Move Away From the Make Money Online Niche!
This is a guest post by Melvin from MelvinBlog.com.
Over the past few years the make money online niche has grown rapidly and enormously. While it is still growing constantly up to now, it has become evident to people that blogging in make money online space doesn’t really guarantee them money.
In the past, I’ve talked about how diluted the mmo world is. Many people agreed with me that succeeding in this niche is not as easy as what most newbies think. Another problem with that mindset is that people see it in John Chow, the one who revolutionized the make money online blogging thing.
What happen is that they saw John became so successful with it and now they think they can be as well, w/c is not wrong anyway. What’s wrong though, is that they replicate what John did and is doing, and we all know what worked a year ago is now completely extinct today (debatable).
The Proof!
If you’re oftentimes hopping on blogs like me, you’d probably notice that a lot of bloggers who talk about that topic (that three-word thing) is probably dead not blogging anymore or has completely abandoned his blog. What others did, w/c I thought was a clever move, was they shifted their topic in a more interesting and more targeted one (i.e. blogging about SEO instead or marketing and stuff). This is a great proof to testify that blogging for money is dead.
Wait! Don’t get Discouraged
Well the main point of the topic is not to tell you guys to stop trying/making money from your blogs. We’re not hypocrite to do that (if you see me remove my sidebar ads, then I’m a hypocrite!). What I would like to say is that we should shift our focus from the “money-making” thing to actually handing out real values to our readers by posting real content. Sure, some of our audience want to read something that would make them money. And our goal is to make them understand that they can, but it goes within a process and is affected by several factors. In that way our blogs can become more niche-targeted (whether specifics to blogging, SEO and etc.), help more people and can enjoy a tight community. All in all it benefits everyone.
Now the question for you: Are you adding something to the blogosphere by posting real content and good value to your readers or your just adding up to the pollution of the make money online thing? I hope that by now we have all clearly defined our own goals.
Article Written By Melvin
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October 29, 2009
9:07 pm
well, i loved your post Melvin….Saturation in Make Money Online niche is something i have read many times in last few days….is making money through blogging in this niche has really become difficult….i sincerely hope this is not true….
IndianCashMaker´s last blog ..Announcing the Blog Life Cycle Series at IndianCashMaker
October 29, 2009
9:50 pm
Thanks Melvin I could not agree more I think the make money online nich is way too oversaturated
sbunting108@photo blog´s last blog ..Pistyll Rhaeadr Waterfall
October 30, 2009
12:10 am
Very good post.
I’ve also written a similar article on my blog. The make money online niche is a huge niche and is very competitive. It wil take a lot of hard work to succeed in this niche.
Gary@Make Money Blogging´s last blog ..3 Easy Ways To Improve Google Pagerank
October 30, 2009
1:43 am
Nice post, yes it is why quality unique content is always king, its maintains the blog.
Biodun @ Webmaster Forum UK´s last blog ..End of US Recession?
October 30, 2009
3:23 am
Great post melvin! This is something I am currently in the process of doing myself!
Tom – StandOutBlogger.com´s last blog ..30 Creative Ebook Covers
October 30, 2009
9:12 am
Hmmmm… let me think about this…. there’s too many blog that using MMO niche and most of them use it just to promote their aff link. That’s the reason why these type of blog won’t stand for long.
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October 30, 2009
6:12 pm
yep and thats how newbies start.. unfortunately most of them dont realize that mistake and they just later on give up..
Melvin´s last blog ..Head to Head 5, HowToMakeMyBlog vs. Blogussion
October 30, 2009
10:07 am
I can not stop myself from agreeing with Melvin’s point of view. I started blogging almost 3 years before. I am not so successful, but I used to blog only for money, with NO inclination towards adding value… However, since last year, I have shifted my focus from “only money making” to “making money besides adding value”. This can be clearly seen in my site: “Openings For You” where my objective is to bring out as many job vacancies as possible and thus help the needy.
