Thinking of a Niche

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by lachlan438, Oct 11, 2008.

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    What would be a good Niche for a forum, I have already tyred building up a forum about computer hardware but I think there were to many people out there doing the something so if anyone has any good Niches that I can use that would be good my ideas so far.

    Survivalist forum for example http://www.survivalistboards.com/

    A UFO have been spotted forum kind of thing a lot like ATS but just on UFOs

    Just to Random niches that I think might work but if anyone can come up with something better that I can use to make a forum that would be cool.

    so, if anyone thinks of a good niche that I can use TELL ME.:D
     
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  2. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    Just do on the niche you are really good in. Even many people are doing it, you still can earn well if you are doing good on it. Never choose those high pay niche that you not famiiar or you will give up after several time
     
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  3. lachlan438

    lachlan438 Peon

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    I just thought of one more dogs, or pets in general might be a good one I have 2 dogs love them both one is a kelpie (working dog) and one is a foxy:) how well would a dog forum work out do you think?
     
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    A dog forum would definitely do well. People love pets in general and have strong emotions attached to them which make (for example) dog owners extra motivated to buy things for their dog(s) and as a result make you more $$$!
     
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  5. MelogKnaj

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    Do a niche you have prior knowledge about or have passion for. Forums are inherently difficult to get off the ground and you really need to love what you do to have them succeed.
     
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    kks_krishna Active Member

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    Any niche you are interested will be good :)
     
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    Preform keyword research before getting into a niche as you might choose something that doesn't get good traffic! I have made this mistake before and spent lots of time and money for nothing!
     
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  8. lachlan438

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    Do you mean have good meta tags and stuff or do you mean how many times people type things in to google then work out what to put in each page
     
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    He means check to see if there's in actual audience before you start. There's no point in creating something that nobody wants.
     
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    Tourism Forum. It would be the best niche to target.
     
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    many tips for keyword that i read here, you can search it and use for spirit test, find best tips
     
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    Tourism or travel niche is over sturated, tons of competition out there. And would suggest you to go for a website rather than a forum, forums are risky as they are really tough to move on. if you'll frequent activity on your forum or less visitors, it will be busted.
    Aliens, UFOs and ATS kind of concept is perfect i believe, because there isnt much competition, and you will build your forums or website with good success. as UFO sightings and Aliens niche is growing rapidly, just because large hadron collider experiment and Space science myths are on hype these days.

    PM me i might help you out.:)
     
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    But forums can be self driven, you just need to assign a moderator and your done.
     
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    I have decided to go with



    Survival forum I was thing about ATS kind of forum but I think that I would get sick of all the fake so any how

    the link to my new fourm that so far is a clean install of phpbb3 is at this address
    http://forums4hardware.com/

    don't worry the address will change as soon as i have moded it and acualy released it! but for now it will do yer that dormain is off of my old forum so at least spiders are loving it :)

    anyway love to hear your idears on the style and stuff guys also i might think about making a ATS style forum in the future so have a look and tell me what you think of the style
    http://forums4hardware.com/
     
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