Niche Market - keyword research

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I feel like I'm in somewhat of a niche market as the marketing director for an air medical company.  We provide pilots/mechanics for air medical aircraft (mostly helicopters). 

I downloaded the "how to do keyword research" playbook and I can't seem to hone in on keywords that have really high search volume besides:
  • how much is a helicopter
  • helicopter parts
  • and a few airframe specific searches

And those are in relation to completions, which we also do. 

How do you go about finding your keywords when it seems no one is doing much searching?  I am hoping to use data like this to get my team on board with more content, but I'm a little disheartened.  Most of the search volume for phrases like "aircraft operations," "children's hospital helicopter," or "helicopter maintenance" are around 140 - 210 volume.
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Connor DeLaney
Awesome questions  KRISTEN KING ! Search volume can be a tricky thing for more niche markets. Do you have anything on your website that asks "How did you find us?" Sometimes those queries can give you hints as to where they actually found your website or services which can then backtrack into the keywords they used to get there. 

Brian Casey Kevin Church , ☒ any additional tips for digging into those niche keywords searches? 
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Kevin Church
This is a very tricky market!  With such low volume around specifics related to this topic (I suspect many of them follow in that 0-10 searches a month zone that tools like SEMRush fail at,) I think the best approach is what Connor suggests: actually ask your customers an optional question when getting their information or following up with them: "We're always looking to make our experience better. Is there anything you didn't find while searching on our site?"

I'm also very fond of asking questions in Google and seeing what else it serves up in the "People Also Ask" section.


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KRISTEN KING
Thank yoU!
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KRISTEN KING
Thanks - we don't ask how they find us, but I may implement that
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KRISTEN KING
Is there a good keyword research course to take?  I've read the keyword research playbook which is great.  Just making sure I've got my hands on all the resources.
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Aurelie Giard
Very interesting discussion, thank you all!
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