Something the Newbies Need to Know
I love blogging. It is as simple as that. What I have learned over the years has been awesome. But it has been a journey of learning. I knew TONS before joining WA but even so, I didn't know it all. I have learned so much new stuff here OR what I knew has been significantly advanced. It is a cool gig; blogging, that is.
Many newbies to the blogging world are pumped and excited. And they should be. But too often the excitement gets in the way of plain old common sense (yeh, I know, old school - BUT as needed as ever).
These newbies want to "make money online" and think that if they just get a "make money online" website created, then before long the money will flow in. It took me several years and several thousand dollars (through online con-games) to realize that the "make money online" game is virtually impossible ... that is if the niche and keywords remain "make money online."
Broad Versus Narrow
Ah! ... wish I knew this 10 years ago. I was the typical newbie! Newbies need to know that there are about 6 zillion blogs dedicated to making money online. 5 zillion 999 billion of them are not ranked anywhere in cyberspace. Why? It is WAY TOO broad of a search term. New sites dedicated to making money online have ZERO chance of getting found through the search engines. The only hope (and it is small) is through an amazing social media campaign.
I had to learn that the niche and keywords (search terms) need to be narrow ... VERY narrow and specific. This is one of the reasons that finding a niche is such a big part of the training here at WA. A well-researched specific niche is the FIRST priority before beginning a blog. Forget "make money online." Focus on a field you have a passion for and something you will be excited to research. Research it to see what unique angle you can bring to this specific niche. If you want to make money in the gardening niche, then focus on a specific area of gardening, not just gardening - TOO broad. Perhaps you could focus on "gardening using pots." This is still gardening, but it is MUCH more narrow than gardening.
What area are you passionate about? Good. Glad you know. Now focus on a specific aspect and research the competition of the aspect. If the competition is low, AH HA! ... you found it!
Hope this helps.
Tony
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Hello, Tony,
Another wise article. It makes me feel better to know that I'm not the only one who has learned the hard way that there are very few "get rich schemes" offered on the internet that work. Your advice should save a lot of people a lot of grief. Going to college for four years and spending $100,000 doesn't mean you're going to make money. Why would thinking you could do differently in IM lead a person to believe they will get rich in IM? Both take risk, commitment, hard work and goals. Cordially, David
Thanks David... it certainly seems we have received the same experience along the way ~ Tony
I like your mention of a USP. But you really should elaborate a bit on the Unique Selling Proposition.
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This is good news for newbies. Understanding the competition is important to success. Slapping together a website is no guarantee of profit.