Reconnecting...
NICHES. The scariest word for most people when starting out. However, the idea of a niche should not scare you. Instead it should be exciting.
What is a Niche?
A niche is a distinct segment of a market, in other words an "audience".
When choosing a niche that fits you, you should be choosing something that is ideally an interest, a passion, a hobby, but it could be something that you would like to learn about. You don't need to BE an expert, you BECOME an expert.
I personally enjoy many different things. I enjoy basketball, I used to collect baseball cards, I like to go skiing, I am really interested in men's fashion, exercise, internet marketing, and I love everything about the online business world.
There are also many niches over the years that I have been very successful within without knowing anything about them before getting into them. Dieting, voice over IP, hosting...are just a few.
Almost anything you can think of is a niche and that is why we are going to get you to choose YOUR niche based on things that you are interested in. You can earn money online from absolutely every single niche because there are billions of people out there searching for information, for solutions, and spending billions of dollars or products/services every day.
The idea of a niche can be a little confusing at first, so I have created a video walk-through for this lesson "Choosing Your Direction - It Starts With a Niche" that is going to walk you through what a niche is, how you earn money through a niche, and I will get you choosing your initial direction online.
Check out the video below.
Your online business should not feel like a day job. Earning money online should be fun, and it is fun. This all starts with choosing a niche that you are interested in and will enjoy working with.
The MORE you enjoy doing something the LESS it feels like a job and the more productive you are going to be. Carson and I are immensely passionate about online business and teaching people how to make money online, so that is the niche we have chosen with Wealthy Affiliate.
Your niche could be anything, but at the core of your niche selection it should be something that you "like". Something you enjoy. Something you can talk about. Something you want to learn about.
Task 1: Choose Your Direction
We want you to select the niche that interests you most and gets you the most excited.
A few things that you should understand about niches are:
(1) You are going to be writing content within your niche
(2) You are going to be communicating within your niche
(3) You are going to be choosing products to promote within your niche
(4) You are going to get to help people within your niche.
(5) Your first niche PROBABLY won't be your last (so don't worry about it being perfect)
(6) Any SINGLE niche website can become a "full time" income/business
There is NO SUCH THING as choosing the wrong niche.
Also, note that you can always change your niche down the road. Just because you are choosing a niche now does not mean you will be in this particular niche forever. Either way, please do not spend a week choosing your niche. Within the next 15-30 minutes (maximum) you should have your "starting point" niche chosen.
If you have any questions about your niche, feel free to leave a question below and we will help you out.
If you are REALLY STUCK at this point and you cannot decide on a niche, perhaps you may be interested in the make money/affiliate marketing niche. If you don't have a niche at this point, this will be your niche and we have an Affiliate Bootcamp dedicated to those that are interested in promoting Wealthy Affiliate.
If you have any qustions about your "niche" or direction of your business and you wan to get feedback from the community, leave them below and we will be happy to help.
Onto the next lesson, building a website! Exciting stuff is ahead! :)
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Top Helpers in This Lesson
For my website I wanted to do recipes that I create. I want to promote health and fitness and different easy food recipes which people can follow. I was wondering if this would be easy to sell... e.g. find a recipe which includes a food blender.. promote a certain food blender from amazon. And then have some pictures in gym clothing, promote gym clothing from Nike etc... would this work or would you have to pick a certain product e.g. clothes and have the whole website just for that?
Thanks :)
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I would recommend, however, that you look first at other affiliates besides Amazon. I know they're the "big dog", but after putting many hours of work into promoting them, I've found more success at individual vendors through Share-a-Sale or Rakuten. Just my 2¢
I just want to know that i am understanding correctly?
As a premium member and pretty slow beginning, how doea one invite another person to view the opportunity I am undergoing. I'm pretty much stuck on getting a niche and keep hitting a brick wall every time I get back into the program.
I understand what the process is but cannot for the life of me, pick a bloody niche.
Cheers.
I recommend Affiliate Bootcamp. As I feel you wanted to help others to see this WA platform. This will help you as well as how to get people to see this site.
You could see this on the left side of your screen, click Training, you will see there the Affiliate Bootcamp.
Cheers,
Florentino
many thanks for your input and much appreciated. I initially started on the Certification program until the niche section, then switched to Bootcamp but was somewhat confused at the same area. Is it my understanding that I should place WA in the niche segment, if so Ill continue the training with more confidence.
Cheers Georg
Thanks for your time in reading this, appreciate your input
Dave
Once you are an Amazon Associate or once you have applied to another affiliate programs, you'll get an affiliate link that you can copy paste to promote products related to your niche. Make sure you read their Terms and Conditions first.
Hope it helps,
Ferra
