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How to create a great niche content site?

I think I've recently discovered a niche with several high-traffic keywords, that doesn't have a good source of content ranking for it. I intend to create a content site for this niche, and I'm ...
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When is a niche too small?

I'm interested in developing a product for the sport of paintball. It has an estimated 10+ million participants (3rd largest extreme sport), though I'd be targeting the real enthusiasts of the sport ...
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Options for targeting advertising on iOS devices

I'd like to put targeted ads in my free iOS application. My app serves a relatively niche group (say hobby fisherman). What's the best ad network to use? I've used Admob and Apple's iAds in other ...
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Are weak ideas worth executing?

Recently I put some effort into evaluating niches, but none of them captured me. However, I think I have some good ideas that in overall could form a usable software. The problems are: the target ...
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How do I attract visitors to a niche content site?

I recently launched a niche content site. The niche is actually fairly popular, but I am not sure how to attract visitors or promote the site. I feel that my site offers value to people in this niche, ...
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Help discovering a niche

I, like a lot of developers, would love to start developing my own range of products. One thing I am wary of is building something that either has no market or where the market is so congested that I ...
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Finding clients as a local niche?

I recently (read: last week) started the following business: [Business Name] is a small business IT consulting firm. We specialize in the use of Open Source Software by small businesses. Open ...
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How to get a foothold in a software market that needs many features to be built before making it 'sellable'?

I am planning to get into creating software for a niche industry. I see that there are some providers already in that space and has room for more. Looking at the quality of products in the market, I ...
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What are the most profitable software niches?

I am looking to develop a software product as a side project, and I want to target a specific niche to lower the customer acquisition costs. I couldn't find relevant results on Google -does anyone ...
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Choosing a niche you love vs Niche with potential

OK i understand that you should do something you love, but how far should that go? Meaning, for example I love gadgets and software ( usually game related and entertainment etc). But for my startup I ...
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Strategy to raise money for smaller market size

We have a niche business for a particular industry but with very good domain expertise and traction. We have a few hundred enterprise customers and over 10 paying enterprise customers after just a few ...
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How to Find a CMO for niche products

I currently run two 3rd-party poker related SaaS and will soon launch another. Both products are very specialized and niche but there is a large demand for both products within the community. My ...
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Marketing to a Dispersed Niche?

This may be similar to a previously asked question ( What is standard marketing practice for a niche SAAS product?) but I'm hoping that by providing a bit more detail, others will have additional ...
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What are the optimal steps for pursuing development of a product innovation?

I have a great idea for a (tangible) product innovation in a very niche industry and would like to find out what the optimal steps are for pursuing this. Note: I have been reading a lot about the ...
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The best place to start to manufacture a FMCG?

I think I may have found a niche in FMCG. If I am looking to manufacture something (not a food), where would be the best place to start in finding manufacturers? I am based in the UK. I believe I will ...
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Viability of affiliate linking in iOS apps

I'm curious about affiliate linking from my iOS app to products in the iTunes store. This seems like a great idea: just downloading my app implies users have entered their credit card information ...
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What do you think about the document management niche?

Is that market worth entering, especially for selling to small companies? To build chipper document management systems?
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Is a “Discount for first N sales” promotion a bad idea for low volumes?

G'day! My company develops and sells off-the-shelf (or rather, download-from-the-web) desktop software to quite a niche market. Our most popular product has user numbers in the hundreds (although how ...
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Best way to get a niche product to the masses?

I am the owner of humanbonejewelry.com. I currently sell jewelry made from real human bones and it is a very unique product. I am wondering how to get this product to the masses without spending tens ...
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Is there a missing niche market in web hosting business? [closed]

I am thinking in web hosting as a new startup. Is there a niche market in this segment which is not properly served in your opinion? What do you think?