A-hem. I return to reality. Sooo, anyway. One of our assignments is to analyze a top blog in our niche and answer a bunch of questions.
Yeah. Sure.
Hello? Lazy gal here. Analyze? Really? And what the hell is my niche?
I'm struggling with this task.
I've been writing this post for over a week.
I haven't analyzed squat. And I have no idea what my niche is. Is "rambling maniac with a bunch of hang-ups" a niche? I can't even figure out who the hell I really am in real life and I have to figure it out for my blog, too?
My blog is basically a collection of brain droppings (thank you George Carlin.) Along the way I've recorded a few knitting and crochet projects that I have done.
Here's an article about blogging without a niche that I really loved. (Ok, I mainly loved it because it validates my blog approach.)
So I think this is where I'm going to start: analyzing myself first. Then I'll work on analyzing someone else.
I'll begin with my "why."
I blog because I like meeting people...but not necessarily in real life. You have to get dressed to meet people in real life. Through blogging, ravelry and a few forums I can meet people and still stay in my pajamas. I sort of get to pick the scheduling, too.
I blog because I like to share.
I will quote Kitten a Go-Go (who quoted an article in Time who quoted David McCullogh...did I cover all the acknowledgments?)
The loss of people writing — writing a composition, a letter or a report — is not just the loss for the record. It’s the loss of the process of working your thoughts out on paper, of having an idea that you would never have if you weren’t [writing]. And that’s a handicap. People [I research] were writing letters every day. That was calisthenics for the brain.
I really should direct you to Kitten a Go-Go's post. She put it so well.
I'm willing to bet that most of the people I've connected with blog for the very same reasons. I think that's why it's so hard for me to figure out my niche. I'm just here to share and connect.
And I do sort of like the attention.
