What Do You Do Next
Ok, now that you have had a chance to write some ideas down, and have searched out what you are really interested in doing, comes the time to step back and say, What Do I Do Next?
The first thing is you are going to ask yourself a couple more questions.
Geese what is it with all these question anyway?
I knew you were going to say that.
Ok, lets get serious here. I hope you at least wrote down a few things that interested you, and that you did the quick research to see if they were marketable and what your competition might be for the topics you liked.
Potential To Make The Most Money With The Least Competition
Out of the list of topics you want to find the one that has the potential to make the most money, with the least competition and I will tell you why in a moment.
The one with the most ads, usually comes with the most competition, and the one with the least competition usually come with low marketability, so out of your list you have to ask yourself which one is kind of in the middle. That is the one you want to start with.
Go to Google enter each topic in quotes one at a time and answer these questions for each and write it next to each topic.
What is the resulting page count for this topic? – (Results 1 – 10 of about 308,000,000 for “golf”)
What is my competition? – (How many pages deep for ads) If past 10 then very competitive, or your term is too broad. Use Page count.
If they are all pretty even then pick the one that you think will be the most profitable for you, but I think you will find one in the middle somewhere.
You Want To Find The One In The Middle
The reason you want to fine the one in the middle is that you want to make money as easily as you can, and soon as you can. If you choose something to competitive, your chances of ranking high enough to receive the traffic you need, will be hard to do. If you choose something that the competition is to low the traffic again will not be profitable for you. This isn’t always the case but a general rule. Always do your research before jumping into something.
That brings me back to our original question of, What Do You Do Next?
Ok, you have narrowed things down to something that you are interested in, researched its marketability and competition. Now what you need is a Plan Of Action, or a Blueprint.
You Need A Map
If you want to go on a trip, or build a house you need a map, or a blueprint to help guide you and keep you on track. You have all the material, now you just need the blueprint to help you put it all together.
This Is No Different
This is no different. It is too easy to get side tracked, to make the wrong turn and then you are lost. We use these things in our daily lives to get us to where we need to be, to build something we can live in. It only makes sense that we would want to have one for this purpose too.
Try to go into a bank and get a business loan without a business plan. Not going to happen. The bank is going to want to see how you are going to structure your business, or simply how you’re going to put all the pieces together. They want to see your blueprint.
Blueprint – (serving as a model or providing guidance); a detailed plan or program of action.
So I guess we need one of those. I better see if I can find my tools. Hmmm, What did I do with my hammer?
Also coming up:
Keyword research
Website vs. Blog
