Super-laser-targeted niche blog or something more "generic"?

hitmeasap Level X⁵

December 15, 2016, 6:31 pm

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Hey guys,
What do you think about this..?

A. - A super targeted niche blog, with just a few hundred readers per month, if the blog turns out good. Perhaps a few thousand people at the very most, if you're going huge. And I mean huge like a "superstar" basically.

B. - A more "easy" blog with more "loose" content that attracts many more readers in general. But also a blog with content that many others are writing about. This is basically freelancing content for instance.

If you had these, or had the options to get one of them. What would you do?

And yes. You'll obviously try to make money off of these blogs. No matter which option you pick.

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hitmeasap

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Lynne

Lynne

I have heard so many people say that the super targeted niche is easier to make money with but I would personally struggle with that. How would you be able to come up with fresh content all the time?

I like it being more broad so it is easy to keep fresh content coming out all the time.

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hitmeasap

hitmeasap

From my understanding Lynne.. Even though it's actually slim to none when it comes to blogging. - It seems like they don't come up with fresh content all the time. They do a handful of blog posts per month, tops. And they make money through affiliate sales for expensive products. - Which is why it's a more lucrative business than the "average blog" so to speak. - However, you'll still need to come up with a "super targeted niche" to work with, and that could be extremely difficult, as you'll have to have some knowledge and experience with it.

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Lynne

Lynne

Yes I think you could be right here Andre. My addiction blog does not have a lot of content but I do have a regular flow of visitors and that is more targeted than my online marketing blog or my mommy blog.

So yes I think super targeted you would need less content than a broader blog.

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Cristian

Cristian

When it comes to micro niches I would go with the entire subject. A subject can contain multiple micro niches so basically that would mean I'm going from plan B. I started such a blog in my native language, the subjects only gets around 1k searches per month and even if I'll get ranked number one for all 10 keywords I still won't get 1k traffic per month, I will only get around 300-400.

Keep in mind websites ranked number 1 on certain keywords only get about 35% organic CTR.
Bottom line: I would go with the entire subject, if the subjects contains multiple micro niches even better.

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Corzhens

Corzhens

It’s like a choice between a rifle with a telescope and a shotgun. A rifle can hit only one but more precisely that it can kill the target while the shotgun can hit a lot or none at all and since with no precision, those targets that are hit may not even be injured at all. For me, it is the rifle shot approach that matters most. It’s another adage that says a bird in the hand is worth 2 in a bush so even if there is only 1 visitor that I can convert into a loyal reader then it is worth it than making a gamble with many visitors with no clear cut agenda in their visit.

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