The first step is to determine the type of blog you want to run, you should try to answer the following important questions before proceeding.
Solo vs. Collective
Solo blogs » relatively easy to start, » You are the boss, » you express your thoughts on the Web.
Collective Blog » team effort » crank out content very quickly because of many authors » greater variety of topics and viewpoints
General vs. Niche
After deciding you will run a blog by yourself or with the help of a few people, move on to another important question and the choice you make has a lot to do with your personality and interests. ls your blog going to cover a specific topic or it will be general ?
» Niche blog is narrow in scope on a specific subject.
» General blog gives you more room to express your thoughts.
According to me it’s much harder to succeed with a general blog than it is with a niche one because niche blogs tend to make it more obvious why a visitor should subscribe.
Your Niche?
You should identify the main topic for your niche based to know what the boundaries for the blog are, as well as what does and doesn’t belong on your site.
Jot down a list of ten articles you could write for your blog, after picking the main topic.
Write just the titles, don’t write actual articles yet.
Ask yourself whether doing this exercise left you excited or frustrated, was it hard to come up with ten titles or could you have kept going for ages?.
Size of Your Niche?
You may want to assess the size of your potential audience before committing to your blog
This step can help you determine if it’s worth pursuing or not, if you are trying to establish yourself in a very small niche and you are uncertain about its size.
We are after an estimate rather than exact numbers, estimate the size of your niche will also turn out to be invaluable when researching keywords and topics for your articles later on.
Your Blog’s Main Topic?
Your site is going to have a main theme, whether you opted for a niche blog or for a more general one. The scope will be well defined and easy to identify in a niche blog. For general blogs it can be less defined and much looser. You need to have an initial idea of what topics you’re going to cover in your blog according to your interest.
Solo vs. Collective
Solo blogs » relatively easy to start, » You are the boss, » you express your thoughts on the Web.
Collective Blog » team effort » crank out content very quickly because of many authors » greater variety of topics and viewpoints
General vs. Niche
After deciding you will run a blog by yourself or with the help of a few people, move on to another important question and the choice you make has a lot to do with your personality and interests. ls your blog going to cover a specific topic or it will be general ?
» Niche blog is narrow in scope on a specific subject.
» General blog gives you more room to express your thoughts.
According to me it’s much harder to succeed with a general blog than it is with a niche one because niche blogs tend to make it more obvious why a visitor should subscribe.
Your Niche?
You should identify the main topic for your niche based to know what the boundaries for the blog are, as well as what does and doesn’t belong on your site.
Jot down a list of ten articles you could write for your blog, after picking the main topic.
Write just the titles, don’t write actual articles yet.
Ask yourself whether doing this exercise left you excited or frustrated, was it hard to come up with ten titles or could you have kept going for ages?.
Size of Your Niche?
You may want to assess the size of your potential audience before committing to your blog
This step can help you determine if it’s worth pursuing or not, if you are trying to establish yourself in a very small niche and you are uncertain about its size.
We are after an estimate rather than exact numbers, estimate the size of your niche will also turn out to be invaluable when researching keywords and topics for your articles later on.
Your Blog’s Main Topic?
Your site is going to have a main theme, whether you opted for a niche blog or for a more general one. The scope will be well defined and easy to identify in a niche blog. For general blogs it can be less defined and much looser. You need to have an initial idea of what topics you’re going to cover in your blog according to your interest.
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