Chapter 8
Finding Your Niche
In This Chapter
Discovering blog genres
Finding out what makes appealing blog posts
Making connections with other bloggers
If you're blogging only for your friends and family, you probably have a captive audience that stays interested no matter what you choose to blog about on any given day. Most bloggers, however, define blogging success as attracting, keeping, and growing an audience of interested readers who can't wait for the next pearl of wisdom or touching story.
Creating this kind of blog is no small challenge: You're in competition with every other source of news, information, and entertainment in your audience members’ lives. One key to blogging success is finding a niche and exploiting it fully. This chapter provides you with ideas and suggestions for you to begin thinking about what blog niche is a fit for you. It also provides you with tips on finding others blogging in that subject area, what they're doing right, and how you can make the most of your personal niche.
Deciding What Belongs on Your Blog
You may find picking a niche and sticking with it tough to do. Fortunately, blogging gives you a lot of leeway in handling a subject, evolving ...
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