It’s like back to zero… Any thoughts on how to get me interested?

On my main blog, I tend to write posts that’s more than 350 words, but my progression blog could be 50 words–or just a screenshot and nothing else.

by Marion TD Lewis, Blogger
http://www.divorcesaloon.com

Thanks for keeping us pointed in the right direction Darren

I just started my second blog. Actually I’ve done many but this is my second serious effort. I’ve run The Bookshop Blog for about a year and a half and it’s not that I’ve gotten bored but since it’s inception my bookstore has closed (moved to online only) and I know work for a software company. i wanted to continue writing but not always about books. I just started The Big Desk with a much broader topic. Most say that to do well $$ you need a good niche. I plan on writing about things that hold my attention; the environment, architecture, personal growth, travel and cooking. I may not get a massive following but I’m enjoying the heck out of it. I also get to employ the more serious blogging tips I’ve picked up over the past few years.

Bruce

I always believe in the power of leverage….For instance, recently i launched a blog about love and relationship tips…i identified the niche and with a help of my friend, we start up the blog with success of getting lots of traffic from social networking site and search engine too…next phase, we are planning to launch a another niche blog about love too once the website is well established and getting consistent traffic…

Would appreciate if you guys check out my love blog…cheers…

1. merge your blogs as you suggest

or

2. transition your blog to a less frequently updated blog. There’s no rules that content has to go up every day. There are some great blogs around that only post once a week (or less).

Derek – TwiTip has grown faster than any other blog I’ve launched mainly because it relates strongly to the audience of ProBlogger and because I have a pretty decent Twitter following.

It is definitely easier to start a 2nd blog when you have something successful going already – although even a small existing blog will give you a leapfrog (I’ll write more about this below).

Living on AdSense Blog – yes you can go that way – OR (like Cathy says) you can choose a topic that relates to your niche. So you could quite easily roll out other blogs on other ways of making money online that would appeal to your existing audience.

Miguel – yes as I said above it is easier the more successful your previous blog is – however it’s not impossible with a small blog. The first photography blog that I leveraged to launch DPS was by no means a big blog – it had a few loyal readers but it was nothing like ProBlogger is.

I guess what I’m trying to convey is that you need to look at what you’ve already got to leverage (big or small) and use it as a springboard. The jumps you can take between projects tend to get bigger as you become more and more established and build more and more things to leverage.

Rob Horne – generally guest posters don’t do it for compensation. They get a link back to their own blog as credit and often pick up traffic. Most guest posters do it for profile building reasons.

Geek Entrepreneur – it is certainly something to only do if you feel you have time and energy to do it because starting a new blog takes up both of those things :-) One thing that I can recommend is trying to start small. ie start a blog with a posting cycle of 2 times a week instead of daily. Thats how I first launched DPS.

Atlanta Wedding Photography – I would highly recommend keeping your photography and political blog separate – those audiences wouldn’t really cross over that much (in fact with a topic like politics you could alienate readers from your photography blog). Yes this strategy works best when there is relevance in topics between the two blogs.

Rohit – this isn’t what I’d recommend for starting a new blog. The principle of looking at your existing networks to leverage still applies – but that’s about it.

Michael – yes I dont think that multiple blogs is for everyone – you’ve got to take a good look at your time and energy levels before doing it.

I’m actually concerned about launching a second blog in a related niche.

Around the blogosphere I’ve been hearing a lot of news about how content really monetizes on powerful domains and that in some cases, its best to create a ’supersite’ where all the related information is in one place.

This makes sense. In the IM niche, its probably not as important as us bloggers are reasonably tech savvy and know about the site owners other outposts.

I was wondering if any Problogger readers have any personal experience with creating a related blog.

My opinion is leaning towards expanding the scope, and power, of the original blog.

Guess this is why “No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other” lol