I am sure that everyone has heard this a million times but I just wanted to add my 2 cents.
Pick a niche you know. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I learned the hard way, I picked niche that had some REALLY great KW, low competition and lots of searches.
BUT
It is a niche I know NOTHING about and have struggled to come up with content, write articles and generally LEARN the niche enough to promote and design my site. It is working out ok so far, BUT it is taking TONS more time (for research of niche/topics in niche etc...) and it is MUCH HARDER than when I use a niche I know and really care about!
With all that is involved with promoting, designing, marketing, writing articles, SEO, KW research and everything else that needs to be done in this biz, when you actually have to learn the niche it just adds a load of extra work AND it is not nearly as fun
Pick a niche you know. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I learned the hard way, I picked niche that had some REALLY great KW, low competition and lots of searches.
BUT
It is a niche I know NOTHING about and have struggled to come up with content, write articles and generally LEARN the niche enough to promote and design my site. It is working out ok so far, BUT it is taking TONS more time (for research of niche/topics in niche etc...) and it is MUCH HARDER than when I use a niche I know and really care about!
With all that is involved with promoting, designing, marketing, writing articles, SEO, KW research and everything else that needs to be done in this biz, when you actually have to learn the niche it just adds a load of extra work AND it is not nearly as fun