If you read my last post Jumping On Board With Hubby , you know that I have decided to create a new niche blog around my hubby’s passion…..collecting old trains. After 2 grueling hours of keyword research with the Google Keyword Tool and Market Samurai, I have finally chosen my main keyword, registered my domain name, and have a blueprint detailing what the new blog will offer my readers and of course, how I will monetize it.
This is really exciting for both me and you.
For me, I am thrilled to be able to combine my passion, internet marketing, with my husband’s passion, buying and selling old trains. I am hoping this will help bring us closer together and I look forward to working as a team with him.
This is also exciting for you because I am going to journal every step of building this new niche blog. From start to finish. Every success and every failure will be revealed. I want to be as helpful as possible to you by showing you EXACTLY what it takes to create a successful blog.
I have categorized this process into a series called the Niche Blog Series.
The new blog URL is http://VintageModelTrainStuff.com
Yea, that’s a long one. A bit too long for my taste, but it includes my main keyword and my concept, so it will do.
This blog will target vintage train collectors or folks looking for vintage trains and accessories for model railroading. I had no idea there was an entire community of people that collected old toy trains. It’s really an awesome hobby, one that I am proud and excited to get into.
I actually love looking at all the trains my husband brings home, so this new blog is going to be truly authentic and genuine, and most importantly, helpful to my readers, which is always a MAJOR plus considering building relationships with your readers is crucial to your online blogging success.
The blog will be jam packed with valuable and useful information for vintage train lovers with topics such as, how to identify a valuable vintage model train, how to buy and sell vintage trains online, how to build a great collection on a budget, etc. I will offer my readers content in the form of blog posts as well as a weekly newsletter. I will use the newsletter primarily to build relationships with my readers and provide them with awesome useful content they can’t find anywhere else.
I will also pull my husband’s eBay listings onto the blog and hopefully other listings as well depending on if I get accepted into the eBay affiliate program.
I will probably throw up some Adsense onto the blog posts at first….but maybe not. Sometimes Adsense can cheapen the user experience, and I definitely don’t want that.
My goal for the blog is to become an authority site on collecting vintage trains.
I’m so excited! I am rambling and a bit unorganized at this point, but I know that if I sit and plan plan plan for weeks and weeks, I will get burnt out. I, personally, am the kind of person that needs to just jump in and take action. And though I am not always 100% organized at the beginning of a project, I usually get the job done.
In my next post, I will detail exactly how I came up with my targeted keyword. Vintage Model Train Stuff
