We all love adventures and every day we come in contact with something new. Because of this I have always asked myself how I can make money on new experiences. It has never been something I have done on purpose but rather a thought in the back of my head.
Then internet came along and people started to make money by creating niche sites targeting small topics. These are often about small uninspiring areas where the author have no interest. It could be about vintage guitars, poker, betting, etc. I have personally tried most of them but didn’t really find my niche before I figured out how to make money on my own experiences.
Why this is a great method
Everyone loves to write about themselves and this is one of the reasons to why fashion blogs have become so popular with younger girls. I could literally spend hours each week writing about my experiences and thoughts.
As I have said before the most important thing when it comes to making money online is to love your niche. If you write about yourself you will truly love your niche and this is why it is such a great method to make money.
Case Study
One of my latest examples are a blog where I write about the rehabilitation after my cruciate ligament injury (korsbandsskada). In Sweden there are 3000 people getting surgery for this every year and I’m sure there are twice as many getting the same injury without surgery.
There are almost no competition to mention resulting in me getting thousands of visitors (friends, family, coach, etc.) each year. Then I can simply make money by adding AdSense or sell direct advertising.
Remember to write about what you love.
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Good example. Usually it helps if you can deeply relate to the niche site you’re setting up.
Also, operated->surgery, common swedish mistake
You are right Jonas, thank you.
It is a great example how deep niche can earn much and easy. But is it hard to write in deep niche for me.
Writting about something that you are passionate about is the definately the key. If you are passionate about it the writting and posting will come easy. You don’t want it to be a chore to write posts and if you pick a topic that you are not interested in it will not be easy to write about and I think it will show in the quality of the posts. The money will come in time.
Great post Stefan
Exactly Jim. Other positive factors are that you will never have a writer’s cramp since you are writing about your personal life. You can always come up with things to write about even though the readers might not find everything as interesting.
By doing this your blogging will be a lot more fun and the only problem then is to get readers to find you. But more on that in later posts.
nice Example Stefan..
But for me too its hard to write in deep niche..
I really think the ease & flow of your post brings value & fun for your readers, which includes me. I really see your posts as source of the fun & interesting stories of yours.