tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post4784705624321295844..comments2023-12-24T15:36:16.969-05:00Comments on Chuck for ...: About Chuck for...Chuck Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-52350645355654137812008-04-30T02:14:00.000-04:002008-04-30T02:14:00.000-04:00guns seem to be my niche, but I can't afford to bu...guns seem to be my niche, but I can't afford to buy enough of them to do that (nor get wife's purchase approval). pah, I like writing about politics and social isues - so I'll do it for the handful. Cripes, at least they can look at this thing's accomplishments and feel like the select few kindasewers kewl enough to be in on it. how's that for ego? hahahahahaChuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-13990858181767625942008-04-28T23:17:00.000-04:002008-04-28T23:17:00.000-04:00Believe me, Chuck, I can sympathize. My Indie Cast...Believe me, Chuck, I can sympathize. My Indie Castle blog was much the same. I somehow had gotten it on the radar screen of one major outlet but all that really led to was the occasional spike in traffic associated with whatever specific post got picked.<BR/><BR/>I don't read here daily, but I do swing by about once a week - which is a heck of a lot more often than I visit 90% of the blogs on my blogroll.<BR/><BR/>If I might pass on some constructive criticism that was once given to me (respecting PK) by someone well connected with the Big Boys and Girls of the blogosphere. The advice was to find an underserved niche and focus on that. The reality, I was told, is that national news is already covered by wildly popular blogs. Trying to compete with them head-to-head would only bloody my head and they wouldn't even notice it. Ditto for many other niches.<BR/><BR/>The trick, I was told, is to find something that is both a subject area which you yourself are interested in and which appears to be underserved. And then focus on that and the hits will follow. How many and at what rate largely depends on how good of a writer one is. But at least you're not trying to steal market share from blogosphere behemoths which wouldn't even notice if you tripling your daily readership all at their expense.<BR/><BR/>We've struggled at PK because our interests keep shifting and we just haven't stayed focused on our own niche (intersection of politics & religion/faith).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com