Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Beginning Steps of Niche Marketing

By Breakaway

Expert internet marketers use niche marketing to gain search engine traffic in large markets that they would otherwise be unable to target. A popular market is often dominated and extremely competitive. Choosing to target more specific parts of a large market is how niche marketers optimize their market share.

In order to get started in niche marketing you're probably going to need some help. The first thing you need to do is figure out what you're trying to market. Once you've selected your market think more specific and select a niche in that market. Make sure to do your research and remember that niche marketing is all about using an uncompetitive niche of the market.

1. The first thing you need to do is pick a unique niche. A good way to approach this is to pick a niche you know a lot about. You'll be able to work faster because you won't have to research a lot, since you know a lot of information already.

If you haven't already you'll soon realize that customers or people in general have a lot of questions. They use search engines to find information, answer questions, and/or solve problems. Starting a Q&A for whatever you're trying to promote is a good way to generate traffic and instill trust in your visitors.

2. Figure out where your competition is already setup. Do a search for what niche you're considering using a search engine, acting as if you were really searching, and see what comes up. It's always easier to target a keyword or keyword phrase that has little or no competition.

3. Try to speak in terms your visitors will understand and can vibe with so to speak. If you're trying to market hip hop CDs to hip hop fans make sure you're using the proper lingo. You have to make sure your readers believe you're an expert on the subject or have an idea what you're talking about.

That is why it is important to either know a lot about the niche already, or to do some research. When searching Google for your competitors, you can do a search through their information to learn some. Be sure not to steal their information, but to present it in a unique manner.

These are just the first steps in Niche marketing, but they are very important steps. If you start out in the wrong niche, it will make you have to work even harder to achieve your goals. A little work up front goes a long way!

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