From Sea Weeds to Local niche & PROSPECTING ideas...
 

Rod,

Great post on Local niche Tire kicking and PROSPECTING ideas. :)

In case you're Not into PPC or don't Track particular Experts...

Here's a real Gem! for you and interested SowPubbers...

Just Apply it to Google, MSN & Yahoo...

Don't miss out... Before it's Too Late...

We all Learn by Sharing, trial, errors and then comes Success! ;)

Make sure your speakers are On...

Light Bulb Moments With Perry Marshall
Sharon Odom Fling
http://www.geolocal.com/public/643.cfm

Local Search Boom Forecasted by 2011
http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/13944.asp

Phil

Re: From Sea Weeds to Local niche & PROSPECTING ideas...
 

Phil,

Excellent audio interview recommendation!

One opportunity that really stood out to me was using PPC to capture and SELL local leads to contractors, roofers, insurance agents, etc.

By capitalizing on your own LOCAL knowledge and CONTACTS that the big lead services could have a hard time competing with.

One idea that comes to mind for me is to essentially copy (so to speak, not literally!) the landing pages and forms of the big sites and to LOCALIZE your own PPC AD COPY and DOMAINS.

For example:

PPC Ad Copy:

Title: Richmonds Most Trusted Local Roofing Company
Text: Lifetime Richmond resident shares cities most trusted local roofing company
URL: RichmondsBestLocalRoofing.com

Other Domain Ideas:

GetLocalRichmondHealthInsuranceNow.com
GetLifetimeRichmondDentalProfessionalNow.com

Ok, the copy needs work, and I haven't tested this idea yet.

But, you get the idea. And I don't see why this couldn't potentially help anybody to sell all kinds of different leads to a rapidly growing local search market (estimated 20%-50 of all searches).

Anybody care to share results from this approach?

Cheers,

Rod

Re: From Sea Weeds to Local niche & PROSPECTING ideas...
 

Rod,

Everyone is just making Too much Money in their pajamas Doing this. :)

But as with So many business opportunities, Few will Take Action!

Fortunately and Unfortunately, many Think PPC is just Too Risky & Costly with click fraud etc.

Just like all the “Hype” about Affiliate link theft and other discouraging news...

Business and Life is Full of Risks and PPC will continue Making people Rich and it's only Going to Get Bigger & Better... ;)

To add to Light Bulb Moments With Perry Marshall and Rod's examples...

There are So many Quality Specialty products online, Local and Worldwide, many with No Affiliate program and Weak marketing departments just waiting to be Approached regarding...

Finder Fee and PPC marketing opportunities to Grow their businesses...

PPC Joint Ventures & other investment wheeling and dealing...

PPC AD marketing campaign Help & Repair...

Newspaper, Magazine, Yellow page Advertisers that are Spending Big Bucks and Want someone to Tell them...

Why are you Paying $10,000+... for those Ads when I can Get you Online Leads, business and Sales for Small Bucks!

Let's Share that $10,000+ between Us...

Here's just one Quick example and there are many ways to Turn this into a Great business!

Google makes push to take Prada ads from Vanity Fair
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...leprada08.html

And there's No reason that you can't “Chattel” Boats and all kinds of Luxury stuff through PPC...

Definitely, an interesting topic...

Phil

Re: From Sea Weeds to Local niche & PROSPECTING ideas...
 

Phil,

I skimmed the Light Bulb Moments interview you presented and will have to pick a time to go through all of it again.

As PPC is an amazing tool with endless opportunitites.

Think about it.

The geograhic targeting capabilities allow you hone-in on seaches originating from virtually any particular city block and/or worldwide, immediately!

As you point out there is an incredible amount of advertising that is simply wasted. Like throwing darts over a cliff.

And, an enormous amount of ad dollars being diverted FROM offline yellow pages, magazines, newspapers, and other sources, TO PPC because of this fact.

And, that most anybody that can demonstrate an acceptable ROI with PPC could go out and grab a fair share of their own.

A good, FREE place to start is to become a Google Adwords Professional.

Combine this knowledge with a good understanding of the geograhic and/or demographic market for the products or services you choose to work with, and a PPC Ad Agency could become a viable business option.

I really like the "Why are you Paying $10,000+... for those Ads when I can Get you Online Leads, business and Sales for Small Bucks!" approach.

However, I don't know if it would be best to charge, say, a flat 15% commission of the actual client PPC ad spend. Charge a monthly fee. Charge a minimum monthly fee and/or commission. Take accounts on-the-fly and charge, for example, 25% of the monthly savngs based (or not) on a certain ROI?

What do others recommend?

Yes, definately very interesting...

Rod