What Kind of Content Do You Find Valuble?

I am in the process of launching a new blog and I am at the content creation stage for it. Now the reason why I am questioning the type of content I should produce, is becuase of this. I have watched and seen many blogs come and go, and I have studied the popular ones and I have notice that they have two types of content on there blog. (I explain them below)

I have two idea's on the type of content that I want to produce. And I want to make sure that I produce the type that the people want. So, I am putting together this poll to see what type of content this marketplace is looking for.

***READ BEFORE TAKING THE POLL PLEASE***

Some things to keep in mind before you take the poll, Both types of content will have the same requirements. Things like building a list, on/off page factors for the blog and both types of content will be offered on the blog for free with no promotions. I am purely asking what type of content you find valuable.

So, image you just discovered a new blog and decided to investigate it. What type of content would you like to see?

Type 1

This type of content is things like videos, articles, pod-casts and etc. It is pre-made content. It is basically me getting on camera and teaching random things I have learned over the years. These are topics like:

• How to do...
• Article marketing
• Video marketing
• Create a pod-cast
• Drive Traffic
• Build a List
• Build a Link Wheel
• Build a Squidoo/Hub-Pages/Lens
• Outsourcing
• Setting Up a Automated Spy Network
• How to stay motivated, get started
• and etc...

Things of that matter, this type of content is all about showing how to do things. For me producing this type of content means creating a massively big blog, which then will require a lot of work. Now I don't mind working, however, I am inherently a lazy person.

In addition, I have been at this online biz thing long enough to learn that the work I do isn't directly related to how much money I make. So, let me give some pro's and con's about producing this type of content.

Pro's

1. It creates a bigger site, which means I will then own more of the internet, and get more traffic. Which is the key to traffic generation, Own more of the internet.

2. More room for expanding and adding more streams of income.

3. This types of blogs rank extremely well in the search engines. Mainly because of there size and age of the blog. However, it is a nice though that once you get to that size of a site, you can just make a post on the blog and rank in a matter of hours for a highly competitive keyword.

Con's

1. It is a lot of work to create a blog of that size. And as I mention above, I am inherently lazy. So I am already questioning myself about taking on this task.

2. These types of blogs tend to always lead the visitor to info overload. Especially if the visitor is new to IM. And becuase of this, the visitor may not get the type of help they are needing to get started or whatever they may be looking to do.

These types of blogs are the shot-gun approach, product a ton of content, and whatever sticks, create more of that.

3. Ranking in the search engines isn't the end all to be all way of generating traffic, plus there are other ways to get high rankings, without having to create a massive blog.

Now, with the pros/cons out of the way, I want to further drive home the types of blogs I'm talking about. I mention above that I have done a ton of research on blog creating and types of content they create. So here are some examples of this type of blogs I'm talking about: (Massive Blogs)

1. Yaro Stark of Entrepreneurs-Journey.com

Internet Business Blog - Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

2. Lisa of 2createawebsite.com

http://www.2createawebsite.com

3. Darren Rowse of Problogger.net

Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger

This are three sites that have been build up over a long period of time. And are perfect examples of the type of blogs I have discussed here.

That is Type 1, here is Type 2:

Type 2

This type of content is more on the personal level. This type of content is live, one-on-one type things. These blogs don't have a ton of content on them, nor do they have very many navigation/category. However, over time they do build up content. If you go threw these blogs archives, you will see they don't make a ton of posts to there blog.

Some examples of this type of content is:

• Webinars/Teleseminars (Without pitches at the end, just real usable content.)
• Live streaming video like UStream & BlogTV
• Radio Shows on BlogTalkRadio.com
• One-on-One Q&A
• Interview's With other Experts in this Niche

These types of content I feel creates a better relationship with the list, in addition, it is the type of content I see the major plays in this niche are producing. It is centered on live content from real people. Here are the Pro's/Con's.

Pro's

1. More focused on the visitor and there needs. With less work to do for a lazy person like me. Doesn't have that info overload.

2. Easier to create and run, becuase all the content is done live.

3. I've have always heard that success is outside of your comfort zone, and doing live events will definitely push the zone. But people are people and the money is in the relationship with list, and this type of content builds a strong relationship with the list.


Con's

1. Not a very big blog with much content on it, so it will not naturally get traffic.

2. Have to do public speaking and Have to actually know what the hell I'm talking about and give a damn about each of my subscribers.

So to keep things short I'm just going to give you three examples of these types of blogs:

1. Frank Kern's Mass Control

http://masscontrolsite.com/blog/

2. Jonny Andrews

Jonny Andrews Blog - Internet Marketing Made Dangerous

3. Ed Dale - The Tubby Nerd

The Underachiever Life |

4. Jason Moffatt

Jason Moffatt


Those are the two types of content. My common sense tells me to create both, however, the types of content are at logger heads with each other, so now to the poll.

The Question:

What type of content do YOU find more valuable? (Type 1 or Type 2)

Please choose what type of content you find valuable. *Only 1