I'm new to blogging, i've started 1-2 blogs, they kept my attention for the most of 2 weeks, then i lost interest. I'm looking in to buying an e-book (nothing i have much expertise in either) on blogging, how to build a blog fast and efficient and reaching the correct audience, advertising it, and making revenue. I wasn't sure where to post this, so general will do. Any help and links will be very very appreciated. Thanks, Treyno.
Firstly you dont need an ebook, secondly if you lost interest on your blogs after 2 weeks, thats worrying, seriously, an ebook is not what you need, you need to rethink and ask yourself if you actually want to be a blogger. I know what you are looking for, you want easy, fast, no thinking, great results, yes? It doesn't exist.
Sounds like you want a short cut to riches. Doesn't happen. If you look at any of the top blogs you'll see they took years to develop.
If you were blogging about something that have a passion and knowledge for..you would not have lost interest. There is no e-book for that. Figure out why you started a blog in the first place and be honest with yourself, and then go from there to learn the best way to do it.
The thing is i can not find a niche that i can stay interested in, im quite a boring person, im in to some online games, girlfriend, watch movies, and working. thats pretty much my life, i can not see a niche related to me that will keep readers.
So why even have a blog ? To blog is to write. If you don't have anything that you want to write about, or are interested in, why the blog? That's like saying "I don't drink, don't like music or being around people and I am really bad with counting large sums of money, but I want to be a Bartender"
I have heard some tell IMer's (bloggers and the like) to follow the niche. I'm assuming you are in this school of thought. But you HAVE to have something that sustains you while growing your blog. Its taken me close to two years, and at a PR3, and hundreds of comments a day, I'm still not where I want to be. But I write everyday, because I love the community and I'm passionate about the subject matter. I agree with the others. You have to at least START where the passion is. It won't be a picnic everyday, but you will be able to extract things from blogging that bring you joy.
You're definately not boring mate, you have interests there, i dont even have a girlfriend so you're already one step ahead of me i think you just need to find something that you are comfortable writing about, im currently looking into new blogging subjects, not found a new one that im completely settled on yet, but i know i will.
I agree with Pipes. You've got a girlfriend. I know this sounds insane. But start there. Its provocative. You would probably get single, married or otherwise attached men coming on and giving their thoughts in posts, if the content is good. But how did you get her? What were all the things you did to woo her? Could you tie it into a dating CPA niche? You gotta find a niche that is going to sustain you, hold your interest etc. Because there WILL be times in the beginning when you are basically talking to a reader of one: yourself. LOL think outside of the box.
If you are really interested in online games, that can be a good topic to blog about. You can easily get free books about blogging if you search around a bit. No need to purchase them.
It does take a lot of time and work to have a blog like the Top Dogs but I know several and I've made some myself that were successful in little time or started makin sales almost instantly. You will need Much Skills and Experience with internet marketing though. If you want a legit ebook on blogging then checkout my sig............jus playin! "Blogmastermind" from Yaro is as good as it gets and you can get a free version of it at his site to see if it's what you were expecting. I believe it's a monthly membership but it's worth the money it's also endorsed by Darren Rowse the blog king.