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Niche Confidence: Discovering And Evaluating Your Blog Niche

Gain confidence in your blog niche selection, and get started right on the right path toward an online business.
Rating: 4.1 out of 54.1 (3 ratings)
36 students
Created by David Risley
Published 5/2014
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Confidence in your decision-making process for your niche
  • A decision made - so you can move forward

Requirements

  • Some general ideas on what you'd like to blog about which we can start with.
  • A basic knowledge of how to use Google :)
  • On keyword research, this course will show both free options and paid options. The paid options are just that... optional.

Description

That time when you’re first starting out can be one of the most confusing times in your online business journey.

You have lofty ambitions. And you certainly know that you want the freedom and fulfillment that will come along with running your own online business which is sustainable. Problem is…

You’re stuck at the starting line. And you’re stuck because you haven’t yet ironed down that big thing that every blogger has to decide at the outset:

What is going to be your niche?

Now, in all likelihood, you already have some sort of idea which way you want to go. Or perhaps you have a few potential ideas. Thing is…

You’re doubtful. You’re unsure. You don’t really know if this idea you have is really a good one or not.

And so you remain paralyzed at this point. Stuck at the starting gate.

“It Seems So Complicated!”

That’s the problem with selecting a niche. Because it gets over-complicated by all kinds of fairly in-depth analysis like

  • Keyword research (which usually seems to involve buying some kind of tool just to do it)
  • Competition research
  • SEO Analysis

And it all seems to get pretty numerical real fast… almost as if you’re supposed to be some kind of spreadsheet ninja just to figure it out.

And this paralyzes a lot of people. When you’re first starting out, information overload is already fairly common. And now you’re being told that in order to even get started, you’re supposed to do all this complicated stuff just to have any idea whether you could pull it off or not?

Well, THAT SUCKS. And it doesn’t have to be that way.

Let Me Walk With You Through Selecting Your Niche

Since I try to simplify everything, I’ve done that with the topic of niche selection and evaluation.

It doesn’t have to be made overly complicated.

Of course, those things above are important – and I’ll show you how to do it. But, it is also important to have perspective. Because, there are other “big picture” considerations on what niche you should go into. It isn’t all a matter of keyword research.

One thing is clear… a decision has to be made. And you need to move forward. All the good things that come along with an online business can’t begin until we get this particular hurdle passed.

Inside, you will find:

  • How to nail down your “why”, and why it is WAY more important than any keyword research
  • An easy-to-follow decision flow chart to guide you through the process of evaluating a niche
  • A niche evaluation worksheet, which filling out will walk you through many important aspects of the niche.
  • Various techniques for determining the demand that would be there in the niche.
  • The one factor which is more important than WHAT to blog about.
  • How to research and find “competition”
  • How to alleviate any potential indecision or paralysis which may be left over after this analysis.

At the end of this course, you will have the opportunity to get direct feedback on your niche ideas. It is included with your enrollment.

In the end, you will have made a decision. And you’ll know your path and you’ll be on your way.

Who this course is for:

  • The blogger who has yet to decide on the market they should enter.
  • Blogger who is doubtful if they’ve chosen the best niche for themselves.

Course content

6 sections • 18 lectures • 2h 25m total length

  • Preview02:15
  • Preview01:25

  • Preview01:50
  • Preview19:41
  • The Psychological Aspects Of A Good Market (from Blog Masters Club)
    05:29
  • The Niche Evaluation Flow Chart
    16:15
  • Final Comments
    03:18

  • Getting Started
    01:37
  • Keyword Research
    49:02
  • Using Magazines To Get A Feel For A Niche
    07:38
  • Judging The Social Activity In A Niche
    09:41

  • Explanation
    07:55
  • Followup from the video...
    03:30

  • Introduction
    03:38
  • A Word on Competition
    02:16
  • Things to Look For + Action Steps
    04:00

  • Making the Judgement Call
    06:12
  • Tell Me About Your Niche
    IFrame

Instructor

David Risley
Blog Marketing Strategist
David Risley
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 784 Reviews
  • 35,779 Students
  • 2 Courses

David Risley has been blogging for 15 years - long before the word "blog" even existed. It was in 1998 that he started his first website on the free web space given to him by his ISP. Over the course of the next few years, that site turned into PCMech.com - a large technology blog. That tech blog grew to over a quarter million visitors per month, appeared in several major media outlets, and was generating a six-figure revenue stream.


In 2008, David started what has become the Blog Marketing Academy. Taking a strategic and systematic approach to online business and blogging, David today teaches others how to do what he had done in the very difficult technology market. David has also spoken several times at the Blogworld and New Media Expo, ran the monetization track for Blogworld twice, has appeared as a guest blogger on a number of leading sites and podcasts like the Smart Passive Income podcast and Entrepreneurs on Fire.

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