Comments on: Niche Topic or Multiple Themes on the Same Blog? http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258 Search Informed Marketing :: Search Engine News - Optimization - Marketing :: Online Presence Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Juan http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5482 Juan Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:24:25 +0000 http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5482 Hey Marek, I'd be wary of spreading myself too thin and appearing direction-less. Also, not all topics are compatible with all readers, and by including them you may end up alienating some readers (and links). Ultimately, it depends on your goal. If you want to be perceived as expert (which I know you are in several areas), you need to narrow your focus and go deep; perhaps have multiple blogs. If you want to be a more general destination and news outlet, there's nothing wrong with mixing it up. If I were to bet, I'd say you'll get more followers and better traffic across several specialized blogs compared to one general blog. /Juan Hey Marek,

I’d be wary of spreading myself too thin and appearing direction-less. Also, not all topics are compatible with all readers, and by including them you may end up alienating some readers (and links).

Ultimately, it depends on your goal. If you want to be perceived as expert (which I know you are in several areas), you need to narrow your focus and go deep; perhaps have multiple blogs. If you want to be a more general destination and news outlet, there’s nothing wrong with mixing it up.

If I were to bet, I’d say you’ll get more followers and better traffic across several specialized blogs compared to one general blog.

/Juan

]]> By: marek http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5489 marek Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:50:01 +0000 http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5489 Juan thanks for the advice. You made excellent points (as usually). Going deep on a few separate blogs does sound like a much better idea than spreading yourself thin all in one place. I appreciate your feedback. - Marek Juan thanks for the advice. You made excellent points (as usually).
Going deep on a few separate blogs does sound like a much better idea than spreading yourself thin all in one place.
I appreciate your feedback. - Marek

]]> By: david mcmahon http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5500 david mcmahon Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:21:59 +0000 http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5500 Hi Marek, Don't worry about niches. Don't worry about being one-dimensional. Don't worry about market share and interest rates. Just post about subjects close to your heart. Simple. That's what you do so well. Keep going with your established formula. By the way, would you like to be the guest judge of this week's Blog Awards? See my blogpost titled `You Be The Judge' and let me know. Cheers David http://david-mcmahon.blogspot.com/ Hi Marek,
Don’t worry about niches. Don’t worry about being one-dimensional. Don’t worry about market share and interest rates.
Just post about subjects close to your heart. Simple.
That’s what you do so well. Keep going with your established formula.
By the way, would you like to be the guest judge of this week’s Blog Awards? See my blogpost titled `You Be The Judge’ and let me know.
Cheers
David
http://david-mcmahon.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Mark Alves http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5501 Mark Alves Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:21:30 +0000 http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5501 Stick with the focused approach. You can link to the other blogs on occasion when you can show a connection between the topics, but keeping the blogs distinct means your readers can decide for themselves which blog(s) to follow. You can still write about what's close to your heart, as David suggested, but doing so on a niche site means you don't have to worry about holding back for the sake of a lowest common denominator. Multiple blogs also make it easier to support varying publishing frequencies. For example, Topic A Blog is updated daily while Topic B Blog is weekly and Topic Z is when the mood strikes you. Stick with the focused approach. You can link to the other blogs on occasion when you can show a connection between the topics, but keeping the blogs distinct means your readers can decide for themselves which blog(s) to follow. You can still write about what’s close to your heart, as David suggested, but doing so on a niche site means you don’t have to worry about holding back for the sake of a lowest common denominator. Multiple blogs also make it easier to support varying publishing frequencies. For example, Topic A Blog is updated daily while Topic B Blog is weekly and Topic Z is when the mood strikes you.

]]> By: Jeff http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5526 Jeff Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:23:37 +0000 http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5526 Focus in a blog suits the long tail nature of the internet. But I understand your urge to diversify. Active minds don't work in narrow channels. I used to view people who maintain multiple blogs as either egotistical or just indulgent. Now I understand that they're exercising this interesting networked voice to express themselves and grow in their many areas of interest. Of course, actually talking is a type of "voice" that's fairly effortless to us humans. On the other hand, I personally find the act of managing even just one blog real work! Focus in a blog suits the long tail nature of the internet. But I understand your urge to diversify. Active minds don’t work in narrow channels.

I used to view people who maintain multiple blogs as either egotistical or just indulgent. Now I understand that they’re exercising this interesting networked voice to express themselves and grow in their many areas of interest.

Of course, actually talking is a type of “voice” that’s fairly effortless to us humans. On the other hand, I personally find the act of managing even just one blog real work!

]]> By: Change - Indication of Growth at Think This // blog http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5636 Change - Indication of Growth at Think This // blog Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:15:09 +0000 http://megabluewave.com/blog/archives/258#comment-5636 [...] As you might have noticed I am changing the focus of this blog once again. This is a result of trial and error, as well as feedback from many people who are wiser than I on this subject. I shared with you my quandary in this post.  [...] […] As you might have noticed I am changing the focus of this blog once again. This is a result of trial and error, as well as feedback from many people who are wiser than I on this subject. I shared with you my quandary in this post.  […]

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