So how is the niche picking out there? Anyone, figure out what there niche is exactly or are you still struggling? Remember that niche blogging is not always concrete, blogs (not to mention, blog writers) change all the time; one thing to always to repeat to yourself is that for your first blog (at least), talk about something you know.

Next, focus on your competition (I personally, don’t like to see it that way because we are all in this together), after all blogging is a business. How many blogs do you know in your token niche (it doesn’t matter how specific it is; someone out there probably offers something similar)? Do you visit them daily? What jumped out at you? Was it the design or the posting? Do you view it as good or bad? What would you keep and EXPAND on and what would you get rid of all together?

The key is to EXPAND on a good idea or take a bad one and change it to suit your needs; stealing someone’s idea directly is not the way to go even though the blogging universe is vast word does eventually get around and besides, would you want someone doing something like that to you?

Think of interesting collaborations that you could do for one of your favorite niche bloggers, or perhaps you could guest blog on a website, which would direct traffic your way. There are also blog carnivals that have become really popular as of late; if your field is well known (self help, fashion, etc) there will be tons of carnivals for you to submit too, even if your niche is not as broad, starting your own carnival would be something of interest and another resource to use to bring more people to your blog!

Think outside of your comfort zone and your personal box, blogging is not a static enterprise and being that it seems everyone is blogging these days it’s better to go for the gold, instead of calmly accepting the bronze (you see that the Olympics are on my mind)!