Comments on: Why I’m not a “Niche Blogger”

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:56:19 +0000

Thank you!

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:56:08 +0000

1. I stole that from someone… but I can’t remember for the life of me who. It must have been a blogger who didn’t like kids.

2. One of the things that I like about your blog is that it’s niche, but there’s a very natural quality to it. It comes across that web design is something you really care about, and I find that really inspiring.

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:07:23 +0000

I’ve historically just referred to myself as a personal blogger, though when I really think about it… I think lifestyle is probably a better term to describe what I write about…

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:54:24 +0000

I think it’s pretty normal to go through phases of posting about something in particular a lot. I know I’ve had times when I’ve gone through phases of obsessively posting about a lot of things… There was awhile when I was constantly posting about knitting, I went through a phase where digital scrapbooking took over…

These days I try and mix things up the best I can because I know the readership that I’ve built over the years has a lot of diverse interests, but by far and large… I just try and blog about what’s on my mind at the time.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:39:39 +0000

I've always found that a large part of gaining and maintaining a readership is just reaching out to others... whether it be through commenting on other people's blogs or sending them emails, being an active participant of a blogger community (like BBN or 20sb), getting to know bloggers via doing button swaps, link parties, etc. As long as you're reaching out and trying to make personal connections and you're making quality posts, your readership will generally grow... It might not grow fast, but it will grow.

By: erin aka eef

erin aka eef — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:39:56 +0000

PS. Did I tell you I like your new design yet? =]

By: erin aka eef

erin aka eef — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:39:39 +0000

1) crotchfruit hahahahahaha
2) I think I fell into a niche by accident. I really created my blog just to be more of a journal or things I like, but since now all I really do is web design I don’t have much else to blog about. I keep telling myself that I want to start posting things that I’m doing or random things I like, but uhm… I don’t do anything worth writing about. Maybe once a week I can squeeze out a “life” post, but that’s about it. =\
On the other hand, I could do more posts if I got dressed or painted my nails. =P

By: Classic NYer

Classic NYer — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:41:54 +0000

You could make an argument that every blog is a niche blog (if it’s real). Like you said, mommy blogging is only a niche because mommy bloggers tend to not talk about much else. But everyone is like that to an extent. If all you do all day is work out, for example, you may not be running a niche blog on purpose, but your readers will probably have to endure a lot of “so I was at the gym today” stories.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:30:04 +0000

This resonates with me too! I think there are a lot of us who simply want to express ourselves, then inevitably we become fascinated by the inner workings of social media/the blogosphere and wind up getting dogged by the notion of what “blogging success” entails. I’m attracted to compelling writing more than specific topics, and you can’t exactly categorize that!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:14:12 +0000

Ahh, I completely agree! I think “general lifestyle” just seems so much more appealing.