₦airaland Forum

realGURU:
@ webincomeplus, "I understand that you probably read physics with electronics in the university. But if you start a blog on that topics just because you're an expert on it, your blog would be read by you, one of your siblings, and probably your fiancee."
this part u said got me shaking my head in disbelief. If blog like www.physicslectures.info can have such huge traffics in less than six month[ i check from the blog archive] i doubt ur statement. Infact am copying that physics blop but my niche will be biology. See what blog expert said about niche blogging and stop misleading people https://www.nairaland.com/3121336/profitable-blogging-niche

And what has the expert said about niche blogging? Who is the expert?

Well, I don't see any huge traffic on the blog you showed. Alexa ranking was over 9 million. So, there's nothing spectacular. The visitor count shown in the sidebar is majorly visits by spambots and crawlers, if you know what those mean -- it's not human traffic. If it were human traffic, which Alexa a blog attracting an 73,000+ visits in 6 months won't rank 9 million+. The gold standard for traffic monitoring is Google Analytics. It's more accurate than most other analytics tools out there.

Moreover, if the visits shown in the sidebar were truly by humans, how come there's no comment on the posts despite the fact that comments are enabled. Or you want to tell me that none out of the 73,000+ "visitors" deemed it fit to leave a comment?

And when I stated the part of my post you quoted, I was referring to the Nigerian audience majorly. How many Nigerians search the web for materials related to Physics or Biology? Don't chase shadows, my sister. There are far better niches out there where you can do better.

jmichlins:
Let me teach you or better give you advice. Posting half topics here and asking us to visit your blog for the complete stuff is a failed way to drive traffic to your site so save the stress

Bro, I hate that strategy myself, and I discourage people against it. If you don't have comprehension problems, you should have seen that part where I wrote "I'll be back to continue."

My plan is to work on the thread every day until I exhaust all I planned to reveal. As for the link in the post, I put that because I can't copy and paste a 3000+-word post that took me several hours to write. And it's the reader's choice to click or not. I have a good number of well-established and developed blogs that pay my bills every month, so I'm far beyond adopting the "half-post" strategy.

My aim here is to help newbies, not to sell anything whatsoever.

So, learn how to think before drawing conclusions. Peace!

Everyone and their dogs are creating blogs everyday. Yes, that's because blogging can be very lucrative. After all, Linda Ikeji, Uche Pedro, and several others are proofs to that effect.

But with the rate at which everyone is hopping onto the bandwagon of blogging, one might start to get worried about competition and all that. My friend, the truth is there are much fewer successful blogs than useless ones that will never make a dime. So, the blogosphere might seem saturated, but there's always room for new entrants to turn blogging into a business if they play their cards right.

Here in Nigeria, we have several thousands of people who claim to be bloggers, but the truth is only few of these people really make decent income online. Majority of blogs run by Nigerians are either struggling or outright failures. So, there's no fierce competition! Unless you think competition entails running a race with failed ventures.

Now, let's talk about how to become a successful blogger in Nigeria.

You've probably been told that all you need to do to start making money from blogging is to create a free blog, copy interesting articles from other blogs (or probably formulate lies and false news), slap up Adsense ads, and sit back to watch your bank account grow fatter. My friend, that's bullshi.t.

Now, let me ask you this: If you already read an interesting news update on Linda Ikeji's blog or Vanguard newspaper's website, would you still go ahead to click on the link to the same news posted by one unknown blogger? No, you won't! That explains why copy-and-paste blogging is one of the best ways in the world to waste your precious time.

And it drives me crazy when anyone tells me he/she wants to start an entertainment/celebrity gist blog. For crying out loud, that's one of the niches where it's hardest to be creative, and to attract an audience. I'm not saying you can't build a successful entertainment blog now, but it's far more difficult than what obtains in other niches.

So, your first step towards becoming a successful blogger in Nigeria is to find a niche that allows for expression of creativity. One that you're passionate and knowledgeable about. And most importantly, one that Nigerians (or others outside) are searching the web for information on.

I understand that you probably read physics with electronics in the university. But if you start a blog on that topics just because you're an expert on it, your blog would be read by you, one of your siblings, and probably your fiancee.

So, the most important factor to consider when choosing a topic to blog about, to me, is not interest or passion. It's a market for that topic! Although interest and passion are equally important, an impressive number of online followership of that topic is more important because that's what determines how much money you'll make. Well, the financial worth of your target audience is also something worth considering.

Yes, virtually every Nigerian is interested about entertainment and celebrity gist. And they search Google for information regarding celebs and others. But entertainment isn't the only lucrative niche. Others include job search/careers, visa acquisition tips, education-related information, and lots more (see here].

I still have a lot to teach as far as blogging in Nigeria is concerned. But let me stop here for now. I'll be back to continue.

PS. Pardon any typographical, grammatical, or style errors you see in this piece. I typed this quickly and didn't bother to edit.

Everyone and their dogs are creating blogs everyday. Yes, that's because blogging can be very lucrative. After all, Linda Ikeji, Uche Pedro, and several others are proofs to that effect.

