How to Start Your Own Money-Making Website and Turn Your Passions Into Full-Time Profit

The past few years has jarred the workforce and economy and really showed us all just how unpredictable life and work can be. We have either been the victim of, or know someone who has been, shaken by the economy. We have come face to face with the reality of how financial stability can go from safe and secure to nonexistent very quickly.

This recent economy has been very hard for many people. Now more than ever, people need to find a way to be self-reliant, and not rely on an employer to supply them with a job.

Many of us have found ourselves in positions where we need to provide for ourselves, and we are forced to think ahead to be sure our family is well taken care of in the event times get even more rough and unpredictable.

Moving forward, we need to get creative in finding ways to secure income for our futures.

In today’s post, I am going to help you be prepared and financially stable no matter which direction the economy goes by showing you how to turn your passions and hobbies into a full time income with your very own money-making website.

What Is A Money Making Website?

(**For the purpose of this article, I will be using the term “blog” and “website” interchangeably.**)

In the past, blogging has earned a reputation of being a hobby for writing enthusiasts, and while they are fun for the ones writing them, that’s really all they are. Fun.

But did you know that blogging has become one of the most popular and PROFITABLE “hobbies” of our current time?

Many people have decided to jump outside the box and try their hands at something non-conventional to bring them in a full-time (or part time, depending on how much time you put into it) income.

People from all backgrounds and education levels have discovered they can make a good living from turning their passions and hobbies into profit by writing about them on their very own money-making websites.

Before I started this website, I read about a man who started an informational site all about coffee. He was making thousands of dollars each month writing in his spare-time about his favorite drink at www.coffeedetective.com.

He reported to have made over $500,000 from this one little informational website he created writing about and reviewing products surrounding coffee. I was amazed when I saw the site, because it didn’t look like anything too high tech, or hard to create. And since I love coffee too, I just had to check it out!

I was also amazed because I had always thought that if you were to create an informational website, and make money from it, it would have to be in some kind of business”y” topic like finance or corporate life. Or something I had zero interest in and cringed at the thought of having to consistently create content around.

Turns out you can create content and monetize just about any topic!

The coffee guy ended up writing a course on how to create a site like his and shared exactly how he chose his topic, created his site and content, and how he monetized it all to bring in a steady monthly income that replaced his full time job. Check it out below if you get a chance, it’s life changing.

So, What Exactly Is A Money-Making Website?

A money-making website is simply what it sounds like. A website (or blog) that is created for the sole purpose of creating and monetizing content.

One of the easiest types of money-making websites to create and maintain is an information website, and it’s also one of the most profitable.

You’re not selling anything.

You simply write and share information.

Ideally, you focus on something you are interested in, as it will be easiest, and most enjoyable to keep consistently writing.

Examples might be a hobby or a passion like gardening, dog training, parenting, hiking, journaling, or anything else you are interested in.

Everyone has interests.

Why not write about them and make some money doing it?

The concept is simple.

People who have the same interests as you will find your website when they search the internet for information on the topic you write about. They can potentially arrive at your site through various ways, but the main goal is to get them to read your content, and then make a purchase based off of one of your recommendations.

When they make that purchase, they will do so by using one of your affiliate links, and you receive a commission. In essence, companies will pay you for buyers you send their way.

This is one of the easiest and best ways to create a passive income stream.

Passive income is where you set up a revenue stream once, and it continues to generate income for you, even when you’re not actively working on it.

How Much Can You Make Writing Your Own Website?

How much you make with your own website is directly affected by the amount of time and effort you put in. The amount of time you spend writing and recommending products in your niche will determine whether your informational website will be a part-time endeavor or replace your full-time income.

Michelle Shroeder-Gardner makes $2,000/day while sailing her family around the world and became financially independent by the age of 30 all thanks to her informational website about personal finance.

Pat Flynn makes hundreds of thousands of dollars each year with a blog where he talks all about how he makes passive income online!

Last month Nick Usborne made $4,447 with one of his own money-making websites. Not an amount that would impress Warren Buffet, but for us “regular” people it’s nothing to shake a stick at.

There are oodles of bloggers out there making a living from their sites all over the world.

The potential really is endless.

And the best part is anyone can learn how to create a money-making website, simply writing about something they love.

What Should You Write About?

There are so many different topics you could write about. The possibilities are almost endless. You name it, there are websites out there around it.

For example, if you like steak, www.fullofsteak.com is the place to be.

If you have curly hair, but have always wanted to straighten your hair, you might land on www.japanesehairstraighteningguide.com if you are looking for how-to guides.

