Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Stick to Your Niche

By: Xin

Xin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:40:31 +0000

Great post. It reminds me of when we did the exercise on ideal audience. Remember? I said in my comment that I felt that “Alex” is a psychographic representation of who I want to target. Yes, I guess I could pin him down in a demographic way too which would niche him. But it’s really the psychology that drives this audience I envision. Because people are people. So, while the conventional wisdom might be to divide our businesses by trade, it make sense to see where else might your customers may be. Your proposal of looking at 3-4 additional niches is a great strategic way to go about it. Excellent suggestion, James. Win.

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5 Sneaky Ways to Find Out What Customers Really Want | Men with Pens — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:01:25 +0000

[...] a dead cat these past few years without hearing that the customer is king and that you’ve got to find your niche market before you create something to sell. It seems like you’re supposed to find a starving crowd and [...]

By: Steve-Hostirian

Steve-Hostirian — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:45:08 +0000

What a SUPER article, but even better all the GREAT comments! Wow! I’ve been concentrating on posting to industry forums this past year, but after reading this, plan to broaden my horizon. Thanks.
.-= Steve-Hostirian´s last blog ..How to drive business by being noticed and remembered =-.

By: Writing Jobs

Writing Jobs — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:07:24 +0000

I lost my profession as a professor in exchange as a freelance writer. Now, I’m so happy with it and my career has become stable and stronger.

By: NessWorld Magazine

NessWorld Magazine — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:52:20 +0000

I love this post! I have five different blogs, along with five different handles/names/emails etc. I find it so tiring trying to remember which hat I’m wearing and when.

I love that I can be NessWorld the WAHM Magazine Editor wherever I go. Gosh it’s just so liberating!

Good, good, no, Great Post.

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Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:34:12 +0000

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By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:42:49 +0000

I have had *so* many people advise me against my current blog set up. I have a few topics I cover on my blog – travel, lifestyle design, and photography, interspersed with posts about my personal life. I have a separate blog about my project to restore a vintage sidecar motorcycle, but that’s only because the topic is highly technical and might bore most folks. However, I get a decent amount of traffic regardless, and you know what? When I started an advice/lifestyle design-only blog, it got very little traffic, despite using similar marketing to that which I use for my main blog. I’m convinced that unless you’re at the top of your market, having a niche can make you come off as one-dimensional, and people tend to prefer to deal with more “real” people.

By: Maryan Pelland

Maryan Pelland — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:21:03 +0000

Well, James, if you’re serious about going outside your niche, and you like tech writing, I invite you to consider a guest post with us. Our niche is tech for affluent, savvy baby boomers. Our community is growing, our traffic is strong and we’ve been around for 4 years. Plus, we’re fun and really, really nice. Just let me know when you’d like to send something over. Nice article here, too – I subscribed to the blog because of it – you couldn’t have given better advice that to encourage writers to come out and play – it helps develop your writer voice!
mkp
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.-= Maryan Pelland´s last blog ..Should passengers be allowed to use cell phones in flight? =-.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:36:32 +0000

Jack didn’t read the sign I posted outside:

Don’t Feed the Egos.

Hi Jack. This blog is kind of awesome, isn’t it! James and team do a great job every single time out.
.-= Kelly´s last blog ..Talent vs. Fate—Are You Good or Lucky? =-.

By: James

James — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:38:34 +0000

@Jack – Never apologize for that. Letting us know that what we work so hard to provide here hits a note with you is… well, that’s great. We’ll take that.