I’ve realized some things over the past few days.

1. I love blogging.
2. The IM and Blogging niche isn’t very profitable.
3. I don’t blog for money, but I believe that if you love what you do, the money will follow.

I love this blog and I’ve had a lot of fun posting on it. It’s a great way to keep track of myself professionally. I can look back and figure out my mindset over the past few months and how my online business has evolved. And, I can share with all of you what I’ve learned.

But I have other interests, and I want to blog about those, too. So, I’ve decided to start niche blogging.

I’ve come to realize that there are two general types of blogs. Concept blogs and niche blogs. I’d classify katherinehuether.com as a concept blog because the idea is sort of general. My “niche” here is roughly “how Katherine makes money online”.

Niche blogging is laser focused. I could break this blog up into multiple niches:

• How to make money writing online
• Make money with associated content
• Learn how to blog on free blog sites
• Promote affiliate products on Squidoo

You get the idea. I have a hostgator account and have discovered that it’s easy to host multiple domains with them. So all I need to do is reserve the domains and setup wordpress.

Here’s a rough idea of the process:

1. Come up with a niche
2. Research a good list of keywords - both long tail and short tail
3. Choose the domain and reserve it using godaddy
4. Switch the DNS to my hostgator account.
5. Set up the domain on my existing hostgator account.
6. Install wordpress, choose a template, and start blogging!
7. Promote the blog and get back links.

I have one concept blog I am starting today and then after that, I’ll begin niche blogging.