What's best for a low budget blogger to try to cash in. - choose a niche, target keywords.. - choose something like tech and hope to get traffic and conversions?
For a low budget blogger you want to target a keyword that is semi popular but not heavily focused on, target something original like a specific car part or type that might for example have have atleast an average search rank from google. You can use the adwords checker to determine which keywords are quality and base your domain and site content around them. Write as many articles as possible on your blog and submit to as many directories as possible, by targetting a specific item like a car part you know that the average cost of a car part will be like $100 so logically if you make just 2-3 sales despite having low traffic you will still earn decently. I hope that helps. You can also choose something in the Tech region, use the adword checker below(you will need an adwords account) and target keywords that have an average search volume and an average "Average Advertiser Competition". Adwords Keyword Checker: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordTool
Hmm, visit the adwords tool and type in the word tech, you might be able to find a somewhat general keyword term, it really does matter what kind of tech your looking for since the term is too broad, since there is computer technology, agricultural technology and numerous others you really need to settle on something specific and more niche. What kind of tech blog are you trying to build? I suggest you focus on something like "the latest technology" , use the adwords tool to see the popularity of it and other keywords similar and focus on one of those.
Hmm, I would suggest you target a keyword related to "Computer Technolgy" do a search and see what keywords are ranking based on my instructions above. Also to bring traffic to your site please visit the url below it provides excellent information to making your traffic rise especially for blogs. I am actually in the proccess of building a number of blog sites right now so I fully understand what you are trying to do. Based on the things I told you I have one site with an google ad ecpm of $394.84 , yeah I know insane and I doubt it will remain that high but this really shows you the potential, I suggest you follow the instructions and do not make one too general. If you need help finding keywords let me know and I will try to help you settle on a few. Have you chosen a domain yet? Tips: Top 12 Free Link Building Tips That Will Boost Your Traffic In No Time