Forcing Your Blog Into Its Own Niche

Listen here ! I don’t need to pick a niche, I am a niche !

Picking your niche seems obvious, but if your approach is too broad and predictable you will lose your audience. Why would a visitor have to return to your site when they can read the same old stuff on thousands of other blogs ? You have to make your blog stand out. That doesn’t entail adding super fancy graphics and flashing lights, just enough uniqueness to get your readers’ attention and draw them in.

My plan of opening multiple blogs at the same time will be in motion soon. I will try to have the first five in different niches. To do this, I will have to decide on a general design and layout that is appealing to most readers in a particular niche. However, for each different niche, I will also have to focus on finding unique approaches in order to make the blogs stand out.

Handling multiple niches at once is a huge juggling act both mentally and time wise. A systematic approach will have to be implemented right away. If you decide on developing many niches at the same time, you will have to read blogs that are in that niche. Not just the most popular, but the up and coming ones. Best way to do this is by building up your library of RSS feeds and going through each feed often. This approach will keep you updated on your niche and will create really good ideas for your posts. For instance, if you have read several posts about a new method of generating money on a blog, commit yourself to taking it a step further and trying out personally that new method. You don’t have to go overboard; just making an attempt to setting it up on your site or implementing a method is better then just reporting on it blindly. Search out other bloggers on forums that have tried out this method and then report back in your blog. Your posting will have a more personalized analysis of that service or method that your readers will appreciate.