before you start your blogging business...

... because there are more and more blogs, because it's so easy to build a blog, because there are a lot of people that have something to say, and because you want your blog to be relevant, to attract traffic and you want your advertising programs to generate revenue for you, you have to ask yourself some questions:

1. are a very good writer? one of the best?
2. is your voice very well known? are you an expert and always referred by others?
3. are you already famous in some way? wealthy? pop-star? politician?
   

if you answered NO to all of these questions then you shouldn't blog about:

• politics
• gadgets
• programming
• sports
• internet marketing (why this blog, then?!)
  
• blogging (why this blog, then?!)
• celebrity gossip
• apple
• google
• movies
• news in general

why? because there are a lot of bloggers that don't answer no to those 3 questions or a lot of bloggers that blog about those 11 things and they don't need traffic... so it's very crowded there. of course... if you find a niche, you could give it a try...

you could argue that techcrunch has huge traffic... yes, it does... but can you tell me what's the second best blog in the techcrunch's area? no. i can't. so, if you can beat techcrunch, sure, go for it!!! don't hesitate for one second! but if you're not quite sure, then find you own niche!!!

next we will find out how to choose a niche!!!
and maybe choose one for our new blogging for money project!!!