Saturday, June 7, 2008

Civil War Battle Map a Public Domain Case Study

I decided to create a case study using public domain images and take you through the process of researching a niche looking for small niches and finding keywords called long tailed keywords. Once we find the niche, then we will research and work on the product to be developed.

You probably already know that I have an interest in Public Domain Maps so lets look for something that has some monthly search volume with little competition from other websites. In this process I'm going to use only 2 tools to start with, Micro Nich Finder and an ebook and public domain images resource guide called The Easy Money Project by Tony Laidig.

I found a site that has some public domain maps, in particular, civil war maps and to dig a little deeper I looked for a Civil War Battle Map!

I basically outline the process and show you the tools to use. However, I can't stress how thorough The Easy Money Project ebook is....I think its around 200 pages. Tony describes the process of taking a digital image and turning it into a poster. He goes so far as to give you details on paper weight, printing costs, how to interact with the printer along with many other details.

So let's get started.

civil war map 1732
map of civil war 260
civil war battle map 194
map of the civil war 169
map of civil war battles 162
image usa map 1864 including civil war divisionspng 132
civil war battles map 106
american civil war map 88
map of north and south of the civil war 88
image usa map 1864 including civil war divisions.png 81
civil war 1861 1865 map 81
map civil war 74
map of the united states during the civil war 71
spanish civil war map 62
map of the north during the civil war 57
civil war states map 55
map ga civil war 54
map of civil war states 50
us civil war map 46
map of major civil war battles 43
1861 american civil war map 43
russian civil war map 40

I guess you would have to agree that it's a respectable size
niche with many long tailed keywords. The key to marketing online
with success is finding a proper niche market and promoting the right
product and/or service to that market. Take a look at the difference between
"civil war map" with 1732 searches a month and "map of civil war" with
260 searches a month.


I use a tool called Micro Niche Finder
to locate long tailed keywords with a small amount of competition. Similar tools
will result in different results. It's very difficult to find a way to get an
exact number since every search engine is different in some way, however, the
construct of discovering money making niches utilizing a keyword tool like Micro
Niche Finder is very accurate.

Micro Niche Finder for Long Tailed Keywords


For instance Micro Niche Finder
reveals to me that 'civil war map' is searched on 33,720 times every 30 days and
there are 50,100 webpages containing the exact keyword phrase. Keep in mind
that the amount 33,720 includes any phrase which includes the words
"civil" "war" and "map" and in any random order. Competing with 50,000 websites is
somewhat of a task...it's not impossible, but you would genuinely have to understand what
you're doing to get on the first or second page of google.


A more effective method is to search for a long-tailed-keywords with a search number of between 200 and 5000 a every 30 days for
that phrase and is only found on a small number of websites....which in a way is relative to the monthly search count. Lower than 10,000 is OK, 500 to 2000 is even better and you can find yourself on the first couple of pages in Google with little sweat.


In this case, I used Micro Niche Finder to discover this long tailed keyword "civil war battle maps"
There are 2,700 searches a every 30 days for that term and 2,910 webpages that
are indexed for that term. That implies that if I can get on page 1 of Google I will get nearly 3,000 eyes on my webpage each month. If 2% of those vistors would make a purchase, that would be 60 sales every 30 days!


Recall, there are only 3000 webpages indexed with the long tailed keyword "civil war battle maps".
All you have to do is use some simple seo practices, write some articles, produce a
mini-net with free blogs and practice some social networking and bookmarking you will be able to get
webpage on the first couple of pages of Google.


Now lets assume, you've done the seo,
written articles, did some social bookmarketing, submit to directories and create a web of blogs with some articles.....it's going to consume some time to get ranked for the the phrase in question. It's time to start putting your product together.


Let's find a Civil War Battle Map and if you click on that link....you'll find some civil war maps!


Working with Public Domain ImagesAssuming you've decided on a special Map of the Civil War,
let's create a poster of it. First you need to
download the civil war map that is most appropiate to your keywords, however, you have to know which
formatting to use and you will require some unique applications in order to view the image and
start working with it. This software is free for the taking....but that's all I'm
going to tell you right now. Tony Laidig, writes in his ebook, "The Easy Money Picture Project"
gives very specific inside information when it comes to working with public domain images, and using the information I've given you above along with
Micro Niche Finder Pro and Tony's Public Domain Image book you'll be able to make a top of the line product and start earning some public domain money!


I forgot to tell you, if you'd like to view how Micro Niche Finder works, click on the link and you'll be able to see a screen caputure video of the software digging up some long tailed keywords...no cost!


Very Well, I just given you a niche which is statistically proven, handed you a scheme for getting on the first pages of
google and told you the perfect tools to use in the entire process. Stop messing around! Click those links, get your credit card out and get started. Once you have these tools, you will have the ability to make a mark in the world of public domain images and in particular you will be able to make and market a civil war battle map calender or poster!


Shoot....just gave you another project idea :)




Easy Money Picture Project




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