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There is no “Best Niche” for blogging!

There is nothing like a “Best niche” for writing blogs. If you notice the blogging or social accounts of some of the most active writers, you’ll find that they don’t just go on writing about any random topic which they find on the internet. THEY WRITE ABOUT TOPICS WHICH THEY HAVE STRONG KNOWLEDGE/EXPERTISE ON.

Be it on Tumblr, Quora or any other microblogging platform, or even your own website or social media channel, always make sure that you choose a niche (Topic) that you’re passionate about. If You write about a topic which you think you have knowledge of and are passionate about, it means that you are an expert in that topic. And if you are an expert in some topic, people will take your views and knowledge seriously.

One thing to always remember is that Every niche has an audience. If a niche has a big audience, it means that many people write or talk about it. If the audience is small, then very few people have talk about it and have expertise in that niche. People/readers always know what they are looking for, and will search for the exact keywords. If their keywords match your niche, they will land up on your page and will go through your answers. This way they will have access to the solutions which they are actually looking for.

However, also keep in mind that it is not necessary that you should write about only one topic. You can write on a maximum of 2–3 topics, with one of them being your expertise and the others being your interests. I am an Environmental Sciences student for the past 5 years, having interned with industry experts in several projects, so THAT is my area of expertise. Alongside this, I am a blogger and a freelance content writer, plus a music is my hobby, so these are my topics of interest. I frequently answer questions on Quora about all these topics, depending on the notifications and requests i come across. I began writing on Quora in 2017 and as of January 2020, I have over 80K views on my answers.

So, be it cooking, music, history, science, finance, health, medicine, etc. EVERY TOPIC COUNTS IF YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT! Your audience and outreach will definitely grow with time and People will definitively take you seriously and follow you, if you are able to provide solutions and answers to their problems!

Identity your passion, figure out your niche (Topic of interest/expertise), research the problems your target audiences have in that niche, answer their problems (GIVE SOLUTIONS), Be consistent and STICK TO YOUR NICHE!

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How to start a NICHE blog?

There are a few simple but very necessary prerequisites you need to keep in mind if you want to start a niche blog.

You should know your passion.

As a niche blogger, you will have to write heavily about a very focused topic. This itself is a tough task to execute. Hence it’s your job to make it easy on yourself and have a serious and passionate interest in your niche. Otherwise, your blog is going to be very short-lived.

Short term or long term blog?

While choosing the right area to target on, you should also think of a topic that will always have some long term following. I would strongly suggest you to refrain yourself from setting a niche on topics that trend for a short period of time and then fade away. They may be profitable while the topic trends, but you’ll experience a fall in traffic once the hype dies off.

Pokemon GO was a highly trending and profitable topic for categories like mobile gaming and augmented reality games for a couple of months, but it eventually faded away into disappearance.

Decide how to monetize your blog.

Until and unless you are doing it just for fun or killing time, any blogger would want his or her blog to earn some revenue. Apart from setting up your blog, you should think of the methods through which you will monetize your blog. You must brain storm and research to decide which advertising program to sign up with for achieving the best possible results. Niche blogs are uniquely able to handle advertising and affiliate marketing very well.

If you want to use advertising, your blog should showcase topics that attract a specific audience that advertisers are eager to market. For this your blog will need build up a considerable amount of traffic so that advertising programs can trust your credibility, marketability and consider your blog.

If you want to use affiliate marketing, you will need to pick a niche topic where good affiliate marketing programs and products are available. You should research for available and well reputed affiliate programs that offer you a decent commission and fetch you best results.

Find your keyword niche.

If you decide to build a niche blog and want it to bring in money and traffic, then you need to find specific and relevant keywords. If you want to write about an iPhone for your niche blog, then you must realize that the term “iPhone” covers a pretty broad area of topics. You must be sure what you are talking about. Jail breaking an iPhone? Software updates for an iPhone? Screen recording on an iPhone? Recording calls on an iPhone? Gaming compatibility of an iPhone? or a lot more.

To understand this better, you might want to refer to Google’s keyword planner for better keyword management for your niche blog.

Rekindle your current blog.

If you already have a blog and it has gone off track and became a blog about everything, you can still turn it back into a niche blog. Let me tell you how.

Figure out the appropriate category.

Take a nice look into the list of categories you have written contents about so far. You will notice which category you seem to write in the most. This will give you a good hint at where your passion and interest for blogging lies.

Analyze trending posts and traffic.

Along with observing the appropriate category, you should try to study which of you posts have trended and attracted traffic the most. This will indicate why people come to your blog. It also indicates if a post has done well in search.

Remove unnecessary posts.

If you’ve figured out your category, you should consider removing or deleting posts that are irrelevant to your niche and completely off-topic. It won’t leave a nice impression on your readers if you are claiming your blog to be a niche, but it features posts that are completely off your area of interest. Try to build on the existing traffic and following while you regain focus as a niche.