Hey, just wanted to write a quick little information post for you guys. I had checked my email tonight and it had been awhile since I had done that. I won’t mention the name of the person that contacted me, but they asked a great question.
Will what I write about actually make money? What if it doesn’t?
Great questions! So, let’s take a look at them and expand on them a bit as it relates to niche websites and making money online.
One of the toughest things of wanting to make money blogging or creating a niche website is the content. There is no doubt that no one can be an expert in every area or topic, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t put a site together that provides resourceful information to people.
But, if you are just wanting to create a blog and aren’t sure if anyone will read what you are writing, take heart because here is some information that you can really use.
I just created a blog for my wife to express herself with. She is very passionate about women’s issues and ministry for women. She didn’t think anyone would read her blog either, heck, it’s only about 2 months old. Well, she started writing, visited a couple of other blogs and left comments on them because she reads them (not a spam comment!!!) and also did a couple of link exchanges with some of the online magazines that have blogrolls.
She is getting some search engine traffic and also some new readers from these other sites. Her site is also a PR 1 now too! While that doesn’t sound like much, here is the good news for you and how it relates to your blog or niche site.
Anything is possible. Just because you don’t think anyone will read what you have to write about, don’t always believe that.
There are two ways to view your blogging efforts also that really set the tone with what you are trying to accomplish with making money online.
The first, are you creating a site, a niche site, strictly for monetization purposes? If so, then you generally only need 5 to 10 good quality posts of about 350 to 500 word each to create some good content. If you have 10 posts, and each post has 5 tags, then with the Google indexing methods and WordPress tag pages that are created, you have just created a potential 50 page site with only 10 posts.
Now that you have your site up and running, you now need to begin the boring task of building backlinks. Don’t forget to install your statistical analytics tracking stuff (I prefer Statcounter.com – FREE!!!!). When you begin to get some search engine traffic, then try the Adsense. Or if you are going with affiliate ads, put them up right away too.
Now, the second type of site is the general site. You could consider this a flagship site, or just a site that you want to blog about different topics on it. Don’t worry about if anyone reads what you are writing on it. Why? Because most of what you write on a general site might be seen by just a few people. However, you will occassionally strike it rich, so to speak, and land a great post that will rank well in the search engines.
Also, you can write about specific topics, brands, model numbers of electronics items, or what ever floats your boat.
I guess what all of my late night rambling here is saying is don’t worry so much about the monetization right away unless you are creating a niche site. If that is the case, then make sure your keywords are going to pay off for you and go for it.
If you have a topic or issue that you are passionate about, then write about it. Don’t worry about monetizing it just yet, but write your post, see what kind of traffic it develops. You can always go back later and expand on that post, or better yet, use it to link out to a newly created niche site that you have build focusing on the keywords in the article!
There are many ways to make money online and create income blogging, but sometimes you really need to just focus on writing good content and see what happens. Don’t let that fear of “someone might not read it” stop you from starting to learn how to make money online. It’s all a lot of experimentation and luck that goes into it as well, but with a little knowledge, you can control your destiny!
ps…if this post doesn’t make much sense, bear with me…i’m on pain meds for a bad shoulder injury… 
