Direct from the desk of Dane Williams.
How to pick a niche to blog about on Hive so you can make money blogging.
Now that you’ve introduced yourself and started to put your name out there in the comments section of other popular blogs, it’s time for you to start producing consistent content of your own.
You’re here to make money blogging on Hive after all.
And to do that, you’re going to have to… well you know, start doing some actual blogging!
So let’s get into the meat of picking a niche so you can continue on your path to profitable blogging on Hive.
How to choose a niche for your Hive blog
You don’t have to sugar coat it.
You’re here because you want to make money as a blogger and using the social dApps built on Hive is the best way to achieve that goal.
While I can’t make the decision for you, I can encourage you to make the right call yourself by recommending the following 2 steps.
Step 1. Become a specialist
When starting out, many bloggers make the mistake of putting their finger in too many pies.
What I mean here is that they spread their investment dollars too thin and when one of their high conviction picks actually hits, they miss out on achieving life changing money.
When it comes to blogging on Hive, the concept of not spreading yourself too thin is exactly the same.
You’re trying to build a personal brand and an audience that knows what they’re consistently going to get by coming to your blog.
There’s no two ways about it, if you want to be successful as a blogger here on Hive, you’re going to want to specialise.
Have experience managing your personal finances?
Then specialise in blogging about personal finance.
A crypto trader?
Then focus on sharing charts and talking trading strategies.
Maybe you’re actually a foodie?
Then blog exclusively on food (or the business side of food!).
Just I implore you to pick a niche for your blog and stick to it.
This is personal branding 101 and the key to your content getting noticed and receiving ongoing support in the form of upvotes for the value that you’re adding.
Step 2. Choose your Hive community front-end of choice
Now that you’ve decided to specialise, one of the cool things about Hive is that each community already has a ready made audience of readers and stakeholders who want to read, engage with and upvote your content.
Have you heard the saying fish where the fish are?
Well, Hive communities are like a tiny pool full of monster trout.
Just dangle that line into the right spot and I guarantee that you’ll be shocked by what immediately bites.
Heck, I’ve even gone as far as saying that Hive communities are an under-utilised alternative to Facebook ads, but that’s an internet marketing debate for another day.
Now, 90% of you who are looking for a community can in some way shape or form, tap into the LeoFinance community.
You’re literally blogging on a crypto platform, meaning that almost every niche can have content tailored to take advantage of LeoFinance’s large ready made audience.
It’s the biggest, the best and most profitable community, so after you’ve picked your niche, I’d highly recommend writing in a way that allows you to gain a foothold into THIS specific community.
As a crypto blogger myself, LeoFinance is the community I call home and can personally vouch for.
If you’re going to make money as a blogger on Hive by following this guide, then I am testament to the fact that these tactics work on LeoFinance.
For those of you already blogging here on Hive, leave a comment and let me know what your niche is and how you approach your personal brand.
If you aren’t gaining any traction and can’t clearly answer this question in a single sentence, then maybe it’s time to rethink this aspect of your blogging?
Best of probabilities to you.
PS. Another one down in the series, so thank you for making it this far.
Let me just say holy smokes.
I’ve been seriously blown away by the engagement that this series has been getting from all corners of the Hive ecosystem, so thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
I fully stand by the idea that commenting and building relationships via engagement is the key to being successful here on Hive, so it’s been great that you’ve backed me up!