We all want to share what is on our minds on Steemit, but how to do we narrow it down and pick our niche? This is a question that I have debated since the day I got on Steemit and I have finally come up with a few answers. Here are some tips to help you pick and define your niche.
1. You don't have to start in your niche.
A lot of people join Steemit with a plan of what they are going to write about and think that they have a winning niche. When they start, they find it hard to get traction and often get frustrated. My suggestion is to start having a lot of conversations and different blogs when you post.
If you know you want to ultimately talk about business, do a bunch of different blogs in different fields of business. See what people are responding to and then replicate that kind of content again and see if you keep the momentum. When you find an area of business you can confidently blog about, and that is getting some good views and votes, then you may have found your first niche.
2. You don't have to just have one niche.
For some, getting into a niche and staying in it can be amazing if you really dominate that niche. For most people, we like to share many things and may have some unique and useful knowledge in one niche, but like talking about a lot of other things. That is 100% ok. Give yourself the freedom to talk about different things, but keep an eye on what is working and try to pick a couple of niches to contribute to regularly.
3. What do you learn about?
Not what you know, but what you learn about? If you start blogging about your extensive knowledge of 90's movies, but you are not learning anything new, then you will run out of things to say. If you read crypto blogs every day and watch the charts, then your knowledge in the crypto space is growing daily. You will have more to blog about over the long-run.
Maybe one of your niches is 90's movies, but then another one should be on the subject that you are learning every day. Learning new things and then sharing them will allow you to continue to grow in your niche.
4. What do you want to get better at?
What skills do you want to learn? What do you want to build? One of the great things about blogging is you can get paid to learn new skills and then document that process to share with your followers. If you don't know what you want to write about and what niche you want to be in, then you can pick what you want to be good at, then go out and do it. Blog about the process and you will likely find success. Even if you don't do well at the skill, the blog could be a home run.
5. What really inspires or motivates you?
Being able to write is important in blogging, but so is passion. Passion bleeds through the screen. Passion will keep you blogging even if you want to take a few days off. Don't pick a niche because you think you can make money in it, pick a niche because you are passionate about it. It will make all the difference in what you write and how your fans read it.
6. What is unique about your perspective?
There is a cool guy on here his name is Kyle or @kdcory and he followed me and I got to know him a little. He started Steemit and wanted to talk about a lot of cool topics, but each one had many people writing about those topics. It is going to be tough to break in. Then I read his intro blog post and learned that he is only 16, in college and a really smart and ambitious guy.
What makes his story unique is he is so young and accomplishing so much. If he can find a way to talk about the things he wants to talk about but through the unique perspective as a child prodigy, then he can offer something that people can't get anywhere else. You should give him a follow, I'm sure he'll find his voice on here and it is going to be fun to watch. The point is, use your unique perspective to tell your stories and picking your niche.
7. Be yourself.
Don't try and be something you are not. Whatever niche you pick, find a place where you can be yourself. Don't fake it. If you can be yourself it will make it a lot more fun to read and to write.
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Good luck everyone! I hope this helps you find your niche here on Steemit. If you have any questions or want my advice, let me know in the comments below. You all rock for reading and to all my followers... I think each one of your are amazing.
