Comments on: Niche, Or No Niche, That Is The Question… http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:06:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Winged Wizard http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-106351 Winged Wizard Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:02:42 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-106351 I think niche blogging confines you too much, I at least got bored of my niche blogs and abandoned them. For many niche bloggers it's like hardwork put into the blog so that it becomes more profitable. With all the seo stuff, link building, advertising, confining to one topic mostly we forget to have fun. I personally like blogs where people express themselves and not just write whats more profitable, optimized and what others expect you to write. I think niche blogging confines you too much, I at least got bored of my niche blogs and abandoned them. For many niche bloggers it’s like hardwork put into the blog so that it becomes more profitable. With all the seo stuff, link building, advertising, confining to one topic mostly we forget to have fun. I personally like blogs where people express themselves and not just write whats more profitable, optimized and what others expect you to write.

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-94832 Barbara Swafford Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:49:32 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-94832 Hi Todd, Follow your heart. Do what makes YOU happy. There are no steadfast rules in blogging. If you choose to create cartoons for different "niches", they can easily be sorted by using categories, and maybe a tag line that suggests what a reader will find on your blog. You're right, it's best to blog your conscience. Besides, who are those experts anyway? Hi Todd,

Follow your heart. Do what makes YOU happy. There are no steadfast rules in blogging.

If you choose to create cartoons for different “niches”, they can easily be sorted by using categories, and maybe a tag line that suggests what a reader will find on your blog.

You’re right, it’s best to blog your conscience. Besides, who are those experts anyway?

]]> By: Todd http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-94797 Todd Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:42:31 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-94797 I have been wrestling with this issue for quite some time... My current blog did not start out as a "blog" per se. It was just a cartoon website for folks working in the field of Information Technology. The humor is very niche. My friends and family have made me painfully aware of this, since I have to explain the meanings of the cartoons in the majority of cases. In this respect I feel a niche limits my potential audience. My natural inclinations tend more towards variety. I would prefer to comment humorously on many topics even outside of the field of Information Technology, but I am hesitant to change format and scope of my current blog. Maybe the best solution is to just "blog your conscience" and forget what "the experts say?" .-= Check out Todd´s awesome post: <a href="http://www.asciiville.com/2009/10/svn-revert-back-to-mtos.html">svn revert back_to_mtos</a> =-. I have been wrestling with this issue for quite some time…

My current blog did not start out as a “blog” per se. It was just a cartoon website for folks working in the field of Information Technology. The humor is very niche. My friends and family have made me painfully aware of this, since I have to explain the meanings of the cartoons in the majority of cases. In this respect I feel a niche limits my potential
audience.

My natural inclinations tend more towards variety. I would prefer to comment humorously on many topics even outside of the field of Information Technology, but I am hesitant to change format and scope of my current blog.

Maybe the best solution is to just “blog your conscience” and forget what “the experts say?”
Check out Todd´s awesome post: svn revert back_to_mtos My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: raphael http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-90515 raphael Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:46:42 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-90515 I would say that every website out there is a niche website, what is different about each website is how big the niche is. And I am also a "niche" webmaster and I like smaller niches :) Easier to control and dominate .-= Check out raphael´s awesome post: <a href="http://www.learnconversationalhypnosis.org/the-hypnosis-protocol-and-its-4-stages/">The Hypnosis Protocol and Its 4 Stages</a> =-. I would say that every website out there is a niche website, what is different about each website is how big the niche is. And I am also a “niche” webmaster and I like smaller niches :)
Easier to control and dominate
Check out raphael´s awesome post: The Hypnosis Protocol and Its 4 Stages My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: Kathy @ Virtual Impax http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-21815 Kathy @ Virtual Impax Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:54:52 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/niche-or-no-niche-that-is-the-question/#comment-21815 I guess my view of a "niche" is different than yours - which alarms me to no end! When I talk about a niche, I'm not talking on the topic side but rather focusing upon the visitor side. When you focus upon a niche market (let's say middle aged bloggers - grin!) then you create a blog that's full of information that middle aged bloggers need to know. Sometimes that information is "technical" and sometimes it's "tactical", but you're always writing with that middle aged blog reader in mind. Will younger bloggers find value in your posts? OF COURSE THEY WILL! But your focus is upon the middle aged blogger (for example). I see "niches" as focusing in upon a narrow group of people instead of a narrow topic. <abbr><em>Kathy @ Virtual Impax´s last blog post..<a href="http://virtualimpax.com/2008/10/10/social-media-warning-i-am-rubber-you-are-glue/" rel="nofollow">Social Media Warning: I am Rubber - You are Glue …</a></em></abbr> I guess my view of a “niche” is different than yours – which alarms me to no end!

When I talk about a niche, I’m not talking on the topic side but rather focusing upon the visitor side.

When you focus upon a niche market (let’s say middle aged bloggers – grin!) then you create a blog that’s full of information that middle aged bloggers need to know. Sometimes that information is “technical” and sometimes it’s “tactical”, but you’re always writing with that middle aged blog reader in mind.

Will younger bloggers find value in your posts? OF COURSE THEY WILL! But your focus is upon the middle aged blogger (for example).

I see “niches” as focusing in upon a narrow group of people instead of a narrow topic.

Kathy @ Virtual Impax´s last blog post..Social Media Warning: I am Rubber – You are Glue …

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