Is getting into the Make Money Online blogging niche really the right niche for you? Here’s how you can find out:
Do you even like blogging?
Blogging is a lot more work than it seems like. It’s more than regularly publishing new and quality content. And even that is a lot of work! Most bloggers stress the importance of liking to blog to be able to blog. If you don’t it will be 100 times harder. Aside from liking to blog you also have to have a lot of free time and commitment. You have got to be ready to take on a challenge!
Do you have an original idea?
There are SO many make money online blogs these days it’s impossible to keep up with them all. Only a select few will make it to the top. Some make it big by providing tools, proving they are an expert in the niche, spoofing a blog name, or guest blogging like crazy. So unless you have a unique way of getting people to remember your site, don’t bother. Quality content is only half the job!
Are you willing to shell out money?
The MMO niche is so competitive these days that unless you do have an original idea, you’ll have to spend some money on promotion. On top of that, branding is extremely important to getting people to come back, and unless you have designing skills you’ll have to hire someone at least for a logo and later on a nice unique theme. A contest is a good way to attract attention to your blog; the more expensive/unique the prize the more attention you’ll get.
Do you know how to make money online?
It doesn’t make sense to start a blog about something you don’t know how to do. Not only will it make it hard to come up with good content but you’ll look pretty dumb. We don’t want the MMO blog niche to become [more of] a joke ! The reason John Chow makes so much money online is because he’s a declared expert in the niche, and every month he proves it.
The make money online blog niche has grown extremely competitive. Every day someone starts a new MMO blog thinking they’ll be able to make money from it. Here’s the thing: You don’t have to start a make money online blog to make money online from a blog! As long as you can passionately write about something consistently then you’ll make money from a blog. Whether it’s a travel blog, photography blog, gaming blog, anything! Just find something you’re into and start writing! A blog is like a website, if it’s popular people will want to advertise on it. And popularity begins with good content.
great post. very interesting
This is an excellent article, Casey! All of the points you’ve made are correct and you explain them well. I’m definitely going to be linking to this one in my Friday roundup this week!
Thanks Tay, glad you liked it! With Entrecard I’ve come across a whole bunch of MMO blogs I’ve never even heard of, so that kind of inspired me to try and point out the fact that you can make money from any type of blog.
Good article! I still can’t decide if I want to start my own blog or not-your post gave me some good ideas.
Thanks! Find something you’re interested in and write about that.
The make money online niche is played out. So why is everyone still trying to do it?
Because they see John Chow making 20k+ a month from his blog so they think they can just start a MMO blog and do the same.
Everyone trying to make money online has that on their mind, so they want to blog about it. Other niches you have to divide your focus between making money and providing value in that area.
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