Below is a list of 101 personal blog ideas that has been created to help you decide what topic to base your blog on. The list is endless but you can choose the ones that best fit your area of interest and expertise.

1. Photo blog - show off your favourite photos to the world you could even have picture of the day on the homepage to attract more visitors to your blog
2.  pregnancy or baby website - if your a mum or mum to-be then why not share your experiences with the rest of the world. you could make a forum and invite readers to join and start a socialising with other pregnant ladies or mothers.
3. Wedding help and advice - wedding tips
4. Parenting advice or how to raise your child - if people call you agony aunt or uncle then why not offer your advice to your readers.
5. How to train your pet
6. Camping or Recreational Vehicles (RV)Resources
7. Fishing
8. Travel and Tourism - Create a Travelogue of a Blogger or even a simple blog telling others about the places you have visited.  You could have a photo gallery, maps, favourite eating places, FAQ, must see places etc
9. Iphone Technology
10. Digital photography
11. Education Resources - directory of local colleges and universities including maps, reviews from other students, course details etc
12. Arts and Crafts - share your talent with other people include diagrams and step by step instructions. You can give away great ideas for Christmas and Easter that are sure to bring you heaps of visitors, for example do it yourself Christmas cards or how to make your own gift photo frame
13. Wood Merchandise – you can share your expertise on how to make wood furnishings and include tips and step by step instructions, preparation materials and diagrams.
14. Sewing - Share your special sewing modus operandi with other people
15. Ice Breakers and energisers – great for team building and teacher trainers who look for this information all the time.
16. How to organise your home or business office - You can demonstrate to others how to systematize, organize paperwork, team building tips etc
17. Music Resource Site – everyone loves to listen to all kinds of music – You can create a portal for new bands and artists, with links to audio downloads and shopping. You can include music lyrics, musical gadgets, lessons and where to get them etc.
18. Movies – write about New Movies and Upcoming Movies, create a review category and get others to review your favourite movies, DVD information, movie trailers and previews.  
19. Volunteer to build a site for someone else for example your local community, baby group etc.  I have voluntarily built a blog for my community. It’s a small girls group website designed for members only and is used to keep in touch with one another, informing others about news, updates and announcements as they happen.
20. Garden Resources – Provide plant information, illustrate plant features, and give expert advice and gardening tips,
21. Sports and Recreational Activities 
22. Computer and Internet Training – I have created one at http://www.tutorials.allofweb.com/ and http://www.allofweb.com. These websites has been designed to help those who wish to learn or improve their computer skills.
23. Schools Web Directory for your country or a site with information about courses, research, schools, and departments. Include details of news and events.
24. Literature – a blog where people can discover resources about books, authors, and creative writing.
25. History – write about your favourite history, research it and share the information with other people.
26. Hobby Interest – do you collect something like stamps, foreign coins? etc, you could do some research and write about them, provide resources etc
27. Horseback Riding stables and horse rentals – you could offer information like how to ride a horse with horseback riding lessons. People could learn online
28. Bike Riding – include safety tips, bike riding for weight loss; learn how to bike ride etc
29. Mountain Climbing – offer images, stories, articles and more
30. Go-Kart Racing – Provide information about the sport, what it is and how to find your nearest karting track
31. Fishing
32. Writing – create an online community for creative writing, literature writing, story writing, poetry writing, etc…
33. Reading or a Blook Club- write about favourite books you have read and have reviews about them
34. Water Surfing – how to surf, tips for staying safe, best time to surf etc
35. Singing – offer singing tips, learn to sing, singing techniques
