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Adam Smith | November 22, 2010 | 14 Comments

finding that niche

let me be honest here.

for me, blogging started out as a “trying to be like everyone else” thing and ended up being a way to express myself and let my thoughts out on a page. except it’s not that personal journal thing. instead it’s where the whole world can see it. never thought i’d like it really. social media surprised me, too. i like to keep everything to myself, except for this area.

so, when i started reading others’ blogs i noticed they had a niche for the most part. a place where their blog fits in.

but, lately i’ve been thinking about finding where this blog fits. i mean if i just stuck to music or climbing or church, i don’t know if i’d even stay interested. i guess writing all over the place is for my enjoyment, too.

yep. this blog fits in the random category.

so, what do you think?

Should blogs have a main subject or do they work when they’re all over the place?

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  1. Tara Baas Crosier says

    November 23, 2010 at 5:58 am

    All over the place, I like to read about everything. I love coming across random blogs where people just write about the day to day unusual life stuff not just the same thing all the time…..I came across one of the funniest I have ever read recently via Twitter and now I am hooked.

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    • jackalopekid says

      November 23, 2010 at 5:59 am

      what’s the link?

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  2. Sean Sabourin says

    November 23, 2010 at 6:01 am

    I guess that will always depend on who you ask. For me, my blog is actually called, ‘Random Thoughts’ so I support the notion that a personal blog doesn’t necessarily need to be fixated on 1-3 topics. Speak from your heart and not your intellect and that is where you will connect with people. The readers who come to your site are not just interested on what you have to say on any given subject. They want to get to know you and what your thoughts, opinions, passions and convictions are about a plethora of topics. So with all that being said, stay random!

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    • jackalopekid says

      November 23, 2010 at 6:06 am

      i hardly ever speak from intellect. ha!

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  3. Bob Chapman says

    November 23, 2010 at 6:02 am

    This blog has a main subject. You.

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    • jackalopekid says

      November 23, 2010 at 6:05 am

      well, thanks for reading man. i do use this as a personal blog. yes.

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  4. td says

    November 23, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    I hope all over the place works. That’s where I’m definitely headed. I tried doing one for specific niches but that’s a lot of upkeep. Much easier to maintain 1 site rather than 10.

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    • jackalopekid says

      November 24, 2010 at 4:12 am

      amen. i don’t know how human3rror does it

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  5. Adrian Young says

    November 23, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    Yeah, blogs should be about life and life has many different areas to it

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    • jackalopekid says

      November 24, 2010 at 4:13 am

      sure does 🙂

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  6. Kimberly Flotho says

    November 24, 2010 at 2:23 am

    I love diversity, so I think a blog that explores many avenues is much more compelling to follow. Thank you for being so diverse.

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    • jackalopekid says

      November 24, 2010 at 4:13 am

      ha. i try

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  7. Adam says

    November 24, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    All over the place works for me. I believe that is what mine is as well. Good post….I have been wondering the same thing.

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