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choosing your niche in blogging

While I get many questions from bloggers asking for advice on ‘how to blog‘ perhaps one of the biggest questions a new blogger needs to ask themselves before they move on to theHOWto blog question is ‘WHATwill I blog about?’There is no real right or wrong answer to this question as blogs come in all shapes and sizes and focus upon all manner of topics. However thinking through the question before you start a blog will help you make some of the other decisions that you’ll want to make later on in this guide (for example the domain name and the name of your blog will probably come out of this decision).Reasons to Focus Upon a Niche with Your BlogChoosing a niche to blog about is important for a number of reasons. These include:1. Niche Blogs Appeal to ReadersMy first blog was a personal blog with no real niche focus. It did start with a main focus upon Spirituality, but over time began to cover a large range of topics including blogging, photography, culture, politics, personal stuff that I was doing etc.The more topics I covered the less I appealed to everyone.Sure a certain group of people were interested in Spirituality and Blogging, but less of them were into photography, even less also liked my stuff about Australian Pop Culture….. each topic narrowed the chances of me writing something that would appeal to all of my readers. I startedto get complaints from them – ‘stop writing about XXXX’.When I began to break topics out onto their own blogs my audience responded well – those who were intophotographygathered around that topic, those that were intoblogginggathered on that blog.In the end this is about relevance – people seem to be drawn to niche focused blogs because they know that they’ll see content on them that focuses upon the things they are specifically interested in.2. Niche Blogs Monetize BetterI tried to make money from my personal blog for a while but found the going really tough. At the time I mainly tried to make money from advertising and found that sponsors were simply not interested in promoting their product (which had a specific focus) to an audience who were there to read about a whole range of things.What camera manufacturer wants to promote their latest camera on a blog about photography that also touches on spirituality, politics and what movie I saw on the weekend?Niche blogs also tend to work better with contextual ad networks like AdSense. AdSense is getting better are providing adsthat related strongly to what is on a specific page of content but I have seen instances where blogs covering lots of different topics attract ads that don’t always relate to content on a particular page.The other thing about AdSense is that it is a system that gives advertisers the ability to target specific sites. These types of targeted campaigns can be quite profitablebut they are less likely to happen if a blog covers a large range of topics, many of which don’t relate to that advertiser.When I went niche I found monetizing with advertising a lot easier. In fact monetizing with a variety of methods seems to be easier on niche blogs. Affiliate promotions and selling your own products work better because your audience is there to get information on certain topics – so when you promote products on those topics…. they’re much more likely to buy.

How to make money with a blog in 2 years I went from not knowing what a blog was to making more money blogging than my day job. If you are serious about blogging and are looking for the best way to customize your blog’s look and other features, then getting a self-hosted blog from WordPress.orgis probably the best way to go. It is currently the top choice for most bloggers. It does require more work up front and does have small costs associated with it: buyinga domain name ($10/year) and hosting your blog ($10/month).One of the big advantagesis that you can use your own domain name (i.e. yourblog.com). While thismight not seem like a big deal, it is a lot easier for people to remember yourblog.com rather thanyourblog.blogspot.com which is what you will be given if you use Blogger.I will warn you, being a non-techie myself, this took me some time figuring out how to get myself-hosted site set up. WordPress.org has a greatstep-by-step guidefor getting you set up. While it is more work on the front end, I am really glad I got good advice and did this at the beginning, than having to do it now.

Parable of the sower

I really like the parable of the sower found in Luke chapter 8 because it cleverly showshow different people receive and apply the word of God to their lives. When I read this parable I can just imagine all the people who are sat in church listening to the sermon and then go back into their weekly routine where one of the four example in the parable happen to them. Most examples in the parable don’t apply the word properly and so life gets in the way and word does not flourish. Here is the firstexample;1.The Wayside-Luke 5:8 ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.’Luke 5:12 ‘Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.’I know there are many people whose hearts resemble the wayside. It makes me think of all the people who attend church for many years, mostly for tradition, yet they are not Christians. As for the people I know like this I didn’t even know that for allthose years they weren’t Christians until they tell me that they just got saved.

Parable of the sower

I really like the parable of the sower found in Luke chapter 8 because it cleverly showshow different people receive and apply the word of God to their lives. When I read this parable I can just imagine all the people who are sat in church listening to the sermon and then go back into their weekly routine where one of the four example in the parable happen to them. Most examples in the parable don’t apply the word properly and so life gets in the way and word does not flourish. Here is the firstexample;1.The Wayside-Luke 5:8 ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.’Luke 5:12 ‘Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.’I know there are many people whose hearts resemble the wayside. It makes me think of all the people who attend church for many years, mostly for tradition, yet they are not Christians. As for the people I know like this I didn’t even know that for allthose years they weren’t Christians until they tell me that they just got saved.

Parable of the sower

I really like the parable of the sower found in Luke chapter 8 because it cleverly showshow different people receive and apply the word of God to their lives. When I read this parable I can just imagine all the people who are sat in church listening to the sermon and then go back into their weekly routine where one of the four example in the parable happen to them. Most examples in the parable don’t apply the word properly and so life gets in the way and word does not flourish. Here is the firstexample;1.The Wayside-Luke 5:8 ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.’Luke 5:12 ‘Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.’I know there are many people whose hearts resemble the wayside. It makes me think of all the people who attend church for many years, mostly for tradition, yet they are not Christians. As for the people I know like this I didn’t even know that for allthose years they weren’t Christians until they tell me that they just got saved.

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Boko Haram bombards Adamawa state. Why?

''According to Sahara Reporters, Boko Haram men launched a fresh attack on Sabon Gari, a village in Adamawa state which is predominantly inhabited by Christians, in the early hours of today. Residents of the village, which is on the border of Borno and Adamawa state, said several members of their community were slaughtered by the sect men as they were heading to church this morning.'' This is the report heard this morning. what a heartless act by the book boys. There is no one to help us out of this other than God. This is a call to everyone to awake from his slumber if Nigeria is to remain united and most importantly in peace. Something must be done quickly Nigerians. (thanks to Linda)

Boko Haram bombards Adamawa state. Why?

''According to Sahara Reporters, Boko Haram men launched a fresh attack on Sabon Gari, a village in Adamawa state which is predominantly inhabited by Christians, in the early hours of today. Residents of the village, which is on the border of Borno and Adamawa state, said several members of their community were slaughtered by the sect men as they were heading to church this morning.'' This is the report heard this morning. what a heartless act by the book boys. There is no one to help us out of this other than God. This is a call to everyone to awake from his slumber if Nigeria is to remain united and most importantly in peace. Something must be done quickly Nigerians. (thanks to Linda)