Comments on: Blogging is a Two Step Process

By: Matt Coddington

Matt Coddington — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:40:26 +0000

@John – thx, already fixed :) Funny how something like a missing “c” can elude so many proofreadings!

By: John

John — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:04:14 +0000

Wandered in, enjoyed scanning your archives, so I just joined up via RSS… now looking forward to receiving and giving… and nitpicking: your RSS signup section heading is SUBSRIBE TO MY BLOG… the only blot on a page that’s otherwise well-nigh onto perfect… ya might wanna fix it…

By: Matt Coddington

Matt Coddington — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:43:29 +0000

I’ve also ran a blog or two based on the “niche”. At the end of the day, don’t we all want to make a living online so we can *avoid* what annoys us (ie. boss, commuting, daily grind).

It all comes back to passion. Whatever you do online you have to be passionate about it.

By: Jens P. Berget

Jens P. Berget — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:07:47 +0000

I agree with you. I currently have two blogs, the first one is one that’s sort of perfect for me. It’s all about Internet marketing, and I have opinions about everything related to this topic, and I have the backbone (on every topic actually). This blog is successful, and it’s really easy to find new things to write about, and I really enjoy it.

This blog is like the perfect example of the two step process for me.

My second blog was started mostly because I found a niche that could bring me a lot of cash, and I am interested in the niche as well, but not as much as the Internet Marketing one. Now, I don’t find the time to write as much for this second blog, and I don’t find the ideas to write as many interesting and unique content as with the first one.

And this is because I did everything wrong when I created the second blog. Instead of (as you wrote) asking myself what I have something interesting to say about, and find a topic/niche that I really wanted to write about, I did the opposite. I went for the cash.

I do get traffic to my second blog, and I am earning money from it, but it’s more like work and not as much fun. And to me, blogging should be all fun and interesting, only this way I’ll keep on blogging and keep on producing unique and very interesting content.

Great post by the way!