Email #5: What Niche Do I Focus On?

Dear <firstname> ,

The first thing you need to do before starting 
a blog is finding a niche that you would like to
write about. 

A niche is a targeted, focused topic that a specific
target group are found in.This could be wide range
topics like internet marketing or less common ones
like weight loss through lemon juice diets.

Some niches can be further seperated into subniches,
example, weight loss into atkins diet, lemon juice
diets etc.

What you can do is jot down a list of topics you want 
to pursue. Preferably, you should have a passion for it, 
because there is no point doing something you hate. If 
you're having trouble thinking of topics or have not much 
information about them, you'll have to do some research. 

Starting with stuff you have some interest in, maybe weight
loss, visit popular forums and discussion boards and pay
attention to what is being talked about. You can also watch &
listen to the news, read popular newspapers and magazines
for ideas. 

I would like to suggest some tools here, starting with  Google
Zeitgeist -You can use it to find out search patterns, trends, 
and the fastest rising search queries. 

Then there's Yahoo Buzz to explore many different topics and
see what the current "buzz" is. Yahoo also has a site called 
yahoo answers where you can ask a question and get loads of 
answers from people interestedin that niche.

Last but not least, there's EBay Pulse which provides current 
trends and popular searches in the different EBay markets. 
You can use this tool to find hot topics to blog about.

Find out after this if the niche you selected is a golden egg or
a lemon...

To your blogging profits,

Your Name 
