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There is a simple, yet effective, way to drive traffic to your niche blog or web site. This strategy is quick, easy, and best of all, won’t cost you a dime.

This powerful niche marketing strategy will use free applications to identify trends in both Google and Twitter, and then using the information gleaned from those trends, will drive traffic back to your home blog or web site.

If you don’t already have them set-up, go ahead and create both a Twitter and Google account.

Google

Once you have your Google account set-up, head on over to Google Alerts and start typing in some niche keywords that are related to your business. You can then tell Google where to send these alerts; e.g. an RSS reader or email address of your choosing, or Google Reader.

Google will search the web on a daily basis, and gather up web entries, blog posts, and news items that match the keywords which you entered.

This is a quick way to find out what’s hot, and what’s not, in your industry on a day-by day basis.

Google makes it easy to then analyze trending topics by entering keywords into Google Trends. By simply entering your selected keywords at Google Trends, you can analyze search volume by region, city, and more.

Twitter

Twitter also allows for powerful trend spotting. In her article, 5 Ways to Analyze Twitter Trends, Caroline Melberg offers five places to go for finding Twitter trends.

The idea here is to use Twitter’s trending feature to identify topics that are gaining in popularity.  Be on the lookout for questions, concerns, and frustrations expressed by people in your industry (prospects, customers, thought leaders, etc.)

Driving Traffic Back to Your Site

Now that you have identified a current topic that is trending upwards, simply write a blog post or web site copy that addresses the topic. Your final step is to tweet your content on Twitter, Facebook, Digg, and any other social media site where you have created both a presence and following. Don’t forget to add a link back to the blog post or web site which relates to the topic.

Since you have picked a topic that is trending upwards, there will be a lot of people, looking for current information in the social media circles. As they search for content relating to the topic, they will come across your tweet, post, etc. Many will follow your link to get more information which, in turns, increases the traffic back at your site.

All that is left for you to do is create a “call to action” back at your site for converting that traffic into leads or sales.

This is a powerful traffic building strategy that has worked well with many of my clients. Try it out and let me know what you think.

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[Editor's note: If you are just starting out as an on-line niche marketer then you're first step is to identify the particular niche market where you want to enter and compete. The following four steps will help you identify that niche market and start you off on the right foot. ~Scott]

By Carol Aird

Deciding on the right marketing niche is essential to your online success.

A marketing niche is defined as a targeted segment of a market in which your products are focused specifically to satisfy the needs of that segment. An example of an online marketing niche is a pet store selling only dog products instead of selling product for various types pets, like cats, dogs, and rabbits etc.

The four steps to finding your online niche are: choose an area you have knowledge about; have a passion for the area; discover potential customer’s unmet needs; and think of ways to meet those needs.

1. Choose an area you have knowledge about

It is best to choose an area you are familiar with. This does not mean that you cannot enter an area that you are not acquainted with; in doing so you need to take the time apply yourself to both learning and gaining experience in your chosen field. If you have knowledge, experience and expertise in your target market, potential customers will recognize those qualities – that helps to establish trust.

2. Have a passion for your area

Passion supplies energy to complete the task at hand and makes it more enjoyable. As an online marketer it is vital that your job does not wear you down and leaves you wanting to quit. Yet, passion in an area that is not bringing in revenue does not make sense. You are in this business to earn money, not to enjoy yourself and loose your hard earned money at end of the day. So choose something that is both enjoyable and gives you an income you desire.

3. Discover potential customer’s unmet needs

Fellow marketers may not satisfy all the needs of their customers. It is your duty to find out what those unmet needs are. This is done in a number of ways including, research of the target area, observation of behaviour patterns, and direct questioning of potential buyers. Through thorough research you will establish what kind of product is needed to satisfy your potential customers.

4. Think of ways to meet those needs

This process begins with the generation of an idea through imagination. This idea conceptualizes a specific product or service to solve the problem using the information gained through research. You can source the product if it already exists or you can create your own product or service. The resulting product or service is than marketed with confidence to your potential customers.

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I have a friend with a kitten. This friend of mine attached a ball to the end of a string so that the kitten would have something with which play.

Now, have you ever watched a kitten playing with a ball tied to the end of a string? It’s fascinating. The kitten can spend hours and hours dancing back and forth, batting at the ball, to the delight of the on-lookers.  The casual observer might conclude that the kitten is busy. But let’s not confuse being busy, with getting things done. With the kitten, what is really getting accomplished (other than the kitten having some fun – something that kittens love to do)?

And this got me thinking about some of my clients and how they approach internet marketing.

To paraphrase President Abraham Lincoln, “It isn’t enough to ask if we are busy; we must ask ‘what are we busy at’ “?

