You want to start a blog and have millions of ideas running in your head and now you are confused about what to do?  Right?

Don’t beat yourself, choosing a niche is one of the most tedious and consuming part when you are starting your blogging journey.

While choosing the niche there is a basic framework that you need to take into consideration.

In this article, I will tell you step-wise points on HOW TO CHOOSE A BLOG TOPIC  and things that you need to take into consideration and also will give some blogging niche ideas to help you get started with your blogging journey.

Why choosing the right BLOG TOPIC is important when starting your blogging journey?

The biggest question that must be running in your mind when starting is DO I EVEN NEED A Blog Topic to blog?

Well, you do need to find a specific niche before you start. Let me tell you why?

When you start a blog you are building your community, so attracting people with the same interest would be easy than people with vague interests right? Exactly!

Once you start writing on a specific niche you start attracting people all around the world to that specific niche leading to building your community and authority in that specific niche over a period of time.

Understand the basic human Psychology, once the reader is on your site and had read your high-value article he or she tends to take a look around your site.

If your site is all about that niche those people are going to keep coming back to your site, as you have carved an impression in their mind about a specific niche.

This is how a reader eventually a buyer journey starts with you.

What exactly is Blog Topic Niche? How does this work in the Blogging world?

Niche in the simplest language is a specific topic that is narrowed down. Simple right?

Well, most people either get stuck or mess when trying to blog on “Specific Topic”.

Why does this happen? Most people tend to confuse what exactly is a specific niche.

I will give you an example,                                                     

Writing about pet animals might seem like a specific topic, but you need to narrow it down like writing on pet dogs, even further narrow down writing on pet guard dogs, or all about German shepherds or golden retrievers.

Got it?

So what is the basic lesson that we learn from this example?

If you are writing on large generalized topics like pet animals you will find scattered traffic on your site leading to less growth,

 but on the other hand, if you narrow it down to guard dogs you will see repeated traffic and also growth in the long term.

If your topic falls in this bracket you are good to go.

Remember to take your future goals with the blog site into consideration.

Always remember your interest and monetization should go hand in hand if you are not doing this for a hobby.

Doing Research and Brainstorming for Blog Topic Niche

This point is very crucial in your business, do not rush or make any rash decisions.

Being careful in your research at this point is very important as you might start and put a lot of time and effort and then realize this niche is not the one. This will demotivate you.

While starting your research you need to understand the future business prospect of the niche. You might wonder Why?

As this has happened to me I need to highlight one major mistake we do when starting,

All the articles about selecting the niche I read or even the YouTube videos that I watched, all said only one thing that you should focus on your likings, your passion, but let me tell you that this is the worst advice you can ever get when starting Blogging as a business.

You might have an interest or passion which will have no business market. What I learned from this type of experience was, your passion or interest should always go hand in hand with the money or business aspect.

This is the baseline you need to establish when starting your Research and Brainstorming.

As we have established the baseline you must be wondering how exactly should I start my research.

Don’t worry, just follow these guidelines.

1. Make a list of products or niches that you are passionate about.
2. Once the list is done, do the research on the money aspect of all those topics.
3. Once you strike the balance, you have hit the jackpot.

Striking balance is very important as this will help the blogging business in the long run.

Just think in this way, if you are passionate about a particular niche but there is no one to buy it, or you got into a niche that has a lot of buyers but you have no interest in it.

Both the cases are going to lead towards only one outcome and that is Failure.

So remember to strike the balance when deciding your niche.

How to implement these guidelines

In the final stage of your niche research you might end up having multiple niches that you feel have the balance, but often time you come to that conclusion because of a lack of in-depth research.

I will tell you how I go deep and do the research considering all three points.

1. Passion

While selecting a niche you have to give importance to your passion towards the specific niche. While money business prospect is very important, you simply cannot ignore passion or likings about the topic, niche, or product.

You might wonder why is this so important if money and business prospect is what going to drive the business for you? Right?

The internet is filled with millions of blogs and bloggers, the only way you can make a place for yourself is by giving super high-quality valuable content that really makes some change in the reader’s life.

The only way you can achieve and maintain this in long run is by having a liking or passion for the topic.

Blogging as a business takes time to take off, and for you to keep going even after putting effort without success for some time you need that passion or liking for the niche.

In the initial stage of your blogging journey when you have just started you are very excited, but what you need to do is, sit down and identify whether you can write about this niche even after 1 year, after posting 100s of blogs.

Once you see some success you get more driven, but to reach that point passion or liking is very important. This is why I have said the balance of Passion & Business prospect is what we try to find.

2. Money

When starting your research for the money aspect, two main questions need to be properly answered.

• Are people even searching for the products, information, and words in that niche?
• How to make money from that niche?

Let’s look at the first question

There are three ways that I like to use to find out how much interest is in the topic.

1. Using Google Search Engine

When you type your niche question in the Google search engine you get autosuggestions, note them down..