You never really know which hobbies can make money. A friend
of mine made a life-sized cow out of plywood once. After painting
it up and putting it out in the yard, he started to get people
stopping by to see if he would sell it. He loved working with
wood, and soon had a waiting list of customers for his plywood
cows. At about a fifty-dollar profit each, he wasn't going to
get rich, but isn't making money with your hobby more fun than
a job?
Here's a little video I did on this subject:
There are two basic ways to approach this. The first is the
obvious: Look for a way to make money with your hobby or hobbies.
What does your hobby produce or involve that other people might
want? If the only hobby you have is watching and talking about
auto racing, you could start a website about the topic. I'm just
sitting here talking about unusual ways to make money, and every
time someone clicks on one of the ads here, I might make money.
The second way to money-making with hobbies is to think of
all the hobbies you might take up that can generate a second
income for you. I found that I really enjoyed making walking
sticks as a hobby, and I sold more than a thousand dollars worth
on summer. Are there things you might enjoy doing that can make
some money as well? Probably.
Time to get creative. Scan the list of activities or hobbies
below, and see if you can think of a way they can be used to
make money. If you like to travel, you might become a tour guide,
for example.
Painting
Crafts of all sorts
Sewing
Caring for animals
Talking
Playing with computers
Traveling
Rock Climbing
Stamp Collecting
I'll report on other hobbies that can be profitable in my
Unusual Ways Newsletter, so be sure to sign up if you haven't
yet. Also, remember that almost all hobbies can be money making
hobbies now, simply by writing all about them on a website, and
collecting for the advertising clicks. I'll cover that in the
future too.
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