How to Survive and Flourish in a Crowded Niche

Niche blogging is one of the most popular online publishing mediums responsible for large chunk of content generation for the web.

I started my blogging career through a niche blog way back in 2008.

Contrary to the popular belief, popularity has nothing to do with the profitability of a niche.

In other words, several low competition niches can give you much better returns than a highly competitive niche. But, it is often seen that newbies often deliberately select a crowded niche in hoping to make big bucks through different monetization techniques.

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How to Build Community around Your Blog

Every new media channel survives through a community built around it. The more vibrant and lively is the community, the more it flourishes.

Blogs are no different and each one of them requires a thriving community to accelerate its growth. Community around a blog is just like a lubricant to keep your car engine in a good condition.

Have a blog with no community around it?

Start your community building efforts today as it is vital for taking your blog to the next level. It's a long term investment that helps your blog flourish and grow year after year.

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How to Ensure a Successful Product Launch through Your Blog

There's no doubt blogs have emerged as one of the best online platforms to launch products and services. The dynamic nature of content flow and the community around it makes it an ideal choice for delivering new products.

But a product's 'launch' and a 'successful launch' are two different things.

The former is easier to attain and the latter is equally easy as well provided you follow some simple steps. It's not the product that often fails, but it's the way it is launched that contributes in poor sales. If you're a small business or an individual planning to use your blog for your next product launch, follow this simple guide that'll show you some of best ways to guarantee a successful product launch.

But how does one define a 'successful product launch'?

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How Combining Minimalism and Color Theory Can Give You More Readers and Subscribers

Are you exhausting yourself in an effort to create extraordinary content to attract more readers? Are you spending endless hours in designing your key landing pages without any results?

What's one of the common problems a blogger face while trying to fetch more readers?

I asked the same question to one of the bloggers last week and his answer was...

"I write good content, I promote it aggressively on social media and I network with peers. But the results are very dejecting."

From his perspective, the problem was almost negligible results DESPITE doing everything right. It's not just him, but large numbers of bloggers face the same situation.

Sounds a familiar story?

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How to Calculate Your Blog's Worth

Whether you're planning to sell your blog or looking for direct advertisements, calculating the right value of your blog is an important exercise.

Failing to do so can result in loss of revenue or profits.

But the big questions is - "How one can assess the value of a blog?".

There are several ways to come up with a reasonable price of a blog, but relying on just one of the value determination techniques is not advisable. Although there's no perfect way to quantify a blog's worth, we can certainly come close to the right value by combining several methodologies. These methodologies may change depending on the type and niche of the blog.

We'll go through different strategies used by seasoned players for calculating their blog's value. You can improvise these techniques to come up with a right price for your blog.

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