This topic is a great motivator. Sounds like we always have to decide more quickly and take action than thinking too much.

thanks a lot!

Thanks,
tom

Thanks
Misbah Mumtaz

We all know content is king and therefore before getting all bogged down by keyword research we must make sure we find our “passion” and our drive towards a particular topic.

So if someone doesn’t have content even if there site or blog is SEO proof and a “targeted” niche the traffic will never culminate into affiliate sales, etc. and sooner or later will be blacklisted from the readers list and even if the site has high search rankings people will resort to avoiding the site. Nobody wants to come back to a site that doesn’t offer value and meaning.

We can take the example of Collis and Cyan Ta’eed of Envato, When Collis bought over Psdtuts from Sitepoint, The site suffered badly even though it had high organic search rankings.
Just by flushing in quality content he was able to make psdtuts a very successful and reliable source for Photoshop tutorials.

While knowing the demographic trend and focusing on people is integral but the major portion is action
Action –to go out there and just do it.
Action –to be driven by passion rather than figures.
Action –to believe in one’s ability to produce “Pillar Content” (read: Blog Profits Blueprint-Yaro Starak)

And we have to remember
“Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself”

Not the outcome , not the result but the inability to channelize our efforts and Just Do It (read: copyright Nike Inc.)

So, In a Nutshell the key?

FOCUS ON SEO AND OTHER FIGURES AFTER YOU KNOW YOUR PASSION AND HAVE AN UNWILLING DRIVE ABOUT THE TOPIC KNOWING THAT YOU ARE MARRYING YOUR BLOG AND WILL HAVE TO NURTURE YOUR BLOG LIKE A WIFE.

TREAT YOUR WEBSITE LIKE YOUR WIFE AND SUCCESS WILL FOLLOW,
STRIVE TO BE EXCELLENT AND SUCCESS WILL FOLLOW.

Cheers,
Arjun Narain

Keep up the good work.

Otherwise you’re wasting your time blogging, unless you’re doing it for your own amusement or just to make money.

I am going to be open and honest with with you as possible.

I am writing this reply on my phone in my lorry cab.

4 months ago I wouldn’t have dreamed of having a blog of my own, to be frank I’m not even sure what a blog was. I have learned what I previously know about the internet (which wasn’t much) by just clicking away.

y friend, also a lorry driver was looking into online bussinesses, basically to get out of the daily grind, because it is just not worth the effort, and to be able to maybe make some serious money and live as you do, free and with little or no worries, so I can properly take care of my fiancee and maybe make some dreams of mine come alive.

So we both have spent countless hours now in front of a computer screen watching videos about how to make money online, from such people you may or may not have heard of trying to explain thier systems. ewan Chia, Jamie Lewis et al. All not really laying it down in black and white.

My friend has paid for all the sign ups as I do not have the extra funds to throw at this endeaver, he has let me ride along on his good will.

Then I found you and Gideon on the net, or rather found becomeablogger.com. Watched the free videos and found myself setting up my own wordpress blog. I find Gideon very easy to listen to and he explained how to set up the wordpress very well, I think you two work very well together.

Now a few weeks into my blogging efforts I find myself in doubt, despite the fact that I reseave great emails from you and Gideon (the mini course is great).

I have grown to like you both.

i find myself in doubt because I am not sure if what I am writing about can be construed as a blog (my chosen topic is self evident in my url) and I find it hard to come up with blog ideas, (I downloaded freemind but either not working or I don’t know how to use it). i can really see me simply running out of things to blog about, I have got a few things either in the pipline or up my sleeve, but…………

Thank ypu for this blog. now I keep thinking that “at least I am giving it a go”, ” I am taking decisive action” even though I am not the best of writers, I am am sort of proud of what I have done so far, but not sure if anyone else does.

I do not have the time or content to right a blog every day

I have had some replies but most of them are blatent advertisements, I hope I can be as successful as you, I would like to join your class but surcomstancies prevent it, like I said above I do not have the extra funds.

This was probably not the best avenue in which to communicate with you, but saw the opportunity and took it, if you blog works in the same way as mine you choose not to “moderate” this comment, I will not be offended.

some times with passion is not enough, just a lack of skill to fulfill your dreams.

Your student,
Matt

Keep up the good work.

However you have given me a place to do more in depth research, the forum.

Thanks
Alam

I think that you’ve hit the nail on the head for a beginner like me. I thought that I had an idea that I could go with (this is still a possibility) but the more I have explored the more daunting things have seemed. It feels like I have to get absolutely everything sorted before I take the first step. Your approach is suggesting that I hesitate no longer and just try something out.

You have a very reassuring way about you that I find inspiring and you are so matter of fact and confident that I feel motivated. I would like to think that my next contact will be to say that I have taken next step and started to blog. I can’t guarantee that I won’t still get scared but right now I have the intention to take action.

Thanks for the wonderful resource that you are.

Regards,

Stan

London (UK)

Then the content for the first few niche sites you make will be easy to write and you’ll just need to concentrate on things like the design, seo, etc. You may not make a lot of money out of them, but what you’ll learn will be invaluable and allow you to then create niche sites on other topics you don’t know so well much more easily.

Getting your niches quickly will let you make $$ on them!

i am really confused about niche selection..
i am basically a software engineer. I dont find more than 2 hoursd a day for surfing but wish to blog desperately..
i am a BIG fan of ur blog.I am just missing something out of this article…that hw to find own passion…(blog topic basically)…and how to start blogging…how to write first blog…

please help me in this regard,

Thanks in advance,
Sagar