Finding a niche is essential to success in the blogging world, especially if you're writing a blog by yourself. Too often, I see people with great ideas set out to make their blog. And you know what happens? Nothing. They fail, even though their ideas were sound.Why does this happen? Most often, it's because proper research wasn't done on the subject beforehand.Let's take a common blog topic: Politics. You decided to make a politics blog. So, you get a nice sounding domain, some snazzy themes, load it up with great WordPress plugins, and start pumping out quality opinion pieces and news analysis every day. On top of that, you even advertise it on other blogs and do excellent SEO.Is it going to work?Well, it's certainly possible to succeed with this strategy, but it's like trying to climb up a steep cliff covered in dry ice without using your hands while blindfolded.What's the problem, even after you did everything right?You didn't focus on a niche! Sites that focus on the entirety of politics, such as The Huffington Post [on the Left] or RedState [on the Right], are not really niche blogs at all. Politics is a huge subject matter, after all. They have dozens of writers and editors working together to ensure huge amounts of quality content. Trying to compete with dozens of people working together, all by yourself, is just plain silly.So, instead of a politics blog, let's look at a more closely targeted the audience, a niche if you will. For the sake of argument, we'll say I live in Colorado. I'm going make a niche blog, not about politics, but about progressive Colorado politics.Notice how I'm putting in two qualifiers that focus who I'm targeting. I'm only looking for readers from Colorado, and only those that are interested in progressive views.Huge national political blogs generally skimp on local state politics to focus on the big national issues, so there's certainly a lot of open space to grow. With this niche, you now know immediately who your audience is. What's the next step? Determine the market and the competition.Obviously, the market for such a niche blog is smaller than a national political blog. Nevertheless, there are millions of progressive Internet users in Colorado, so there's certainly a big enough market.What about the competition? Well, a simple Google search shows me only about a half dozen true competitors. This makes success much more easy.There are thousands (if not millions) of political blogs all competing with each other to dominate the term politics. But, through restricting our niche to Colorado Progressive Politics instead, we've already eliminated a lot of that competition. With so much less competition, hard work, quality content, and solid SEO will put you on the front page results relatively quickly.Focusing on a niche makes Google AdWords much more effective, too. For those that use it, now you have some specific search terms to use with it. Instead of trying to get traffic by targeting the term politics (a hotly contested and expensive item to get Google ads for), instead focus on your niche (Colorado progressive politics) and specific, related topics.I hope this guide helps you on your way to creating a successful blog.Author Bio:Josh's blog is primarily focused on making money online in a thorough and intelligent manner. It also delves into SEO, Google, Freelance Writing, and other topics. If you enjoyed this post, feel free to subscribe to his RSS Feed or visit Josh's blog @ The Brainy Money Blog.
Learning the Basic is Necessary to Start Making Money Online
Posted by Alan Liew 12:13 PM
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In this bad economy situation, people are still making good money on the Internet. I heard that a lot of bloggers, affiliates, webmasters and Internet marketers are still earning a consistent income every month. Me as a blogger hasn't experienced much changes on my blog revenue and traffic for the past two months as well. So, it seems that the economy recession doesn't affect the Internet much. In fact, there is prediction shows that the online spending is going to raise this year.So if you are thinking to find an extra income source now, using the Internet is one of your good choices. You can use a blog, a website, PPC advertising or build a list to make money online. A blog isn't difficult to set up as there are free Blogging Platforms like Blogger and Wordpress that let you set up your blog easily and quickly. Once set up you can use the blog to promote affiliate programs and display ads to make money online. Website also works the same ways.Whatever methods you like to use to make money online, you must know how to get started. You must know What are the essential things you need do in the beginning steps so that you don't move to the wrong direction.You don't have to worry about how to get started on the Internet to make money with affiliate program using a blog or website or PPC advertising as there are e-books, reports and courses that can help you. One new report that I find pretty helpful to people who want to start making money online using niche blog or website is CrapCutter Marketing. CrapCutter Marketing was written by Andrew Hansen who has already making money on the Internet five years and helping many people to do the same.It doesn't cost a single cent to download this report and the report contains the information you need to know to start making money on the Internet. You can grab a copy of this report at:http://crapcuttermarketing.com/mmoAndrew laid out all the important fundamental steps you need to go through in the process of earning online income. You will discover how to find profitable niches, choose the right affiliate programs, research keywords and more. Andrew has written the report in a way that is easy to understand, so it isn't difficult to learn them.Also, the report gives a lot of tips on how to promote your blogs, niche website and affiliate programs to generate online income.As I always says, you need the right knowledge and information to start making money on the Internet. CrapCutter Marketing is one of the reports that provides you the right information. So, the report is definitely worth a read.Download a free copy of CrapCutter Marketing now.
