Niche Commercialization Question/Help

[Lynn Terry]

I'm glad the research is producing some great ideas!

Keep us posted. ;-)

[ophy]

Hello again!

Alright I'm back with this.
By watching what others in my subject/niche are doing to monetize their blogs, I found ideas yes.
But I'm still stuck with the fact that keyword tools are not giving me any
results when I use commercial modifier to find product ideas and content ideas.

I'm not sure what to do.
Try imagining having a location blog, and modifier
keywords give no results. So far, I get results with "maps", "cruise", "real estate".

But they won't search for buy xyz, order xyz, how to xyz, xyz product, xyz guide, download xyz, xyz book.

So imagine it's Faroe Islands (which is not), and you don't find commercial searches,
well you can write about FI all you want, but it doesn't seem very commercializable, no?

Thanks guys for your take,

[Lynn Terry]

Have you done the Monetization Brainstorming Exercise yet? I assume you're following the Niche Success Blueprint - if not, let me know. But my advice would be to sit down and make a list of everything your target market might buy. There's travel (hotel & airfare booking), local merchandise, maybe Discount Restaurant Certificates (I love those!). Make an exhaustive list of everything you can think of, along with what you saw/found on related sites.

You can test Adsense on the site and watch for relevant merchants and products/services that display too.

You might also score some local advertisers once you have a decent amount of traffic coming in.

[ophy]

Hello Lynn,
Yes I've done the monetization brainstorming exercise. I suppose then that I have to look at my project as one I will not be able to monetize within 6 months. For instance, local advertisers might get interested only once I have enough traffic, which could take 1 year. (who knows how much is "enough traffic"...)

I was trying to find faster ways to generate income, such as related products I could blog about and sell. These could bring in a revenu faster than local advertisers. But like I said, there are zero searches with buy, order, download, guide...

I will sit down again and re adjust the list of what my target market might buy. Thank you!
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[Lynn Terry]

There are certain things they won't search for, but would easily buy if introduced to them or educated about them. Such as the restaurant certificates or merchandise for example. And of course you can use Adsense to start as I mentioned.

I got my first site sponsor for my low carb blog when it was less than two months old. At a lower rate of course due to it being new and having lower numbers, but it was very targeted with great engagement - which means a lot to certain advertisers.

[ophy]

There are certain things they won't search for, but would easily buy if introduced to them or educated about them. Such as the restaurant certificates or merchandise for example.

Good point.
Thanks