Choose an Idea for Creating Website or Blog
Stumped on a good idea? Don’t let yourself get stuck before you even get started! There are an unfathomable number of different ideas for starting your own website or blog. You just have to open your mind and your horizons.
Steps
- Assess the potential of your passion. What are you passionate about? What is exciting to you? What topics or activities turns you into a completely focused whirlwind? Passion and a love of something (or anything) is one of the perfect springboards for starting a website or blog.
- “How-To” websites have a tremendous valuable potential. Provide step-by-step instruction and education on choosing the right business clothes, hair care, cook, baby care, household maintenance, holiday decorations, win a college scholarship, train a puppy, landscaping… Ask yourself what do you know how to do well. There is an entire world of people out there who want to learn how to do just about anything! This article site is a great example. Each and every wikiHow is a website or blog waiting to be built!
- Consider other questions such as Why? Who? What? When? Where?... What do you wonder about? What do you search for on the internet? Do you find the information you want quickly and easily? Does it answer your question and provide the information that you were interested in learning? If not, consider starting a comprehensive website or blog that does provide extensive information on that topic.
- Self-help sites and blogs are a great resource to help people through just about any problem or issue you can think of such as dieting, exercise, divorce, child rearing, budgeting, organizing, relationships, caring for aging parents...
- Do-It-Yourself topics are always great topics. Do you have a hobby or skill that you are good at? Crafts, automobiles, construction, gardening, writing, gaming, real estate, computers, sewing, animals, collecting… the sky’s the limit for interesting DIY instructional websites or blogs.
- Humor is always popular! Explore your own hidden inner comic and build a fun site around a collection of the funniest YouTube videos, the health benefits of laughing, great comedies on DVD, comic books....
- Adventure, sports, fashion, leisure activities, retirement, education, news, recreation... are all topics that lend themselves to a million different specialty website "niches". For example, if you love camping then a specialty niche might be a website on perfect tent camping camp grounds in the USA or what to bring on a hiking camping trip. Or if you happen to love to cook and your specialty is homemade pie, grilling, or shrimp appetizer dishes then you have found a great niche! Finding a good niche to create a website around can be very successful because your visitors will all be people who want to know about that particular specialty topic.
- Sell products even if you don’t have any yourself! You can create entire stores by becoming an affiliate with companies. (An affiliate is a company that you partner with who will pay you commission on the sales you make of their products.) Think of the range of products that Amazon.com has. They are just one choice among the thousands of affiliate companies available to partner with. As an Amazon.com affiliate you can choose any category of products they stock and market them yourself through a website. Do you love electronics, cosmetics, books, music, gourmet food items?
- Do you have an expertise that you can sell as a service to others? Graphic design, legal, writing, book reviews, editing, website design, financial advise, real estate consulting, home decorating… Begin your own consulting services by promoting them through a website.
- Do you have information that you would like to share? Start a “best tips” website such as the best laptops, best cat breeds, best annual flowers to plant, best motorcycles, benefits of green tea, best hot tubs, wine and beer tips…
- Do you like to discuss politics, world peace, meditation, travel or organic gardening? Start your own blog share your views with the world.
- Are you interested in what other peoples opinions are or want to know what others think about topics such as global warming, beauty or pro sports teams? Start an interactive forum site on a topic you enjoy.
- Are you an eBay fanatic? Start a specialty auction website.
- Do you want to make extra income? Research what topics or products generate money. Financial websites, real estate websites, consulting, sites that sell “big ticket” items such as computers, cars, vacations… can all offer generous income potential if presented well.
Tips
- Don’t worry if similar websites already exist! You will give your website its own personality, your own “take” on the topic and capture interest in the content you provide that those websites don’t cover or don’t cover in the same way that you will.
- Be inspired! Be creative! Be inventive! Be imaginative!
- Give yourself time to brainstorm ideas and to do a little bit of research to determine whether it’s “THE” one! Keep a note pad by your bed to jot down ideas when your mind is winding down for the day. Keep your note pad with you for a few days or weeks to keep a list of potential ideas as you explore options.
Warnings
- If you find yourself getting discouraged take a break! The internet isn’t going anywhere and will be right there waiting for you whenever you’re ready!
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