But with the rate at which everyone is hopping onto the bandwagon of blogging, one might start to get worried about competition and all that. My friend, the truth is there are much fewer successful blogs than useless ones that will never make a dime. So, the blogosphere might seem saturated, but there's always room for new entrants to turn blogging into a business if they play their cards right.

Here in Nigeria, we have several thousands of people who claim to be bloggers, but the truth is only few of these people really make decent income online. Majority of blogs run by Nigerians are either struggling or outright failures. So, there's no fierce competition! Unless you think competition entails running a race with failed ventures.

Now, let's talk about how to become a successful blogger in Nigeria.

You've probably been told that all you need to do to start making money from blogging is to create a free blog, copy interesting articles from other blogs (or probably formulate lies and false news), slap up Adsense ads, and sit back to watch your bank account grow fatter. My friend, that's bullshi.t.

Now, let me ask you this: If you already read an interesting news update on Linda Ikeji's blog or Vanguard newspaper's website, would you still go ahead to click on the link to the same news posted by one unknown blogger? No, you won't! That explains why copy-and-paste blogging is one of the best ways in the world to waste your precious time.

And it drives me crazy when anyone tells me he/she wants to start an entertainment/celebrity gist blog. For crying out loud, that's one of the niches where it's hardest to be creative, and to attract an audience. I'm not saying you can't build a successful entertainment blog now, but it's far more difficult than what obtains in other niches.

So, your first step towards becoming a successful blogger in Nigeria is to find a niche that allows for expression of creativity. One that you're passionate and knowledgeable about. And most importantly, one that Nigerians (or others outside) are searching the web for information on.

I understand that you probably read physics with electronics in the university. But if you start a blog on that topics just because you're an expert on it, your blog would be read by you, one of your siblings, and probably your fiancee.

So, the most important factor to consider when choosing a topic to blog about, to me, is not interest or passion. It's a market for that topic! Although interest and passion are equally important, an impressive number of online followership of that topic is more important because that's what determines how much money you'll make. Well, the financial worth of your target audience is also something worth considering.

Yes, virtually every Nigerian is interested about entertainment and celebrity gist. And they search Google for information regarding celebs and others. But entertainment isn't the only lucrative niche. Others include job search/careers, visa acquisition tips, education-related information, and lots more (see here].

I still have a lot to teach as far as blogging in Nigeria is concerned. But let me stop here for now. I'll be back to continue.

PS. Pardon any typographical, grammatical, or style errors you see in this piece. I typed this quickly and didn't bother to edit.

Tecno haters would be wailing right now. I mean those who don't see any good in Tecno products.

Andyteetopy:
Guy, it does more than that now. This time around, it will not disappear and will give u confirmed H+ but to use 1mb from ur data, U would use like 50% of ur phone's battery life. That is even with proper settings oh (gloflat as apn, flat for username and pw). stewpeed network.

Same experience I've been battling with since last week. And nobody should tell me that "it might be your location" shit. My neighbour here is using the good old BBM plan and the thing is blazing. But my own 6GB is almost useless! It was clearly a plot by Glo. They separated BBM plans from these new plans and decided to frustrate those who jump on the new bandwagon.

I shake my head for those telling the OP to flash his phone. Those are Google in-app ads for God's sake. You can see "Adchoices" in the bottom left corner, and that's the same label used on Adsense ads.

OP, there's nothing to worry about. Those ads are the developers own way of making money from their apps. If you're not comfortable with them, simply uninstall the apps or pay for the ad-free version, if made available by the developer.

donhils:
We're really tired of hearing this same story from clueless people that don't know how to use data on their phones. U didn't use the data personally doesn't mean your phone can't use it. It's possible you have some automatic updates going on in your background. I used that 1.5gb data plan from mtn and every 1mb of it was accurately accounted for.

Mr Clueful, you don't have to insult before making a point. I personally did a practical test and have confirmed what the OP said.

Here are my findings so far:

MTN's new data plans get exhausted very quickly.

Glo's new data plans (not the BBM plans) are slow as a wounded snail

Yet to test Etisalat and Airtel

kfrosh:
My colleague @work made same complaint concerning Glo until I checked her data usage and noticed that what took out 50% of her data was instagram, still her data usage corresponded with her used data on her network.

Note - Instagram has increased their video limit to 1min instead of the normal 15s which simply means more data usage.
My point now is that you need to look into issues critically before jumping into conclusions.

That's why I clearly added "with the same usage rates and devices". All my life, I've never used Instagram, and my PC and phone aren't on automatic updates.

Before now (up until earlier this month when I switched to the new plan), logging in to Gmail on my PC and checking my email for 15 minutes gulps less than 10MB. Now, the same operation gulps over 25MB. This is a practical experiment that I've studied over and over.

I'm a die hard fan of MTN, and I've been using their data plans for years. So, this isn't out of hatred.

kfrosh:
I am sorry to disappoint you sire but that assumption is flawed. I have been using MTN for a year now and I have also switched to their new data plan, it's still blazing hot like ever without any unusual data consumption.

