Comments on: Niche rule: One degree of separation http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/ Andrew looks at Blogging and Blog Life Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: On Blogging Australia » Blogging tips Current Feature » C is for Content http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-1953 On Blogging Australia » Blogging tips Current Feature » C is for Content Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:33:24 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-1953 [...] content ideas within your niche Maybe you write within a blog niche (or maybe you don’t) - If you don’t, but are interested in finding out more, please read [...] […] content ideas within your niche Maybe you write within a blog niche (or maybe you don’t) - If you don’t, but are interested in finding out more, please read […]

]]> By: Blog Series Made Easy at Facibus On Blogging http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-1078 Blog Series Made Easy at Facibus On Blogging Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:36:13 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-1078 [...] concept that fits my blog? I’m glad you asked You might have put a lot of thought into your original blog niche (or maybe you didn’t) - regardless of this, you can use niche- and content-generating ideas [...] […] concept that fits my blog? I’m glad you asked You might have put a lot of thought into your original blog niche (or maybe you didn’t) - regardless of this, you can use niche- and content-generating ideas […]

]]> By: AndrewBoyd http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-736 AndrewBoyd Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:04:34 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-736 Hi Snoskred, thank you for your comment. Right or wrong, a few months back I made a decision to explore the idea of blogging and take it as far as I could. I studied a lot of different bloggers and thought about my favourite ones. I read a wide range of blogs and some of them are definitely person-is-the-niche ones. Some aren't - they are very topic-specific. I like both. I have a couple of blogs where I do talk about me, but I tend to only make a habit of posting daily here and On Blogging Australia - this is not through choice, it is because work is extremely busy at the moment. I will email you about the Life In The Country posting idea - I have an alternative to propose :) Best regards, Andrew Hi Snoskred,

thank you for your comment.

Right or wrong, a few months back I made a decision to explore the idea of blogging and take it as far as I could. I studied a lot of different bloggers and thought about my favourite ones. I read a wide range of blogs and some of them are definitely person-is-the-niche ones. Some aren’t - they are very topic-specific. I like both. I have a couple of blogs where I do talk about me, but I tend to only make a habit of posting daily here and On Blogging Australia - this is not through choice, it is because work is extremely busy at the moment.

I will email you about the Life In The Country posting idea - I have an alternative to propose :)
Best regards, Andrew

]]> By: Snoskred http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-735 Snoskred Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:44:02 +0000 http://facibus.com/onblogging/2007/09/08/niche-rule-one-degree-of-separation/#comment-735 I (sort of) think that bloggers who limit themself to a niche end up with nowhere to go after a while. I'm a personal blogger. My niche is me. It always has been, right from the start. However now, I have found myself branching out into different areas - blogging about blogging, for example. I learned so much from my first year of blogging and it would be selfish of me not to share that. But if I did that every day all day, not only would it drive my readers nuts, it would drive me nuts too. Your niche is a little better because you are Australian, so you can always talk about yourself and still be within your "niche" but I often wonder why anyone feels the need to limit themselves into one niche? I know one girl who has over ten different blogs, all about herself. She divides her life into different blogs. It drives me nutty. I would like to just read one blog where she talks about herself, not 10 of them! eek! Clearly she has read somewhere that you must choose a niche and never stray from it, so one for fashion, one for gardening, one for health, one for shoes (and only shoes), one for reviews, one for the internet, one for current news, one for celebrities, one for travel, one for tv shows she blogs about and there's still more.. It's like a demtel ad from hell! I won't be surprised if she creates one for steak knives and dodgy exercise equipment next. I can barely handle one blog. I'd go postal if I had 8. I've given up, and out of her 10 blogs I now read precisely.. none. If you make your niche you, it makes life easier. :) Then anywhere you want to go, your niche can go with you. Speaking of niches, I have been thinking of inviting niche bloggers to jump out of their niche for a day and into mine instead. Would you like to be the first? Talk about life in the country, or yourself, or any topic you like ;) It may turn into a weekly feature if I can wrangle it. Just shoot me an email if yes. ;) Snoskred http://www.snoskred.org/ I (sort of) think that bloggers who limit themself to a niche end up with nowhere to go after a while.

I’m a personal blogger. My niche is me. It always has been, right from the start. However now, I have found myself branching out into different areas - blogging about blogging, for example. I learned so much from my first year of blogging and it would be selfish of me not to share that. But if I did that every day all day, not only would it drive my readers nuts, it would drive me nuts too.

Your niche is a little better because you are Australian, so you can always talk about yourself and still be within your “niche” but I often wonder why anyone feels the need to limit themselves into one niche?

I know one girl who has over ten different blogs, all about herself. She divides her life into different blogs. It drives me nutty. I would like to just read one blog where she talks about herself, not 10 of them! eek! Clearly she has read somewhere that you must choose a niche and never stray from it, so one for fashion, one for gardening, one for health, one for shoes (and only shoes), one for reviews, one for the internet, one for current news, one for celebrities, one for travel, one for tv shows she blogs about and there’s still more.. It’s like a demtel ad from hell! I won’t be surprised if she creates one for steak knives and dodgy exercise equipment next.

I can barely handle one blog. I’d go postal if I had 8. I’ve given up, and out of her 10 blogs I now read precisely.. none.

If you make your niche you, it makes life easier. :) Then anywhere you want to go, your niche can go with you.

Speaking of niches, I have been thinking of inviting niche bloggers to jump out of their niche for a day and into mine instead. Would you like to be the first? Talk about life in the country, or yourself, or any topic you like ;) It may turn into a weekly feature if I can wrangle it. Just shoot me an email if yes. ;)
Snoskred
http://www.snoskred.org/

]]>