptions)

Anyway they usually have the experts' name and contact, be it their website, blog, twitter etc. So all you have to do is find these experts and get in touch with them, and voila you have superb quality content and products that no affiliate or niche marketer could even come close to

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LasseKohau 14 years ago

Yes, standard consulting procedure. Keeps your updated, and small stories from magazines works very well as tiny icebreakers.

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