Blog Tip Tuesday: How to Choose a Profitable Niche for Your Blog

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Hey guys and welcome to modern Africa today where i share hello blog tips every single day

just so you guys know i'm having some mic issues so i hope the sound sounds okay but in today's post i'm going to give you a step-by-step guide on how to select one or choose a profitable niche for your blog.

If you want to start a blog and you want to make money you need to find a profitable niche

now i have a ton of profitable blog niche ideas that i want to share with you guys today and four important questions you need to answer before you go ahead and get started

My Story

but first for those of you who don't know my story i started my blog in 2018 i had no idea what i was doing but i needed to find a way to make money from home so i could stay at home with my kids

and after a year of a lot of hard work long nights i was able to make six figures with my blog the very next year but keep in mind i only made five thousand dollars the first year

but you have to know blogging is a long game it takes time to make money with a blog and because i understand that i'm now in my third year having another six figure year

and the way that i found my niche was by looking for something that didn't exist

i was looking online for different ways that moms could make money from home because that's what i wanted to do

i wanted to be able to work from home and raise my kids and there were a ton of articles out there about ways how moms can make money from home but they failed to go more in depth

i wanted to know what my options were as a stay-at-home mom how much i could make how to get started how to do this at home with kids and i want to see an actual success story of a mom that's doing this today

so i would know that it was real i was so frustrated not finding what i was looking for

and after praying and asking the Lord for some guidance i woke up one morning with this grand idea to start a blog about what i was looking for and to help other people in my same situation

i wanted to be the one-stop shop for moms looking for legitimate ways to make money from home with kids

if they needed information about working from home with kids it would be on my website

and that is exactly what niche sites are it's a one stop shop fully covering a certain topic

Tips for Choosing a Niche

now there are three things i want you to know when it comes to choosing a niche

1. You Don’t Need to Be an Expert

the first thing is that you do not need to be an expert to write about something

because i have a site about ways to make money from home but i had no idea how to make money from home at the time with kids

i just asked other people who did and i shared their stories on my website

but if you want to have a site that gives tax advice or legal advice those are the type of circumstances that i would leave alone unless you are an expert in those areas

2. Research Is Everything

the next tip is that research is everything

by looking at other websites and reading their articles i was able to find holes in their articles and that gave me a competitive edge

i knew that by going more in depth about how moms could make money i could clearly show why my website was better than the others

doing enough research on whatever topic you want to write about should be done before you choose to write about something

you should be able to say that no one is doing it this way and that's how you know you've got something good and valuable

3. You’re Not Stuck in One Topic

the next tip is to know that you're not stuck writing only about that specific topic

you can also have subtopics like if you were to write about ways to make money you could also have subtopics like budget debt extra income

you know different kind of sub related ideas

i even have holiday articles on my website because i know those articles do well on pinterest and during the holiday season i want to get that extra traffic and make some more money

so as long as you have a good foundation for your blog you can still venture out a bit so don't think that you're stuck

Follow Your Passion

so when you're thinking about which niche to pick think about a topic that you can't stop thinking about or talking about

think about what you're passionate about or your life experiences

like if you lost a loved one and you dealt with grief pretty well maybe you can help other people do the same

you know think about your own life experiences and how you can help other people

or think about things that you like to learn about

whatever it is you want to have some type of interest in whatever niche you choose

so here is a list of profitable niche ideas

Narrow It Down

now these are just some ideas that a lot of people are interested in and can be pretty profitable

but do not take this as the only possible niches to choose from

these are also very broad niche ideas

so you see that i have home here home is very broad i mean like what does that even mean

when you choose a niche you need to narrow it down where you are talking to a certain group of people

so instead of just saying home you could narrow it down to diy home decor on a budget

you see that is a very specific topic catering to a certain group of people

my niche is very narrow as well

i talk about work from home jobs for moms not just work from home jobs it's very i narrowed it down even more down to mom

so a specific certain group of people so i know how to talk to these people

Vetting Your Niche Idea

okay so now if you think you have an idea about what you want to blog about you need to do some further vetting to make sure that this can be a profitable niche

1. Check If There’s Interest

so the first thing that you want to do is to see if anyone is interested in what you're talking about

so i recommend using google

you can use google to see if anyone is searching for what you want to write about

2. Study Your Competition

next you need to make sure that you're studying your competition

so don't be intimidated if there are other websites out there that are talking about what you want to write about

remember you just need to find your competitive advantage

what makes your site different from the others

now if there are no websites that talk about what you want to write about that's a red flag

that probably means that there is no audience for that niche or that niche doesn't sell well online

3. Know How You’ll Make Money

you also want to have an idea of how you're going to make money

so look through your competitors articles and see if they have display banner ads

see if they're writing about certain products or services with links so you can see if they're making money with affiliate marketing

and if you don't know about affiliate marketing i did a step-by-step guide for beginners.

just you guys know that is how i make the most of my money on my blog

also you can check to see if they're trying to sell their own products

you really want to have a good idea of how they're making money so you can make money too

4. Plan Your Traffic Strategy

the next question is that you need to determine how you're going to get traffic to your website

so once you start to write your articles how are people going to see it how will people know about it

you need to make sure that you have at least a general idea of how people can come to your website

now for me i get most of my check from google and pinterest

i've tried tons of ways to get traffic to my website and these are the only two platforms that have been able to give me consistent massive traffic

and that is how i get over 200 000 page views per month on my website

you also want to see which social media platforms your competitors are using and see which platforms get the most engagement

whichever one that is is the one that you want to use first to promote your articles

Final Thoughts

so hopefully now you have a good idea on what you want to blog about and how to make sure that it could be profitable

now if you guys have any questions please let me know in the comment section below

and if you're comfortable let me know what you want to blog about i'd love to hear from you guys

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