Mega Champ

If you go around and ask in any webmaster forum or any big blogger that “i should choose which niche to start a blog or website in” . Everyone will tell you that, start a blog in a niche or area which you like, as your interest will keep that blog going on. Otherwise if you don’t have interest, the blog will die pretty soon. And its damn right but we are missing a big point here, the “Money Factor”.

Let me give you an example, i run a iPhone blog because i just love that device. Its almost 6 months since i started the blog and here are few statistics about it :

Google Page Rank : PR 3
Alexa Rank : Will hit the 100,000 thousand mark pretty soon.
Unique Visitors Per Day: 3000 and above
Revenue Generated Till Now: $300
Hours I Put Every Day To Update The Blog : Around 2-3
Backlinks : 2600 And Growing

So, should i consider the blog a success, hell yeah. I like writing posts on iPhone and by doing so i am earning money as well. Pretty cool right.

But here is one food for thought, what if i had started a blog in little high paying niche and put in the same effort. I really think if i had achieved all the stats given above for that high paying niche, my earnings could have been much much better.

So, do i regret starting iPhone blog, well absolutely not, the only problem is no matter how much effort i put in that blog, i wont be able to earn a decent amount of money for the simple fact that its just not a high paying niche.

I got so many domains lying around with me but as I am a full time employee i can only spend max 2-3 hours per day in blogging. Can’t outsource much of the work as I am not that cash rich. So, here i am left with in dilemma to choose between something i like or something that will give me more financial security. And in these time of recession and job insecurity i really see making money online a pretty good backup if anything goes wrong.

So, should i choose a high paying niche and start working on it and give little less time to iPhone blog? . Let me know your views and experience?