1. Niche
Blogging
Blissdom '10
Rachel Matthews Jennifer Schmidt
A Southern FairyTale Balancing Beauty
@sthrnfairytale and Bedlam
@beautyandbedlam
Audrey McClelland
Mom Generations Nester Smith
@AudreyMcClellan The Nesting Place
@The Nester
Sommer Poquette
Green and Clean Heather Solos
Mom Home-Ec101
@greenmom @heathersolos

2. How do you find a niche?
If you could blog about anything without thinking
of finding an audience, what would the topic be?
~ Nester
What message is important enough to you that
you can write about it day in and day out?
~ Jen

3. Niche bloggers. . .
. . .love to write about . . . wake up every
their topic vs simply morning ready and
loving to write. ~ Nester willing to write about
their topic. ~ Audrey

4. Defining vs Confining
My love of food and cooking Sometimes it can be limiting,
quickly became the focus of my there are times I want to write
writing. ~ Rachel about other ideas and it
doesn’t always fit. ~Sommer
The love I have for my niche
keeps the act of writing
enjoyable. ~ Sommer

5. Maturing in Your Niche
Chances are if you don’t like
writing a style of posts, as a Consistent growth is a
reader, we don’t either. Or if we demanding goal; persevere
do, then you are attracting an through plateaus. Reevaluate
audience of readers who will occasionally, but change
continue to demand things from incrementally.
you that you don’t like giving. ~ ~ Heather
Nester

6. Competitive Blogging
Make friends not enemies. Help promote
their content, link to their posts, retweet their
links, and applaud their success. ~ Sommer
There is always a way to separate and define
yourself. Never stop finding ways to differentiate
your content from others in the same field ~
Audrey

7. Build Community
Engage and value your readers' contributions,
through personal response or other creative
means. ~ Heather
Find and follow other bloggers in your niche; build
relationships, support, encourage, and learn from
their wisdom and experience. ~ Rachel

8. Find your passion.
Love what you do.
Engage as you create.
Build your dream.
But most of all,
enjoy the journey.
Niche Blogging Panel
Blissdom 2010