What's Your "Niche Market"

I have got to be honest.  In the beginning I did not understand the whole idea behind blogging.  What I did know are two things, one that you have to at least enjoy writing and two know something about blogging. What I didn't know was there is actually a formula to how successful you can be at the two.  This formula presented itself kind of like a secret.  The thing that everyone kept talking about but never fully explained it thoroughly enough to make the little men in my head put it together.  What was the secret? "a niche market".

Did I even need one? couldn't I just write a series of journal entries on my day to day life, post them and call it a day?  The answer, yes, you could.  You could write random blogs of your thought and daily routine.  You can post to the masses how hideous your hair was, how your dog Bubbles, ruined and embarrassed you on your date and how the color you picked for your room makes you feel all bubbly inside.  You can do this and it would be the cheapest venting therapy you ever had because quite frankly unless you're an A-list actress I doubt anyone would care.  Trust me I did this and from experience it did not yield the results in terms of traffic that I was looking for.  In fact many of us did this and it was fulfilling.  The excitement of just putting it ALL out there is
exhilarating and empowering and as exciting as it was it goes away.

Time went on.  Before long I began to desire responses to my day.  Insight to my writings and quite honestly some Mullah for my efforts.  Between the two bloggers I found myself becoming the latter so a "Niche market" quickly became a focus of interest.  As fulfilling as my first blog is which today I use to inspire, encourage and motivate new desires began to arise.  So what exactly should my focus be? is what I had to ask myself.  Well after scrolling and listening to all the guru's and fancy pants explain in the most technological way I have reduced it to my understanding to mean:  a focus, an interest or topic that is studied and then shared based on your knowledge, skill, interest or experience in the area.  A good old fashion hobby of interest.  For example a niche focuses on the components back to the very inception.  The "niche" is what guru bloggers use to keep there audiences attention.

My niche is quite simple...I Love trying new things!  Now as you might have thought there are millions of new things out there!  But I decided that, that is MY NICHE Market.  I may focus heavily on one area versus another but new stuff is my love.  Life everyday gives a brand new 24 hrs so my niche market deserves to be refreshed just as much.  So when you want to know how a new product REALLY works ask me, heard about a new restaurant tucked away I'm your girl.  Have a new product that YOU yourself have created and want an honest review I'm your guinea pig.  So sign up check in and let me know what new ideas you have welcomed into your life.
So come explore life with me on Welcoming Ideas To Life!

Rise and Shine

I am so proud of myself this morning.  It's 8:30am and I am already up on cup of tea number two and ready to take on the day.  Let me bring you guy's up to speed for clarity...I AM NOT a morning person.  I have always been the "burn the midnight oil" kinda gal.  I would stay up until the morning and then sleep the entire morning off and just to be fair, I'd sleep a bit of the afternoon away as well.

It was only recently that I even grasped the concept or the importance of rising early.  This came one day when I had an appointment in the morning and when I say morning I mean 7am early bird special kind of morning.  This was the type of morning where calculating a 40 minute ride and looking half way human is needed.  This meant waking up, or in my case snoozing until 6am.  Don't judge me.  I had only been sleep for 4 hrs. prior to this moment.  It was then that I found that the morning had a personality of It's own.

The entire time I prepared for the meeting my thought's raced in my head.  I struggled with trying to figure out why on earth people WILLINGLY "rise and shine"!  I personally enjoy the short term affair that I have each evening or in my case morning, with my bed as I toss and turn and allow the comforter to embrace and warm me through the night.  The sheer thought of having to be jolted up into the mornings rigid merciless air to "take on the day" puzzled me and left me feeling that, THAT, was for the birds.  Yet, here I was being forced to endure what others seem to take pleasure in...embracing the day.

To my surprise after reluctantly showering, prepping and dressing I figured I may as well adjust my attitude to fit the day.  I mean really adjust my attitude because there is nothing worst than an early bird on a night owls watch wanting nothing more than to go to bed early!  I put on a happy face and trudged my way out the door.  I would be lying if I said the crisp morning air was riveting, but I would also be lying to say it wasn't.

 picture compliment of magazine.fourseasons.com

I passed morning joggers, school children, messengers.  I watched neighbor's engage in morning conversation, regulars at the gas station engage in friendly banter.  I mean I was thinking WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE THE REST OF THE DAY!!! This is where they are enjoying the fresh start of their day.

The morning is like the earth's beginning of a natural wash cycle.  It has the smell of fabric softener and the beauty of newly pressed garments.  The beauty of the sun rise showing off the pureness of the day.  It doesn't force you, or provoke you it gently brushes you and places a friendly rayed invitation to enter it.  It can be entered begrudgingly or welcomed with open arms.  But make no mistake about it, it will come and what you decide to do with the first part of this day determines the outcome of the remaining portion.

Have a beautiful morning and a productive day!

My Blog On Life

I was very surprised to find that so many people displaying such awesome talents.  I'm sure you have ran into one of them, after all there are a million blogs out there?  There are even several that hold a very similar name to mine "Joyfullexpressions"!  Crocheting colored scarves and hat's,  providing up to date top of the minute fashion trends and my favorite the baker's blog, with all their intricate details that they single handily carve into these elaborate masterpieces.  These blogger's have settled into their niche and they OWN them.

That brings me to my blog.  I absolutely LOVE LIFE! I LOVE LIFE! I know that I said that already but I really love it and I love to write about it.  This is to apologize for my lack of a niche My blog won't be consistent.  It won't settle into "A" niche.  It will be the best blog about life.  I will blog about my ups, my achievements, my promotions and my fantasies.  I'll blog about my loves, my passions and how I have been crushed and abandoned and hurt and miserable all in the same breath.

My BLOG will be about LIFE and how I plan to embrace it, how I feel, what I hate and how stupid of a boss I have. Life will be my niche.  I mean everyone else has already settled into a piece of it and since I still haven't seen all that life has to offer I'll have to invite you along on this journey.

Fight Back!!!!! Td Jakes