Using Twitter To Expand Your Business and Create Lifelong Customers
Posted by Alan Liew 7:07 PM
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Guest posy by Roxanne ManningThe social networking website, Twitter has become extremely popular and for good reason. It is a pretty cool website that allows individuals to keep up with their family, friends and associates. Savvy business owners and entrepreneurs are also using it to not only grow their businesses but to get repeat business. When used correctly, this is exactly what can happen.The best way to use Twitter if you are looking to make money (and if you are an internet marketer, of course you are), is to encourage your customers or web visitors to follow you on Twitter. Promise them that they will be notified of any specials or sales that you will be offering. Make these special prices and deals available only to Twitter members. This will encourage them to sign up.Make sure that you promote your Twitter account on a prominent place on your website. Add it to any e-books that you are selling or giving away as well as any articles that you write and submit to article directories. You want to grow your Twitter followers as much as you can. These people will act similarly to an email list. You will be able to keep in contact with them and sale them products in the future.Once you get people to join and follow you on Twitter, you now can update them on any other products that you are selling or you can offer discounted prices. However, be sure to not only send out sales messages. Instead, provide some information that is informative and helpful. You want your followers to get some real value from you. If they begin to feel like they aren’t, then they may begin to simply ignore your messages.If you decide to provide discounts, you need to provide some pretty significant ones. Try to offer 25% discounts or more. This will make people feel like they are real getting a deal. This will also encourage other people to follow you. While you will be charging less, you should increase the number of people that make purchases from you. Over time, if you can build up your “list” you can make a good amount of money simply from your Twitter account.Twitter allows you to answer the question “What are you doing?” Your readers, i.e., friends, family, co-workers and/or customers can easily be updated on what is going on in your life or business. Provide well-written, relevant and informative posts and you can quickly develop an audience that can’t wait for your next update.Twitter is much easier to manage then an email list. You don’t have to worry about fake email addresses, people complaining about spam, bounce backs or your messages being ignored. You simply provide updates to people that have already made a decision to follow you. Offer them good information that they are interested in as well as special discounts and sales. This will allow you to make first time sales and also create repeat business.
Learning the Basic is Necessary to Start Making Money Online
Posted by Alan Liew 12:13 PM
6 comments
In this bad economy situation, people are still making good money on the Internet. I heard that a lot of bloggers, affiliates, webmasters and Internet marketers are still earning a consistent income every month. Me as a blogger hasn't experienced much changes on my blog revenue and traffic for the past two months as well. So, it seems that the economy recession doesn't affect the Internet much. In fact, there is prediction shows that the online spending is going to raise this year.So if you are thinking to find an extra income source now, using the Internet is one of your good choices. You can use a blog, a website, PPC advertising or build a list to make money online. A blog isn't difficult to set up as there are free Blogging Platforms like Blogger and Wordpress that let you set up your blog easily and quickly. Once set up you can use the blog to promote affiliate programs and display ads to make money online. Website also works the same ways.Whatever methods you like to use to make money online, you must know how to get started. You must know What are the essential things you need do in the beginning steps so that you don't move to the wrong direction.You don't have to worry about how to get started on the Internet to make money with affiliate program using a blog or website or PPC advertising as there are e-books, reports and courses that can help you. One new report that I find pretty helpful to people who want to start making money online using niche blog or website is CrapCutter Marketing. CrapCutter Marketing was written by Andrew Hansen who has already making money on the Internet five years and helping many people to do the same.It doesn't cost a single cent to download this report and the report contains the information you need to know to start making money on the Internet. You can grab a copy of this report at:http://crapcuttermarketing.com/mmoAndrew laid out all the important fundamental steps you need to go through in the process of earning online income. You will discover how to find profitable niches, choose the right affiliate programs, research keywords and more. Andrew has written the report in a way that is easy to understand, so it isn't difficult to learn them.Also, the report gives a lot of tips on how to promote your blogs, niche website and affiliate programs to generate online income.As I always says, you need the right knowledge and information to start making money on the Internet. CrapCutter Marketing is one of the reports that provides you the right information. So, the report is definitely worth a read.Download a free copy of CrapCutter Marketing now.
Using Twitter To Expand Your Business and Create Lifelong Customers
Posted by Alan Liew 7:07 PM
6 comments
Guest posy by Roxanne ManningThe social networking website, Twitter has become extremely popular and for good reason. It is a pretty cool website that allows individuals to keep up with their family, friends and associates. Savvy business owners and entrepreneurs are also using it to not only grow their businesses but to get repeat business. When used correctly, this is exactly what can happen.The best way to use Twitter if you are looking to make money (and if you are an internet marketer, of course you are), is to encourage your customers or web visitors to follow you on Twitter. Promise them that they will be notified of any specials or sales that you will be offering. Make these special prices and deals available only to Twitter members. This will encourage them to sign up.Make sure that you promote your Twitter account on a prominent place on your website. Add it to any e-books that you are selling or giving away as well as any articles that you write and submit to article directories. You want to grow your Twitter followers as much as you can. These people will act similarly to an email list. You will be able to keep in contact with them and sale them products in the future.Once you get people to join and follow you on Twitter, you now can update them on any other products that you are selling or you can offer discounted prices. However, be sure to not only send out sales messages. Instead, provide some information that is informative and helpful. You want your followers to get some real value from you. If they begin to feel like they aren’t, then they may begin to simply ignore your messages.If you decide to provide discounts, you need to provide some pretty significant ones. Try to offer 25% discounts or more. This will make people feel like they are real getting a deal. This will also encourage other people to follow you. While you will be charging less, you should increase the number of people that make purchases from you. Over time, if you can build up your “list” you can make a good amount of money simply from your Twitter account.Twitter allows you to answer the question “What are you doing?” Your readers, i.e., friends, family, co-workers and/or customers can easily be updated on what is going on in your life or business. Provide well-written, relevant and informative posts and you can quickly develop an audience that can’t wait for your next update.Twitter is much easier to manage then an email list. You don’t have to worry about fake email addresses, people complaining about spam, bounce backs or your messages being ignored. You simply provide updates to people that have already made a decision to follow you. Offer them good information that they are interested in as well as special discounts and sales. This will allow you to make first time sales and also create repeat business.
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