1) Positioning and niche identification are important online because the internet functions like a library catalog where people search for specific information. 2) It is important to identify the right keywords and information to put on your "index card" so people searching for that information can find you. 3) When searching your identified niche keywords on Google, you should be able to find your own site and closest competitors, which indicates you have properly identified your niche.

1. Focus on: Positioning Niche Identification Why is it so important? Live Event with Robin Good starts at 1pm ET – Monday Sept. 21st

2. Robin, why is positioning so important?

3. Because the Internet is like a huge library information system

4. In the traditional, physical world you help people find you by placing yourself in their way. By showing your goods through a street window, by going to a fair or by advertising, you let people know what you can help them with.

5. In the online world the process is reversed. People actively seek the resources or businesses they are looking for just as they would inside a library information system

6. This is why identifying the right info to put on your “index card” is so vitally important

7. Hey Robin, but I see people can easily find me if they want to. What’s the use of this?

8. People who “already” know you can find you easily but how about those who do not know that you exist. How can they find you, unless you match what they would be searching for on their ideal “index card”?

9. But... Robin what criteria should I use to select the ideal niche?

11. Where do I start looking? Who do I ask? What tools do I use?

13. How do I know if I am doing things right?

14. You know you are doing things right when searching on Google for your identified “niche keyphrase” you can find your own closest competitors or complementary resources