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How to Make Your Hobby Make You Money

By justinhi
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source: eHow

如何讓您的嗜好為您賺錢?

Do you have a hobby that consumes all of your free time? When you have free time that is. How would you like to take your hobby and use it to make money? This article will show you how to take your hobby and use it to make money.


Step 1: Make a plan.

Take a close look at your hobby and see how you can profit from all of the time you invest to it. What in your hobby is marketable? Will you need a brick and mortar store or can you market it online? Make a business plan. Plan out the steps you will take to market your hobby.


Step 2: Your budget.

Figure out the amount of funds you intend to invest in the business start up. If you are operating on a shoe string budget, you can still market your hobby. You will just have to work a little harder at marketing your product or service.


Step 3: Do your research.

Research your marketable hobby idea. See how other people are marketing the same idea. Do some market research on the web sites that are power selling the same idea or product. You can go to free message boards and get advice from people who are successfully doing what you want to do.


Step 4: Make a Website.

Make a website to show-off your hobby in all of its glory. Your website may be the key to making you some money. You can pay to have a website built or there are free options to start with. I have a link for how to make your own free website below in the resources section.


Step 5: Market your Website.

Start out with free options for website promotion. Write articles and blogs to push traffic to your site. Use free traffic exchange sites to promote your website. I have a link for a good traffic exchange site for you below in the resources section.


Step 6: As time goes on.

It will take you some time to start making money on your hobby, but stick with it. You will learn through trial and error. The longer and harder you work at it the more money you will make.

"trial and error" - 反覆試驗;不斷摸索。