When creating a blog, it’s important to choose the right type of blog. The type of blog shows the blog’s purpose and how it goes about reaching its goals. This helps you determine the right strategy to reach those goals. To help you choose the best type of blog for your needs, in this article, we’ll look at 12 types of blogs and when they’re most successful. As we go through them, you’ll notice that there is some crossover on some of these blog-types, and a blog can be a combination of them. To be successful, it’s best to focus on one type.
5. Repair Services Blog
This blog discusses topics around the services that are offered. These are great for local repair or maintenance service businesses such as lawn care, home repair, etc. Like personal services, the primary goal of this blog is for the blogger to get hired to perform the services.
They’re also successful when they reach the local audience that can follow through their call to action.
6. Niche Blog
A niche blog focuses on a specific topic. Some are extremely specific (such as fly-fishing in TN) while others “niche-up” one notch (such as fly-fishing in the USA) to appeal to a slightly wider audience. A lot of times these are hobby blogs and end up turning into small personal business blogs (and sometimes large-scale businesses).
Niches include anything someone is interested in and they’re usually more successful if the blogger is passionate about the topic. This passion keeps them going even with low traffic.
Popular topics include:
- Finance
- Sports
- Business
- WordPress
- Food
- Writing
- Cars
- Music
- Games
- Movies
- Books
- Fitness
- Mom
- Travel
- Current Events
- Entertainment
- Fashion
- Lifestyle
- DIY
- Politics
- Parenting
- Pets
They can also be created for the purpose of business. In this case, the blogger would need to analyze the audience, monetization opportunities, and competition before starting the blog and make adjustments to the idea for the best marketing strategies. They’re the most successful when they find a niche that isn’t too saturated.
7. Affiliate Blog
The content for this type of blog focuses on products. It’s usually in the form of product reviews or tutorials of using the products. The call to action is to purchase the product through the blog’s affiliate link.
Ranking for keywords around the products is crucial. In order to be successful, affiliate blogs need to find products with excellent affiliate programs and that are in demand. Email lists are a must as they provide a group to promote to.
8. Artist’s Blog
An artistic blog focuses on any type of art that the artist creates, such as paintings, drawings, sculpture, music, photography, writing, etc. They often include galleries, shops where you can purchase or commission work, articles that show the work, provide tutorials, podcasts, etc.
They’re successful when they build a following for their art. It might not require a large audience; just enough to support the artist.
