Blog idea is it workable

It's a fine (and recommended) idea. If the blog is presented well-enough, you may even attract the attention of your local media with a good press release.

Journeys will always have there place. With most things, much more is said than actually done - that's why there's way more products telling you how to lose weight and not many people actually successfully losing weight permanently.

Join up to a few weight loss forums which fits into your demographic. You should be able to gain a nice following as you won't be just-another-marketer trying to sell their product right away. You'll be building a relationship which then you can later recommend products to get that sweet sweet income.

Definitely a solid blogging plan you can go with.

I personally love journey's (as many people does), so if they are struggling with the same, you'll have an audience that will come back for more which is extremely important.

Make a detailed plan about the traffic though. You can also start with some sort of pre launch on forums and communities, gain a bit of interaction and relationships there.

It's a good idea and how you should do a weight-loss blog. Documenting your weight loss will not only motivate you but build trust with your audience (when it comes to the products and stuff you recommend). With a blog of this kind, you might also want to figure out the conversion weight for stones vs. pounds (U.S.). I just looked it up, and the article said that 1 stone = 14 pounds (lbs).

Joey

Good Point Joey, i think losing pounds sounds better than losing stones.......IE "I lost 7 pounds" or "I lost half a stone".


Losing pounds is easier to make look like an achievement of scale.

Hey Steve.

For the positives, it's a great idea and there is tons of money in the weigh loss niche.

For the negatives, there are 50,000 other sites doing the exact same thing.

So it's really up to you....can you do better than what's already out there? Can you really commit to building an awesome resource? Will you lose weight even if the site completely fails? Will you stop losing weight if the site is a massive success?

If you have the right answer to most of these questions, then go for it. If you're not sure, then maybe the site isn't a good idea unless it will be your main motivation to dropping the pounds. Because that's the big win here....getting healthy.

Although this idea is nothing new, it's still a great idea and can earn you many followers and (potentially) income.

One of the key factors here is to also have a YouTube channel. Videos that show real progress tend to get very popular. You don't even need to speak or show your face, as you can rely on text and showing only your body (with nice background music).

Conclusion: Yes, go for it.

One very important thing that I believe will make a huge impact is you not only create blog posts, but post videos as well. Go on a 90 day challenge posting 1 blog and 1 video daily. The more content you create, the better. It will not only inspire others, but this is something that you can be known for. Go on a 90 day weight loss challenge while encouraging others to document it through blogs and videos. This will definitely click. As for promotions, you can do guest blogs and FB PPC for traffic. Always keep in mind that you should always be building a list. This makes everything long-term. You should also start an Instagram page. That would help a lot with followers.

Try and bait your local media/health magazines using dramatic before and after pics, this way you'll attract some decent links that not only send through traffic but good seo juice too

Hey Steve

I think that is a great idea... it could really turn into something for you in the future.

Brand your blog as you though... don't give it any fancy weight loss title --- You can give yourself a tag line etc... but your domain name should you be your name

Don't just have it as a blog though... make sure that you have a you tube channel and that you are embedding your videos on your blog... so other people can connect with you. When they see you and hear you it is way more powerful.

Always always always direct people back to your blog site. That is your hub. That's where they get to know you.

Don't send them to youtube channel always back to blog site... it is easy for them to get distracted on youtube.

You can join up with a company to use their products as well... to show what you are using to help you lose the weight... that will help as well. But don't make that the focus just the products.

There are a lot of companies out there that have good products to help you lose weight... it is a billion dollar industry.

If you want to bounce any other ideas off my Steve happy to help out.

Just send me a message

Cheers

Tiff

Wow, great replies off everyone and some interesting ideas.


The ultimate goal is losing weight but the prospect of building a top quality informative, entertaining blog in this niche that I can make money from for the long term is a powerful motivator.


I will be starting the blog towards the end of september, got some ground work to do first.

hey securcam,

definately a great idea and a foolproof way to make money! that's how you create your own voice of authenticity! nothing like the truth of your journey...Its the first rule of blog marketing as i learnt the hard way...

Hi Steve, I personally think you can have a lot of success with this. I should consider this though: Weight Loss is a very competitve niche. You will have to try and target low competition keywords. Try and find a niche within the weightloss niche. And if you want to monetize try to start early on writing up product reviews. Honest ones! Not the gushing I-want-to-make-a-sale ones that are everywhere about the place. The more honest you are the more trust you will get from your readers. And if you are trusted, then if you make a recommendation people will buy.

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People has been implementing this idea in the Internet Marketing long before; since ages
It's not new.
Go for it... best wishes.