Wouldn’t you like to cash in on one of the most popular sports in the world (in fact, not one of, but The Most Popular sport) by launching a blog with a focus on soccer as a niche? I don’t even need to go into the details, because the popularity of soccer (AKA football) is known to all and sundry and no other sport can boast a fan following like football (both in terms of numbers and devotedness). According to a rough estimate football enjoys more than 1.3billion devotees, and all these fans are always searching for updates on recent games, their favorite players, teams, leagues, scores, records, and the likes. They love to read and get involved in the commentary, expert opinions, analysis, and they are always ready to spend on stuff like soccer jerseys, footballs, footwear, shorts, soccer memorabilia, etc. That brings us to our long-winded point i.e. soccer can be a very profitable niche as far as blogging is concerned, and the best part is, it is not as crowded as some of those “popular” subjects like making money online, technology, blogging, social media,and all.
The prefix should be more than enough to convince wannabe bloggers looking for a profitable niche, because if the aforementioned benefits can’t make you believe in the potential of blogging on soccer,then nothing else can. Here’s a niche that brings demand, high search volumes throughout the year, avid followers, social media popularity, and plenty of options to monetize to the table, need I say more?
But when you’re looking to start and earn from a soccer blog, you should remember that it’s going to take a lot more than rephrasing football news and restating the facts and figures. A sports website/blog can only work best if it manages to form a community and is fueled by user generated content, and in order to attract and retainsuch enthusiasts, you will have to put your best foot forward. To start with, you’ll have to use a somewhat sporty theme instead of using one of those ad-laden themes. While searching for some good options, I was actually surprised to see that very few designers have come up with a soccer or sports specific theme, but then you can easily customize a popular WordPress theme and use it for the soccer blog. However, following themes are actually made specifically for sports or soccer blogs, and require minimal or no customization.
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