Affiliate Marketing Niche Idea: Time Management

Promoting Time Management Products

A good strategy combined with effort increases your website's prominence over time.

Link building is a way to promote your site. It can be very time consuming and frustrating, which is why you need to map out a link-building strategy during the early stages of site creation. Right after picking out the products, consider how you'll go about building links to your site and getting traffic to it.

Forum and Blog Participation

I mentioned that I got into time management because I was looking for tips on how to better manage my time. During the course of my research, I found some good blogs that I follow and participate in, like the Time Management Ninja, as well as forums like Toodledo.

The important thing to remember when participating in forums and blogs is that you're not just participating for the backlink or the traffic. Aim to build relationships by providing valuable, helpful info. 

Social Media

I think this particular method applies to any site in any niche simply because social media sites are big and have regular followings. The key to marketing through social media networks like Facebook is to gain a following as well as "Likes" (or their equivalent), and to do that, you need to share, share, share. It doesn't have to just be content from your site. It can be a short, funny comic strip showing what happens if we don't know how to manage time, or an infographic of how one can jumpstart their time management skills. Always keep in mind the content needs to be "shareable." 

Content Strategy / Content Marketing 

This is not about submitting articles to various directories. This is about managing the content on your site and making sure you are providing your visitors high-quality, informative content on a regular basis. One thing I can do within my niche is content curating, meaning I rank and review the top 10 sites on time management (good opportunity for link baiting as well!). This particular method helps you create shareable content for your site and your social media marketing efforts. 

Is the Time Management Niche Worth the Time? 

It's got potential, but it can bring you a lot more if mixed with other self-help products.

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A lot of you are probably asking the same question. The answer depends on you, and what interests you. Picking a niche is not just going for what you're into or what will get you the biggest income. There has to be a good balance between your interest and the earning potential.

In the case of the time management niche, though, it's more about going after what I am interested in and less about how much I can earn off it. There are more lucrative sub-niches in the self-help niche where I can earn more, but I am in it for the knowledge. It's just a bonus that I can make a bit of money while I improve my time management skills. If you have a similar mindset, then creating a site on time management won't be a waste of time for you, either.

Keep in mind that better time management is just one part of developing yourself. This means that you can start off with just time management products on your website, and then add general self-help products over time. Or, if you have a website on self-help, or are thinking of building one, then add one or two of the products listed here to give your website a bit more variety for your visitors.

I hope you liked my niche of the week and gained a few insights into how to go about selecting your niche and keywords. Be sure to leave me a comment and share my post! If you are looking for step-by-step training on creating an affiliate site from scratch, including in-depth lessons on keyword research and niche selection, then check out AffiloBlueprint.