Brainstorming for a niche blog

Have you looked at monetizing possibilities for an Anxiety based blog? To be honest most of the ones I have read do not monetize at all, or when they do it is audio file type stuff. If you have something different in mind by all means go get it!

If you look back at your original list Cooking, decorating, and technology would be the most Monetizable, and Anxiety, I would suggest be the worst. The rest kind of fall in the middle. Even the APP idea is limited in the avenues of monetizing.

Here is the thing about "Blogging" sure you want a topic... but you can write about multiple things. That is what "Categories" are for. If you use word press you can introduce a free plug-in such as 'Custom Sidebars' from WPMU DEV that would allow you to monetize each "Category" or even down to each page through the use of side bar advertising.

Break out 5 categories to start with. write write write. Time will tell which ones you really want to focus on. From there you can make a choice to drill down and focus on one, or keep the broader monetizing scheme in place.

As much as this is about finding a problem and providing answers, it is also about making money. Look at say a Health food store. In really good ones you can buy organic fruits and veggies. You can buy weight loss products. you can buy Weight gain products. You can buy energy boosters. You can buy energy calmers. You can buy basic vitamin needs. You can buy complex multi vitamins. product after product after product. ALL under the heading "Health Food Store" Keep in mind in the brick and mortar world, this would be a 'Niche' store.

When you walk into a health food store you can quickly see what product sells more than others. Simply look at the amount of real estate a sub item takes in the store! Why cant a blog be the same thing? Better question... why aren't blogs more like this?

There are many tricks up an IM'ers sleeve that can make all this happen. Categorized blog, Segmented e-mail list, Separated product presentation.. and more.

So YOU want to make money online. You basically want to open a store. do you want just 1 product? or do you want literally hundreds if not thousands?

So you can start a targeted focused blog, but look at the responses on this thread alone.. talking about burn out and longevity. Or you can start something that has some diversity under the guise of a topic heading. You can change up your focus, as your audience does; quickly! Adapting to market trends is what IM'ers do. Or at least it is for those that take it seriously and have done it for along time.

Longevity is the key here. This is simply my strategy on the subject. By no means do I think this is the answer for everyone. It has just been the answer for me. I look for solutions that stretch REACH and can be cross branded.

Hope that Helps!

As a lot of the other posters have mentioned, if you are NOT passionate about games and apps, it seems unlikely that you will be able to stick with that long-term enough to turn a profit.

That being said, you might be better off focusing on a blog dealing with anxiety although this may be much more difficult to monetize. There are, of course, an almost unlimited number of self-help type products on clickbank which deal with issues such as anxiety, etc. These could be promoted within the blog itself or through email marketing.

One idea would be to review several of the programs that one might find dealing with anxiety on clickbank and do a review type site / blog that could be a resource for those dealing with anxiety issues. The topic certainly seems limitless as thousands of people deal with anxiety issues. If you are truly passionate about it, then I think the best thing would be to just get started and focus on monetization later.

Hope this helps.