Before You Can Monetize Your Blog You Must ...
Before you can monetize your blog you must pick your niche that you will write about. This follows right after my topic " If You Want To Be In Business The First Thing You Need To Sell ...".
I hear people saying all the time "I don't know what to write about". But, they can surely talk. I tend to take peoples' actions and comments and start writing on that just as if I was talking to them. The same I am doing here now. I am not worried for correctness of my grammer when I type, I type the way I speak. Just being yourself will go a long way.
Ok, so how do we pick a niche? Let's look at you. Let's do a self-analysis of you. You will need pen and paper for this. Go ahead and get this now. I'll wait.
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Got It? Well, go get it. I'm not kidding.
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Alright, let's begin with "Who are you?" How old are you? Male or female? Single, committed, married or divorced? Children? Where do you live? Your ethnicity? Religion? Your lifestyle? Raised with other siblings or solo? Habits?
These questions and a few others make up who you are. Writing them down will give in front of you a clearer picture than just trying to remember. Plus, I am getting you into a writer's mentality by doing this. So, write it out.
One trick for me is I use Notepad on my computer to type all of my notes and I save as I go. I can reread and revise later before using any of it on the web. Ok. Let's move on to the next step.
Now answer "What do you know?" What schools did you attend? Who do you know? What are your interests? Sports? Health? Chess? Reading? Hobbies? Political views? Movies? Authors? Writers? What do others say about you? what do they ask from you? Waht are you passionate about and who shares those passions?
This is becoming your 'expertise' list. Things that you can share and start becoming an expert about.
Next, "What makes your blood boil?" What get's you angry? Have you ever been part of a debate and was so adamant that no matter what argument came to you in the debate you would fire right back with an opposing comment? What's your strongest belief?
This is to get you thinking on topic(s) that maybe you have or have not researched in depth and would be to your benefit to know since you feel so strong about it/them. Passions are something that you would really stick to for a long time through thick and thin. Good days and bad.
Now write out "What would you want to know?" Have you been researching information lately? What is your routine for reading material when you log on the internet? When you turn on the TV? When you watch the news, what really catches your interests? What topics do you ask for answers from your friends and co-workers?
These can be interactive topics within your interests. A good way to get people involved.
Now, you have a pretty good picture of yourself and what possibly you can blog about. Read over your answers several times throughout the day and make sure you are comfortable with what you answered. Forgot something? Add it. Look at yourself honestly through your writing and see what you have in common with alot of people.
I'll approach in my next post on assessing your knowledge and skills.
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