Selecting Website Topics for Success

This issue is not just about picking the correct topic for a website, it is about selecting the correct topic FOR YOU.

No matter what the topic of your website is, it won't be successful if it is not based on your personal experience and personal interests.   Like the graphic to the left - you'll have to fill in the blanks a bit.

It is important to approach a website as a hobby.  As something that you enjoy spending time on, otherwise, it just won't work.  On the Mistakes page the webmaster  will talk a bit about her first website, which interested her a bit, but not enough to really stick with it and make it successful.  It was a flop.

Her second and third websites were of deep personal interest to her and easy to write about, easy to develop - and each became successful in their own ways.  It is the goal of this website, to show you how to optimize what those type websites do - and create enough income for you to retire early.  And, probably, to develop many more websites.

Selecting your FIRST website can be a bit difficult.  For some reason the idea is a bit abstract and hard to get a handle on.  So, here is how to do it - the good and the bad.

The webmaster's first website was www.HomeFitnessResource.com - yeah, you won't find it there anymore - unless someone else took the name.  She always tried to be fit and thought that always going out to a gym was a problem for many people, and that finding a way to stay fit at home would solve that problem for them (and her).  Great idea, but it just didn't capture her interest enough.

 Part of the issue is that if you recommend products you SHOULD have experience with them so you really and honestly recommend them.  People KNOW intuitively if you are sincere and honest, don't they?  The webmaster didn't own all the equipment and supplies she was recommending - so it just didn't work.  She did have a great treadmill in her apartment at the time - but that just wasn't enough.

Her second website was a travel website about the area of Latin America where she lives.  She loves it there, loves exploring the area, even vacations here (even though she lives there!), and finds the area very interesting.  Needless to say, the website was moderately successful and she didn't mind spending time working on it, as she could easily write it from her own PERSONAL experience.

The point we are trying to make is that none of these websites required a lot of NEW research - it was just writing and developing the websites from personal experience and interests.

What all this means is - look inside yourself, your personal experience and interests - and select a website that reflects who you are and what interests you.  If you do that, you will enjoy yourself.  The website will never be a chore - but will instead be a pleasure.  And, it will be a pleasure that will put money in your bank account - every month. 

That's a GREAT hobby!