Comments on: How to Blog: How to Choose a Blog Niche [6 Tips]

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:22:15 +0000

I just want to share a simple tool to compute the expected monthly income of your keyword phrase.
This might relate to this post’s “5. Is the Niche Profitable?”
See http://nichesitetool.com/how-to-choose-a-niche-website/
Then
Manual computing for Total Monthly Income for keywords is a tedious task, so i’ve built a simple site that automates this process.
Directions:
Just go to Google keywords tool.
Enter your keywords phrase.
Download the csv file.
Upload the csv file to http://nichesitetool.com/upload/form
Viola ..Total Monthly Income for keywords are auto computed.
Enjoy.

PS: The site is still very basic and plain.

By: Kris James

Kris James — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:20:59 +0000

Great post and lots to think about. I agree with point 1 wholeheartedly. I’ve started a number of other blogs in the past few years but as my passion wasn’t in them, they fizzled out and now they are in the ‘dead blog pile’.

By: Kathy Condon

Kathy Condon — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:21:31 +0000

Thks…I am in the process of choosing a name for my new blog and your blog arrived with perfect timing.

I know the feeling if you are not enthusiastic, it makes it tough to sit down and write.

Now I have figured out what I need to learn and going to share my journey….learning and documenting my progress that I trust will help lots of babyboomers afraid to tackle technology at any level.

http://www.kathycondons.blogspot.com

By: Amit @ Blogging

Amit @ Blogging — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:03:29 +0000

I always choose random topics to blog about and blog fails. I learned a lot about blogging in past 1 year after many failures. Google and problogger have been my teachers. Next time when I start I’ll choose a less competitive niche. Internet is full of bloggers now. Its better to create some blogs on different less competitive niches than to create a blog on some highly competitive stuff.

By: Christopher Foster

Christopher Foster — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:47:00 +0000

Wow. This post is a seven-course meal Darren. Many many thanks. I’m going to work on some of specific tools/tips you offer here. I chose for my niche what has been my passion all my life: finding true peace and happiness — the deeper meaning and truth of life. It’s no problem writing posts (I use personal experiences to try to make them more relatable). But the ‘niche’ is a bit broad in a way — I don’t find it so easy to draw a crowd because while I believe there are a lot of people concerned with these things they are “spread out” and therefore not so easy to “target.”
So some of the tools you enumerate here sound as if they will be most helpful for me. Incidentally I picked up another great tip at your site a week or so ago when you had the post about commenting. I’ve made it a rule now to leave two comments somewhere every day. Hoping this will add up after a while — that persistence and a ‘plan’ will pay off.

By: Isao

Isao — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:37:09 +0000

We can also pick a niche that we want to explore. We can make an expert out of ourselves by writing about it. This might require a good dosage of self-knowledge but I think is a good way.

Didn’t the numerous location-independent guide blogs start as journals of wannabe LIP experts?

By: Water Journal

Water Journal — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:51:20 +0000

The best topic: Don’t write what you think your readers want. Write what you want to write. Mine is about water resources and management, combined with opinions: http://hydro365.blogspot.com

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:26:05 +0000

>1. Your Interest in the Topic

This to me is by far the most important factor. All last summer I was pumped up about starting a blog about my favourite hockey team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. But they started the season horribly and my passion level dropped to almost nothing.

The blog never went anywhere. Before starting any blog or website make sure your interest level can sustain ups and downs or you will find working on the site to be a burden.

By: editor

editor — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:25:51 +0000

Darren,
You have mentioned the point of finding a niche in several posts on your site. If we actually analyze the points you mentioned in this post, we come to one conclusion. Don’t bother blogging! Why? Could anyone out there tell us if there is a subject that has never been covered in any blog on the internet

My take of your post :
(no.1 Your interest in the topic) you might be interested but if the topic is very popular (point2.) you will have a lot of competition (point 3)then you might have a lot of difficulty sustaining your interest and setting yourself apart from the competition. As a beginner it will take you a long time to monetize (point5) hence, you get discouraged and stop.

When sites like problogger started, these points were 100% relevant. Times have changed and the rules of the games are different.

By: Aglolink

Aglolink — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:12:35 +0000

Interestingly, one of which you mention “Is the niche profitable”.
Obviously this is opening my mind to develop more creative ideas.

By: Tyler Davis

Tyler Davis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:59:18 +0000

My blog is a niche blog about height increase (http://thequestforheight.blogspot.com). It’s hard to get past all the SEO optimizers and the scammers. I’ve managed to build and increase my readership. I’m sure other niche bloggers want to reach out to the masses and not just the hardcore followers to their niche.

I know my niche is pretty small but of course lots of people want to increase height they just don’t believe it’s possible(via methods other than distraction osteogenesis). So I think this niche is something that already has a hardcore following, has the potential to gain new converts(via good information) and is something I am very passionate about.

By: TutoriaLog

TutoriaLog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:06:10 +0000

For me, The Best Blog topic (if we do not have any idea) is a “HOW-TO” Blog. Showing people what we are able to do and how to do it. So it depends on our skills. That’s what I have mentiened in one of my posts.

Younes TARCHOUN | Software Engineer
http://tutorialog.com/

By: Create a Website

Create a Website — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:02:22 +0000

Choose the right niche is the most important thing to be succes in internet also the most difficuld to find it. People are lucky if they find a niche that fits them and is profitable from the start.

By: Scott R Kelly | Income Rainmaker

Scott R Kelly | Income Rainmaker — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:20:46 +0000

Thanks Darren, for a great article. The wealth of information and ideas on niches is going to very helpful.
Scott R Kelly | Income Rainmaker
http://scottrkelly.com

By: Cristy

Cristy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:54:31 +0000

Thanks so much for this post. I found it to be very helpful. I think I may have a niche but I don’t know what angle to take on it. Of the blogs related to my niche, there isn’t many revenue options. I think out of all the ones I viewed only one of them had one ad posting. Is there any ad sponsors that can be used on most blogs no matter the topic?
Thank you.

By: Jacon

Jacon — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:39:50 +0000

I think if you are blogging as a hobby you dont need to worry about what other people doing out there but not sure how long one can be blogging without making some money. I think the people who started blogging almost 5/6 years ago are in a good position right now. Theres so much competetion at the moment unless you got a product to sell or a service to provide its very hard to take blogging as a full time profession because to make money on affiliates or ads you gotta have to be an expert in your field or running more than 20 blogs at a time. Just thought i should share few thoughts as i am trying to take blogging as a profession.

By: chandan

chandan — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:29:56 +0000

Very nice article, I recommend your first point that is blogging on the niche in which you have interest. When new blogger ask me the topic I recommend them that choose your blogging niche where you have much interest, it is easy to write article on field of interest.

By: scheng1

scheng1 — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:07:19 +0000

I like the part about sustainable. A lot of bloggers run out of things to write after a hundred or two hundred posts. It’s hard to imagine a blog reaching the first 1000th post. I think all new bloggers should plan for at least a thousand post.

By: Jozef Nagy

Jozef Nagy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:34:23 +0000

What’s worked for me a couple of times is to segment the market through niche differentiation. Take a large market, and find a small subset that isn’t being served. Then leverage that.

For example, Area 51 sold $5K+ desktops and did well even despite Dell selling $500 commodity hardware.

By: Jama Mimms

Jama Mimms — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:25:01 +0000

Press Releases are my old flame,got some great outcomes (and still getting) from press release submissions, undoubtedly quickest than article marketing and if performed correctly -you only can imagine. Thanks for the value!