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Blogging Tip: Picking a Niche in Narrative

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Bob: What should I blog about?  I want to make money off of my advice.

Fred: I don’t know, but what do you like?

Bob: I like playing golf.

Fred: Are you any good?

Bob: No.  I just started about 3 months ago.  My handicap is 38.

Fred: You shouldn’t blog about golf advice. Are you good at anything?

Bob: I’m a wizard at Excel.

Fred: Do you like it?

Bob: Kind of, but only when I have a challenging problem.

Fred: Why not do a blog about challenging excel problems?  You could also start a blog – more like a journal of learning to golf better.  I suspect the Excel blog will attract more people.

Bob: Two different blogs?

Fred: Yeah, I think that’s a great idea.  The point is: don’t do what you love, do what you like and are knowledgable about.  People out there are looking for GOOD information, so make sure you give it to them.

Bob: How do I make money off of it?

Fred: Wait until a few hundred people actually care about you and then come see me.

Bob: How will I know they care?

Fred: You’ll know.

Outlook for Mac Will Be Able to Import PST Files

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From BI: SAI:

Microsoft announced today that it will allow buyers of the all-new Outlook for Mac to import old messages and calendar events from Outlook for Windows, in the form of .PST files.

This is not a huge deal, and seems like an obvious feature. But for some, it — combined with the fact that Outlook for Mac will finally exist in the first place — could be enough to get them to switch platforms. Or at least to give them one less reason to stick with Windows.

Previously, Mac owners who wanted to use Exchange email — or other features Outlook does better than anything else — had to use Microsoft’s unpopular Entourage app, or more recently, the Mail app built into the latest Mac operating system. But only when Office 2011 ships later this year will Mac users finally get a — decent, we hope — version of Outlook.

No word yet on whether Office 2011 fixes another big Mac disadvantage that Microsoft has savored for years — the relatively lousy edition of Excel it offers Mac users.

What do you think about the change?  I don’t do ‘many’ conversions from PC to Mac, but I do about 5 or 6 a year, and this will make it much much easier.