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Building a Niche Minisite (Part 1 & 2)
Published by Brandon
01-09-2007
Exclamation Building a Niche Minisite (Part 1 & 2)

One of the easiest ways to make money online today is by creating “niche minisites.” The internet is huge, and it’s growing bigger everyday. You can always make a site that attempts to compete in large content areas, and you can succeed if you put enough time, effort, and money into it. What if you don’t have a lot of time? What if you don’t have much startup money? What if you’re lazy (even too lazy to start a Myspace turnkey)? Well then maybe you should give niche minisites a shot.


A niche is “a distinct segment of a market.” A minisite is simply a very small website (typically 10 pages or less).


When you combine these two ideas you get a small site that targets a specific people or product rather than a large site that attempts to encompass a large group of people or products. The benefit of this is that everyone who visits your site will be looking exactly for what you provide. This means higher conversion rate and more money for you.
Rather than bombard you with more theory, I’d rather show you step by step how to create, launch, and market a typical niche minisite.



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By Brandon on 01-11-2007, 12:21 AM
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Just to add, this has been updated to part 2

Net Business Blog » Blog Archive » Building a Niche Minisite (Part 2)

go check it out, here is a quote

Step 5: Lay the Foundation

The foundation of your niche minisite is of course the design. With a minisite, there’s no need to go overboard with a design. I would suggest you do it yourself if at all possible, even if you have little to no knowledge of design software. With niche minisites the design isn’t going to be the say all end all of the user experience - they’re going to be visiting for the content. That being said, there are two things you need to accomplish when designing your site:

1. Make it obvious what the site is about
2. Design around ad placements

The easiest way to make your topic clear to the user is by creating a good header. Don’t go overboard - just Google search a logo of your product and then add some relevant stock photos. The other thing you want to do is design around your ad placements. You want to make the products you’re selling stand out, and blend your Adsense with the content. The best way I can get these two ideas across is to show you the design I came up with for Red Steel. It’s really basic, and it only took me about 10 minutes to do.
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By Brandon on 01-12-2007, 11:41 PM
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This guy really posted some great info. I think everyone should read over this one for sure.
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By Pure Adapt on 02-27-2007, 09:20 AM
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Great read, thanks for sharing Brandon!

George
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