So if I want to become Internet Famous, I need a niche. I guess a better term for what I’m trying to do is become niche famous, well respected on the Internet for whatever my niche may be. I only used the term Internet Famous after reading this article from Wired Magazine.
When I read the article it mentioned that Kevin Rose was spotted canoodling with Julia Allison. My immediate reaction was, “who cares!” Who cares if the cofounder of Digg was spotted with whoever, but then I remembered I was reading Wired Magazine and not watching Entertainment Tonight.
So I’m going to need to discover my niche. Andrew is right in saying that the web stuff is too broad, perhaps something like Python, or Rails might be better (however, I think nowadays Rails itself maybe be too broad, and too general). Rails debugging, or contributing to Rails, might be a more defined niche. As for christian spirituality, psychology, I’ve created Clayshaker. The children’s ministry niche is being served well by Henry. Traditionally, my blog has been really broad, and generally about anything I’m interested in, which may be the problem.
I guess until I find a real solid niche, I’ll go with a Seinfeld like niche of being famous about nothing–in other words famous for being famous. My main point in all of this is that you don’t need a big record deal from Sony, or a movie deal from Disney to be popular. All you need to do is interact with an Internet social community, and watch a domino effect take place.
Related posts: