Quote: (08-10-2013 02:29 PM)ColSpanker Wrote:
The real problem is finding a niche which will draw traffic and hasn't been staked out already. You might do a blog on STAR WARS, popular subject, but how many other blogs are there with the topic? Good luck trying to get on the first page and I guarantee you Lucas Films will always have the top slots. You can blog about Flat Earth theory and might even get a number of good links, but what kind of traffic will it get you? And don't ever, ever try to game Google. The have people who live for punks trying to put one over on them.
I've had a literary blog for the past few years, has PR4, plenty of links, but the traffic averages 20 hits a day. Whoop-de-fucking-do. My conclusion: people don't read many books these days.
Key word search is good idea, but it won't anticipate the Next Big Thing or a crash.
Or, you could do a blog about creating your own kick ass Star Wars costumes, do huge and very detailed tutorials with videos/photos/etc. from beginning to end on making a Boba Fett costume.
Then you could monetize it via YouTubes ad s since a very detailed video like that would go viral on YouTube in the HUGE Star wars niche. You could also monetize it by affiliate links to Amazon with all of the tools and materials you would need to make the costume.
However, your best way to monetize it may be by creating custom costumes for Star Wars nerds out there for $5,000 a pop.
Maybe you could then do a forum for people to buy and sell their custom made Star Wars costumes, light sabres, Wookie masks, etc. while you take a small cut for each sale made.
As I said, a niche within a niche. The above took me about 67 seconds to come up with.
BoldAndDetermined.com guy is doing very well for himself blogging about making money online, fitness and motivation. He found his niche within a niche in a very saturated market.
Yes, there are lots of game blogs out there. However, Roosh found himself a niche with traveling and game combined. Gio could have his own niche for older males gaming younger females. He could write a book, create an online course, personal coaching, Skype coaching calls, etc.
Just by looking at this forum, there are a lot of older guys who are getting into game. Gio could be the go to guy for the older men in this market. That could be his niche within a niche.
The good thing about that is the older guys probably have more money to spend than the younger guys. Also, guys coming out of a divorce may be willing to throw down serious cash for some in person coaching to get themselves back into the game, something they've probably been dreaming about during their 10 year boring ass marriage to some fat cow with a shit attitude.
ColSpanker, you obviously don't know what you are talking about, so you shouldn't be giving advice on this subject.
I use to own a blog that got between 12-15,000 unique visitors per month, and made me $1,000-$1,800 per month for a couple of years. Peanuts compared to many bloggers, but if I wouldn't have been so lazy, I could have done much better with it.