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Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
When it comes to building a website, there’s a niche for everyone. You might be amazed at what people find to be interesting. Choose a topic that interests you, start blogging or site building, and see what happens! Here are a few that I’ve come across recently that might inspire you to think outside of the box.
TWEET YOUR PRAYERS.
It’s clever, but I’m starting to wonder if the 25-year-old economist who started it has bitten off more than he can chew. What’s I’m talking about is his “Tweet Your Prayers” service where people can “tweet” prayer requests on Twitter and he’ll print them out and post them on the ancient Western Wall in Jerusalem. The service was apparently so popular on Twitter that someone jumped on buying the “TweetYourPrayers.com” site and the official site had to be placed on an “.info” domain. The owner has already been asking for volunteers in his Twitter feed and complaining about his computer not being able to process the “prayer tweet’ load fast enough.
The bottom line: Is he making money? Probably not. But he is getting a heck of lot of publicity in the news and his site asks for donations.
PRAYER MEMBERSHIP SITE.
In a related “prayer vein,” someone set up a membership site where you can have your computer recite prayers commonly used by Catholics, Jews, Muslims and other religions. That way, when you forget to say your prayers, your computer will do it for you.
Are they making money? Who knows!
HAVE THE INTERNET MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU.
We’ve all heard about “desperate buyers” being the ultimate target market. How about desperately confused people?
CNN announced the launch of Hunch, which makes decisions based on information that you provide. I tried Hunch.com out and it asks some pretty basic questions that determine your personality type. At the end, it had several suggested “decisions” so I took a look at where Hunch thought I should visit before I die. You can get a free account at Hunch. I have not done so yet, so I am not sure how they are making money.
Weird Niches.
If you’re scouting around for ideas, check out Nicole Dean’s blog. She is constantly posting stories about profitable weird niches that should inspire you.
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