visitSo You Want to be a Blogger?
- November 17th, 2008
You’ve read all about the amazing potential of blogs. Making money while writing about what you love. It sounds too good to be true! You decide you’ll have to find out for yourself. But, how do you decide what you want to blog about? There are so many options, so many blogs out there, the possibilities are endless.
This is where many people get overwhelmed. It doesn’t have to be difficult. I promise. Take time to reflect. What are your hobbies? What do you enjoy? What are you interested in? What would you like to learn more about? What is your area of expertise? Do you like to share? What topics spark your creativity? These are all questions that you should ask yourself before starting up your blog.
I’ve mentioned before how many blogs don’t last past the 3 - 6 months of their life. The main reason? The author/blogger looses interest in their subject. It gets boring. Writing and posting becomes work. It’s physically, mentally and emotionally draining. I can’t stress enough to you the importance of very carefully thinking about the topic of your blog.
I, for example, chose to write about blogging. My reasoning behind this is that I LOVE to learn. I also LOVE to tell others about what I learn. When I learn something new about blogging, (or most things for that matter) I really truly enjoy sharing my knowledge and findings with others. So for me, I wanted to blog about something that I could constantly learn about. When I’m learning, I’m not bored. There are just so many facets to blogging that haven’t even been explored yet. This is exhilarating to me.
I would advise that you find what’s exhilarating to you. Do you like to learn or do you feel like you’re an expert in a certain area already? Do you like to share your thoughts & opinion, or are you more of a factual, concrete person? I’d invite you to ponder some of these questions before even purchasing a domain. The answers to these questions will be critical to the development of your blog and your career as a blogger.
If you already have a blog, how did you decide what you wanted to blog about?
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Hi Rachel,
My own experience has shown me that a post that I write with passion generates more page views and more comments than all of the others. It’s not just about content, so what you say is very true. If you’re going to be in it for the long haul you should find something that is more than merely interesting to you. It should be something that you are inspired about.
Cheers!
George
Rachel,
I have been blogging for amost a month. I wrote an article about blogs I noticed while stumbling that were abandoned. I would have to agree that it must be something that motivates, inspires, and keeps you interested. Writing for anything else would end like you said in “3-6 months.”
Mitch
Rachel:
When writing becomes work it’s time to rethink your direction. Also not a good idea to write under pressure. And a blog should be started because you want to blog, not because you want to make money, that is too much work!
Hi Rachel:
Great post. I started blogging for my previous business I was a partner in. I had support to help post articles and get exposure for the company. I started my new bog while I was getting out of the partnership. That was not good. It consumed my time and when I would want to blog on my own site it was draining.
Now, I have more time and just have too much to say. I need to figure out where to start 
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One of the reasons I love simple article-based sites is that you can write 50 articles for the site and be done. You work on getting links and voila, you’re making money (okay, I earned 93 cents in my first four months, but it did grow from there!). Maybe you update it and add an article once in a while, but the pressure to continually update it isn’t there the way it is with a blog.
I’ve only managed to start one blog that I’ve updated daily for 3+ years. I have others that I update weekly (or less) that still make money, but it’s definitely hard to stick with it if you pick too narrow of a niche. The reason I’ve been able to keep the one updated is that the niche is very broad!
For me it was easy. After 6 years in college all the knowledge I had needed to be spread. Plus its fun to express how you feel.
I really like your theme. Which one is from UBD?
@Keg of Wisdom - I worked with the guys over at UBD to create a custom theme. It’s all my own
It took me 6 months to figure out my interest. And guess what, I also blog about Blogging. I just want to Blog and learn about them. Now, I help people blog at my team blog. I have also written a post about finding your blog topic: http://www.bloggingwithsuccess.net/2008/11/finding-topic-that-will-make-you-famous.html
Passion for the topic is key for the success of a blog.