Most of us want to practice the things we're already good at, and avoid the things we suck at. We stay average or intermediate amateurs forever.

Passionate: Creating Passionate Users

In Part II in my “How To Become An Expert” Series, I touched on how reading comments on other blogs (and of course, visiting those commentars sites) could lead you to being able to tap into an audience that you weren’t sure you’d be able to have in your niche.

In Part III, I will discuss how you take the first two pieces of expertness and keep molding it not only to fit your particular niche blog but your life as well.

If there is one thing that I know about finding a niche and then learning about it; is that there will always be work to be done. If you believe you have your niche on lock, that’s when you will start to do the most damage to your blog. You don’t want to ever have your niche on lock because that’s saying you don’t believe there is anything MORE you can learn from it.

Which spells trouble not only for you but for your readers. It’s human nature not to excel at everything – the same mentality should be applied to your blog. So you know a great deal about the shearing techniques of Albania mountain goats – except for maybe the one or two historical techniques that are rarely used – but, you kick butt at all the rest; so you talk about just those techniques. Okay, well you can only go so far about what YOU do know, how about you rock the boat and start documenting the techniques, ideas or situations that don’t come natural to you.

Make it a weekly (or monthly) implement into your blog. Pose the unfamiliar situation, give your insight (or ideas) and then finish with a question or statement that is both open ended and thought provoking to entice your readers. I’m sure your readers will have much to say – both old and new, alike.

Again, if there is anything about becoming an expert or niche blogging that you have a question on, feel free to send me an email or comment. If you want to turn your comment into a blog post, let me know that as well, I’ll gladly consider it!