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What is a niche
A niche is a particularly focused topic which you want to blog about. Your niche may be on sport, health, fashion, entertainment, news, etc.

The blogging arena is now being populated. More people are becoming bloggers everyday. Most people are into blogging because they want to make quick money so they just rush into it and start copy and pasting. Blogging is more than that. Dont believe otherwise.

Not choosing the right niche is the biggest mistake starters make. Have you ever felt like giving up on your blog? Thats probably because you chose the wrong niche. You should be passionate about what youve chosen to write/blog about.

Though, it is true that your chosen niche is something youre passionate about, something you have a wide knowledge about, but you should know that some niche monetize better than others. Yes monetization should be part of your consideration in choosing a niche.

These are the 3 questions you should ask yourself before choosing a niche.

1. What are you interested in and can write very well about?

Everyone has things they love. It may be pets, gardening, cycling, painting, taking pictures (creative pictures) etc.

Just find that particular thing youre interested in and have a wide knowledge about. If youre interested in personal fitness, you know a lot of exercises to keep people fit or you can train people on how to keep fit. Then you have your niche. Asking yourself this first question, you should have a few niches to choose from unless youre not interested in anything, which i dont think is possible.

2. Are other people interested in them?

You are writing for people to read them, so it is very important to know if people are interested in the topic or not.

lets say for example, youre interested in circling, you love riding bicycle, you know all about the technical aspect, the chains, tires, pedals, and you can write very well about them. Now tell me, do you think people from your country are interested? You think youll get visitors? These are the questions you should ask yourself

So knowing peoples interests is a vital consideration in choosing a niche.

You can use Google Adwords keyword planner to do a research on how much people are interested in a keyword related to your niche.

3. Can you monetize your chosen niche?

This one is very important if you plan to make money from your blog which I think everybody does including me.

If anything can be bought related to your niche, then you can make money from your blog. i.e If youre a tech blogger, tech products are related to your niche and can be bought online. If youre a health blogger, health products are related to your niche and can be bought online. If youre a fashion blogger, cloths, shoes, bags and many fashion products are related to your niche and can be bought online.

Youll be able to find an affiliate program where these things can be bought from. You can join Amazon,LinkShare,eBay and CPA affiliate programs depending on the one available for your country.