Such is the case with many internet marketers; both on-line niche marketers and their brick-and-mortar cousins. They are “busy” with internet marketing – from SEO to social media, from pay-per-click to the latest and greatest tip, trick and technique – but one must ask, what are they really accomplishing? What are they busy at?

The only true measure of an activity lies in it’s results. Did you achieve what you set out to achieve? This, of course, presumes that you even know what you set out to achieve (but that’s for another post).

Here’s the rub: you will never achieve your marketing goals until you focus your marketing activities. Stop chasing the ball on the string. Instead, to reach your marketing objectives, focus on the following  five steps:

1. Pick one marketing activity (like SEO) that will move you towards your marketing goals
2. Stick with that one activity until you get good at it
3. Measure your results
4. Continue the activity as long as it moves you towards your goals; otherwise discard it
5. Once you become proficient in that activity, and it is paying off for you, add one more activity (like social media)

Kittens are fun to watch; and they sure are adorable. Just make sure that you don’t follow their example by spending all of your time chasing that ball on the string.

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[Editor's note: Niche marketers are always looking for ways to improve their marketing strategy and increase their market share. An effective location based marketing (LBM) strategy is one way to do this. Many LBM strategies focus on platforms like Foursquare, or Gowalla, to drive foot traffic to a retail location. But, how do you drive traffic to Foursquare and Gowalla? Consider Twitter. Yes, if used strategically, Twitter can be a powerful weapon for increasing leads and sales. Let me know what you think by leaving me a comment, below. ~Scott]

By Matt Bodnar

Twitter is a core piece of any social media marketing strategy. It makes sense for online markets to use Twitter for a variety of reasons, but why should a local small business, a shop or restaurant for example, use Twitter?

Twitter is a very strong platform for location based marketing. Foursquare or Gowalla would be considered “primary” location based marketing platforms, while Twitter is more of a secondary location based marketing program. However, Twitter can be a vital tool and take your LBM campaign to the next level.

Twitter builds on the idea of “permission marketing.” Twitter can be used to create a follower list of customers who are passionate about your brand and your business. This Twitter follower list can be used as a “permission asset” of customers who want to see what specials and deals you are offering. Once you build up a significant twitter following (that is a whole different article!) you can market to those customers using Twitter.

What can you do with Twitter to juice up your LBM campaign and make some sales? Here are a few suggestions to consider for building your Twitter base and using that to leverage your LBM campaign.

Tweet about one-time specials and deals available through other location based platforms – send out a tweet to your followers and let them know to come check-in and unlock your special.

Use Twitter to get new followers onto your LBM platform – get followers to sign up for Foursquare or Gowalla and come in to your store for specials, discounts and deals, once they are on the platform – you can offer them more specials in the future.

Offer check-in specials exclusively for your Twitter followers – this is a great way to reward your twitter followers and encourage more of your customers to join twitter – this creates a virtuous cycle where you get more followers on both twitter and your location based service of choice.

Give your customers a small bonus for becoming a follower on Twitter – 10% off or a free beer will do – something simple but meaningful- this creates a win-win situation for both you and your customer because you are both providing each other with something of value.

Advertise in your store - let customers know if they follow you on twitter they can get access to free deals and specials that you will only post on Twitter – this creates a great incentive to get your customers on the platform, once you start offering them specials and deals then you can drive concrete and measureable foot traffic into your venue using location based services like Foursquare.

Use Twitter as part of your arsenal and you can unlock the real strength of your LBM campaign. What are you waiting for? If you already have Twitter followers, this is even easier as you can start to monetize your follower base and use your followers to drive foot traffic and ultimately sales into your business.

Matt Bodnar is a restaurant entrepreneur with a passion for social media. He offers tips and strategies for using location based marketing to grow your business with a free how-to guide you can download right now at: http://www.locationbasedmarketing.biz

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[Editor's note: Even though reports indicate that the economy is slowly coming out of the current recession, many businesses have yet to see the bottom, let alone any kind of turnaround. Local business owners, and niche marketers alike, must continue to maximize every marketing opportunity, tool, and resource available to them. Today's guest article focuses on incorporating location based marketing strategies into your overall marketing mix. This is especially timely information for restaurant owners and retailers. ~Scott]

By Matt Bodnar

The economy has been very tough on small businesses across the board and in the last few years, retail stores and restaurants have taken an especially big hit in the recession. Only smart businesses that have been able to stay lean and keep their customers have survived.

The fast casual restaurant segment is an example of such a nimble businesses. This has survived and even grown during the recession by creating value for customers and having a smaller and more nimble business model than traditional casual dining.