Bros, it wasn't an assumption. I've been using MTN for 3 years now, and with the new plans I observed faster exhaustion with the same usage rate and devices.

As much as I love MTN, I just noticed that there new data plans get exhausted faster than the previous ones.

Good riddance to bad nonsense

Dexema:
pure nonsense! do you know how old lagbaja is? lagbaja is well over 50 with almost if not all his children married and you are posting a picture of one unknown 35 year old looking dude just to get attention.

YEEES! This is Lagbaja!

This isn't Lagbaja. Lagbaja has bigger eyeballs and a pointed nose. And he's not bald.

seunlayi:
why should i watch a video of a man I can hardly hear what he is saying or you expect me to watch his body movement.

You mean you've still not recovered from the hearing loss you suffered when you heard the 2015 election results from Kano and Katsina states? Sorry about that, but it's over one year already.

Some are selling because they've made a business out of creating Adsense accounts for bloggers who need it but are finding it hard to get approval.

However, most sellers are disappointed bloggers who hopped onto the bandwagon of blogging with the hope of becoming the next Linda Ikeji within 2 months of doing "copy and paste". Ironically, such people get approved for Adsense, but they're unable to earn any decent income from it. So, they decide to sell the account as an exit strategy.

And now that buying Adsense accounts is the trend among those who can't get approved, it's expectable that someone would buy now, sell after some months to another aspiring blogger who will also sell later due to disappointment.

Howinspiratic:
Don't mind those figures, it doesn't stop them from swallowing your data as if there's no tomorrow.

From my experience, only Airtel is notorious for what you just stated. I've been using MTN data plans for 4 years now, and they've been very fair with their data reduction rates.

You don't have to be paranoid about good offers all the time.

Firefighting engine got burnt? Lobatan!

legalbizonline:
The OP is right by not including online business.
See most of these online businesses are easier said than done. Even most of the so called gurus who claim to have made millions through online business are lieing. They make money by just teaching people and charge a fee.

Most people who fall victims of these online business Crap/bullshit are either lazy or have a Lotto-Mentality (i.e want to make millions with little or no capital).

I am speaking from experience.

The business ideas listed are the best as long as Nigeria is concern.

Your pain is understandable, but you don't have to jump to an erroneous conclusion. At least, you should know that Linda Ikeji doesn't sell ebooks and she's raking in big money every month. That one example alone nullifies your post.

LOL! So true!

Donkenzy47:
Thanks, but concerning the verification stuff, what if i dont have any government issued id card? My National Id card isnt ready and there is no assurance it will be ready in the next 5years.

Unfortunately, if you don't have an ID, you'll get stuck. So, your best bet is to go with a host that has a more straightforward sign up process. I would recommend e-host. Use the discount link (my affiliate link) on howtocreateablog.org.

You go fear domain name na.

Shobayojontech:
Am not posting articles.i upload musics and videos

Just so you know, the same rules that apply to articles apply to music files--audio or video. You need to take down those music files before Google does the worst. If your web hosting gets involved, your site would RIP.

Sites that share music files get copyright approval from artistes, and they pay heavily for that. If you can't tread the legal route, you have no business uploading other people's music on your site.

No doubt, both are great companies. But bear in mind that most reviews you'll find online were written by shills who want to promote their own affiliate links.

I've been with Hostgator since 2013, and I've had no single issue with them. I have over 10 sites on my Baby plan, and their service and uptime have been outstanding. They keep backups for free and their support staff are responsive. And unlike Bluehost, they allow for monthly payment, which I've always opted for.

As for Bluehost, I've never used them, but I've read a lot of good reviews about them, mostly written by affiliate marketers.

One thing I know for sure about both companies is that they have a strict approval policy against Nigerians. So, signing up with them using a Nigerian ATM card can be a big issue because they'll request for stuffs like a photo of the ATM card and a scanned copy of your government-issued ID.

And just so you know, their services ain't cheap! Get ready to spend at least N22000 per annum.

victorazy:
....But the noice pollution cars are causing is enogh to get it ban.

Calm down. Noise is an integral part of every car, and there's no way a car won't make noise. But noise is not an integral part of religion, and religion can be perfectly practised without necessarily making noise.

Or you want to tell me you MUST make noise to worship your God?

As for setting up a self-hosted Wordpress blog, it's something you can do yourself if you choose to.

I have put up a free tutorial at http://howtocreateablog.org and that would be all you need to set it up successfully on your own.

Secondly, depending on what you need it for, a website might not be necessary, as you can use the blog to serve it's purpose.

kayo80:
Adsense is better...easier to do, and more realistic. Name me one person that has made substantial money via affiliate marketing. And please don't tell me about one American or philipino...name a Nigerian.

I have a friend (Nigerian), who makes millions of Naira every month from affiliate marketing. He promotes foreign web hosting services. That's where the money is. Imagine getting paid $110 per sale.