Define Your Blog’s Main Topic

Whether you opted for a niche blog or for a more general one, your site is going to have a main theme. In the case of a niche, the scope will be well defined and easy to identify. For general blogs it can be much looser and less defined. Nevertheless, you need to have an initial idea of what topics you’re going to cover in your blog.

Identify Your Niche

You should identify the main topic for your niche based on your interests and motivations. For example, an iPhone freelancer may want to start a blog about iOS development. That’s a relatively large niche, but it provides the blog with a very well-defined scope. You’ll know immediately what the boundaries for the blog are, as well as what does and doesn’t belong ...

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