Posted by Dan on Jan 1, 2010 in
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The term niche marketing means different things to different people.Generally it is known to mean the developing of websites in sub mainstream market segments to profit from selling products, generating advertising revenue or other forms of website monetization.
Niche marketing is effective because it allows you to operate in markets that are less competitive meaning you have the potential as a new or seasoned marketer to capitalize on big opportunities with relative ease and far less cost.
Particularly for new marketers, niche marketing can be the key to riches because it allows you to compete on a level playing field. You don’t have to jump into the ring with the heavy weights, you can develop your skills in the junior divisions before moving into the big leagues.
If you pick the right niche you can build your site, extablish yourself as an expert, sell your own products, recommend other people’s products, the opportunities can be endless and good money can certainly be made.
The trouble is that as niche marketing grows in popularity, many of the markets we called niche markets are now not so nichey at all, they’re almost as bad as mainstream markets in terms of their competitiveness and difficulty to profit from.
The markets that spring to mind are things like acne, dog training, or anxiety. Markets like these, while they can still be profitable will not make the average web marketer alot of money at all. Even the more nichey versions, acne treatments, dog training videos or anxiety relief are difficult for most people to compete in and make money.
Then there’s the other extreme. You can go to the tiny tiny niches that get almost no search volume. You can find “long tail” keywords like ‘pug training schools in atlanta” or “acne treatments that work in 2 days”. The problem with these are, 1. that they often don’t get enough traffic and 2. they are so specific that even if you can drive traffic, there isn’t much you can do to serve those people except show them ads. Again this can be profitable if you know how to do it but it seems like there just has to be an easier way…
Posted by Dan on Jan 1, 2010 in
Lucky Hit
Saving gas is not an option these days; it is a necessity. With rising prices, you’ve got to admit it’s one of the smartest things you can do for yourself these days, so you want to look at ways by which you can make it happen. When your automobile’s tires are not in great shape, you take more time and trouble getting around. Without knowing it, you’re burning more fuel because you really are pushing the vehicle faster and harder than it will go. You can save gas simply by correcting that. You should just have the tires looked at, and the car can move a lot easier.
You don’t have to take the car out everywhere you need to be, you know. You can instead choose to walk or jog over short distances; and you can ride the subway too to places that are on the other side of town. It’s more than just a great way to save gas, you know. It is also a great way to save the stress of weaving through traffic much of the time. If the health of your wallet is any concern to you, you’ll look for ways to not consume gas as much as you already do. Or perhaps it did not occur to you that gas was partly responsible for many of your financial struggles. Well, it is.
If only to save this planet from extinction, you should learn ways to save gas. You may be wealthy enough to not feel the pressure of the expense on your wallet, but you cannot in good conscience claim that you have not heard of global warming. The greenhouse gas emissions are killing us. If you burn less gas, you’d be helping a great deal. More than just yourself, the people around you suffer from how much gas exhaust you spill into the atmosphere. So if you are looking for incentive, let that be your incentive to save gas. You are killing yourself, you are killing your friends, and you are killing the world because of the excessive greenhouse gas emissions. These are things you need to change in a hurry.
I was in a third world country once and I got an on the job training in saving gas skills. There was a fuel crisis, and I saw the people driving to save gas. They turned off the engine in mid motion and let their vehicles just roll for long minutes without any engine activity. I don’t know how my eyes got back in their sockets or my tongue back in my mouth, but I do know that they popped out. But it works and now I do it all the time. I dropped from a gas tank refill everyday to a refill every three days or something. You have got to hand it to Africa, man. Those guys are like the kings of innovation. Some of those very big expensive cars are also very expensive to maintain. Because they often do so much more work, they tend to consume gas a bit faster than the smaller ones would. One great way to save gas is to buy smaller cars that are more economical on fuel. It only makes sense, don’t you think?
The internet is rife with ideas and tips on how to save gas. You should surf and learn for all you are worth. You know you need all that information just as much as the other girl because you do need to get about and you do not have that much money on you as it is. So, read up and learn, and in a few weeks you may actually be good at saving gas when you drive. Try to avoid idling your automobile engine too often. Each time you do that, you burn gas for no reason at all. When you are on standstill traffic, for instance, you can just turn off the engine so that it does not continue to waste money at a faster rate than you are making it. If you are looking for ways to save gas, you can try that first.
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