Choosing your Blog Niche / Topic

When deciding on a topic for your blog you should list possible topics in your niche you could write individual posts on. Make sure you are truly interested in the topic you choose because if you lose interest in it, chances are your readers will too. You should enjoy writing about the topic you choose. This will make writing posts easier for you and will ensure you are giving your readers interesting and quality content. I started writing Web Money because I was interested in domain names and the possibility of making money from them. I jumped right in and you can kind of tell I ended up going in a little different direction then I intended. If I had researched my topic first it would have made the first six months of this blog much easier on me. I started my second blog The Law of Politics a few months after this one, and it was easier to start then this blog. The topic of politics is something I am very interested in whether I make money or not. I am interested in Making Money as I believe most people are, but there are many ways to do this and I had to choose one. I am still covering a variety of topics, but my original topic of domains was not broad enough for me. The main point you need to concentrate on when starting a blog to make money: Make sure you are interested in the topic enough to pursue it without making money. You will have to spend a large amount of time on your niche before you see rewards in the form of money.

I hope this advice helps and I welcome any questions or comments you may have. If you want any advice on choosing your specific topic / niche don't hesitate to ask for it. If you found this article helpful please share it with the "addthis" bookmark button below.

Traffic equals Clicks "Clicks = Money"

Traffic to your page or blog is a must to get clicks on your PPC (pay per click) ads, but is all traffic created equally? In my experience it is not! Someone visiting your site for a few seconds because it benefits them in some way does not do you any good; other then bloating your statistics with Alexa or a similar ranking sites. If you are just starting your web page or blog any traffic is better then no traffic, but at what point do you stop wasting your time with "traffic pyramids?" I would really like to hear any opinions on different traffic generating services from fellow bloggers, and site builders. I have used a bunch of traffic generating services and here is my opinion on some:

1. Blog Explosion- this is a site where you earn credit by surfing blogs and staying on each one for twenty seconds. Well you don't have to actually stay on the page so this doesn't do you any good in my opinion. The blog rocket which is a game you can play at blog explosion may be the best service they offer. This service has been my second biggest traffic source thus far too my blogs.

2. EntreCard- This site gives you a type of business card to put on your site which members of the service can drop their card on. You earn credits by dropping cards and getting cards dropped on your card. You use your credits to advertise on other people's sites for a day at a time. Some members even go as far as to sell credits on eBay. This traffic quality seems to be better then Blog Explosion, but it is still not the type of traffic I want. I would rank this a close third in where my traffic comes from. This is what the card looks like:

3. A couple other services like this are Blog Rush, BlogUpp, and I am sure there are many more. These are not the same as the other two I listed above, but I have not seen much of a difference between them. If I come across something worth sharing I will let you know.

My point being don't waste your time on traffic numbers that don't help contribute to the quality of your content or depths of your pockets. My parked domains have way less page impressions then my blog, but about the same click through rate on ads, which tells me the traffic I am getting is not the kind I need.