Starting a New Niche Blog For Profit
Are you thinking about starting a blog and would love to make money from it, but just don’t know where to start or what to consider in choosing a topic?
Choosing a topic that is also a “hot” niche is not the always the easiest thing in the world.
So how do you go about finding one that will draw in traffic AND tons of money?
There are a few steps we like to follow.
What are you passionate about? This is one of the most important aspects of picking a topic; your interest level. This will ensure that you will enjoy writing in your blog and it won’t die a slow painful death like so many out there!
Here are just a few Hot niche ideas to get you started thinking:
- Web Hosting
- Fashion Shoes
- “How to” stuff works well (woodworking, gardening, building, etc.)
- Real Estate
- Making money on ebay
- Low Cal Recipes (lots of sub-niches in here)
- Technology
- Weight Loss Dieting (Fads/Trends).. lots of sub-niches in here as well
- Computer Adware/Spyware
- Art
- Birds
- Horror/Comedy Movies
So, once you have an idea about what you are interested in, you can start doing some keyword research to find good keywords and/or subniches within your niche.
Why do this?
Well, 2 reasons. You can use keywords to help define your niche, understand your competition, and gain traffic. The better the keyword, the more likely it will be to bring visitors and targeted ones at that. Using keywords also gives you topics to start writing on. I like to find a minimum of 50 good keywords to begin with.
How, do you do this?
There are several FREE keyword tools you can give a try:
http://wordtracker.com/freetrial
http://www.keywordenchanter.com
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com (free trial)
Plug in your chosen topic of interest and give it a whirl!
Example: Say perhaps you are interested in a cooking niche. So, you type cooking into the keyword tool. Asian cooking comes out with a high number of searches, so that might be a great niche. Now using that keyword, type it in to see what additional keywords come up under that niche. Low cal cooking, Noodles, etc. Now think of all the recipes, topics, ideas you can write about with those keywords.
Remember, if something does NOT have a decent amount of searches on it, then it won’t bring in a good amount of traffic in order to make you money!
Using one of the above free tools you will receive a list that explains which keywords are searched on most often and what the demand versus competition is. I would be on the lookout for a highly searched keyword with more demand and less competition. These are often times displayed using a KEI score. I like to look for keywords with a KEI score of over 20, but you can really get a sense of what may or may not work by reviewing all the scores.
If you have a hard time thinking about a topic of interest… think about what you read, what hobbies you have, what activities you enjoy. Sometimes it’s the NON streamline niches that end up making the most money and creating the most interest! Once you have picked out your niche, read about ways to make your blog successful and follow along.
So, enjoy and don’t stress… it’s all about getting the ball rolling and just starting.
Originally posted 2009-07-02 17:03:09.
