Learn how to grow a profitable, meaningful blog
Here’s something you should know about me: my favorite part about blogging, SEO and content marketing, hands-down, is keyword research.
That’s not hyperbole – sometimes I’ll wake up in the middle of the night, go to the bathroom and write down keyword research ideas for the morning.
(You can ask my wife about this)
I once considered naming my child Ahrefs.
Let’s give it up for side hustles. They’re having a moment right now.
There are side hustle books. Podcasts. Pop sockets.
There are also big lists of side hustles!
Here’s a look at how the search term “side hustle” has changed over time in Google Trends.
Blogging is still one of the best ways to make a steady income online, even in 2019.
But starting a website from scratch takes time, and it’s one of the most common sources of failure for most bloggers.
They start a blog, add some content and wait for traffic and revenue to roll in.
When it doesn’t happen right away, they get frustrated and move to the next thing.
One of the most important steps to growing a successful blog is choosing the right niche, or topic, for your site.
I’ve made just about all the mistakes you can in this area, from going too specific to starting too broad.
In general, here’s my advice:
Making your passion into a blog doesn’t guarantee success, and neither does following the money just to make money.
You need to choose a niche that has a lot of questions and problems so that you can answer those problems with your content.
What you should focus on: providing value to readers by solving even the smallest of problems.
What problems do you want to solve?
Whose questions do you want to answer?
That’s the best way to pick your niche.
