Monday, September 17, 2012

Niche Blogging 101: Choosing the Right Niche

In an earlier post, I made a case for niche blogging, I will now try to guide you through the process of choosing the niche that is right for you. Note that the objective when choosing a niche is to find an area with reasonable market potential that you are interested in and have enough experience in. Now let’s go through the key considerations. You may need to keep pencil and paper handy. A notepad on your computer or mobile phone may also be appropriate.

Note however, that if you are starting a blog to boost traffic to your website or to promote your business, your niche should be related to your website or business. If you own a business, your niche blogging should focus on your business. In that case most of the considerations here may not be relevant to you. These considerations are for people starting niche blogging from scratch.

What are your Interests?

Your blog should be about your interest and passion. It should be about a topic you are happy discussing. Your blog should be about something you are passionate about. Passion is very important in blogging because it takes time and energy to build a reputation and make money from blogging and without passion you will certainly give up along the way.

So, if you plan niche blogging it is a good idea to focus in an area of you have interest in. So, find out your passion and interests first.

To discover your passion and interests you need to brainstorm. Ask yourself the following questions:
  • What topics do you regularly discuss about with your friends?
  • What are your hobbies?
  • What type of movies do you watch?
  • What do you spend your money on?
  • What types of books and magazines do you read?
  • What types of websites do you regularly visit?
  • What sort of places do you visit?
Using these questions and more, write down as many niches as possible. You will weed down the list later. Next, we will continue on the process of choosing the right niche for your blog. You can also read my article on the benefits of niche blogging to get the picture.

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