Would You Still Be in That Niche If You Were Working for Free?
Do you sometimes feel like a gerbil in a cage – running around and around on your little wheel so fast that you don’t pay attention to anything else going on around you? If that sounds like your life, it’s time to slow down and ask yourself if you’re working because you enjoy what you do – or only working this hard to pay the bills?
As an Internet marketer, you may have found a niche that makes money, but doesn’t satisfy your sense of creativity or of having reached a very important goal. Or, you may currently be successful in a niche that you were excited about in the past, but now you aren’t so sure. Perhaps it’s time to search for a special niche and pursue a business model that you have a passion for.
Money is important for the freedom it provides – freedom from worry about paying bills, providing top educations for your children and a nice retirement for yourself. When you’re making money doing something that you believe in and love, the money will follow.
Finding a niche in Internet marketing that you feel passionate about will improve your chances of success because you’ll want to devote time and energy to it – you’ll be excited about building a terrific website and driving traffic to a targeted audience.
After you’ve done the research and narrowed down one or more niches that appeal to you, it’s time to create a business model. A business model basically dictates how your niche will make money for you.
If you have a product to sell, you’ll need to research how you’re going to produce the item and sell it to others. Who is your targeted audience and how likely are they to want your product enough to spend money for it?
The Internet has produced a whole new definition of “business model.” Back in the days when you had to shop at brick and mortar businesses, the plan for making money would be how to draw certain people of a town or city into your place of business.
Now, the world is your oyster, thanks to the Internet. Anyone, almost anywhere, can merely point and click to purchase your product without ever leaving his or her house.
The trick is to find something that you’re passionate about and have a basic knowledge of the subject. Then, make sure that you drive high traffic to your site by catering to those who share your passion.
For example, you may love dogs, but “dog” is too wide a category. You may narrow down your passion to particular dogs – Pomeranians, Chihuahuas (my favorite) or rescue dogs – and then narrow it down even further, perhaps training a Chihuahua or keeping a Chihuahua healthy.
Finding a niche that you’re passionate and excited about involves research and planning. You’ll know when you find it because it will immediately catch your interest and inflame you to learn more.
The hours will pass more rapidly and you’ll be much happier than you ever were when you worked for someone else – or simply to pay the bills.
If you need help narrowing down your niche or finding things you’re both passionate about AND which will be profitable for you, go here and sign up for the FREE videos he shares with you: http://www.tiffanydow.com/MNF.html – it can help you tap into a market that could satisfy you more!
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Love the post Tiff!
great information…
I think that if your passionate about something you’ll do better with it.
I love what i do and a good way to determine whether your in the right market is too realize how you feel when your working on it.
When I’m blogging or tweeting… or meeting people… writing about my topic I feel inspired and I just keep going! It’s because I’m passionate about it!
thanks for the post!
glad I’m the first to comment I feel privileged!
Have a great night!
David King
So right Tiffany, If you love what you do it’s not like work!
At ArticlesBin we tip our writers to use this technique for writers block. Write about something your are passionate about to help ge t your focus back.
Tiffany, I couldn’t agree with you more. My primary niche is in a market with virtually no online traffic to speak of… hardly anyone searches online for related terms. However, I’m passionate about it and had a very successful start in that niche by focusing on my passion and seeking to help others through my business. My advice to anyone who is still trying to decide on a niche is to take Tiffany’s advice!
Def Tiffany I love helping people make money online , and my other niches are video games been playing since mid 1980’s and Computers which I have worked in and just thinks so fascinating
I agree when you said that we have to love what we do, money comes after, despite we need to survive and to have a good life. Money provides what you called “freedom”.
Great post as usual.
Man, I’m glad I’m on your list.
This is what I tell everybody too !
So many people go at it from “make money” and then they just burn out on someone elses widget because there’s no connection to their soul.
Thanks, Tiff
I have so many passions & interests & not loving what I blog about -it’s more like I need to be a dozen or more people to keep up with my ideas!
That’s why I love niche blogging so much. Let’s you explore all your different interests.
Passion versus focus? I think it depends on your starting point,pure blog or a marketing site; a hobby or a business model.
If you want to develop an income and can find a profitable niche within your span of passions/interest, then that’s a bonus. But passion without income potential remains a hobby. Knowledge you can always develop.
Loving your voyage of discovery Tiffany! You are consistently generous with your insight and tips: one of the very very few Must Have sites. Many thanks Tiff!
Hey Colin!
I agree – some passions have no profits. LOL There are indeed freebie niches where the niche consumers may not be willing to spend for the information, but more often than not, you can make money on a topic you love somehow. Thanks for the kind words re: my journey and site
tiff
How about if in my niche not a lot of traffic and
Yes! Passion produces profit………not the other way around. Unfortunately, the majority have the paradigm wrong.
JC
Tiff,
You are right, the passion has to be there, but just reading all of my subscribed blogs and newsletters, writing articles and using tools for promotion, I eat up 10 hrs a day pretty easily, and it can get old real fast, no matter how much you LOVE the business. You try to find the best tools to give you back a little time. I tried the article writing software and found that it takes even longer to do the spins, make the changes,add new words etc, so i just went with who I affiliate myself with and after I submit one to the service, , I just sit and wait and then when the articles are done in 2-3 days, the service submits them by email to me and a set of article houses, and i submit the rest. You cannot imagine how much time I’ve saved…or maybe you can!!. be well..J & S
Hard to focus — I’m interested in everything! But I seem to be most interested in the least profitable niches, and the least interested in the most profitable ones. Could be an advantage, as I’m not tempted to compete where it’s overrun with marketers.
That’s already what I am doing – working my niche sites while earning very little money – so it must be a passion, right? I would love the day I see money coming in whether the site was my passion or not. Still working toward that goal!
I agree with you completely. I have tried to work a Niche that was boring and research was painful and a chore. I am now working Niches that I like and it is now fun to “work”. When it comes to research do you think MNF or Market Samurai is better?