Work from home

sharpei7 · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject: Work from home

I love dogs and wanted to start a doggie day care business from home. I then thought that it would take up too much time and might get some unwanted reactions from neighbors so I thought about providing dog info via the internet for a small fee. What do you think?

Vishal P. Rao · Forum Admin Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 112

Hi sharpei7,

What exactly do you mean by "dog info"?

Vishal

greenrob · Enthusiast Joined: 12 Jun 2004 Posts: 5

Hmm probably you mean providing tips to take care of dogs ??

everythingebaydotcom · Enthusiast Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 18

You will want to do some research online to find out what is out there already, what is successful and what is not being provided.

You want to find a niche to target that isn't being met. Then you will have success!

Start by using the tools available at overture.com

Good Luck!

Lisa

csmarketing · Enthusiast Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 40

Take a look at the link below if your are interested in finding a niche to get into, the step by step guides goes over the process. Excellent information, I am reading it now. Or you can listen to this free webcast which lays out the process briefly Under Achiever Formula good luck.

Michelle

sharpei7 · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject: Dog Care Business

Sorry it took me so long to reply, I haven't had my computer running in a while but anyway I wanted to provide dog care tips, behavior issues and dog treats via an internet business. I am still hoping to open up a dog day care facility as well but that may be a few months away from now. Thanks for all of your feedback.

Infoproduct Guy · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Dog Care Business

There is definitely opportunity available in the pet field and specifically related to dogs as well.

You have a few different options, once you narrow down your research for
pockets of demand a little tighter:

1. Write a report or ebook on dog care tips that you could sell from your
own website - and start to build cusotmer and subscriber lists. You could
eventually roll this into a payed membership site.

2. Develop content like crazy for the next month, and launch a membership website right away, knowing it will take 4-6 months to really
get humming.

3. Develop a minicourse (series of emails) and weekly or bi-weekly newsletter that you can use to build a subscriber list - you can then survey them, market them affiliate products and eventually market them your membership site when you roll it out.

It was already mentioned, but here is the Overture Keyword Analysis
Tool - http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

You can use this to check out keyword demand (number of searches per
month per keyword) to give you an idea of what people are looking for.

Good news is that there are lots of searches under "dog care" "dog care
product" "take care of dog", etc...

Hope this helps...

Jeff

sharpei7 · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:16 pm Post subject: Dog Care Business

Thanks for the reply Jeff. Your suggestions were a great help! Smile

oldnickb · Enthusiast Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

Certainly the "Dog" niche is very profitable if you look at the amount people are paying for Adwords.

I had a look at that market myself, and what struck me was the number of very specific sites, eg poodle grooming, stop your dog barking, how to house train your puppy in 7 days, how to train your boxer/retriever/doberman etc.

The important thing is to target your site specifically so you can concentrate your marketing in the right area.

If you are just starting out, the most important thing is to understand how to market your site. If you don't create traffic, you won't sell anything!

I did read somewhere that someone sold over 10,000 copies of a dog training manual at $29.95 a pop.

How long would that keep you going?

cheers,