Create a Second Blog

Daily Blog Tips was not my first blog. It was not even my second blog for the matter of fact, and I am pretty sure that if I had not had those prior experiences the blog would not have been half as successful.

Most people start blogging for curiosity or as a hobby. The result is that they do not plan carefully the overall strategy, the domain name, the promotion techniques to be used and so forth.

Even if you start right from the beginning with the purpose of creating a popular blog to generate money you will inevitably commit many mistakes. It takes time and effort to know how things work, and it is almost impossible to get them right on the first try.

If you already have a blog but you are not completely satisfied with its growth perhaps you should consider starting a second one. Don’t get me wrong here, a requisite for any successful blog is persistence. But persistence will be there only if you truly believe the path you are walking. That is, you must be sure that you made the right choices for the blog.

There are many factors that you should take into consideration in order to start a second blog; including the niche, the domain name, the design, the promotion techniques to be used, the network of people that will help you and the like.

Do you think you could combine all those factors and create a very popular blog? Go for it!

Daniel Scocco on April 21, 2007 Subscribe to our RSS Feed

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20 Responses to “Create a Second Blog”

spark on April 21st, 2007 5:42 am

Now is the moment that I’m creating the second blog. I have been blogging for the 6 month and I have learnt a lot of information about this, but sometimes I can’t make everything that I know in practice. The most difficult thing for me is chosing the right niche.

Daniel, thanks for the good article!
basketer on April 21st, 2007 5:52 am

Daniel, you are quite right that things will not go right the first time.

But, picking up a time when you should start a second blog is very important. If you are late, you will lose important backlinks which you have built over time.
Tony on April 21st, 2007 6:35 am

I completely agree. While I’ve had a couple of personal blogs in the past, my present blog is the first one I actually planned out(just started it a couple of weeks ago). I’m generally posting at least once per day, and I’m not sure you can do that without a lot of focus.
Daniel on April 21st, 2007 6:59 am

Basketer, the timing is important as you mentioned. I guess it is a matter of opportunity, its like you are surfing the net and suggenly you get this insight about a blog/website that could be popular, either because it will provide information that people are looking for or because it has something really innovative.
basketer on April 21st, 2007 7:13 am

Precisely, that is why I started my blog. The right things have to be done no matter what the cost.

Its just that you should have the enthu to start afresh and you should make a pro-cons list before starting.
AL on April 21st, 2007 7:48 am

Now that is some dead on validation for my plans.

You’re absolutely right, people get thrown in the blogging hype without knowing much. But once they get to know the secrets of the trade (for me, Daily Blog Tips did it), they begin reevaluating their approach. For me, I found out that I was all over the place with topics and was completely unpredictable so I decided to stop and start over, this time focusing on what I love to write about.

I even made my own theme coz none out there was perfect enough for my taste. So this time I’m gonna do it right, thanks to you and Daily Blog Tips!
basketer on April 21st, 2007 9:36 am

AL, can you please share your blog link. I want to go through your blog.
Dave Olson on April 21st, 2007 9:12 pm

Daniel, just playing the devil’s advocate for a minute. Not sure you would need to start a new blog. Why couldn’t you just refocus what you are doing? I realize it might be hard to redo the domain name, but design and focus could certainly happen without a whole new blog.
Jen on April 21st, 2007 11:04 pm

I’ve had many bloggies. I also keep being wishy washy and getting domain name after domain name. I think I’d be more successful in anything (including blogging) if I stuck with one thing.
Jack on April 22nd, 2007 1:31 am

Yeah, I keep jumping place to place with my blog, but now I have a great domain name, and I’m just fiddling with the style. Seems to be working, as visitor counts are higher than on any other place I’ve run my blog!
Daniel on April 22nd, 2007 3:26 am

Dave, as explained on the post most people start blogging without a strategy. In my opinion just changing the focus and style of a poorly planned blog will not be optimal.

Apart from the stuff you can not change (domain name, permalink structure, etc) there are also other factors related.

Keep in mind that my advice is not to jump around creating blog after blog until something goes right. Patience and persistence are vital.
Rokets on April 22nd, 2007 7:55 am

Hy, I have question to
What means “menetization” I’am foreign so i don’t know all words.
Found it here in description
http://www.google.hr/search?cl.....e+pretraga
Daniel on April 22nd, 2007 8:00 am

Rockets, it is no word at all :). Thanks for spotting that typo, it was located on an old meta description code, I corrected it.
Melt du Plooy on April 22nd, 2007 11:34 pm

Daniel, you need a clear strategy for sure. For me, one blog is enough, finding the time to invest into my blog is the biggest problem.
Joey on April 23rd, 2007 7:24 am

I currently have two blogs but have felt the urge to start a couple of others because I have ideas for post that are not on topic of my first two blogs. I am planning two more additional sites. One I will start very soon. The next one I will start in the fall. I have a lot of research to do on it. Thanks for making me feel better about starting a third blog so quick.
Nick Ellis on April 23rd, 2007 1:18 pm

Thanks for the post, Dan.
I’m planning two or three new blogs, the only thing missing is the time to do so.
Amanda on April 24th, 2007 9:09 am

I have several. I do tbw, thegeekscene, and my personal site.

among helping many of my friends with theirs. its time consuming but i enjoy it.
Lex Bonife on June 6th, 2008 3:27 am

Im glad to read this article. It is a confirmation that making two other blogs on different topics that are of interest to me was a wise decision
SEO Genius on June 28th, 2008 9:35 pm

I have been thinking about this for a long time now, however i do feel that i should persist on the current website i have until i am satisfied with the stable amount of traffic i am receiving.