Maybe you have an Australian Sheep Dog and are looking to get to know the breed better. If so, you might land on www.australian-shepherd-lovers.com when Googling around.

There are all kinds of different hobbies and passions. Sports, music, gardening, movies, books, interior decorating, fashion, travel, etc,

Any skill you have become good at is fair game and a good option. Whatever you can picture yourself consistently writing about on a regular basis is a good launching point.

How Will Your Website Generate Income?

This is the fun part.

Here at this website, I primarily monetize my content through affiliate links.

I write about the things I am passionate about. I love writing and blogging, self-publishing, creating journals, using Pinterest, etc, so writing about those things doesn’t take much effort.

I also have used many products to help me achieve my goals that I can confidently recommend to my readers, and when they click through to those products using my affiliate links, and make a purchase, I make a commission.

It’s a win-win for both my readers and myself.

My readers are looking for a way to achieve something, and because I have experience in the area they are searching for, they trust me when I recommend a product or service to them.

They are more likely to receive recommendations from me and follow through with those recommendations because they see I have a whole website dedicated to the topic they are looking for.

They can look through my articles, read what I have to say and decide for themselves if they think I am an expert on the topic or not.

I also make money on this site with ad services like Google Adsense.

Once you have enough content on your site, you can apply to an ad service like Adsense, place a code on your site, and Google will determine what your content is about and show relevant ads to your readers.

You then get paid per impression and clicks on those ads.

Finding ways to monetize your blog is a continuous journey, but the most common and the easiest ways for a beginner are definitely through affiliate links and ads.

Other ways you could monetize your website include creating and selling your own product, or offering your readers a paid membership area to access exclusive content your free articles don’t contain.

You could offer a course with more in depth teaching on the topic you write about, or sell ad space to vendors in your niche.

You could really get creative in this area, and the full extent of your options would be determined by your chosen niche.

Why You Should Start Your Money-Making Website Today!

• It’s fun! – When you are truly interested in something, and it’s your passion and your hobby, it almost feels like play to write about it!

• Become A Better Writer – You may not consider yourself to be the best writer, but when you consistently write, it will improve your skills, and writing will become second nature to you. Writing for your own website will improve both your writing skills, your SEO skills, and your copywriting skills. Once you start writing for your own website, and get good at it, you’ll be able to offer those services to others if you ever feel the need to branch out and work with clients.

• Work On Your Own Schedule – When you write for your own website, you can choose what you want to write about, how often you want to write it, and where you want to write it.

• It’s so easy – It used to be the case that building your own website required knowledge about html and coding. Now, thanks to easy website builders like WordPress and Wix, you can get up and running in a few minutes. Anyone can now create a passive income stream with a blog regardless of skill, age, or location. This website was built using WordPress and the Genesis Framework.

• Passive Income – This is quite possibly my favorite reason to start this venture. When you set up your blog, and theme it around a topic, add affiliate products, and set up Adsense (or adserve of your choice), your income is truly on autopilot. Once you have all this set up, you can literally earn money from your blog in your sleep!

• Financial security – This is quite possibly the best reason to start a money making blog. In this unpredictable economy, you won’t have to worry about being laid off or replaced by technology. You are in charge of your life. No one else, like an employer, can pull the rug out from under you.

How To Start Your Money Making Website – A Quick Overview

1. Select your topic
2. Narrow down you niche to reduce competition
3. Do keyword research for SEO (search engine optimization)
4. Register your domain name
5. Find affiliate programs in your niche
6. Create your website
7. Start writing your blog posts
8. Drive traffic to your website
9. Add ads to your site
10. Continually discover more ways to monetize your site

Of course, that is just a quick overview of the process. In order to be successful, you’d have to take a deeper dive into each of these steps to make sure you are setting yourself up for success right out of the gates.

There are some important areas you’ll want to pay special attention to when setting it all up.

For example, you’ll want to choose a topic where there is enough demand in the search engines to get a sufficient amount of traffic, but also where there isn’t so much competition from other websites that you wouldn’t see any of that traffic.

You’ll need to know how to research which words “keywords” are actually being searched for on Google, and use those words in your posts.

You’ll need to know how to register a domain name and connect it to your website.

You’ll need to create a profitable long term plan BEFORE setting up your website.

It might take a little bit of effort to craft the plan and put it into action, but once you do, trust me, you be so thankful each time you see a commission come in and wonder why you hadn’t started this venture earlier!

If you are interested in learning the exact process (in an easy to follow step-by-step format) of writing your own money-making website, choosing your topic, writing your content, setting up your website, creating your profitable, long term plan, and building a valuable, real world asset that will bring you in passive income for years to come, check out How to Write Your Own Money-Making Websites.

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