Pre-Planning stage 1 - Finding a subject area

It is my opinion that before any site is done; before you buy a domain; before you even make a google account...

Do some Pre-Planning

The first step of which is to find out what subject you are going to spend countless hours discussing on your blog.
This means, listing out the subject areas you think you want to blog about. Keep in mind that "blog about" does not mean a few articles. "Blog about" means many articles; like an article a day for the life of your blog...

There are several schools of though:
I believe in "write alot about alittle, rather than alittle about alot".

This makes sense to me because I understand how important it is to have a site where people can come to daily and expect to see articles somehow relevant to prior and future articles. Not to mention; by honing in on a specific niche or subject - you greatly enhance your chances of getting good rankings in Search engines.

Make a list of all the subject areas you believe you have the experience; authority; and the education to be able to provide continuous - QUALITY - content about.

Begin the process of elimination; based on these factors:
- How's the competition for this subject area?
- What is my market, is it a niche? Are their enough readers of this kind of content? (sometimes you won't know until you make it)

Thus Concludes Stage 1, Stage 2 - Whats in a name? (coming soon)