This is a guest post by Trent Brownrigg. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
So you have heard there are a lot of people sitting at home all day making money from their blogs, and now you want to do it too. That’s great! But don’t just jump right in and start writing about anything that comes to your mind. That’s not the way to go about it if you actually want to earn an income from your blog.
If you are going to make money blogging or even become a well known professional blogger then you need to make sure you are not writing about sporadic topics that have nothing in common. Your blog needs to be focused on a central niche and related topics. Therefore, before you even start your blog you need to do some research and planning to find a profitable niche. Then, keep your blog content targeted towards that particular niche.
Let’s take the blog you are reading right now MyBlog2Day.com as an example. This blog is all about teaching you how to blog and make money online, and you will see that almost all the posts are about topics related to doing that. You will also see the categories of this blog are things like SEO tips, make money online, blogging tips, link building, affiliate marketing, internet marketing, and so on. They are all related in some way and they all fall under the general topic of this blog.
It would be really weird to see posts on this blog about basket weaving, cat training, plant care, home decor, or any other topic that has absolutely nothing to do with what this blog is about. It would confuse visitors so they would probably just leave. It would also confuse the search engines so they wouldn’t know what keywords to rank this blog for. You can’t make money if your visitors leave right away and the search engines don’t rank your blog for anything.
Now, that’s not to say that every single post on your blog always has to be closely related to the main niche of your site. Sometimes you can throw in a personal post about other things but it’s not good to do it very often if you are in this for the money. Start a new blog if there’s something else you want to blog about on a frequent basis. It’s better to have several blogs about various topics than it is to have one blog talking about everything.
Remember, you can make money blogging but it’s not easy. There are many things that need to be done before you will begin to bring in a decent income from your blog. And one of the main things is choosing the right niche then writing content focused on topics related to that niche.
So, go get started right now!
About Author :
Trent Brownrigg has been teaching people like you how to make money online with your own home based business for several years.
About Lee Ka Hoong
Hi guys,
I agree what you said about having a niche. But as a reader it really doesn’t bother me if the blogger change his or her niche sometimes. Because I like a variety.
Kind regards,
Sam
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Create a site or blog around one topic or niche. Then diligently work at it, put in the hard work, and the money will eventually start rolling in. :)
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I think we should make several blog with different theme, for fun, diary, and one for money maker. For me if we start to monetize our blog, good rank from alexa and google is one giant step.
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I for one would love a blog about cats and basket weaving haha
I agree, when your topic goes too far off, you begin to become a jack of all trades. When you try to touch on every subject, trying to do everything under the sun you’re never good at one thing.
It takes time for this to sink in because there are so many choices. It’s okay to get a feel of what you love and have a passion for but when it’s time to get serious, you need to hone your focus into one general idea.
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to thank you all for the great comments on my guest post. I am very happy you liked it. I have another one planned that will be a follow-up to this about doing niche research. It will be done soon.
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I see some blogs that are centered in the MMO niche but also post different topics with the purpose of generating more traffic. They even post “entertainment/celebrity” articles to generate huge traffic from this niche and they are making more money with this technique.
.-= Dagul@Wealth Education´s last blog ..Hello world! =-.
Regarding focus, I would like to see more online money bloggers blogging for their local terms. A person using the online blogging skills would make a killing if they targeted the community, city, or region they live in for the terms they market for globally.
.-= Colleen@Kennewick Real Estate´s last blog ..Tri Cities Has Lowest Cost of Living in the State =-.
Precisely. Google likes to see tight relevance and each blog post should be tightly focused on one long tail key phrase. i.e., about 3-5 words that describe some item or service in the exact same way that a searcher uses for finding the item or service, preferably with ‘commercial intent’, meaning a buying phrase. Geoff D., Perth Australia.
.-= Geoff Dodd@Residual Income´s last blog ..Advertising That Pays You Back =-.
Lee Ka Hoong, please check that comment immediately above, coz it’s a copy n paste of my original comment above. Thanks admin. Geoff
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@Geoff Dodd,
Thanks for telling me about that, I used to moderate comments through control panel, so sometimes I may miss out duplicate comments. Thanks again dude. ;)
Sometimes it is difficult thinking out-of-the-box but remaining on topic. When I say out-of-the-box, I refer to your make money online analogy and writing about link building and internet marketing. While they are related and greatly assist in making money, they are not so strictly about how to make money.
BTW, I’m glad you mentioned throwing in some personal posts. I find it refreshing to read something off topic once in a while within my favorite blogs.