"Fringe Blogging" is not a thing, I'm not making this a thing. It's just a golf analogy that's been beaten to death, but hey it's the best I can do.
What I mean by fringe blogging is to look slightly outside your chosen niche for post ideas. It is every blogger's worst nightmare, to run out of ideas for a post. That's why it is important to fringe blog so to speak. For example on this blog I've posted inspirational things because although it doesn't pertain to a particular way of making money, it is a very important to keep a positive attitude towards what you're trying to accomplish. Otherwise you will stop working or think "I'll just take a few days off".
As I mentioned I used to run a mixed martial arts blog. When I started doing it it was a fairly small niche, events would happen maybe twice a month. So to keep the flow going I would make posts pertaining to other combat sports like boxing or K-1 kickboxing. There were always a few readers who would make a snarky comment because it wasn't MMA related so to speak, but 99% of the readers loved those fringe posts and even thanked me for opening them up to another world.
It really is a simple idea that can be overlooked by beginning bloggers because it's not laser targeted to their niche. Your niche is very important of course, but it pales in comparison to the number one goal; entertaining your readers. So have a blog about movies? Throw some TV or video game posts in there. A blog about playing guitar? Make a post about the banjo. Etc. Etc.
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