What are some strategies businesses can use to keep their business afloat when facing tough times? One of the cheapest and easiest strategies to implement is Location Based Marketing or “LBM”.

Location based marketing is an excellent customer acquisition tool that can help your business survive these tough economic times. There are a few key ways that LBM can let you thrive even in a down economy.

With the economy in the dumps, customers are hunting for bargains and looking for ways to save money. Location based marketing deals are an excellent way to offer your customers real value. By giving your customers relevant deals and discounts, LBM lets you turn economic downturns into an opportunity to acquire customers. While the competition is losing business you can be picking it up.

You can also use location based marketing as a way to differentiate your brand during a tough economy. While your competitors are losing customers by the day, you can use LBM strategies to build customer loyalty and reward your customers. In tough economic times – keeping your core customers is an essential part of surviving. Location based marketing is the tool for rewarding loyal customers and keeping them in the store. The lifetime value of loyal customers, especially in a recession, is what keeps many businesses in business.

Location based marketing campaigns are also free to launch and cost very little to run, making them a great tool to deploy for businesses that are looking for cost effective ways to grow their customer base during a recession.

Matt Bodnar is a restaurant entrepreneur with a passion for social media. Visit his blog http://www.LBMGuru.com to learn more about location based marketing and get the latest updates. Matt also offers tips and strategies for using location based marketing to grow your business with a free how-to guide you can download right now at: http://www.locationbasedmarketing.biz

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[Editor's note: In the on-line marketing world we constantly hear that "the money is in the list". While this is generally taken as an axiom, what we don't usually consider is, "how do we build a list (and make some money!) within a niche, especially in a very narrow niche?" The following guest article examines how to make money in just such a niche - in this case, the "beef jerky" niche. As you are about to find out, the secret lies in marketing to the NEED, not the NICHE. Focus on the prospect's needs, and offer solutions to those needs. That's how you build a following, a list, and, ultimately, a nice bank account. I hope you enjoy this short article on niche marketing strategy. ~Scott]

By Chris S Richardson

Applying a niche marketing strategy or two is one of the best ways that anyone, from newbie affiliate to superstar affiliate marketers, can easily earn money from the Internet. Niche marketing basically works like hyper targeting people. Specific demographics like age and gender really don’t matter, what matters is that you know what their specific problems are and the solutions you have for them.

A specific problem that you identify within one industry is a niche. For example, if you want to sell something in the beef jerky industry, you actually have several niches that you can tackle:

• How to make beef jerky at home
• What are the best brands of beef jerky
• How to cook delicious meals with beef jerky

In the examples above, beef jerky is the market and the items listed above are the niches. Internet affiliate marketers know that profitability hinges on a very good niche marketing strategy.

Why? Think about this: with so much information and free products available on the Internet, people are only willing to pay for products that answer problems that seem unique to them. And these problems should not be ordinary problems, they should be problems that have been NAGGING your customers. They should be problem that’s been buzzing in their inner conversation.

It’s only when you’ve identified the problems that you should find the products that solve people’s problems. And when you have the product that matches the problem, you can then start to promote it to your target market. Of course, a niche marketing strategy is really not as simple as it sounds. Some strategies may even seem too technical to a non-technical person.

But of course if you sign up with the right affiliate marketing network program that teaches you, in plain and simple English, a niche marketing strategy and how to apply it, then you should be earn money in no time.

http://www.MoneyOnAPlate.com is already taking the internet by storm, offering affiliates never before seen tools and features that have already taken complete “newbie’s” and transformed them into successful internet marketers. Even experienced internet marketers that have joined this program have seen there sales and profits go through the roof. It would take about 10 pages to list all the 100% unique tools/features this affiliate program has to offer, to why not check it out for yourself.

To check out everything this site has to offer and reserve your place today visit: http://www.MoneyOnAPlate.Com

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[Editor's note: Location based marketing services - like Foursquare, Loopt, and Gowalla - are gaining momentum as powerful promotion and incentive tools, helping both niche marketers and local businesses drive foot traffic and sales leads. The LBM providers are picking up on this trend by complementing their own services with promotion tools aimed at helping the merchant attract loyal customers. The following guest article takes a look at how to leverage these free LBM services to help increase leads, and build foot traffic for your business. ~Scott]

By Matt Bodnar

Location based marketing (LBM) is an immensely powerful tool for small business marketing. Here are 7 reasons why every small business should implement an LBM campaign.

1. Customer acquisition – location based marketing helps you reach out to new customers. You can offer deals or rewards for first time check-ins to encourage new visitors to your store. These customers can find your deals either by using location based services like foursquare, or by finding online deal listing like Gowalla city pages.

2. Reward loyal customers – location based marketing lets you reward your most loyal customers. You can choose to use mayor specials to reward your top customers with special goodies, or you can use repeat check-ins to reward customers with something similar to the Smoothie King punch card.

3. Monetize your social media presence – what are you going to do with all those fans on your restaurant’s Facebook page? LBM lets you drive those customers into your store by offering them specials or promotions – and its measurable because you can track check-ins and monitor all your LBM analytics.

4. Low Risk / High Reward – there is little to risk for setting up an LBM campaign, spending 15 minutes to set up foursquare and get your campaign going is your only real cost (other than the promotional items). So what if no one checks in for a few days? Even 1 or 2 sales extra sales would still make 15 minutes a worthwhile investment.

5. Free to use – Foursquare and Gowalla are both free to use for small businesses – there is no cost to set up your campaign. Do I really need to say more?

6. Differentiate yourself from your competitors – be the first of your competitors to get ahead of the trend. If you dominate the LBM space before anyone else then you will be the go-to spot and your brand will be associated with location based promotions in your customer’s mind.

7. Proven marketing methods – at the end of the day, none of these tactics are new or untested. Location based marketing takes the proven and successful tactics of coupons, customers loyalty cards, promotions, and discounts and moves them all onto a mobile platform in the social media space.

What are you waiting for? Go set up your location based marketing campaign today. There isn’t much to lose but it could really help your business grow sales and outmaneuver the competition.

Matt Bodnar is a restaurant entrepreneur with a passion for social media. Visit his blog http://www.LBMGuru.com to learn more about location based marketing and get the latest updates. Matt also offers tips and strategies for using location based marketing to grow your business with a free how-to guide you can download right now at: http://www.locationbasedmarketing.biz

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An often overlooked, and under written, subject in niche marketing is the home-based business. Today’s article focuses on location based marketing for the home-based business owner.

Geo Tracking or location based marketing is a relatively new social media platform that allows small business owners to engage and reward their customers. Home based business owners have different concerns for safety and promotions than those small business owners that operate a store front.

Three tips for using location based marketing as a home based business owner:

1. If you are a home based business you must use your own discretion on deciding if you will participate in listing your business on the various location based marketing sites. Remember, social media is about “compound friending” so friends of friends will see that they are at your business and know where you are located. If you meet with clients at a public place consider using that address. Encourage your clients to sign in for their outdoor fitness class or program.
2. You can still reward your customers by using Merchant Circle coupons, Twitter Coupons or other various applications. Do you have a referral or rewards program? As a home based business owner you can encourage loyalty by having a rewards program. It is ok to let your customers know that you appreciate their loyalty. You may offer a program where after so many purchases they get an item for free or receive a discount. Incorporate a discount day. You can use social networking to promote a product or discount on a certain day of the week such as Twitter Tuesday and provide a discount for your Twitter followers or Facebook Friday for your Facebook followers.
3. If you are a home based business owner you can still actively participate in location based marketing. Use this as an opportunity to promote other business owners and engage them in conversation. Use it as a rapport building tool or use it to keep an eye on the competition. Review what your competitor who has a store front is offering.

Location based marketing is growing. Is your business ready to embrace this new avenue to promote your business online? Are you ready to let your loyal customers help you promote your business by increasing your online presence? When you employ my three tips for the home based business owner you will be able to make the decision that is right for you and your small business.

Jaynine Howard is a retired United States Marine and former psychotherapist. She is the owner of Dream Catcher Business & Life Coaching. Founded in 2006, Dream Catcher Business & Life Coaching helps business owners, nonprofits, and individuals nationally and internationally turn their dreams into wealth and success. Coach Jaynine and her team of associate coaches will help you jump start your business and life through business, career, and life coaching. Jaynine is a member of the Jacksonville-Onslow Chamber of Commerce, the Carteret Chamber of Commerce, the American Psychological Association, 24/7 Coaching, and Coachville. You can learn more about Dream Catcher by visiting http://coachjaynine.com.

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[Editor's note: Today's guest article focuses on Foursquare.com and its application for location-based marketing strategies. If you have a brick and mortar business, and are focused on a particular local niche, you should consider employing Foursquare, or similar applications. ~Scott]

I’m not a game person but FourSquare caught my attention since the beginning. Some call it a game but I see it as a location-based application that works with most smart phones.

Most social media gurus focus on tactics and telling people how to use the tool, but they seldom talk about business strategy.

Let me show you how businesses can benefit from Foursquare. Have in mind that the application is addicting because users will compete for mayorships and badges which is something that ends up benefiting businesses. The app promotes exploring the town and trying new things which is great in itself. It will tell you if a place is trendy by the number of check-ins, and if you accomplish some requirements that vary from business to business you may win a badge.

