How To Choose Your Steemit Topics?

Passion Overrated?

I sometimes hear entrepreneurs and public speakers tell a full crowd that you don't need to be passionate about what you're doing as long as you're good at it. Well, that may be true for sales, however if you're going to write blog posts on a website like steemit, you better be passionate about what your topics. You're naturally going to face a lot of moments where a post you though would earn you some STEEM, on which you worked for hours, turns out to be a flop and paying 2 cents. In that case, when you write about something you're passionate about at least you had fun doing so.

Apart from that I feel we need the enthusiasm here on steemit that comes from someone who is talking about their passion. The passion that I engage here on steemit is relatively broad: I feel passionate to help people get a better life. Therefore my topics may sometimes seem to be all over the place. They do however always carry a message that is related to self-development or self-improvement.

Keywords and Search Tags

If you've ever searched for a 'Get Rich Online' program most of them will advise you to look at keywords. What is it that most people search for? Well guess what. The internet is like any other market ruled by demand and supply. This means that, unless if you are incredible lucky or way ahead of the curve, by the time millions of people are searching for specific keywords, thousands of others have been putting in time and effort to provide a solution. Therefore it may sometimes be way more beneficial to you to select a niche, and be a big fish in a little pond, than a small fish in a big ocean.

Knowledge

How about instead of searching for keywords you spread a message surrounding something you are knowledgeable about? You don't have to be an expert in your field, but it wouldn't harm to at least have some proper experience before sharing your thoughts and opinions about a topic.

Stay True to Yourself

Hey, the bottom line is this: if you talk about what you love, what you're passionate about and what is dear to you, you will do the best you can. And if you talk about other stuff you simply will not be able to deliver. I truly care about enriching people's lives, and if you don't you can try and compete with me, but one day or the next you're going to be crushed. Therefore if you love antique model trains, write steem articles about them, instead of trying to figure out what the vast majority of people want to read, simply write what you want to share. This way, at least you're doing something you love, and we will notice.

I would rather listen to somebody speaking about a topic with full passion for 2 hours, even when the topic is of no interest to me than having to listen to someone talk for 10 minutes about something they hate.

Questions?

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