Do I stand a chance in a highly competitive market?

[CovertMillionaire]

I understand where you are coming from. I think that it is more important to follow your passion than it is to worry about competition. Your passion will show through in the articles you write and the threads that you create.

What is more important is having the right mentor to teach you the ins and outs of Affiliate Marketing. I chose Profit Miracle (http://www.abinternetsolutions.com/profit_miracle) because they explain things in a very simple process. They even generate articles for me to copy and paste. I personally turned a profit in 5 days by following their step by step process.

I wish you the best of luck with your new online venture.

[RightMind]

Ok, I have another noobish question that I need some help with.

I've been spending a lot of time researching different market opportunities, finding niches and researching keywords.
Now, I would really like to promote some products in the fitness category (e.g. clickbank ebooks and such), since this is something I am personally interested in and passionate about. I know that I can easily write articles about fitness and fitness products and create good content. My concern is with how much competition there already is in this sector. It seems that even highly targeted niche keywords have huge sites and pages in the top search engine spots, thousands of backlinks, etc.
Will I ever be able to get any traffic, trying to promote fitness products? Or would your advice be to stay away from such a competitive market?

Thanks in advance for any advice on this!

[2d0k]

yes, every one has a chance to be successful in every that one does as long as he/she is passionate about it..

to see your competition and the number of searches for your particular product, try google.com keyword tool.. using it can give you a background of your competition and the number of global searches for specific words or key terms - like the description of you product in particular.. try google.com/keyword and you'll be there in no time.:) good luck..

[starforce]

Just continue... you already have the knowledge and skill. All you have to do is to develop it and apply. You will only be successful if you'll gave yourself a chance to make it.

[RightMind]

Thanks for the encouragement, guys!

[flowerhorn]

Contrary to other internet gurus out there, Jeff Johnson suggests that one go to highly competitive markets as the cake is BIG enough for everyone. Of course, those who been in it for a long time would enjoy a larger slice.

He cautioned against people going towards narrow niche even if it is very profitable. His reasoning is if you can find a new niche that has very low competition and there is money on the table, surely you will be able to make money in that niche. But the problem is you won't able to continuously make money from it as your competitors will discover your site and quickly jump it and create website to compete with you. And here, you would have to share the total money that can be made in the narrow niche with others which in the end you would only be able to get a very small income from it.

[daniel63]

The market for fitness products is competitive but very large and growing. With a good marketing plan and product you should have an excellent chance for success. I suggest targeting a growing but less competitive segment of the fitness category to more easily stand out.

If you are a good writer, you should have leg up on competitors. You could use your writing skill to create superior content on your site, in articles, on a blog, etc. It may take time, but if you work hard and stay persistent you will build up a following and give yourself a the best chance for success.

Good luck to you.

[Napalmus]

Hi guys,
Nice posts on this topic. I agree - never decicde NOT to get into a niche because it is too competitive. That just means there is definitely money to be made. What I would suggest however is that you can take your time building your project in that niche, because the demand is always going to be there. In the long run, a well-planned prject will give better returns than a rushed one.

Personally I think too many people spend too long on "research" and not enough on action. A lot of folks even research their niche to death, and end up convincing themself that there's no money to be had. Sometimes it is better to act on a hunch, especially if you have a little time to spend on a small project.

Use the google external keyword tool, pick some phrases as opposed to single words, and get into it. If you spend 2 days (ok 16 hour days admittedly) doing a small project, then you may not exactly set the world on fire but you will learn more about your niche. And "research" only measures what has happened in the past - it cannot predict what may happen in the months ahead. Who knows - you might put up a page with a link to some weird product nobody knows about, then two weeks later a news item tells about something that suddenly makes your product very necessary, and suddenly you have the jump on everyone else.

All I'm saying is it is better to try something and have it not work than not try something because you think it might not work. It just MAY work, and if you don't do it, someone else will do it. Doing a mountain of research is fine if you're looking to make 30 billion dollars from your next project. If you have the time to develop an idea then just do it. You are your own boss after all, and you will learn by doing.

Of course everything is relative, and the time you spend on research should be proportional to the overall time you're willing to spend on the project.

I haven't been in this business very long, less than 2 months infact, but in that time I have already done a bunch of projects - built a nice website, established a blog, marketed a number of products and even promoted a product launch. And yes I haven't made much money yet, but I have made some. Most importantly, I've learnt that action brings better results than inaction.

If I spend 2 days making a page on my website devoted to acne cures, writing 4 articles and submitting them to 8 article sites; then never make a sales from that particular project, then it doesn't mean I failed. It means I've done some true market testing and found a way that didn't work. The thing is though, those articles get your name out there and will evetually bring you some benefit, be it traffic or by building your reputation. At the very least they're always something you can put in your portfolio or resume. And someday you might get someone looking at your website for other reasons who just happens to have a kid with bad acne and they stumble upon your page and bamm!! $15 in your pocket :) so you never know.

Of course you could have spent those entire two days researching the acne niche, decide there was no money to be made and flagged the whole idea. When you do research and decide not to do anything in that niche, you are guaranteeing that you will not make any money from it. At least by giving it a go, even if your page and articles suck, you will at least sharpen your skills and learn from it.

I hope you understand now it is better to do something than to just research it to death and give up. :sleazy:

[marketingguy]

I whole heartily agree you should go for it and remember if you have good content and place it in the right places consumers will find it. Take advantage of your writting skills and submit to top Article dictories like EzineArticle and you will get lots of traffic.:)

[iancjackson]

You should also look at this from the persective of putting/applying your own "USP" any competitive niche you choose.

[ejfern22]

What you could do is to do more keyword research and try to find keywords in the fitness market that have high search volume and low competition. Because if you dive right into a very competetive market you might get discouraged and quit. I would find keywords that are in the fitness niche and just drill down until you find some good moneywords that you can get ranked for. This is just a suggestion of I think you should do. But once you get the hang of it you can them go after tougher markets.

[AndreyR]

well, I'm not sure about fitness but why don't you take a new niche?

it's not too hard to find one, right now I'm making money with http://www.eldercarebridge.com/reg-affiliates/

low competition area, great payments etc...

Good luck, anyway!

[khalidm]

That is why you need to do your keyword research properly and look for keyword phrases that has considerably lower competition but has good monthly searches. Target the lower hanging fruit before you aim for bigger keywords.

[shubh09]

You have to distinguish yourself from the other people were selling the same exact product. By simply offering potential customers and prospects an add-on that was unique only to you, you will separate yourself from the rest of the crowd.

[1quran]

Yes you can be successful in a highly competive market. There will be competition in most industries. You should focus on getting as much marketing education as you can and apply it to your market.

[martt]

There are always reasons for not trying, but people who will not try they cant achieve anything - to find out the only way is to try, and even if you lose then how much can you lose (I think it wont be that much). If competition is high then you just got to do better.