How to do "market research" for a weblog?

[TheIronStar]

How would I do "market research", so to speak, for a weblog I might write?

I recently (and horribly naively) started writing a weblog of my own (so far just thoughts about issues facing certain ethnic groups in America), although I do not seek to do this weblog for money. However, it has gotten a total of zero views so far, and I realized that I'd need to have it linked to places first, and that it should not only put out my own views and questions, but also should serve a purpose for its audience. I'll probably start over from scratch once I get it right.

I've figured out I need to answer these questions:
- what sort of potential audiences are out there
- whether they're interested in reading a weblog at all
- what would draw them to a website in the first place
- how to get to critical mass

How would I find out answers to these? Where would I look, or who would I talk to?

[Joel Chue]

conduct surverys
do a keyword research by using inventory.overture.com

[TheIronStar]

Originally Posted by Christian

Try this page - How to Start a Blog - WikiHow

No offense, but this is absolutely nothing I didn't already know.

I am asking how to find out whether there is a "target market" for a weblog about issues facing a specific ethnic group in America, and if there is, what sort of competition is out there, and what the group seeks in a website.

Originally Posted by Joel Chue

conduct surverys

What sorts of surveys have you conducted for your weblog(s), and where did you do the surveying?

Originally Posted by Christian

And if you want to check out what keywords are popular for your blog name, this tool is good - Keyword services for professional search engine optimization

Originally Posted by Joel Chue

do a keyword research by using inventory.overture.com

Thanks, I'll look into them. But I suspect that at the moment, talk of how to game the search engines is a bit like putting the cart before the horse.

[TheIronStar]

If anyone here knows, I would appreciate help on these areas.

[MartialDev]

Basic Market Research For Your Blog