Though I have been not able to update it since last month, but this thing is pretty much popular. I have more than 500 email subscriber and many online readers… Other stats of this site may not be significant, but my main point is: I have added value, though a little bit… But at least I have initiated…
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October 30, 2009
6:14 pm
Great to hear that dude. The thing is we really start out wrong and its just the matter of how we move after failing.. Are we gonna accept that we failed and try to do blogging the legit way or still keep up on doing the wrong blogging concept?
Melvin´s last blog ..Head to Head 5, HowToMakeMyBlog vs. Blogussion
October 30, 2009
10:06 pm
I totally agree with you Melvin! When I first started my blog, it was a personal rambling blog, but it turned to a MMO blog after a few months, and I knew that MMO blog was nothing special.
Now, people ask me that what topic they should go for? I would tell them any topic except MMO niche. MMO niche is too common and the topics are repeatly wrote by many blogs, it’s nothing special at all.
Since I’ve started it, I just keep it since it’s my first blog. I have also many other niche blog, so just have fun.
Anyway, nice post Melvin!
Regards,
Lee
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October 31, 2009
8:46 am
I think it is very crazy to think that you can’t make it in the Make money online field.
The people visiting mmo websites are already intending on spending money to learn how to do it.
If you know how to market yourself it is very EASY to make money online from running a MMO website.
Carl Coddington´s last blog ..How To Make Money Online Free With One Week Marketing
November 1, 2009
8:35 pm
For me personally as a blog reader I am just growing tired of all the Make money posts they drive me bananas when I go through my reader.
Extreme John´s last blog ..Sunday Smash Blogging Tips, Contests, Google and Pictures
November 2, 2009
9:42 pm
There is still a hope in this field. It requires some skill and patience.
Ricky @blogging tips´s last blog ..15 Portable Web Browsers For Windows Users
November 6, 2009
11:14 pm
Perfect article! The customer should always be first in your mind- Have the content and set yourself right to make $$$.
Thanks for the article.
November 7, 2009
6:16 pm
Yup!
I to join with you. It’s better to keep distance from the ‘Make money online’ Niche. There are a lots of profitable and easy Topics for blogging worldwide. So it’s better to pick a unique one.
I have written an article on ‘How to select a Good Blog Niche’: http://mextena.com/369-how-to-select-the-right-niche-topic-for-your-blog.html
Hope this helped
Jijo Sunny´s last blog ..Optimize Title Tags in Blogger/Blogspot Blog for SEO
November 10, 2009
3:52 am
I know from my persepective I would love to see people move away from the niche, I have started removing blogs in my reader because all they focus on is that niche.
Extreme John´s last blog ..Weekly Link Dump
November 11, 2009
1:16 pm
Saturation in make money online niche is due to those who expect to be rich overnight doing nothing. This encouraged those spammers who make crap products with fleshy advertisements. This has dominated those reliable and genuine MMO products that are really great, need some work from your side and will help you to make some decent part time money.
Stephen@Paid Survey Blog´s last blog ..Here are the Online Survey Companies where you can earn decent part time money
November 16, 2009
8:29 am
Getting rich is an evergreen subject which never fails to attract readers. The only problem is that most poeple do not have any experience to share.
scheng1´s last blog ..Debt free and financial freedom
November 17, 2009
6:02 am
Fantastic post! Everywhere you turn, people are trying the “make money online” niche, which is way oversaturated. The problem doesn’t really stand in that fact alone; if these people would offer their visitors value and information they can use, they may have success in this market, IF they can out-do the competition. Thanks for sharing
November 23, 2009
12:44 pm
Online money making is not a big deal because you can get lots of interesting and very beneficial offers on the internet so i suggest you to please try to use only those resource of money which are reliable and very trusted. Means Google and Ebay are the best way to make money online.
December 8, 2009
8:54 pm
The make money online niche is becoming as competitive as ever that people blogging about it don’t even make money themselves.
December 13, 2009
8:39 am
I think this is true for the ebook section of the market, unless you create a real good guide that can actually help people. Competition isn’t a bad thing, and if you are better than the rest, you will be number one.
I think the MMO niche is bad for newbies, I don’t think they have a chance because they are not as up to date as the bigger MMO bloggers and they are fighting to be ranked in Google for keywords that have articles that are ages old.