Niche marketing is one of the best ways to sell a product or service. By focusing on a niche market you are able to find your target group of customers easily and you can focus in on selling to them. You are able to avoid the hassles of marketing efforts that never pay off.

Finding a niche market, however, may not be as simple as sounds. Sometimes narrowing down your target group of customers to a single niche market can be hard. Here are five tips for finding your niche market:

1. Make a list of people who could buy your product or service. By making a list you can begin to see a pattern in the types of people who would be likely to buy your product and thus you may discover your niche market.

2. Research where the demand is for your product or service. Find out who needs your product and why. This will point you directly towards your niche market.

3. Look at your competition. See who they are advertising to. This is one of the best ways to find your niche market.

4. Go online and do keyword research. Try to think of some main keywords that a person would use to search for the service or product you are selling. Enter these in a search engine and see what types of businesses or websites come up. You should see some type of pattern that will point towards a good niche market.

5. Go with what feels right. Above all else if you see a specific niche market that your service or product will serve then go with it. Do not try to complicate things. If you have an obvious niche market, then use it.

These five tips should help you find a niche market where your product or service will fit right in. Your niche market will make targeted advertising easier which will in turn help you get buying customers attracted to your business.