Evaluating Blog Niches According to Emotional Pull

Jan 20, 2010
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David Risley’s been releasing some great free content on the way to launching his Blog Masters Club, which I’m a compensated affiliate for. If you haven’t downloaded the Six Figure Blogger Blueprint, do that, but also check out today’s video on the Psychology of Blog Niches.

I really like how in this video he talks about choosing a blog niche according to the psychological and emotional needs of a niche’s audience. Plus, you also get to see a six-figure blogger deal with a crappy dry-erase marker, LOL. :) (Yeah, dude, you totally should have checked that before you started shooting. Been there, done that.)

I’ve been getting some really good feedback on David’s content during this promotion. I want you guys to know I only promote stuff like this if I think it’s going to really benefit you, so that makes me glad this one’s on the mark.

After you watch David’s video, come back here and let me know what you think in the comments!

  • I want to admit that this theory can really help.I'm not absolutely sure that it'll work but suppose that David do knows what he is speaking about.Thanks for sharing - had a good time,watching it!
  • Becky22
    It's such a simple concept yet many, myself included, try to "figure" it out with hours of thought and research. Yet he hit the nail on the head, write what people want to know that will make them happy. WOW Oh and love the underwater basketweaving comment. Tough niche to say the least! We're just starting out in business so I will keep this in mind thanks for the feed. I read your post most of the time, great info and I signed up for his videos as well.
  • remarkablogger
    Easier said than done, but that's some of the "meat" of the upcoming Blog
    Masters Club David's getting ready to launch. :-)
  • I like David's theory. It's general enough to apply to all kinds of blogs. Along the lines of psychology is the law of attraction, if you're intention is to help people, make them happy by sharing what you know or what you're learning, then the natural feedback loop would be happiness for the blogger as well as other gains; financial, emotional, friends, life experience. When one sets out with an intention to make the most money the fastest way, they will inevitably fail, it's the law. #1 rule still stands - Write what you're passionate about!
  • remarkablogger
    Trista, absolutely, as long as you remember that rule #1 isn't the only
    "rule" there is. Rule #2: Choose a niche in which you can earn a living, and
    Rule #3: choose something you can be the best in the world at.

    These are what Jim Collins in *Good to Great* calls a "hedgehog concept."
    All three have to overlap somewhere, or you will be either unhappy or poorly
    compensated.
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