Okay, I’m already around a week into this project focusing on “Taekwondo Gear” as the niche key word. At the beginning, the site wasn’t ranked. As of today, mytaekwondogear.com is on the 13th page of Google’s organic search result; specifically it is on the 124th position.
After at least a week, mytaekwondogear.com is number 124th
I’m going to have to track this to see if I see improvement over time, as I add more articles, then later some back links, I expect it to move up in rank over time.
Figuring out the market niche I wish to blog about is the very first step.
How did I go about doing it?
Well, I sort of used the suggestions from Pat Flynn and the author of the book “Crush It” and went with a topic that is close and dear to my heart–Taekwondo.
I suppose I could have search the web for ideas. There are many different ways to do this:
I decided on the fourth bullet. To do this I purchased Market Samurai. It is pricey, but I figured that aside from using the tool to determine my market niche, I can use it as a tool to determine good key words for the various articles I know I’ll be writing.
If you want more information about Market Samurai, you can get more information about it by clicking the Market Samurai information link.
The keyword I chose was Taekwondo. I entered that word and Market Samurai popped up with various key word combinations and their corresponding SEOT (SEO Traffic) values and SEOC (SEO Competition) values. In using the tool, I focused on the key words that had a relatively high SEOT and low SEOC. A quick check on the SEO key word competition which shows the various sites that shows up as the 10 sites on google’s organic search results shows that the competition isn’t really there. The ones that show up there are mostly sites that sell martial arts gear.
I figure that I will capitalize on Taekwondo gear and give people reviews, opinion, and information regarding and relating to Taekwondo gear.
After determining that “taekwondo gear” is going to be it, I checked the availability of the domain. The best I could do was mytaekwondogear.com.
When I get a chance, I’ll post a video of how I used Market Samurai to choose my market niche. It really did save me time in making this determination.
Let me know if you have any questions or if you have any comments regarding how I approached the selection of my market niche.
I’ve been reading up on a lot of things lately. One of the things that stand out is how people out there are able to capitalize on their blog to earn income online. If you have an interest in this field, feel free to follow me online and learn from what I learn. Note that I credit Pat Flynn for inspiring me to do this. Pat Flynn is the owner of the blog Smart Passive Income Blog.
This particular topic will take one year to complete from beginning to end. The objective is to find a market niche and fill it with a web site which is monetized to earn income purely from Google Adsense and possibly from affiliate ads.
Wish me luck. Let me know what you think by posting comments below.
credit: Graeme Weatherston
Are you confused by Taekwondo belts? When you go to a Taekwondo event and see the many rainbow of Taekwondo belt colors, do you wonder why there are so many?
Well, this article should help clear things up.
In Taekwondo, the core belt colors are:
Taekwondo is great for health and fitness
Is it true that Taekwondo is good for health?
The answer to this is yes. Like any physical activity, having exercise in one’s life is good for the heart, muscles, bones, and to some degree spiritual and mental fitness.
Unlike other physical activity, Taekwondo as a martial arts also provides one with core values to strengthen one’s character. No other physical activity builds one’s core like Taekwondo.
When you practice Taekwondo, you exercise your mind, body, and spirit.
The mind is kept active through the knowledge one gains about martial arts and how one is taught to have “victory”–a code of conduct which reflects positive mental attitude.
The spirit, which is ones inner motivator, is strengthened through the reinforcement or teachings on core values–the six tenets of Taekwondo (courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control, indomitable spirit, and victory). When one has strong spirit, one is able to motivate himself or herself to achieve goals and objectives.
Last but not least, the body is regularly exercised through calisthenics, aerobic, strengthening, and stretching exercises. The exercises are done in such a way where all parts of the body work in an integrated fashion to give it natural strength.
No other fitness activity can deliver like Taekwondo!
I found an interesting marathon training plan. The plan looks very promising and is called the 100 Day Marathon Plan. Note that the link is an affiliate link. It will not cost you anything to click it. But it will take you to the author’s web site explaining exactly what you will get with the training plan. Here are the highlights:
I could probably use this for the 2012 NYC Marathon—the marathon I’m training for after the upcoming California International Marathon. And if things workout, then maybe, I can make it to the Boston Marathon. I have to get fast though; have to eventually break 4 hours, then get down to 3:30.
Anyway, the offerings, information, and endorsements on the web site look very compelling. When I get it, I’ll let you guys know how it works out.
If you’ve tried it before, let me know what you think. They do have a 60-day money back guarantee, which is always a good thing, if you decide you want to purchase it today.
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Just recently, my mastermind group recorded a meeting which I wasn’t able to attend. The video file was over 100MB in size. They uploaded it to Ge.tt. One of the group members emailed us a very short URL. That link provided us access to download the large 100MB plus video file.
So if you ever find your self in a bind, Ge.ttspace for it.
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This is just for my own record keeping because I seem to always misplace prior years stats. So I can’t recall if I’m getting better, worse, or the same. This is the official 2011 Bridge to Bridge race results:
I’ll post all run times on this blog from here on.
2011 Bridge to Bridge Run; at the starting line.
In my younger years I would go to the Bridge to Bridge run and do the 12K, every year like clock work. Back then I think they used to support the Big Brothers/Big Sister charity program.
There is the one thing that I (and I’m sure many others) looked forward to when I crossed the finish line—all the goodies you can stash in your plastic bag.
I recall Raley’s used to be one of the sponsors, and they gave a lot (little boxes of cereal, bananas, and even yogurt). There were other companies there too; I can’t recall their names (getting old I guess), but they gave away sports drinks, sports bar, little trinkets, and many others. I would always find my bag full of stuff!
This year is so different. First of all, there weren’t as many booths with give-away goodies. This tells you right away that there isn’t that many corporate sponsorship for these worthwhile runs anymore; and it seems to be less and less every year.
When I left the Bridge to Bridge expo today, this is what I had in my goody bag:
I wonder if the economy has something to do with it. I hope more companies would sponsor this worthwhile event; it definitely adds to the after run festive atmosphere. They do still have the main events:
Anyway, next year I’ll be back again to support this event; maybe we’ll be out of this economic drought and more corporations will sponsor the run.
Have anyone of you run this event? If so, what do you think?