Few searchs x highly competitive

[augustos]

How to do when all of our keywords are highly competitive ( more than 60% seomoz tool ), and the monthly searchs are very few.

One example:

flv converter - 63% - 18k search/month

Is there any advice?

For US, all the keywords are very competitive....

[JamesNorquay]

Do not just limit yourself to the high competition head terms if you feel they are going to be hard to rank for. I know for a lot of those video conversion terms you have to go up against competitors who are selling software and people who are affiliates so it is quite competitive.

My advice is to target only a few head terms, and focus more on mid term terms and long tail traffic.

Go an get a blog set up and post a few relevant posts each month about cool things you can do with FLV converters or random other things which are related to the niche that is a great way to generate traffic fro the long tail.

Also do some analysis on social media and Q&A sites I am sure you will find areas where users are asking questions about FLV converters lend a hand and build links this way

[AlanBleiweiss]

Time, patience, and pulling out all the stops for long term sustainable SEO using best practices.  I've done this for a number of clients over the years.  It requires a great deal of expectation management, and consistent footwork.