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Another way to pick a niche is by choosing something YOU are always looking for information on. Chances are, if you are looking for it, someone else is. Also, if you have a topic you have done extensive research on – share it. You’ll make it easier for others.
For example, one of my family members has kids with a chronic condition. She has spent years trying to figure out what it was, then how to deal with it on a daily basis. She has all the makings of a great blog. Now if I could just get her going.
Other places for research are top article directories, like
http://www.goarticles.com/
They have the Top 30 downloaded articles for the month, giving you an idea what topics people are searching
http://ezinearticles.com/ look at the different topics, each one has Top Authors (according to # of articles submitted. Each author, also shares page views of each article, for example:
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert_bio=Ponn_Sabra
My favorite free keyword suggestion tool is:
http://tools.seobook.com/general/keyword/
Google has froogle for product sales, books for book sales, and local and national searches too.
I just love all the research that can be found there.
These are all starting places for research. Once the whole passion + skill set (professional experiences, talents, etc.) are weighed accordingly in the brainstorming session that you began.
All the best,
Ponn
If you are a new blogger, you want to write about what you know best. Who knows more about yourself than you? If you are a mom or dad, write about that. If you work construction or are a housecleaner, write about that. This will help get your feet wet. Once you have some good content written, look for new niches you feel you can passionately write about the same way you write your first blog. If you find out you love blogging, next think you know, you will be creeping up in “Gayla territory” in the amount of blogs you write for.
I definitely suggest considering what subjects would hold interest over a long period of time, a good question might be, can I think of something to say regarding this subject on a daily basis for at least a year? This would limit the niche to something you’re passionate about, which I think is the key for a succcessful blog. I think the blogs where you can tell the blogger is really passionate about the subject are more fun to read.
Passion is KEY. You know, the topic that floats you to the top of a soapbox? The one you have to resist going on and on and on about at that dinner party? The thing you search for and keep current on when you sit at the computer…
My ‘niche’ is a noisy one, there are a lot of food bloggers. So I tweaked my niche for my second blog, addressing brown bag boredom and providing all sorts of ideas for parents packing lunches for their munchkins…
Hi Gayla,
I just read you won a site re-design for SEO, through eMoms. Well done! Does this mean you’ll be changing the look? Or just the back end?
Hope all’s well.
David ~ I was shocked to see I’d won anything really.
Not sure what I’m going to do about that. I’ve been thinking about using the re-design on one of my other projects, but certainly not here on MomGadget.
It would have come in handy a few months back for here but I’ve put too much of that OCD energy into this one.
If you are not sure which direction to take but you know that you love to write then it’s probably a good idea to secure your name as your domain name and go from there.
Everytime you blog about something that interests you there is a category that you can create if you are using a wordpress blog. That way you can have several categories as your niche without really having to put too much thought into it.
Char ~ Back in the day, that’s actually how I started my own niche. I became very frustrated at the lack of good information and started my own.
I think the best education and information on most topics come from those who are passionate about finding info and results.
Steve ~Everyone knows how parents love to talk about their kids. I think blogging is a great way to be a bragging parent and to share with friends and family.
It’s also a great way to brag up those products that You just can’t make one trip to the store without. If you believe in a product, you’ve probably got a nice little blog topic just waiting to be written.
Webomatica ~ You bring up an interesting point. Thanks! I’ll be blogging about that in the near future.
Janelle ~I love your brown bag blog. Very nice little niche you have going. Just goes to show that even from within a niche, there may be a finer niche just waiting to be tweaked.
Angela ~Great tip! There’s another blog topic! Gosh, my list is growing with every comment
Nice Article. Now I want to expand my blog but Until now, I don’t have any idea what niche I want to choose. I like to make blog about my hobby (Nintendo DS and other console games) But it seems there are too many web in the world in this niche.
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