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admin on September 7th, 2010
Inthe first article in this series we looked at the first step tocreating a successful blog or mini site namely, the selection of atruly profitable niche.Once your niche is selected, you obviously need to create a website to capitalize on it.Blogsin particular have become such a popular choice for niche marketersbecause of their extreme ease of use, ease in maintaining, and ease inupdating. Not to mention that the structure of a blog is generally bynature, search engine friendly. AND furthermore, where it isn't, thereis always a third party plugin to make it so.There are manyways to create a successful blog, and the one you choose should reflectan understanding of your target market. What we'll look at here is anexample of one such method, that focuses on the generation of freetraffic, and the promotion of an affiliate program for monetization.Thefirst thing you need to do is create a blog that's visually oraesthetically sound. A visually sound blog, other than just lookingpretty, is arranged in a way that maximizes all the content you create,by maintaining your readers attention, and drawing the most attentionto your affiliate program.There are a .. more
The road to monetizing your niche knowledge is a road less traveled by the majority of bloggers.
The first time I dipped my toe into monetizing my niche knowledge I wrote an eBook about my experiences as a Plus-Size Model; and I have to say I shudder at the way I missed every opportunity to promote it the right way.
Thank goodness I now know better!
The fact remains many bloggers are very hesitant to make money from their niche knowledge for lots of reasons. But firstly let me explain what niche knowledge is.
If you write about a certain area of a subject that other people find interesting that is a niche.
For example - fashion by itself isn't a niche - but 'plus-size fashion' is.
You could break that down further and say 'plus-size dresses' which is a very specific niche - in fact when I last ran a keyword search that term, 'plus-size dresses', was searched 1,220,000 times a month!
You can break the niche down as much as you like, say for instance; writing about shopping for, cheap plus-size dresses, , or selling plus-size women's clothes on eBay. There .. more Tags: Blog, Blogging, from, Mindset, Monetizing