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

There are several sites on the internet that talk about blogging and you can search for them on Google in seconds, however not all are so good or as active as others so you could end up posting a message and waiting days to hear from someone. My advice is to take time and visit each site before deciding which one to register and become an active member with. You can tell how successful a forum/discussion board is by the number of replies and views each thread receives as well as the number of active members which usually is at the footer of any forum page.

Here are the top 6 blogger forums I found in my research that are really good active networking sites.

1. Webmasterworld: News and discussion board for the web professional. You can even pay to join webmasterworld supporter’s forum that deal with webmaster, tech and business issues. This forum is good because you get to hear everything first hand before anyone else does.
2. Bloggerforum : Primary internet source for blogging information, help and tips that cover a whole range of blogging interests. I definetly recommend.
3. Digital Point Forums: I can recommend the Digital Point Forums, it’s one of the biggest and best. There is a blogging forum in there and a huge number of active members (33,588 ) the forum is always active. Whenever I post anything in there I almost instantly get a reply. You will notice when visiting this site that it’s not just about blogging but they cover a huge range of topics and issues related to things like Google and Yahoo, Microsoft, General Marketing and lots more. The site is similar to webmasterworld in that it covers similar topics.
4. Focused: This forum is similar to Digital Point forum, however the community is smaller due to it being a fairly new site but needless to say it’s doing pretty well with currently 468 members and active threads. I’ve heard also that they are an AdSense revenue sharing forum, which means that as a member of their forum you can earn yourself up to 65% of the AdSense revenue generated by their threads - kind of a incentive for being an active member.
5. Blog Writers: This forum is for blog writers and blog readers who have blogging interests and skill levels. It has
   544,732 members and you can register for free. The membership includes an online writing portfolio, numerous blog writing tools, email services and the chance to network with other people with same or similar interests as youself.
6. Bloggst: This site has a thriving discussion forum with daily updated articles on blogging.

Have a domain and the idea for it, but still haven’t got around designing it? well it’s now time to start making those web pages for your site. This is the most exciting part believe me. If you don’t know HTML or PHP (the language used to create web pages) then don’t worry. I didn’t know HTML or PHP either when I first started and I still have lots to learn, however if you use a blog package like Wordpress to design your site then you shouldn’t have much problem and it will get you started and up and ready in no time. Wordpress is so easy to use that you can literally have a site ready in less than 30 mins! You can update content frequently without the hassle of having to upload and download files from the server everytime you want to add, delete or edit something. It is designed in such a way that is user friendly and easy to use. Wordpress is open-source which means its free. It’s a content management system written in PHP. It’s so popular that many say it should soon take over all it’s competitors. I use the software for nearly all my sites including this one.

How do I get started?

Depending on the amount of customization and flexibility you want and on how much you are willing to learn getting started is simple.

1. Blog Software: You can go for the easy option and choose Wordpress, trust me it’s a fantastic piece of software that you can have hours of fun with. All you need to to do is install wordpress, choose your wordpress theme (there are literally hundreds to choose from), make those few minor changes for example change the footer, remove any unwanted links and that’s it your done! You will find everything you need to get you started from wordpress tutorials to plugins that you can easily install to offer you additional functionality that isn’t already available in your theme. This could be something like a FAQ plugin, contact form, newsletter, there are so many to choose from. Blogging with Wordpress really is fun and you can get nice looking, professional and google adsense ready themes so you dont have to do anything. The great news is that you can also specify exactly what type of template you are looking for by performing a search by category which is made available in Wordpress. For example, if you are designing a website about travel then you may be search for ‘travel’ in the theme listings. Worpress is ideal and probably most used option. You should browse around the internet as there are so many blogging software but by far Wordpress is the best and most popular offering free templates which are easily available for download.
2. Freelance Web Designer: You could get someone else to design your site for you. There are many freelancers out their and you can place your project on a freelances website. In doing this you will get instant access to post your projects, search resumes, select candidates and manage your entire hiring process. Some hosting companies may also offer web design so you might want to check it out with your host provider.

Whether you are a beginner, novice or experienced designer, we explain all the essentials of blog creation and building a successful blog for your personal or commercial website and we guide you in the right direction. This tutorial gives you a complete and thorough understanding of the web and how it works and will walk you through all the steps to create your own blog website explaining exactly what to do from registering a domain name to marketing your website.

Contents

Domain Name Registration

• Things to consider when registering a domain
• Choosing a domain name
• What if your domain name is not available?

Blog Hosting

• Things to consider when choosing a web host
• What do I get when I host with someone
• How much does hosting cost

Building your Blog

• How do I get Started?
• Blog Software
• Freelance Web Designer

Make Money with your Blog

• E-commerce
• Affiliates Programs
• Paid Ads
• AdSense

Marketing your Blog

• What is Page Ranking
• Getting Traffic to your Website
• Search Engines
• Directories - Get Listed on DMOZ, Yahoo and More
• Link Exchanges - Add your URL to increase your links popularity

Search Engine Optimization

• External Links
• Content
• Don’t have Similar Looking Websites
• Inbound Links
• Make your links work
• Sitemap
• “Keywords”, “Description” and “Page Title”

Ok, lets begin at the begin at the beginning. What will your site be about? Is it going to be a personal website? Something you are passionate about?

Remember that to make real money from your site there should be a strong demand for your site content or the product/service and if possible with little or no competition. These are referred to as Niche Websites. To read more about Niche websites click here.