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Hit a niche brick wall again, what should I do?

by TomBuck
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I have hit a niche brick wall, I do not know what to do in terms of thinking of a niche? I cannot remember how to find one and although I am beginning to understand SEO, conversions website building ect, it doesn't matter because I cannot think of a niche to get into any way.
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  • Profile picture of the author TBInternetMarketing
    Just sent you a PM. Hopefully that will help you out.
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  • Profile picture of the author LegionNate
    Man, I wish that was my problem. I feel like I have a billion niche ideas, and spread myself too thin even thinking about going after more than 1 at a time.
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    • Profile picture of the author TomBuck
      Originally Posted by LegionNate View Post

      Man, I wish that was my problem. I feel like I have a billion niche ideas, and spread myself too thin even thinking about going after more than 1 at a time.
      Haha, I just don't focus on the niche enough. Fancy sharing any of your ideas?
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    • Profile picture of the author Tyson Faulkner
      I listened to a cool interview with Tellman Knudson yesterday and he was talking about building a list in your niche.

      The big question that stuck with me was...

      "Who would you like to be a hero to?"

      If you're going to start a business then you'll need customers. And those customers will be looking to you to lead them through their problem. Figure out who you would like to serve and lead, and then become their leader.
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  • Profile picture of the author Derek Salfen
    If you're looking for profitable niches here's a suggestion:

    Go to Ezine Articles; see what topics have a boatload of posts, many of which are marketers; research that niche.

    If it's profitable,there are a bunch of marketers already in it. Chances are there is still money to be made there. I'm with Nate, way too many niches, not enough time.
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    • Profile picture of the author TBInternetMarketing
      Originally Posted by Derek Salfen View Post

      If you're looking for profitable niches here's a suggestion:

      Go to Ezine Articles; see what topics have a boatload of posts, many of which are marketers; research that niche.

      If it's profitable,there are a bunch of marketers already in it. Chances are there is still money to be made there. I'm with Nate, way too many niches, not enough time.
      This is excellent advice! A great source of niche hunting.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cliff_OBA
    Another idea is to take a broad niche and go local with it. Instead of 'weight loss', you can try 'weight loss ontario'. Its going to narrow things down a bit, but like any other niche, you need to do your research, and you should be able to find some variations that work.

    Same concept can be done by using any other determinate to narrow things down. Dating over 60, New York dating over 60, dating when retired...

    Those are just to illustrate the concept, I have no idea if they are good keywords. But hopefully that gives you some ideas. I find this approach easier to get things flowing. A bonus is you can expend this approach and create some synergy between your content research and creation across various niches.

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  • Profile picture of the author TCrosby
    Look through your local yellow pages for categories, products, etc.
    Browse clickbank
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    Popular items/topics/categories on Amazon
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      There's a whole wall of magazines at a big newsagent's. Those are all subjects that people are regularly paying money to read about. That's a "niche", isn't it? Or at least each is a "market" which might contains several "niches".
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  • Profile picture of the author BloggingPro
    Originally Posted by TomBuck View Post

    I have hit a niche brick wall, I do not know what to do in terms of thinking of a niche? I cannot remember how to find one and although I am beginning to understand SEO, conversions website building ect, it doesn't matter because I cannot think of a niche to get into any way.
    There are niches everywhere, literally hiding under every nook and cranny of the internet. Maybe you need some Niche Finding Shades!

    Anyway. Get out an old fashioned piece of paper (or word processor your choice) and start listing your OWN likes and interests.

    Then list your dislikes. Don't hit the internet unless you have a list of about twenty ideas.

    Open up Google and start hammering away. Search for your likes and then dig as deep as you possibly can. I got a $20 a profitable niche will present itself within your first 10 ideas (the ones you wrote down earlier).

    Specifically look for niches where the market is experiencing a problem. Then build a solution and market it in the same place you discovered the niche.

    Make sure you are also running keywords through the GKT to see if there are any sub-niches (or even sub-sub-niches) that you can profit from.

    Finding a niche is more about becoming good at market research than anything else.
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  • Profile picture of the author omk
    read tabloids, watch local news, watch late night TV, talk to friends relatives and seniors
    spend time walking around and looking at what people do, wear and talk about

    try and surf to random online sites - finding a niche is more about discovery than previous knowledge.
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  • Profile picture of the author PatrickBrianONeill
    I like to walk away from the computer, leave the house, get a breath of fresh air for 30 minutes or so and not worry about IM.

    Then I walk around my neighborhood and look at things with a fresh brain.

    I saw someone putting in a new mailbox the other day, and it was one of those "theme mailboxes" with a fisherman and fishing gear and a little fishing pole. I did some research on theme mailboxes, and kept researching that general idea and found several awesome keywords, that led to other niches.

    It helps me, maybe it will help you?

    Just keep your eyes open right in your own neighborhood.
    I think we as IMers think about the computer too much.
    Get out in the "real world" and see what real people are doing and buying.

    Hope it helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author JamesPenn
    My advice is to not worry about your niche too much for your first venture.

    Your first venture is usually just one big learning curve, such as setting up a website, building a list, writing content etc. It's more important to master those skills and then you can apply them in whatever niche market you want to.

    As far as choosing markets goes, I say just enter BIG markets - like health, fitness, make money etc.

    I generate almost all of my traffic from OTHER people, such as guest blogging, affiliates and paid ads in email newsletters etc - therefore it makes sense that the more competitors there are, the more people there are to send me traffic.

    James
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