Niche Blogging for Profit

January 26th, 2009 3 Comments

I am a huge fan of doing niche blogging for profit.

  1. I love blogging.
  2. The IM and Blogging niche isn’t very profitable.
  3. I don’t blog for money, but I believe that if you love what you do, the money will follow.

I love this blog and I’ve had a lot of fun posting on it. It’s a great way to keep track of myself professionally. I can look back and figure out my mindset over the past few months and how my online business has evolved. And, I can share with all of you what I’ve learned.

But I have other interests, and I want to blog about those, too. So, I’ve decided to start niche blogging.

I’ve come to realize that there are two general types of blogs. Concept blogs and niche blogs. I’d classify katherinehuether.com as a concept blog because the idea is sort of general. My “niche” here is roughly “how Katherine makes money online”.

Niche blogging is laser focused. I could break this blog up into multiple niches:

  • How to make money writing online
  • Make money with associated content
  • Learn how to blog on free blog sites
  • Promote affiliate products on Squidoo

You get the idea. I have a hostgator account and have discovered that it’s easy to host multiple domains with them. So all I need to do is reserve the domains and setup wordpress.

Here’s a rough idea of the process:

  1. Come up with a niche
  2. Research a good list of keywords – both long tail and short tail
  3. Choose the domain and reserve it using godaddy
  4. Switch the DNS to my hostgator account.
  5. Set up the domain on my existing hostgator account.
  6. Install wordpress, choose a template, and start blogging!
  7. Promote the blog and get back links.

That is a huge simplification of a process I’ve been using lately. You see, I have a lifetime membership at Amy Bass’s Niche Blogger and it has been well worth the money because of how much I’ve learned about blogging and how to turn a passion of mine into a steady income.

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3 Responses to “Niche Blogging for Profit”

  1. Jennifer says:
    January 26, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    This is a great post and gives me something to think about. I got away from blogging and have just recently gotten back into it. I have one niche blog that I am reworking and am thinking about a couple of other ones.

  2. Baker says:
    February 22, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    I enjoying reading through your blog posts! You are pretty consistent with your overall message which is great.

    +Baker

  3. seo blogging says:
    May 29, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue, so thanks for posting.

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