How I Starting Profiting From Your Hobbies
I enjoy my hobbies as much as I can, just wish there was more time to enjoy them as much as I’d like to. It’s my hobbies that help keep my mind sane.
Today I’m a work from home marketer enjoy the money I make from my fishing, playing guitar and home gardening hobbies.
Of course making money from my hobbies wasn’t what I was thinking when I started my work from home online business. I start blogging about my hobbies just to share my experience with anyone who was interested.
Many People Make Money From Hobbies Today
It blew me away when I started researching hobby niches, a lot of people are already making good money right from their kitchen table.
I have a friend making money selling the jewellery they make at home. Then there’s Carol and Richard, both poets who started a website together. And let’s not forget JP and his indoor potty training guide for small dogs.
The sky is the limit, maybe even beyond.
Choose Hobbies That You Spend Some Money On
I think most hobbies can make money but I still suggest you only try to make money with those hobbies people are spending money on.
All my hobbies cost me but I am happy to spend it as they give back so much more.
I love blogging because it allows me get to work from home full time, although it started part time. This is great because I am in control of my time now. I work hard but can take off time to go fishing with my buddies or to get out in the yard and garden while the sun is shining.
I Swithced To Blogging About My Hobbies
My initial online business was selling ebooks with resell rights from Clickbank.com. I think it was about 5 years before I really started blogging about my hobbies. My first attempt at blogging about hobbies was my backyard gardening blog.
I didn’t even bother to buy a domain that matched the niche because I wasn’t trying to make money with it, just wanted to share our home garden learning experience with others who wanted to save money on the grocery bills.
Well it didn’t take long before I realized I could make some money as people started asking questions and even asking for links on my blogroll. I think I was in shock after that happened more than once. That’s when I started monetizing my backyard gardening tips blog and the rest is history.
Next I decided to start blogging about The Joy of Fishing, although this time I purchased a keyworded domain before I started blogging. I didn’t put up any ads until I was getting a couple of hundred unique visitors each and every day.
Personal Recommendation: Affiliate marketing wasn’t nearly as easy as I thought it would be and for that reason I mess up quite a bit. Eventually I found Rosalind Gardner’s Super Affiliate Handbook and learned how to make the most of affiliate marketing.
Related articles
- Step by Step Tips For Starting Your Own Blog (stepbysteptips.com)
- Make Money Doing What You Love (blogpronews.wordpress.com)
- From Hobby Blog to Business Blog: a Plan of Attack (problogger.net)

