This article talks about the power of finding a niche area within your fashion business, and in particular blogging, as this one principle can help you stand out from an otherwise generic crowd and gain audience share within an ever competitive and congested online space.
Creating a fashion blog can be a great way to stand out from the crowd and build a career in fashion, but itâs important you make an impact and the best way to do that is to be very relevant for a specific group of people or businesses; whether youâre looking to be picked up by a top company or developing a loyal fan base.
WHAT IS A NICHE?
A niche is a focused subset of a particular market group. Â If you were to think about pet food, for example, you could niche that down to cat food and dog food â but this is still a very broad market. Â If, however, you were to look at gourmet dog food this could be considered a niche market.
There are many applications of this within fashion, as itâs all too easy to be broad and generic but when you really hone in on a small cluster of categories youâll build a much more meaningful and loyal following; itâs also much easier to get employee referral as itâs a much more focused and concentrated area of specialism.
WHY HAVING A NICHE IS IMPORTANT
In the case of having a blog on a broad topic such as budget travel, you are up against competitors with massive marketing budgets that spend thousands on digital advertising and are in the position to instruct experts such as an organic seo agency or affiliate marketing consultants to manage their campaigns.
Often, the broad markets are very crowded and competitive with a few dominant leaders with high domain authority that Google naturally pulls up the search rankings. Â If you were to think of this from a marketing spend perspective, you are wanting to get the greatest return on investment possible, and in spending money on digital marketing (e.g. Google Adwords) the cost per click for an advert relating to âbudget travelâ is going to be much higher than âbudget solo female travelâ because the search term is less competitive.
It also means that the person clicking on that particular advert is likely to be a more relevant customer looking for your particular solution. Â Realistically, you donât want thousands of people clicking on your adverts â you only want qualified prospects â and the more niche focused your marketing is, the better the conversion and the higher return on investment.
WHY YOU WONâT LOSE CUSTOMERS
Think of specialists within the medical profession. Â You have general doctors then you have specialist consultants that focus on a particular niche and charge way much more for their time. Â In focusing on a particular niche (e.g. a certain type of cancer) they create massive pull toward their offering to the people that are specifically seeking out a solution to the problem they face.
In doing so, you position yourself as the go-to-expert and align so strongly with that particular audience they are magnetically attracted to your âspecialist areaâ of expertise. Â Remember, people have problems and they seek solutions â if you can position your service as offering a more relevant solution than a more broad spectrum competitor, they will choose you.
In marketing, relevancy is everything and one of the best ways to make yourself stand out as a relevant service provider, or a relevant content platform, is to use niche marketing to your advantage.
