| OK! So you want to make money blogging. The | | | | sustainable profits, go for technique 2. |
| first thing you need to do is find a niche. A niche | | | | Personally, I favour a combination of the two, |
| is just a sub sector of a definable market or | | | | when I started blogging I started in micro niches |
| industry. For example, golf is an industry and | | | | like acne and anxiety remedies, but I also went |
| Taylor Made golf clubs is a niche within that | | | | with a couple of larger content sites on running |
| industry. | | | | and wine. |
| Why are we looking for a niche? Well, it's purely | | | | Hopefully that has helped you decide which route |
| down to competition, the broader your market | | | | to take, now to the nitty gritty of finding your |
| base the more competition you will run into on | | | | niche. A word of caution here - I have come |
| the internet. There are a lot more business | | | | across a lot of beginners who find this the |
| targeting the search term 'golf' than there are | | | | hardest part, they research and analyse and |
| 'Taylor Made golf clubs'. If we're going to make | | | | research some more, they are looking for THE |
| money blogging we want to be a big fish in a | | | | PERFECT NICHE that will make them thousands |
| small pond! That way we have a greater chance | | | | of dollars overnight. But they get bogged down |
| of success, in a shorter period of time. | | | | worrying too much that the niche they pick isn't |
| The million dollar question is how do you find a | | | | the right one. They suffer from 'paralysis by |
| niche? There are 2 schools of thought on this, on | | | | analysis' and they just don't get round to taking |
| the one hand you could target quick profit, the | | | | any action! |
| technique for doing this is finding low competition | | | | So two rules to follow when your looking for a |
| keywords that have a decent search volume on | | | | niche: |
| the internet, we'll call this technique 1. This | | | | Rule 1: Take Action - do not become a serial niche |
| technique involves identifying a micro niche building | | | | searcher! Do your research trust your judgement |
| a mini blog for that niche and and repeating the | | | | then take action - build your blog. |
| process until you have multiple blogs making a | | | | Rule 2: Prepare To Fail - this may come as a |
| profit. This is the quickest way to start earning | | | | surprise but not every niche and blog you try will |
| with a blog. The technique for finding a micro | | | | work. Some will make no money, some will only |
| niche is based around keyword research which | | | | make a small amount of money, but that's OK |
| we'll cover in the next section. | | | | because blogs are quick and easy to set up and if |
| Technique 2 is to pick a broader niche and build a | | | | you stick to the techniques in this guide some of |
| larger content site. With this technique it is | | | | your blogs will make $1000+ per month. |
| recommended choosing a niche for your blog that | | | | Time To Brainstorm - There's no real right or |
| you have an interest in or are at least willing to | | | | wrong way to do this but here is a technique that |
| learn about, you really could pick anything - | | | | works for me. We want to find motivated |
| running, cooking for kids, Mp3 players, yoga, | | | | buyers, to do this we need to know what people |
| fishing, wine, digital photography, travel the list | | | | are searching for on the internet. Google has a |
| goes on and on BUT, and this is a MASSIVE BUT | | | | great FREE Keyword Tool to help us do this. |
| whatever niche you choose you need to make | | | | There are also certain keywords that will help us |
| sure that there is demand for your niche as well | | | | find out what problems people want sorting, |
| as affiliate products or other income streams | | | | here's a list to get you started. Simply put each |
| available in your niche. Anyone can build a beautiful | | | | of these words into Google's Keyword Tool and |
| blog, but we want a blog that makes money! | | | | the results will give you some ideas for |
| By building a larger content site it will take longer | | | | niches.curehelpremoveget rid |
| to make a profit but you will see the benefits in | | | | onhow tofixrepairbuytrainingwantpurchase |
| the long run, it's easier to write copy on a topic | | | | Alternatively you could look at the following sites |
| you have a passion for, this will translate into a | | | | to give you ideas of what people are looking for |
| better quality and more profitable site. It will also | | | | on the web: |
| feel more like a hobby than a job when you blog | | | | Froogle (Google product search) |
| about something you're interested in. | | | | Yahoo Answers |
| To sum up - If you're looking for a quick profit, | | | | Ehow |
| go with Technique 1 - identify micro niches and | | | | Aim to get about 20 ideas for niches, in the next |
| build multiple mini sites that all make a small profit. | | | | section we'll do some keyword research to |
| If you want to blog about your passion and build | | | | identify which niches we're going to go with. |
| a large content site with an eye on future and | | | | |