Ep. 2943 - Q&A: “Should I create a niche blog or a broader one?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, we help a new blogger decide whether to focus on a specific niche or go broad to grow faster. Learn why starting small and specific can give you the best chance for success.
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 0:54.9 | Lemonada. |
| 1:06.1 | Should you create a niche blog or a broader one? |
| 1:11.6 | We're going to help a new blogger decide whether to focus on a specific niche or go broad to grow faster. |
| 1:16.8 | Niche topic meaning something really specific, a broad topic meaning something well broad. |
| 1:20.9 | Learn why starting small and specific can give you the best chance of success. |
| 1:22.8 | But of course, there are always pros and cons. |
| 1:24.2 | Welcome to sidestle school. |
| 1:25.6 | Today we're going to hear from Rebecca. |
| 1:27.1 | She is starting a blog. And yes, you can do that in |
| 1:28.8 | 2025. Blogs can still be a viable business model. We hear from bloggers all the time. Now, of course, |
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