Archive for July 2nd, 2008

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So you want to go into niche marketing. It is the wave of the future. With niche marketing, a business owner can take the business in a new direction. Someone who is just starting out can use niche marketing to see their business take off in a big way right from the beginning. The key is in the work that is done up front.

Researching a niche is the best way to find out if your idea has not already been overdone. Ideally you want an idea that is new or a twist on an already existing idea that has not been explored to the fullest. Here are five tips to make your research pay:

1. Flesh out your idea. Write down as much information as you can. Don’t leave anything out. Get as creative as you want. The more information you have to work with, the easier it will be to find a new niche to explore. Check out here is your are looking for the types of products to market.

2. Use the Internet to help you. Search engines provide a way to find websites and businesses that exist and use the idea you want to base your business upon. You are not just looking for the top ten results, but also the total number of results that your search returned. A number in the high thousands or tens of thousands means that the search is too broad. But don’t stop there. Look up the top results to see what those sites are all about. Do they sell your product? Is it one of many or the only product? What services do they offer?

3. Employ keywords. It is time to think like a consumer. When you do a search on the Internet, what types of words do you enter in the search box to get the desired results? Make a list. For each keyword you enter, record the number of results. If the search results get lower and lower with each keyword or combination of keywords entered, you are getting closer to a market that could be tapped further.

4. Develop a niche within your existing business. Exploring a niche doesn’t have to mean looking outside of your current enterprise. Since you know all about the business that you currently run, finding a new avenue within it is the next logical step. Ask yourself: How can I offer new services or products to my clients that they can’t find anywhere else?

5. Give a survey. One way to find out what customers want to see is to ask them. A survey of customers and visitors to your website will give you an idea of what will enhance your business. This could be your newest niche.

Niche marketing can increase profits for your business. But, before you embark, don’t forget to do the research to find out the climate of the market.

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Domain names need to be chosen carefully. Your business and your domain name are intertwined. It represents you and who you want to be in the market. When choosing a domain name is it a wise idea to purchase others that are similar to the one that you chose for yourself.

Let’s weigh the pros and cons of this question. Whether you should buy other domain names that are close depends on how well your name was chosen. Just like you conduct research before choosing a niche for your business, do the same before choosing a domain name.

Domain names can be triggered by keyword searches. If part of your domain name contains a keyword that is popular in search engine searches it could be a future winner. Ideally, you want your domain name to appear on the first page of a search.

A winning domain name will have others trying to get as close to it as possible without infringing. Buying those domain names yourself means that they will have to come to you for those names. You may want to use those names in the future for other websites that you will create. Having names that are similar will ensure that others can find your sites with their keyword searches.

If your domain becomes a household name, the other domains will become even more valuable to you in the future. You will have the option of selling them for a fair amount of money or holding on to them. Selling them will mean that someone else will get to ride your popularity with a name similar to yours.

One reason to buy similar domain names is for misspellings. Do you know what homophones are? They are words that sound alike but are spelled differently. If you are doing a podcast or talking about your business website to someone and tell them your domain name, it is possible that they could misspell it when they type it into the URL address space.

If someone misspells it, that person could be directed to another website. Thinking it is your site they could recommend it to someone else or buy from that site. It could end up being a costly faux pas on your part.

When you enter your own address, purposely misspell it and see what comes up. If there are no matches, then you might be safe — for now. You may want to think of all the spellings that could come up and buy those domains as well to avoid this problem in the future.

There is a lot to know about domain names besides just coming up with the names. Before you choose your name, look into all the possibilities so that you are sure that a good name that can’t be duplicated is chosen.