Saturday, January 24, 2009

Generating A Niche Presence On Google

By Rob Metras

What is niche marketing? A niche is typically considered to be a small space or notch, or a space or activity for which a person is best suited. Niche marketing can then be thought of as marketing within a well defined area within which a person or company is well fitted.

With Google's dominance in the world of search engines it is important to have a site appear as close to the top of a page of search results as possible. When people submit words or phrases into a search engines looking for something like a product, service, or information, it unusual for them to look beyond the first page or so of search results. For most people the only reason to search beyond the first or second page is if nothing relevant is found on them.

It can be difficult to separate yourself from the crowd online. If for example you have a travel site, and use atravela and avacationa as keywords it is likely that your site will be virtually lost amongst the competition. It may not even be possible to find your site on Google without staying up all night looking. Placing high on or adominatinga Google's listings is important and to do this it is crucial to establish a well defined niche, and use keywords appropriate to it. Once your niche is established you will begin to see that online marketing really does work.

Advertising a agreat vacationa anywhere is not going to be sufficient. However if you feature a vacation to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a special place in the Caribbean, or Washington's San Juan Islands you are starting to move towards finding your niche. A niche in reality is a thing that you will know as much as or more then anyone else about.

A key role is played by supply and demand. Imagine if the hula hoop were invented during a time when Google and the Internet were available. The inventor with a few press releases would have announced his product to the world. People would turn to Google and enter ahula hoopa and guess what? All results would have led back to the inventors website. The inventor would have adominated Googlea . The hula hoop did just fine without needing to be online, but the point should remain clear.

Whatever product or service you may offer, it should be in high demand and have few existing suppliers. It will also be greatly helpful for you to know a lot about your product or service, which you already probably will if you are offering your own. A large unmet demand and a low level of competition should be able to add up to a dominant Google search position.

Starting a successful online marketing business isn't necessarily easy and you'll likely fail if you don't find your niche early on. A good approach to finding your marketing niche is through the process of brainstorming. Let your mind roam free and think of as many marketing possibilities as you can. Make a list, and having done so look into the supply and demand possibilities for each item. As stated previously, if you find something that has high demand which only you and perhaps a few others can supply you're well on your way to a successful niche marketing business.

Opportunities at times stare us in the face and we don't even realize it. Just give some thought to what you have to offer to the world. It's probably much, much more than you realize. Then look for the unique thing, that which other's find interesting or important and market it. Sounds simple, but it takes work. Success isn't guaranteed of course, not many things in life are, but with perseverance and maybe a little luck you can make your niche market work for you.

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