How To Create A Profitable Blog Step By Step

Knowing how to choose a profitable blog niche is a crucial step in starting a profitable blogging business.

I have been through this phase of choosing a profitable blog niche and I know it can be stressful because you don't want to make a mistake.

Well I got it all covered in this article.

Before we get into that let us first define a blog niche

What is a blog niche?

A blogging niche is basically the category of topics you'll be writing about on your blog.

For example, on my blog Proliifik.com I write mainly for people who want to learn blogging, affiliate marketing, and make money online.

Why One Niche And Not Multi

The secret of making money blogging is sticking to one niche.

Generally, the more specific you get with your niche, the more passionate your followers will be.

Most successful blogs focus on a rather exclusive niche that draws a unique set of visitors. By keeping the information you post in the blog related to a specific niche, you will go a long way in ensuring that your audience will remain interested in your blog.

As I have said, I write mainly for people who want to learn blogging, affiliate marketing, and make money online.

So, anyone who wants to start a blog and make money with it is my typical blog reader.

Did you notice that I'm pretty sure about who is my target audience and for whom I'm going to write on my blog?

One of the most frequent mistakes that I often see many bloggers making is; they start writing about whatever comes to their mind.

For example, one of my colleagues started writing about laptops, the next day, he was writing about the keto diet and the following week about investing, and the other day about traveling.

Hilarious right? He literally started targeting everyone.

Usually, every person has one or two primary topics of interest.

If you serve them with information around those topics of their interest, they'll love your blog and are more likely to become a loyal audience.

However, if you bombard them with multiple topics and some of those topics are not of their interest, they are more likely to go away and find some other blogs which only publish topics of their interest.

So it is crucial to choose a particular niche and stick to that blogging niche.

How to pick the most profitable blog niche

The trick is to go with a topic you really love talking about, your passion.

To be honest, there are blog niches that are more profitable than others, but you can make money with any type of blog niche; do not let fear hold you back from writing about your passions.

If you are passionate about a niche you will enjoy your work.

I don't want to lie to you if you just go with a niche because it is profitable, you will have hard time writing about it. Because you know a few things or nothing at all about the niche, you will just frustrate yourself into failure, and you won't make any money through the niche is profitable.

People tend to trust blogs that are written by people that actually have an interest or passion for the subject being discussed on their blog.

Here are some profitable blog niches in 2020

Health and wellness -this is a broad category that will give you the flexibility to talk about many different things on your blog related to health and wellness, we all want to live a longer and healthier life.
Fitness- running, yoga, abs, weight-lifting, cardio, CrossFit, beach body
Weight loss-there is a LOT of overweight people nowadays, and many of them are looking to lose that weight, someway, somehow. They are looking for motivation and inspiration to help with this issue.
Diet- paleo, gluten-free, raw food, 5:2, keto…
Personal Finance- budgeting, paying off debt, money-saving tips, extra income, using coupons
Investing- stocks, cryptocurrency
Beauty and Fashion
Recipes and food- is a popular subject and one that is highly researched online.
Lifestyle- Influencer, Gardening, Homesteading, Survival, Home/Outdoor Décor, Organization, Parenting
Business and marketing– If you are an expert in this area, maybe you can show others the way!
Travelling- Specific countries or continents: things to do, restaurants to visit, ways to get around, flights, hotels, packages
Technology- Specific equipment or gadgets: phone handsets, digital cameras, fitness trackers, Chromebooks, photoshop
Gaming- for consoles, PCs, mobiles, Facebook
Pets- People love their pets, and they also love to network with other pet lovers online.

How to brainstorm Blog niches ideas

Brainstorming is merely coming up with ideas. In other words, it is like thinking about topics you'll be passionate about.

Amazon.com is an excellent place to get blogging niche ideas. Always check if the niche suits your passion and your personality.

Clickbank is my favorite place to get blog niche ideas. Clickbank is just like Amazon, but it is only for digital products (non-physical).

