This is a topic that is `near & dear` to me, and has been for about 3 years now, so much so that I have consumed (There's that word again) a lot of content on that, but are still none-the-wiser. I think I have a handle on the technicalities to spin up a Service, using the Internet for Comms, Sales and community development etc, but the 'niche thing' still eludes me. Does anyone know of a Product and/or Service, Free or User-pays, to let someone select a Sector, then narrow down into a Niche, and then reliably validate that Niche, to then exploit it into a monetisable product? At the moment, I'd paid for a pre-validated and potentially exploitable Niche with ongoing guidance and support. And I think many others would too. The more Tech you are, the harder it is I think to pinpoint an idea with potential merit. My $0.02.

If you follow the advice of a lot of Skool gurus, they will have you focus on: - Creating funnels - Testing headlines - Copy that converts - "No brainer" offers - A website - Cold email - Chat bots - YouTube - ...insert more tasks here - The list goes on and on. What don't they tell you? non of it matters without experience or audience insight. Only experience that is APPLIED to help your niche succeed will really move the needle. The bad news? Well experience takes time, you CAN'T skip this. No coach can give you a piece of advice to get around this. (that means maybe you won't be rich in 30 days) If you focus too much on that long list above—you'll never get the experience you need to really make an impact on people. You need to go deep on something. If you focus too much on that long list above—you'll get clients but then you will lose them. More time should be spent on gaining the experience to really help people. I could write a bunch of post and videos on how I did this in 30 days (and I have). But if I'm being honest my success is due to 35 years of working with technology. I've helped hundred of founders and businesses successfully use technology in their business. I was on the internet 5 years before most had heard of it. I was luck to have the internet in the early 90s. And long before that I used BBS's, where you'd call local computers and exchange information computer to computer. I'm not saying you need 35 years to crush it, but you do need that experience. And if you don't have broad experience, which takes a lot of time, you need NICHE experience that people care about, now. Even if you're just starting out, you can get the experience you need to make good money, but you will need to focus and go deep enough on a skill (that matters to people) that can make a difference. I do think its possible to launch a business very fast and gain the niche experience you need very quickly. BUT, to do that you will need a deep understanding of your audience, the problems, so you can focus just on the experience you need to move quickly.

I recently posted something on my instagram, and well it didn't get as much traction as I wanted it to get, and I'm thinking the algorithm is giving my work to the wrong people. Led me to think, what kind of people am I reaching out to in the first place?! https://www.instagram.com/leontran_oc/ was just wondering, in your opinion, what niche does this look like it's reaching out to?

Hello, My name is Blake ivey and I’m interested in starting my own Skool community. I have been working the same job for 10 year and have taught roughly 11-14 people so far how to be a certain kind of commercial consultant that has a couple ways of making money. I am a single dad and my life changed when I figured out how to work and take care of my daughter with her being so young. It was hard but I made it fun and figured it out. Right now I’m looking for an influencer to promote my community for money of course and help me build it into something profitable. Any help from others is always welcome. Thank you

As 20+ year entrepreneur myself, I've been wondering whether to create a free community, free to paid or paid community only. Based on the stats of this community alone, I think paid communities work best. Stephen is pretty direct, and I hope this post isn't taken the wrong way - or at least, incites discussion. Looking at the stats - 85% of all the members on this board are Level 1 - Procrastinator's. That means they signed up, and then don't comment or interact with anyone on the board. That's a lot of people doing nothing, but the 8k member count looks impressive! Skool is set up in a way where you have to comment on posts, in order to upgrade your posting ability. So you'll see welcome post replies, "thanks" comments and unproductive replies to posts. I don't think it helps the community. Instead, paid members usually join either to download resources or to ask direct questions that they need answers to. The post quality will go up, as the posts will be super specific too.