What should I blog about? What niche is gonna make me money? Can you give me an idea for a blog? They’re the questions that truly irk every time I hear them. Call me a bad person for wanting to drop kick people that come to me with these things – but to me it seems obvious that no one else can tell you what you like and what you know. Which brings me to my two main points, you should blog about either what you like or what you know. It’s how long term blogs are built.

What You Like

When you want an idea for your blog go ahead and dig deep, real deep. Figure out what you like or better yet what your passionate about. Blogging about your passion will not only come naturally to you but it’s going to be fun too.

Think about it this way – if I ask you about cars and your really passionate about cars – you could probably talk to me all day about them. You don’t even have to know everything when you start – cause you like the topic so much you’ll have no problem researching it.

I know Gary Vaynerchuk would agree with blogging your passion cause his book – Crush It – pretty much bashed it into my head.

What You Know

Maybe your not passionate about something but you be a true professional in the field? Well you have a huge opportunity. I drive over 1,000 miles a week and I drive them fast – real fast. I wouldn’t call my self passionate about driving but ohh am I good at it. I’m practically a stunt driver locked up in a suburban town – and this could make for a damn good blog. Well now that I think about it…

Sometimes blogging about what you know turns it into a passion so the only problem that I could foresee is not getting that spark turning it into a passion – eventually it might seem like a chore.

These are the questions I asked myself both when I decided to restart this blog, and now before I start all my other blogs. Do you blog about what you know, or what you like, or neither? Hows it working for you?