36. Teaching tips - Provide information on how to enhance Teaching Effectiveness, Practical tips on improving your teaching, Classroom Appraisal Techniques, Techniques for improved teaching and learning
37. Creating Music – you could build one especially for kids or adults or both and include quiz’s and games 
38. Instrumental (piano, violin, piano, etc…)
39. How to cook different recipes
40. Jokes - Build a blog of jokes to keep your readers laughing and entertained
41. Comedy - have funny videos, games, jokes and news
42. Astronomy news – offer daily astronomy and space news, star charts, pictures of planets, space missions, eclipse etc
43. Chemistry - include Chemistry articles, homework help, demonstrations, news, periodic tables, chemistry resources etc
44. Engineering Resource Tool – create a community for engineers and help them to find engineering jobs
45. Electronics and gadgets
46. Science
47. Pharmacy- you can provide a Collection of sites with information on medications, information about pharmacists, tips and health advice, health articles
48. Herbs – offer articles and information on growing and using herbs
49. Mountains – provide facts and information about mountains
50. Oceans of the world
51. Unexplained Discoveries – you can research this topic and provide a collection of strange stories from the World
52. Animals – provide facts, information, photos, pictures, sounds…basically a site that will explore the animal world
53. Cultures Resources on the cultures of the world including things like languages, traditions, religions, holidays etc
54. Religion – provide an introduction to many of the religions of the world including Muslims, Sikh, Sikhism, Maori etc
55. Geography talk about climate, countries, people, maps, and flags.
56. Languages - include a listing of sites about specific languages and that teach the language.
57. Environment
58. Boating
59. Politics ad Government – create a portal to public service information from your countries Government, including directories, online services, news and information of relevance to specific groups.
60. Psychology
61. Games Resources - Provide links to other sites where people can play free games online.
62. Interior Decorating –provide a blog dedicated to decorating and interior design advice, services, products and articles
63. Catering Magazine
64. Fashion magazine – beauty tips, shopping, health, travel and culture trends
65. Farming – provide Farming news, information, and veterinary news
66. Weather
67. Women’s Magazine
68. Men’s Magazine
69. Health Articles
70. Exercise and fitness
71. Retirement - provide Retirement savings strategies & advice, calculators to plan your retirement, tips etc
72. Investment
73. Stock Market
74. Mortgage Advice
75. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Provide a list of resources, directories, search engines and sites where people can submit RSS feeds
76. Weight Loss – if you joined a weight loss program or lost weight on your own then tell others about it, tell them what you did, what you ate, what were the stresses and how you over came them
77. Developers - make a site where people can ask questions and share coding solutions to blog design.
78. Personal and home care aides you can provide tips about how to care for the elderly or disabled
79. Grand parenting – write about issues when grand parenting and how to deal with them, provide  grand parenting tips and provide a lists of recommended books and resources to help raise grandchildren.
80. Do It Yourself (DIY) - offer tips for fixing things around the house
81. Tools - Offer a variety of power and hand woodworking tools.
82. Flying Magazine
83. Good Housekeeping
84. Flowers – a place where people can buy flowers online, have them delivered. You could provide all kind of promotions
85. Ceramics - Pottery
86. Children Book - write a children book online with animation, sound and bright colours.
87. Jewellery and watch maker
88. Cosmetics/Beauty
89. Hunting - Include information on hunting forecasts, licenses, game reports and special managed hunts.
90. National Parks – provide a list of national parks and information about each, photos and captions
91. Poetry
92. Hosting and Domain Registration
93. Data Recovery Specialists
94. Lifestyle consultancy – you can offer individualised sessions like  lifestyle consultant, keep moving programme, provide a bridal section, articles , healthy recipes, photograllery etc
95. Shopping
96. Real Estate
97. Safety and First Aid
98. Science Fiction History
99. Marriage Secrets – Tips on how to make your marriage a success
100. News Reports
101. Celebrity News and Gossip 

