Big Fish In Small Pond: Theory or Fact?

Absolutely,

But once you have your Big Pond, you can sell time-shares to little fish so they can also dream of having such a vast watery space.

There is little hope of a good income by following the pack

Many people are very easily impressed and are running away from work... They believe that if someone made xxx$ in x days they can do it to and keep surfing thew products looking for the gold in next product....

I'd say you should be a big fish in many small ponds. That way all the small ponds add up to the equivalent of one big pond that you dominate.

Allen

Hi,

Let's treat things naturally.

Small fish needs to be in the pond where the big actions are taking place. There he needs to get used to the active environment and learn as much as possible.

Big fish tends to monopolize all the food. What the small fish gets are tiny. But once he is ready, he can test the waters elsewhere.

Fish or no fish, big or small, saturated or not, we ought to decide our direction. Once we have decided, we set our goals, select the best route and then take action.

I'm happy with being a small fish in a large pond.
And then repeating this several times.

Agree 100%. Just make sure your pond is not to small lol.
The best would be the biggest fish in a big pond

Of course, if you could come up with an idea to help the fish in the large pond...and collect on that, that would be awesome!!!

i agree with OP

someone used a baseball metaphor and I think that is where his argument breaks down. Baseball is the big pond, everyone is trying to be a major player, it attracts the most talent and the most competition. A small pond would be under water ballroom dancing (yes this is a thing and its awesome) Now lets assume you know nothing about sports at all, i think it will be a lot easier to become the best underwater ballroom dancer in the world then it would to be just a minor league baseball player. Once you have dominated your small pond, rinse and repeat.

Edit -
Also i think it is better to create a product you are passionate about and really adds value, so instead of making another guide about how to make money online why not make a really kick ass guide about something that will really add value.

Actually neither, probably because I see it differently. It's extremely rare that any one person or organization owns all of the distribution channels, so it's no so much as people joining the "latest craze" it's just that they don't know:

1. How to monetize that new craze.

2. They don't know how to effectively reach their target audience (distribution channels).

Weight loss is considered one of the most "saturated" niches out there yet a new weight loss millionaire is created every single day. Something to think about.

Remember, you don't have to outrun the Lion, you just have to outrun the other guy.

RoD

Well said. The problem with small fish is that the "pond" (ie the internet) is getting bigger and bigger every day. Even the smaller niches themselves are getting more saturated.

Pond size shouldn't matter if you're good at fishing.

there really are no small ponds anymore. Your much better off becoming a Giant fish in a enormous ocean.

I love to go hunting for LandSharks.

You certainly have to find the sweet spot.

1. Automatic or Manual Transmission Repairs for 1980 or older VW Beetles
2. Automatic or Manual Transmission Repairs for all VW Beetles
3. Manual Transmission Repair for 1980 or older VW Beetles
4. Automatic Transmission Repair for 1980 or older VW Beetles
5. Manual Transmission Repair for all VW Beetles
6. Automatic Transmission Repair for all VW Beetles

The Parakeet Training School of Niche Examples would have you choose one of these as the most likely to be successful.

I think sometimes it's nice to get out of the online box and look at the big world. What kind of real world businesses are being started? What kind of franchises are available?

On a quick search there are NO franchises available for these niche markets. There is only one I could find for transmission repair only. Most are for general auto repair.

Likewise there aren't many (read any) stores in my area that sell paperclips OR notebooks OR shower curtain hooks OR hammers ONLY.

Now, I'm not saying one way is right or wrong. And I understand that when you start talking about franchises that leaves many of us out because we don't have big bucks to get started.

But that's the point. Franchises would not be successful if they weren't making money and if they weren't building businesses versus a quick buck writing 3 articles for $5 each (not that there's anything wrong with that).

If you want to build a real, big, stable business look at the real world along with doing your keyword research at Google.

Ask yourself what would someone do who wanted to start the next Amazon or Microsoft do? You can get the answers by looking at their stories.

I think it's rather humerous that the "parakeet training for single ladies who are Democrats" niche marketing classes are NEVER found. I've NEVER seen one. But I have seen TONS of people in the HUGE, OVER SATURATED, NO ONE BUT ME CAN SUCCEED IM arena saying that those markets/niches are the ones to tackle.

It's kind of like you go into a new town and ask the only repair shop in town if there's any business there because you are thinking of opening up a repair shop. Most of the time they aren't going to welcome you with open arms and talk about how there is so much money to be made and please come in and compete with them.

Think. Use common sense. But most importantly GO and DO whatever it is you decide on.

Mark

I agree. Learned from offline direct marketing experts that it's all about the niche... and also that it's all about math. But that's another point. But big pond or small pond... it's totally useless if you aren't doing any backend marketing. Imagine being a big fish in a small pond that is filled with nothing but your own customers.