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The hyperlocal drill down is underway and a number of twitter directories are quickly moving to cover the hyperlocal realm. Here is a listing of some new services which will help you tweet hyperlocal and stay connected in real time with the hyperlocal beat in your tweethood.. or tree. If you read my blog Five [...]

. Here is a list of national newspapers which have cutback on production of their papers. I think you will find this interesting and if you pay attention to a trend you will see that a niche paper future is in some ways inevitable. Where do newspapers go from here? What’s next? 1) Get specialized [...]

Need a job? How about starting your own community niche paper and becoming the new media mogul in town! LocalsGuide LLC has just announced its new supplement to its niche newspaper franchise, the LocalsReview! LocalsReview is a community powered review site and nichepaper. The LocalsReview micro franchise will launch in November 2008 and act as [...]

Here is a quick outline for setting up and running a profitable niche membership website in under a years time. Step One: Setup a squeeze page Step Two: Begin to collect interested users email addresses in to a double opt in system like Aweber.com {{{gold}}} Step Three: Begin to engage your members with a consistent [...]

The number one mistake of 99.9% of membership sites startup’s is that they assuming someone wants their product before they take the time to survey the market. Take the time to do the research and survey the market. Remember the key elements of internet marketing: Fail and Fail Fast!{{{gold}}} Here are few quick ways to [...]

Here are a few tests you can run to determine if you have a good idea to sell. 1. Look For Competition, If you don’t see competition that is a bad sign. 2. Look for existing products people are already buying. 3. Look for highly viewed books on Amazon. 4. Look on youtube at high [...]

In November 2006, Peter Berdovsky, a Boston area artist, met a man named “John” in New York. John worked for marketing company Interference, Inc. and asked Berdovsky if he would be interested in working on a promotional project. Berdovsky agreed and then enlisted Sean Stevens to help in the project. Interference shipped Berdovsky 40 electronic [...]

LocalsGuide founder and CEO Shields Bialasik has announced that he will be transforming his hyper-local newspaper ‘LocalsGuide’ into a micro-franchise opportunity. Giving people around the country an opportunity at getting their foot in the door at launching their very own community newspaper.The paper will be supported by an online network of web2print community portals which [...]