It’s great having hobbies but my hobbies cost me money so wouldn’t it be nice to make money with my hobbies to help cover the spending I do? Well I do and it’s great but does take a bit of learning to get the money rolling in.
I work from home, not just in my spare time, which is a great way to get started but full time which makes me my own boss. Well other than my wife of course.
Do your hobbies make you want to do the happy dance like I’m doing in the image above?
Are you passionate about something like fishing, golfing, hunting, gardening or there are just so many ways to make money. My only rule for marketing my hobbies is that the hobby has to be one that I and others spend money on.
Learn How To Work From Home And Make Money
When I started my online business it wasn’t anything to do with hobbies and I had a tough time staying focused. I also had to learn a few things about marketing online which I didn’t think I needed to know at the beginning and paid for it with frustration and no earning.
So your first step is to learn how to make money on the Internet and for me that means turning to Clickbank because they have a marketplace that has thousands upon thousand of great digital products, known as ebooks that one can use to learn the marketing ropes quickly.
The Key To Success Is To First Learn Then Earn
So if you’re a stamp or coin collector like my granddad is you first want to learn how other people who collect coins or stamps get their traffic and make their money. Without taking the time to research, or better yet, investing your time and money researching to get it right, well you’re just going to be spinning your wheels.
My wife has just started her first hobby related blog under my guidance and will do well because I will show her all the things to avoid as well as things that need to be done in order to get the ball rolling quicker.
Our goal is to retire, in a couple of years, and become traveling bloggers. Yes, we already have a travel blog.
Invest Your Time And Money Now
Think of your time and money spent as an investment in your future finances. Take time to learn today so you won’t be stumbling or backtracking trying to find out where you went wrong.
I started that way and wasted the first couple of years I had my online business.
Learn what’s required for success first. Let me show you an example using my friend Bob as my example.
I’ll Kick Your Butt
First you should know I started online marketing in 2001 and nearly went broke and came very close to just giving up all together. Then I decided to try learning how to make money online and my business took off.
Now let’s move forward to 2010.
One cold snowy evening Bob and I were playing guitar and have a few too many beers. At one point Bob asked how my web business was doing.
After I told him how things were going he said he and his wife were thinking of starting a blog about there dogs.
I laughed and said that sounded cool and I that I had been thinking about having a blog for our dog as well. The thing was I didn’t know much about dogs, I just loved having our dogs.
Bob on the other hand was knowledgeable about dogs and thought he would have no problems. I was of course telling him about my experiences before I invested time learning how to make a blog earn.
That’s when Bob’s competitive side came appeared. You see Bob is a whole lot smarter than me so he challenged me to a contest.
Bob was so knowledgeable about dogs he thought he could do better than I could. That fact I’ve been marketing for nearly a decade I took him up on his bet. To make it even better I told him I could even beat him without using my own content.
Now a case of 24 beer, of our choosing, along with a new set of strings was on the line. Game On!!
I had the definite edge plus I have already read How To Be a Super Affiliate by Rosalind Gardner and how to SEO a blog.
Long story short I kicked Bob’s behind big time and enjoy the beer and my guitar never sounded better after getting a new set of strings.
The contest really wasn’t fair on my part so I shared the beer over another guitar jam and then helped him get his doggy blog in order. He also bought a copy of Rosalind’s ebook though my site so I also made some money from Bob.
Home Gardening Hobbies
We decided to start gardening to save money on produce from the grocery store and to even eat healthier as we would be organic gardeners, all we had to do was learn how.
Again it was back to Clickbank to checkout the marketplace for ebooks about gardening, specifically vegetable gardening. Now it’s one of my top websites and makes me the most money and has the highest pagerank.
In conclusion the time and money you invest at the beginning will make all the difference in the long run. Start buy purchasing and reading How To Be a Super Affiliate by Rosalind Gardner as she covers all you need to succeed online.