Market population size? Phone-driven or walk in? PHONE Does your state/country require a license for this niche? YES Number of active businesses in niche? High volume or low volume niche? Does the niche look like "low hanging fruit"? COULD BE SEO SALE Number of citations top 3 local listings have?
Number of backlinks top 3 local listings have?
Overall content for top 3 local competitors?
Age of domains for top 3 local competitors?
Recommendations (our advice) "The Riches are in the Obscure Niches" (not plumbers/electricians/roofers) - use Thumbtack - Yellowpages - Home A 50k to 350k (These populations are NOT set in stone, but a good starting point for your 1st niche). "Phone-driven" industries are preferred for lead gen. We recommend checking if a niche needs a license beforehand. Google your local state requirements or call your lo We recommend a minimum of 5 active businesses (there's really no maximum) - use Salesgenie.com - Google - Infou High volume niches (more calls & customers e.g. limo's), average client value can be lower. If a low volume niche (le Watch "low hanging fruit" training video. Use Whitespark.ca to check number of citations.
Use Seo Quake to check backlinks.
Use Seo Quake to check number of pages - and then manually visit the site to check the quality yourself.