Choose Your Niche, Own Your Content – and Hear It Straight From Our Past Fellows

A Jack of all trades is a master of none

As a writer, one thing is imminent: those who try to cover everything often end up remembered for nothing.

Of course, one can argue that what if they were trying new things, or it’s boring just exclusively and repeatedly to write about one thing again and again and again…

Here's the twist: a niche isn’t there to cage you; rather, it's your home base. The cybersecurity writer who occasionally explores AI ethics becomes more interesting, not less, because readers trust their judgment on adjacent topics. A clear specialty permits you to wander; without it, every topic shift looks like aimless pivoting.

So there comes a time when you just have to put a foot down, pick a corner of the internet, plant your flag, and give your readers a reason to return.

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Choose Your Niche - Standing Out By Standing For Something

You know what a niche is - like most people. But most people don’t know what having a niche does. A tight niche does 3 things:

• Signals expertise: Readers and algorithms reward depth over breadth; they trust specialists who solve a clear, repeatable problem.
• Accelerates creativity: Constraints force fresh angles. Develop your perspectives, grow your knowledge, and dissect one new regulation each week rather than recapping tech news in general.
• Builds a magnet audience: People come back when they know what they will get and how it will help them next time.

\ So, how do you choose your niche?

• Inventory your intersections: Make a habit of ideation - list 10 topics you can discuss for an hour each, then cross-match with 10 problems your ideal reader faces. The overlaps are where passion meets market demand.
• Run the "5-Article Test": Draft five headlines inside one overlap. If ideas flow easily, and you're still curious after the fifth - you have a sustainable lane.
• Stake a POV statement: Do your research and find out one thing most people in your niche often ignore. Pin it, read further into it, and voila - you’ve got something to analyze.

\ Voice follows focus. When you know exactly why you're writing and for whom, word choice, metaphors, and structure start to feel inevitable. And when you do explore new territory? Your established voice travels with you, making even departures feel intentional.

This is also the beauty of owning your niche and having your own voice. When you do want to experiment, i.e., test a new format, explore an adjacent field, or share a personal story, you're not starting from zero. Your audience trusts you enough to follow.

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Don't Believe Us? Hear It Straight From Past Fellows

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