Comments on: Sub-Niche Blogging – Lesson’s from a Baker Named Tom

By: Walter Jeffries

Walter Jeffries — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:34:53 +0000

Hmm… Then I’m all set. I’m in a super-sub-niche! Pastured Pig Farming In Vermont. :) Thanks for another great blogging article.

By: karli

karli — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:42:03 +0000

Great tip. I am testing this out for myself with my series of small travel niches. Instead of tackling “travel blogging” as a whole. I’m going to be writing a lot of small articles about the few lesser known places I have actually been to, and trying to get in on those scenes. Will keep you updated as to whether this works or not. To be continued…
Kx

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:14:50 +0000

As usual, I always pick up a few tid bits when I stop by here. Nice article.

By: Digger

Digger — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:33:24 +0000

I don’t think the sub-niche will always work though. If you opened a donut shop in Beechworth that made better donuts than Beechworth Bakery would you succeed?

You’ll still be competing against the better known niche sites. You may pick up some of their crumbs but you aren’t getting the whole cake.

That being said, sure there’s potential there as with anything and I’m always optimistic, I just like to look at the pros and cons as well.

By: Michael Valiant

Michael Valiant — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:31:13 +0000

I realize that there is a lot of elbow room still, but “More people not seeing these golden opportunities” means More Money for the rest of us!

That being said, I recommend to most of my coaching clients that they ‘niche-ify’ their businesses and have noticed this trend gaining momentum in the past 6-8 months.

Michael Valiant
http://www.TheMarketersReport.com

By: Carole Nickerson

Carole Nickerson — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:57:40 +0000

The sub-niche (I call them micro-niches) concept is definitely one that is overlooked I think, especially when it is high profile because people feel they might not be able to compete. There could be 1000’s of top digital camera sites to compete with that discuss many different kinds of cameras. Whoopee. But, you could devote an entire blog to a single camera and do very well in building a tight little niche that focuses people more closely on the product instead of a ‘range’ of them.

My point? It’s just too bad more people don’t see these golden opportunities.

Ok, enough babbling for one day :)

By: HD Goddess

HD Goddess — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:47:18 +0000

I’m following that sub-niche idea, but with a different approach. An HDTV blog for women. Big topic, but one in which marketing towards women has been generally neglected.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:57:56 +0000

btw Darren, did you go to the Beechworth Bakery :-) I’ve spent a few hundred dolars over the years on coffee and other sugary assortments at BB – it’s still the talk of the town, I see – good to see Tom going the franchise route.

sub-Niche, Yeah … I guess I should have thought more before I started blogging in my own niche: home business :-( … what was I thinking!