Niche
admin on Apr 15 2008
1. Successful Niche Blog - A How To !
2. Laser-focused Content. The niche blog has a very tight content focus and all of its blog posts must be strongly related to the niche while only occasionally including material in the general field from which it is drawn.
3. Small Scope. The niche blog has a small content scope, which allows it to easily go in depth on the chosen topic and dominate it.
4. Unique Material. While niche blogs can be created through feed-based aggregation of content via search engines or other blogs, they have more longterm value for visitors if they offer content that is unique and currently unpublished on other websites.
5. Monetization-friendly Blog Template. Basically, you’ll need a fairly unique blog template that is easily customizable and flexible enough to accommodate heavy monetization.
6. Has an audience. It is important to choose a niche that actually has an audience, no matter how small. Ideally, the niche should be one that will naturally receive search engine visitors over time.
Strength of a niche blog lies in its exclusive and ever deepening focus on one topic and nothing else.
Seven Day Blog Challenge Updates
I’m planning to keep my blog posts on this niche blogging experiments short because I require a lot more time everyday for research and the actual process of setting up and optimizing each blog. That means no 2000 word posts from me. ^-^
I’m going to be terribly busy so content for this week will largely involve snap-shot style candid musings on the entire process, brief introductions to specific concepts and tips on niche blogging in general.
I’m not going to be vague about the whole thing and will focus on offering more direct advice on all the nitty-gritty details on things you need to know if you want to set up your own niche blog.
My next post will give a brief outline of my overall niche blog strategy/masterplan and here’s a sneak preview of what you will be reading in future posts:
- How to pick and choose a domain name
- How to perform keyword research on new topics
- How to assess the monetization and profit potential for a blog niche
- A checklist to follow and speed up your new blog setup process
- The Long Tail of Search and Google Adsense
- Content development strategies and tips
- Methods to get more search traffic
- Social media optimization and marketing for niche blogs
- Outsourcing your blog: Going the autopilot route