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Turn Your Hobby into a Successful Business (With
Minimal Investment!)
by Antonio Thornton
Published on this site: April 25th, 2006 - See
more articles from this month
Many of the world's most successful businesses began as a
hobby. Probably the most popular company that actually began
as a hobby is the major online auction site of Ebay. Other
well known companies that were hobbies first include Dell
Computers, Famous Amos Cookies, and Wendy's.
If you've been considering starting your own business, but
haven't determined exactly what that business should be- think
about the types of activities you enjoy doing. What are your
hobbies? Do you enjoy hiking through the woods, or jogging
around the track? Maybe you enjoy writing poetry or painting
ceramics. Regardless of your particular hobby, there is a
way for you to profit from your experience and knowledge.
Many entrepreneurs-to-be do not have much for start up capital.
In fact, one of the most common reasons for considering a
new business is because people are attempting to make more
money to pay off existing debt and be able to afford more
entertainment in their lives. While there are many businesses
that would require a hefty initial investment, there are also hundreds
of businesses you can start right now that are related to
your hobby in some way, that don't require much of a financial
investment. You'll need to invest your time, energy and devotion- and with these three ingredients, you'll be on the
path to a successful business venture in no time.
Low Investment Hobby Business Ideas
- Affiliate Programs - If you are very new to online
marketing and maybe even the internet in general, you may
want to start with an affiliate program. An affiliate program
allows you to earn commission on the sales you generate
for someone else's product. If your hobby involves playing
poker, you could join one of the many online poker room
affiliate programs (for free) and get your feet wet, learning
how to use the internet to market a product, how to generate
traffic and turn website visitors into buying customers.
Once you've learned a few tricks of the trade, you can move
on to actually creating your own business, rather than earning
a commission by promoting someone else's!
- Audio & Written Interviews - If you have a
hobby that features famous individuals, you could start
a business by interviewing people and distributing the audio
recordings of the interviews online. You could write out
the interviews and sell to magazines or newspapers, or industry
specific trade publications involving your hobby. For example,
if you want to do something that involves skateboarding,
find and interview Tony Hawk, or someone who has skated
with Tony Hawk.
- Retail Sales - If your hobby involves the creation
of objects, you can develop your own product line and sell
them via a website or mail order catalog. In order to keep
your start up investment minimal, you'll want to only make
a few items for display purposes, and then make products
when they are ordered from customers. Look for wholesale
places to purchase your raw materials, in order to gain
a larger profit when you sell the finished product.
Antonio Thornton Click here to learn more ways
to turn your hobby into a successful business. http://www.hobby4profit.com/cmd.php?Clk=1385111
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