Deciding what topic to choose for your blog can be a stressful thing especially if you are trying to choose a profitable niche for your blog. So how do you do this? There are many questions to ask and here are some that I would suggest that you might consider in your pre blogging stage.  Questions to ask yourself before choosing a Niche Topic for your blog

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Today I’m publishing my first competition since launching the blog 6 months ago. I felt it was time I did something for my readers and although I’m not giving away anything as exciting as an ipod, how would you like to win $5. All you have to do is simply share your best blogging tip.

How to enter:

• Write a post about the contest, sharing your best blogging tip and link back to this post.  
• After publishing your post, share your tip on this post in the comments area.

I’ll pick the winner and post the winning blogging tip on my blog along with a link back to the winning entry. The winner will also receive their $5.

The Contest is open to everyone world-wide. Contest ends October 8th. Winners will be announced Wednesday October 10th. Have fun and get sharing those blogging tips.

Update: October 8th

I did not receive very many entries, so I have extended the contest to November 30th.

Will posting to a blog everyday make it become more popular quickly? The truth is that posting often and on a regular basis is important because of the audience and the need they have for constant information. If you frequently update your site then you have more chance your readers will come back and bookmark your site, otherwise they will lose interest fast or think the blog has become inactive. There are too many out there like that so yours will quickly get forgotten. Not only that but some of the really good social bookmarking sites and directories require you to have regularly updated content otherwise they won’t accept your listing on their site, I know one of my blog sites once did.

I’d say if you couldn’t post to your site everyday then you should at least post to it at least once a week.

I’ve found that News and celebrity gossip sites do well and have an larger audience compared to other more educational or information based sites.

Tip! Remember to try and write quality content that your audience will want to read. Write at least five major “pillar” articles. A pillar article is a tutorial style article aimed to teach your audience something. They always do well, you can look at forums and find out what people want then write an article about that topic and reply with a link to your post.

For more information read on 10 blog traffic tips.

118 Days till Christmas…I know, it doesn’t seem all that far away since we celebrated Christmas last year and we’re preparing for the next. Well I don’t know if you have seen but Wordpress have some fantastic Christmas Wordpress themes, I have a list of the top 9 Christmas Wordpress themes right here. We’ll I’ve been racking my brains on what to base my Christmas blog about and I’m sure there are people like me doing the same so I decided to do some research and come up with a list of Christmas blog ideas. Here they are:

1. An Online Shopping site: this will save people spending time in stores. What is nice about online shopping is that you can search for online retailers, search for Christmas gift ideas, place your order and pay for your order all while sitting from the comfort of your own home.  Add bright, colourful images to attract attention and you can write posts about things like strategies for planning early Christmas shopping, or Christmas gift ideas for men and women or how to set a budget for Christmas shopping, the list is endless. Think of original content that no one else has thought of that will make your site a hit.
2. Christmas Craft decoration ideas: we all see it on TV so why not see it on the net. You can use your own craft ideas and sell it to the public via a blog. Think about what people need for Christmas. Everyone wants to save money right? So you could invent a Christmas decoration idea, something simple and easy that anyone will want to try out.
3. Christmas Holiday ideas: have a list of the top 10 or the top 20 Christmas holiday ideas. You can include tips on getting there and planning your trip, or better still a list of all the top Christmas events in that area.
4. Christmas Quotes:  have several quotations for Christmas, you could even invite others to comment there favourite quotes, or you could have a list of the top 10 Christmas quotes broken down into selected categories like humorous, inspiring, poignant etc
5. Christmas Card ideas:  people always go out and buy Christmas cards but you can change that by inviting people to make there own from your site. Have a list that tells people what they need to make there own card, for example what materials they will need, what stationary items, a list of possible messages you could write inside a card etc. You could run a Christmas card competition which is sure to grab attention. People love competitions and winning. Think of a good prize to give to the winner it could be something as cheap as a cuddly toy.
6. A General Christmas blog: help people with tips and fun ideas for preparing for Christmas and choosing the right gifts.
7. Christmas recipes blog: this one is sure to attract visitors.
8. Christmas Carol: have a blog solely on Christmas carols. You can add the lyrics and even a small audio clip to help people remember the songs.
9. Christmas Countdown: you’ll be surprised how many people search this keyword - I did!
10. History of Christmas: have an information and history about Christmas, the historical roots of Christmas and how it’s celebrated around the world.
11. Christmas Gallery: people love to see the festive illustration, Use colours that are warm and beautiful. You can have a very creative Christmas gallery that people will love to look at. Having a site like this can really put someone in the mood for Christmas. An example of such a site is http://www.pbase.com/saskia/christmas

Feel free to leave comments and recommendation of any of these ideas or any others that you can think of that you would like to see added to the list.