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OK, let's get down to business here. I've told you why Niche Blogging, now it's time to start on the HOW of Niche Blogging.

By now you've probably got all kinds of blog ideas running through your mind. And that's good!

Every idea is a good idea. Don't let anyone tell you any differently. Even if there are already thousands of blogs out there on "Staying Sane While Your Kid Learns To Play The Tuba", if your blog is well written, full of lots of good information and you market it right, it could be the one at the top of the list when someone Googles "Tuba Trouble"!

Here are some things to consider when choosing your topic for your niche blog:

* Is it a topic you're interested in?

o Something to think about - while your blog may start producing a small amount of income in a month or so, most successful blogs take a year or two to start producing regularly. Is this a topic that you could write a lot about, for a long time?

* Is the topic popular?

o While you may be interested in Tuba Playing Children, how many others out there are? If no one is interested in the topic you choose, you won't get a lot of visitors. No visitors = No sales. Think about the topics that you search for on the web. Or look at the TV news or the newspapers to see what people are discussing right now.

* Is there a lot of competition?

o If you think you've found a hot topic or niche, then chances are someone else has had the exact same idea. If there's too much competition, you may never be seen. If you have the time and energy to devote to making your blog stand out from the crowd, then go for it.

o And don't let someone talk you out of this one, girls! If you want to do a blog about knitting, then do it! There are ways to successfully market your blog and shoot it to the top. And even though there may be thousands of blogs on knitting, there are BILLIONS of people in the world looking for knitting advice. You only need SOME of them to find you. And if it's something you feel passionate about, then knitting it is!

* Can you provide something that your competition is NOT?

o Look at some of those other knitting blogs out there and see what they're missing. YOU knit. So you know what to look for. Maybe they don't show enough pictures of stitches. Maybe their patterns are always missing a step. Maybe they're just plain boring and you think you could make yours a lot more attractive or entertaining.

o Do you create your own patterns? You could offer them to your visitors. Do you have a sense of humor? You could include daily "Purls of Wisdom".

* Can you make money with this topic?

o Look at those other knitting blogs. Do they have ads on them anywhere? Is there a related product that you could sell? Maybe you could sell those patterns you've created.

o We'll get into this later because it's a whole category by itself, but there are Affiliate programs out there that want you to place ads on your blog. Some of them sell eBooks on knitting! (I haven't looked to see if there are any eBooks on Teaching Your Child To Play The Tuba.)

To help you narrow your final choice down even further, think about what types of sites you go looking for. What are you usually searching for on the web? Is there one particular topic that you get excited about, that you just can't stop talking about? Is there one topic that your family and friends come to you for advice about?

In my next post, I'll give you a couple of tools to help you make that final decision.

What is a Blog? Well, blog is short for web log and is a website that is regularly updated with content usually pertaining to the author's personal life or commentary on events or areas of their expertise. Entries are often displayed in reverse chronological order with the newest entries appearing on top. Most blogs also encourage a sense of community by allowing readers to comment on each article that is written.

The first blogs were started as personal online diaries. Livejournal.com gave anyone who wanted to the chance to spill their guts on the internet for everyone else to read. Personal blogs were really the beginning of the social networking (web 2.0) trend that we are in the middle of today.

Blogging is a way for anyone to get their point of view out to the world and actually be listened to. If you have interesting ideas, are very knowledgeable on a certain subject, or are just an entertaining read it is fairly easy to build a large base of loyal readers. Blogging is the most democratic way of spreading information available, because the people choose who they want to read. Instead of getting information just from journalists and TV news, people now have access to many other opinions and sources of information.

Not everyone believes that blogs are a step forward in information evolution. Classically trained journalists often look down at bloggers because; as they say "Anyone can get a blog and write about anything they wish". Since bloggers don't have the same restrictions and accountability that journalists have some people view them as hacks and rumormongers who only like to cause an uproar among their readers.

Whether you think bloggers are a good or a bad thing, the truth is they are here to stay. Nearly every industry has an all star blogger who shares information and insights that the regular Joe would never be able to get their hands on.

Making money with blogs is also a hot new trend. If you can find a topic that people are interested in and provide them with great content on regular basis you should be able to cash in nicely. Unlike regular static websites blogs can easily be updated every day. Most blog software makes writing a new entry as simple as writing a standard word document.

This allows people who are clueless about technology have a chance to make money with their own website. People are making money blogging about anything from basket weaving, to weight loss, and even teaching people how to make money with blogs. If you have a topic you are passionate about there is a good chance you can make money online by writing a blog.