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RE: Leveling Up Your Blog and Cracking The Steemit Code
I disagree...personal blogs about whatever stuff without a niche are a thing. I think that the people that follow me come for me. I am my own niche. One that I can not escape even if I'd want to but also one that is reliable in everything I ever written or will write.
Your payouts went down for a bunch of reasons: steem down means the upvotes are worth less, the whales can only upvote so much, some people lost interest. I am not 100% sure it's about the quality of your articles, I don't think it is anyway.
The "good old days" sound nice.
This isn't an attempt at advice, rather just wanted to share my thoughts:
If not a niche, an overall thematic consistency is the next best thing. For 'big picture' thinkers, it's excrutiating to narrow things down that much. If it jives with your natural tendencies and brings out your best writing, that is better than forcing a niche. It requires being a real spin doctor and creative outlook. An example is an article I really liked by kyriacos about 'the dark side of leadership' (I dont recall the headline)
Managing expectations of the amount of interest it will gain is essential to keep motivation. Just accept it may get less. That's how I see it.
Also niche is easier for more experienced writers/bloggers.
thanks. you can always check my blog and give my your honest feedback in a comment there. no offense taken, always curious what people think. Sometimes it's hard to be objective :)
I really like your blog. But in my humble opinion, "the personal blog" are usually not the one that makes a lot of money (or steady stream of income) on the internet (outside of steemit). If your goal is to have a fairly constant stream of income by having followers clicking on every article you publish...I would niche down. If you are blogging for fun and like the random highs and lows, keep doing what you are doing. :-)
The price has had a huge impact on payout...but I won't blame it entirely on that. I think the competition is a lot more fierce and when that happens in marketing, we have to niche down to stay competitive.
For an example of incredible steady stream of income, check @ozchartart...it's fantastically stable.
ok, explain calaber24p then :)
a unicorn ;-) (point taken)