Why is all this important to businesses: visibility, popularity, more customer loyalty, more business.

Why do people do it? They like to compete, they have [an] ego, it is fun and they can promote your business even though you might not be aware of it happening.

Have in mind that people want to become mayor of locations and oust previous mayors. When this happens they get posted publicly to twitter and Facebook with your business name and a link to your business’s profile page on foursquare.com. The same may happen when they arrive at your business.

Well, there are already savvy businesses using Foursquare to promote their business. A bar in San Francisco gives free drinks to the mayor of their location, and gives $2 off any performance night for those that show the phone and prove they checked in. This obviously motivates people to come back to the business and to use even more the application. In Las Vegas if you become the Mayor of the Miracle Mile Shops you’ll get your face and name on the 126-foot LED video screen. Big companies like Brave network, Pepsi and the New York Times are also using Foursquare. AJBombers a restaurant, did a Foursquare party and increased business in 110%.

Foursquare is already working on showing banners with the promotions.

The other day we were checking in at the movies and a message popped up telling us to try a restaurant around the corner with a coupon for us to use. What a proactive way to promote businesses in nearby locations!

The application allows people to recommend the place and suggest favorite dishes. It allows businesses and people to connect, bring foot traffic to the place and recommend to others. What more can a business wish for?

Badges for your business and badges to sponsor events is another possibility. For the users the more badges they have the more fun it is.

So, to put it into perspective, here are a few things you can use Foursquare in your business for:

• Coupons
• Special rewards for mayors or check-ins
• Encourage customers to come back
• Special promotions on slow days.
• Be a sponsor of Foursquare leaderboard.
• Brand awareness
• Deeper connection between customer and patron
• Instant feedback
• Promote events

I always say that the gold rush today is for being found, and getting attention.

About the being found part: Google and Bing maps are showing Foursquare venues when people search locally. Foursquare pages rank on search engines which means your business name, phone number and link come up.

Foursqare has the potential to revolutionize social media and turn it into a form of currency.

Out of the over 1.4 Million venues, only about 1200 venues have special offers. Less than 1% of businesses are going after this amazing opportunity. It is free.

Remind me how much you’ve spent with advertising that didn’t work? So what are you waiting for?

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Shahar-Nash is a mother-daughter team who focus on new media marketing for small businesses. To find out how to turn a dull, boring, life-sucking business into a multi-faceted money-making empire, visit http://www.BuzzInnerCircle.com

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[Editor's note: Today's guest article focused on building your site's visibility (and ranking) by building quality back links. Incidentally, I added the "no paid links" graphic because we don't want to rely on paid links to increase our page rank (and we don't want to be penalized by Google for doing so either). ~Scott]

Quantity of backlinks has always been a major factor in the search engine ranking algorithms. In the recent days, Google has been giving more priority to the quality of links as well. If you can add quality on the top of quantity, you just rule your niche and crush your competition.

Directory submission has powerful benefits to boost your internet business. It is considered as one of the most affordable tool in web site promotion. It has been chosen by many internet businesses because of its wide spectrum of opportunity it offers.

Link building is a very critical step in search engine marketing (SEM). Since sites are ranked in major search engines based on number of backlinks and the link quality, a site owner should spend a lot of time developing a solid link building plan with effective link building methods.

Search engine optimization is purely based on relevancy that comes from content with right concepts and proper usage of keywords. The best way to add content to a website is through blogging, making communities, comments and forums. And all these concepts are part of SMM.

What you need to do from a search engine optimization angle, is to start writing the press release content first. Submit that content to all the submission areas like your blogs, forums, press releases and article submission companies. However, before you submit your original press release content.

Submit it to your chosen press release company. Take the same content and add a little more content, say a sentence or two or an extra paragraph and submit it to a blog. Then add more content to your blog post and submit it to a forum and finally add more content to that forum post and submit it to an article submission company.

Article Submission is one way and to me it appears the only cost effective way to increase your business potential online. It needs no money, and with zillions of links provided out there. You can use the one of your choice to simple take the task to completion. Naturally submitting those crafted words is a task, which needs a foresight.

The owner of every business concern in the world knows exactly how important SEO services are for their trade. Through these services, a company can optimize and streamline its business websites and techniques to promote them in the most effective manner. Owing to this effective internet promotion service, several organizations have been able to multiply their online business and generate huge profits.

It is the most effective than other mode of URL submission. In fact web directories and article directories have anti-spam devices in their pages to check spam submissions. So, if you want better and effective result for the submission of you website URL and even article, this service is the answer.

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