A Great Quote about Opportunity that applys to Niches
"Most of us are standing in a river and dying of thirst"- Cathy Mateo
Wow, I read that this morning in a great book by Willie Jolley, A Setback is a Setup for a Comeback. An inspiring book that talks about coming back from life's challenges.
I thought about how when people start trying to figure out there niche they often don't know where to begin. They believe they have to be an expert. This quote, like great quotes often do, beautifully says to me that our own life experiences, struggles we have had, problems that we have overcome, are unique life experiences, our profession, our hobby, something we do that gives us joy are all things we can write about.
Maybe you are simply an I-phone addict and you know everything about that phone. There are others out there who would love to know all that you know.
Take a risk, talk about something that you can speak from the heart about. Believe it or not through the internet you have an audience out there. On my site, I talk about varying subjects from meditation, to brain wave entrainment, pretty woo woo to some, but I happen to know there are a lot of people out there that have an interest in that area and it's something I am passionate about and can talk about and more importantly write about. I also plan though to write reviews of books, quotes like this one that I have collected and even recipes as I love food. Heck I even talked about IMS??? Guess you will have to check out my site to figure that one out :-)
I will close by promoting one of my followers who I am honored to follow Harvman0. I decided to follow him because of his courage to talk about his recent recovery after a stroke at a relatively young age and putting up a site detailing his struggles.
http://www.mylifepoststroke.com/
Who better to talk about it than him and how many other people out there within WA and all over the world can be inspired and learn from his writing. He has taken a setback and turned it into a comeback. BRAVO
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Thank you for sharing. I had no idea for a niche when I started two weeks ago. I am still exploring ideas but you are correct it will be something that I am passionate about.
To me it is the only way to go. If you are going to be creating content I think it is important to be genuinely interested in your topic as I believe people can see through it if you are simply trying to make a buck. I guess the other thing I got from the quote is not to discount your personal experiences and to be creative.
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Great quote and I hope you do a review of that book; such an inspiring title. I read HarvmanO's story, too, and it truly is inspiring.
I do plan to do that very soon. Just getting setup with Amazon affiliates so I can link to the book. It is an oldie but goodie. Thanks for the follow and the comment.