Jun 17 2010
How to Become an expert in your niche
Becoming an Expert
This is quite easy with just a little work on your part.
I’ll take a totally random topic such as “landscaping” and type into Google search, “what is landscaping”
Several results are returned. One to catch my eye is from wisegeek.com, and it tells us…
“Landscaping is a profession which involves manipulating the natural environment in an area to make it look a certain way. This profession often relies heavily on gardening, but landscaping also involves the installation of walls and other features, the construction of buildings, and the consideration of an area as a whole. There are a variety of reasons to practice landscaping, ranging from a desire to make an area look attractive to a push to make an area functional for recreation.”
Just one paragraph, yet this information could be a fantastic start of an article, e-book, or blog post. This site, along with several others that the search returned, are chock full of good information that you could use.
Next, I typed in “landscaping how to”
When you type into the Google search box, there will appear below, suggested searches that people are activly searching.
This tells you what people in that niche are interested in, and what areas that you should be focusing on.
There is a really cool tool available that I use often, and is a tremendous time saver for researching new projects. It is called “Answer Analyst”
and there is a video on this page that describes what it will do for you.
It is a software product that is for sale, however, the time it has saved me in writing articles and researching new niches is priceless.
With some good information under your belt you can now easily compose a free report that can be given away to your readers, as well as some quality articles and many blog posts. You are now labled as an expert! keep up the good work.
One response so far
Or you could stick with your niche keep writing articles and your sure to become an expert.
Nonetheless, nice post.