How To Turn Your Hobby Into Income

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There is a need to improve your income but every business idea are taken and you don’t like the options you have to pick from. Why waste your time on google when the answer is right in your hand. Not your phone, not the remote not even your laptop. I’m talking about your hobby, that skill you learnt for the love of it and never saw as a money source. Today you will see how it is possible to turn your hobby into income. Don’t get excited yet, you have some questions to answer.

The first step to turning your hobby into income is when you answer these questions and your answers make you smile.

can I monetize my hobby?

is there a market for it?

have the businesses in line with it thrived or failed? whether small scale or large scale?

what will it take to start it as a business?

This is but a few of the 101 questions you could ask yourself.

What next? 

If you are still reading, I am sure you loved the answers you got after some soul searching. What is the next step? By now I am sure we know that anything we put in our money and time no matter how little in expectation of a return better known as profit is called a business.

The next step is you making a survey on how you want to go about it. Let’s also understand that some hobbies only demands you to make people know the type of service you can render. I advise you to start small, don’t be carried away by the success of businesses doing the same thing. There is no guaranty people would love what you are doing from the word go. They will get used to it gradually and love it. However, if you are still not sure about turning your hobby into business read why you should start your own business.

Some marketing tips for you

My friend Lina is great with her hands. She could be making gift cards or kneading some beautiful baby sweaters. Allow me to say she is a craft goddess. All she did to market her products, was putting them on her Facebook wall. From it is beautiful to can you make this for me? Lina is in business making money and spending little or nothing in marketing her product. Some of our customers are not far away from us, they are very close in the form of family, friends, neighbours and friends on social media. I know those adverts on Facebook look beautiful and you want one of them. However, trust me on this start with people around because they will sincerely spread the good news around.

Let me help you out a little bit with some ideas on how to start

I tried so hard not to put ideas in your head, at this point you need help. Help with how to go about your hobby which you never saw it as a means of making money and someone which is me just told you you could. Here is what I will do. I will mention a few I know and give you guides on how to go about it.

how to turn your hobby into income

Photography is my first pick because it’s one of the easiest you could make some extra income from. So you just love to take pictures and you are really good at it because friends have told you that. There are platforms online you could put your pictures and whenever anyone uses it, you get some money.  I once had an interest in photography, doing my research I discovered all I needed for a start is a camera, not a big fancy studio.

A very good painter you are, don’t hide. Show the world what you got. Display your painting, there are platforms waiting for you and people that will hang it at home. Advertise your services in simple ways like making portraits. Everyone loves painting or drawing of themselves, they just don’t know till they see it.

You have a thing for writing, be it poetry, short stories, articles on random inspiration. Like you know better. There are people hunting creative minds like yours to write for them. It feels great to be paid for doing what you love. They are doing you the favor, right?

The internet is like a toy to you. It works so well for you, you wonder why people can’t just figure out the online world. Your fan base is great, Let me put it this way, you are a social media celeb. So what if with all your followers you are not making a dime. People are paying to learn what you understood naturally and there are people making thousands of dollars as social media celebs. Well known as social media influencers. It’s about time you monetize that follow.

Why are you the only one wearing your designs? Make your friends wear them, force your best friend to rock an outfit you made just for her. Aren’t you confident in your designs? So what’s the timidity about it. Oh OK, I understand your worry, the competition out there is crazy. To me that’s the advantage, you get to be unique in your way. That’s what fashion is all about. When you have to build your confidence, then you can Register for a local fashion show if available. Perhaps you can take a bolder step put it online, yes you heard me right ONLINE.

I love the blanket on the end of the bed, the wool so soft and the pattern is amazing. What about the winter hat from last winter? it looks great on you and I’m sure it will look great on every blond. But why isn’t this amazing knitting hobby giving you extra dollars? Some of the fastest-selling products out there are hand made crafts. Buyers are constantly amazed at what others could do with their hands.

People love to eat and you love to cook. You can make some extra income from that kitchen of yours. I am not even close to being a professional baker, however, I have made some extra money from baking. Because it is my hobby, I do it for fun and for cash too. Start a small catering business or service. Not everyone can afford the big names, you could be an angel to them. Constantly have growth in mind.

I didn’t forget to mention

Hope you never assumed I would mention blogging or any other online business? Blog post on blogging is a strategy for making affiliate sales. Therefore making you believe blogging is the only way to make money in this Millenium. I hate to break this to you but it’s just one of the hundred ways you can make money online. Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire, he is not a blogger he is an app developer. He created the world-famous Facebook. Don’t get me wrong you could make good money from blogging. But don’t waste your time doing what everyone is doing when you could be the next Gordon Ramsay or Buddy Valastro.

However, if you still want to pursue an online business as your side hustle here are few including blogging.

No panic yet

You read this far and I didn’t mention your hobby or how to go about it. That’s because it is a rare, unique and little number of people are into it as a business or an income source. The good news is, you can be the first. First to start something new, unique and rare. Still not sure if you can turn your hobby into a business that can bring you money, drop a comment to ask any question. If you are an attention seeker like me, you can contact me here or drop a comment.

THANK ME LATER

Like the name of the blog, I try my best to give tips that will cost you little or nothing to implement. However, you can gain from some or most of it. I know some online courses that are free that can boost your digital skills and grow your business.

Futurelearn

coursera

EDX

One more thing list your business on google business listing because it’s easy to find you online that way.

Another thing you can put your business out there in places like shopify.

In conclusion….

You can turn your hobby into income. As long as there is a demand for what you create there is a market for it. If it serves you a purpose it will for someone so go ahead and monetize your hobby.