I won’t get into detail about which languages they were, but when I was younger and we were in one of the additional language classes, speaking about our hobbies had the teacher drilling it into us that a hobby is something you do purely for the love of it and in addition to doing it in your spare time, you actually go out of your way to make some time for it. What a hobby isn’t according to the teacher is something which you do for money or professionally in any way.

Well, I guess we’re going to blur those lines a little and discuss just how you can turn your specialist hobby or craft into an income generation stream. I mean we’re always taught to follow our passions and then working on those passions in anticipation of the money to follow naturally, but in reality it requires a bit of initiative to be taken on your part. You’ll perhaps be driven by your passion for whatever it is you have a special interest in, so it’ll never get old, which means that you can really carve out a nice, consistent stream of income out of your continued perusal of it.

Create a Blog or Website

It really doesn’t take all that much to get a professional website up these days, in the same way that it’s very cheap and easy to get a blog up. Get a website or blog of your own up covering what will undoubtedly be a lot of topics which form part of your hobby or special interest. Don’t think about monetising it yet because then you might run the risk of having the passion sucked out of the content you’re generating. Never succumb to the pressure of feeling like you have to cover a certain topic because that’s how passion slowly dies. Also, it’ll make for the reason why you end up making no money with your blog or website when the time comes for you to monetise it. So don’t be swayed by the latest news doing the rounds or anything of that sort.

Topics covered should be those which you’d perhaps naturally discuss with other fellow hobbyists interested in the same topic.

Sell Products and Services Related to Your Hobby or Special Interest

One of the ways through which to sell products and services related to your hobby or special interest is through your blog or website. This proves to be very effective as a way through which to sell because what you’ll essentially be doing is referring so-called “hot leads” to the online sales platforms you’ll be linking to. If you won’t be selling directly as the retailer then you can sell as an affiliate. Link to products and services that solve a specific problem, like linking to a book, instructional DVD or other form of media which discusses exactly how to solve a specific problem. For example maybe a how-to guide detailing how to use a specific piece of machinery for a specific activity.