Head to Clickbank's marketplace and check the categories on the left sidebar, these categories house niches in them. Open each and every category until you find a niche precisely suitable for you and choose it.

You can also go to Google search and enter in the search box a niche idea and get suggestions.

For example, in the image below, I typed 'diet' in the search box, and I got all these diet sub-niches ideas I can start a blog on because just writing about diet is a broad niche that needs a breakdown.

How to confirm if Your blogging niche is profitable

Before you get excited to start your successful blogging journey, you need to v your niche profitability and all the research you performed.

Don't worry, it's quick.

Simply go to Google and search for your blogging niche. You'll find a list of search results along with some ads on the top.

As you can see, there are already a bunch of ads and sponsored results appearing in Google, which means advertisers are actively paying Google to promote their products.

This confirms that it's easy to attract advertisers in this blogging niche, and it's a profitable blogging niche.

Can I Make Money from This Blog Niche?

I get asked this question oftenly. There many ways to make money from a blog and these include

Affiliate marketing
Display advertising
Selling eBooks/ courses
Selling consulting/coaching
Premium gated content
Freelancing
Sponsored content

If you want to make money with affiliate marketing on your blog, WHICH YOU SHOULD DO, you have to look for your blog niche affiliate programs.

What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate marketing is promoting other people's products on your blog and earning a commission out of each sale (percentage of the sale).

What I love about affiliate marketing is you neither have to create a product nor have the hassle of delivering the product and customer support, you just recommend a product and if people purchase through your affiliate link you earn a commission.

Why affiliate marketing?

No customer service involved
No orders to fulfill
No initial investments needed
Uncapped commissions you can literally earns thousands of dollars in one sale
You choose yourself which products or services to promote
It's a great opportunity to earn passive income; yes you can earn money while you are sleeping, on vacation, out with friends, and more.

How to find affiliate products in your niche

Finding affiliate products to promote in your niche is simple. You can just search it in Google for example diet affiliate products, you just search Diet + affiliate program.

You will be presented by many options to choose.

The best places to get to know about affiliate products in your niche and their corresponding commission rate is Clickbank. You just type in your niche keywords in the searchbox and you get results of products you can promote and their corresponding commissions.

You can also do the same on ShareASale marketplace, you sign up for a free account and search for your niche affiliate products.

You'll get a list of products you can promote,with affiliate marketing you can get thousands of dollars in commission for a particular product.

Other important factors to consider when choosing a blog niche

If you just consider profit when choosing a blog niche you may go wrong because there are other factors equally important.

Who will your target audience be?
Who will read my blog posts?
What kind of questions does my blog niche audience have?

If you can't answer these questions then maybe the blog niche is not for you. If you want to know more about your blog niche

You can head to quora and search your niche keywords to get insights

You can also search for your niche in Google search and scroll down to the bottom of the search results, there are related search suggestions that can help you get more picture and ideas of your niche.

Don't Overthink

Blogging niche selection is a technical process, and I have noticed that this is where most beginners get stuck.

Why?

It's because they overthink!

I know, with a ton of information available on the web, you must be thinking so much and would be doubting whether your chosen blogging niche is good or bad.

But don't be doubtful, because as the saying goes,

A doubtful mind is worse than a certain enemy.

And,

Doubt kills more dreams than failures ever will.

So stop overthinking and just pick one that you believe you can succeed in because even if you make a mistake while selecting a perfect niche, you can always fix it later.

Important note: choose a particular niche andstick to that blogging niche.

Why?

Because your readers are not guaranteed to be interested in all the topics, you'll be writing.

After choosing a profitable niche, How do I create a blog?

I can recall the day when I created my first blog – the day that I made a life-changing decision.

If you have decided to start your own blog, I'm very happy for you.

I created a tutorial that will help you to create your blog step-by-step, even if you are a complete beginner.

Final words

When I was starting my blog the best decision I made was to START. You need to get out of the information loop and get started because there is more value to gain in action than just mere research.

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