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I'll
tell y.o.u. what I'm going to do....focus on low-competition niche sites,
and should I build ebooks on it, tie it into auction niches as well! Last
week, I reviewed the Super Affiliate Handbook at
http://www.barbaraling.com/savvy/sah.html
by
Rosalind Gardner, who stated that she made over 400K last year by concentrating
upon serving niche interests and including targeted affiliate programs.
Let
me tell y.o.u....she did one heck of a job outlining simply *everything*
that one should consider when building niche sites (and y.o.u. can
tailor it to driving targeted auction traffic to y.o.u.r online auctions
as described in http://www.auctionsearchprofits.com
) ! One of the best tips I got out of her writing was that putting up links
isn't enough...y.o.u. should review/ recommend quality products/services
as well. That adds the human touch and encourages consumer confidence.
So
how did I use this information? Well, prior to reading her book , I built
http://www.barbaraling.com/marketing
- a marketing portal that contains links to all sorts of marketing needs
(as well as the individual power players in the auction industry too).
I made certain to also include eBay and auction forums too at http://www.barbaraling.com/marketing/eBay-forums.html
.
*After*
reading her book, I realized I should niche even further. This required
for me (I always tend towards overdrive) setting up multiple domains, determining
what affiliate programs I could use and recommend, and then driving targeted
traffic to each website.
Sounds
great in theory! But putting it into practice was a different matter -
I didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars for each domain that I wanted
to maintain (some of my sites I currently have cost me $170/year each).
Thus, I began my quest to find a multiple domain hoster that gave me what
I needed ....at a price I could afford.
I
was successful in my explorations! After choosing my provider, I asked
said provider detailed techie questions to which I received answers most
quickly (a good sign for a web hosting business). I purchased the package
that best met my needs...and then considered what niche to focus on first.
What
indeed! I have so many interests about which I could auction niche-ize....what
area was crying out for my attention?
And
then it hit me - heck, I had just spent several days redefining my 2004
goals and made the first concrete step for my business - finding and signing
up for a multiple domain hosting company. And it turns out that said company
has a 2-tier affiliate program!
Now,
I'm a happy customer of that service. Thus, I can enthusiastically recommend
their offerings for people like myself (looking for a low-cost multiple
domain hosting package). Voila! My first niche site was created:
http://www.best-multiple-domain-hosting.com
Like
Rosalind advised, I included a personal recommendation plus articles I
had written myself about domain name issues (a topic about which I'm rather
experienced). And I just released it...yesterday! So y.o.u.'re one of the
first people to see it in action. :-)
Apply
this concept to y.o.u.rself! *Focus* your auction business goals on y.o.u.r
strengths... and then find niches to which y.o.u.r strengths add *value*.
Create high-visibility sites and ensure y.o.u. add affiliate programs y.o.u.
can recommend. Then replicate y.o.u.r success whenever possible. So far,
this looks to be a very promising business model indeed.
See
it at
http://www.barbaraling.com/savvy/sah.html
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