How to Turn Your Passion into Online ProfitWritten by Daegan Smith
If you want to start a new home based business hundreds of websites will spoil you for choices. A new business idea is born every second and a large number of these are potentially profitable ones. But on any given day, if you think of turning a hobby into a business, its chances of succeeding increase many-fold. Why? Because you are passionate about it and “like” to do it. Turning your hobby into a profitable business is one of best home business opportunities you can get. Imagine doing what you like and getting paid for it! There ain't a better dream come true. However, if you don’t keep your feet on ground, your dream can turn a fairly frightening responsibility and such a chore. Take this reality check to see if you are ready for getting into business and if your hobby can realistically be turned into a profitable idea. - Research your hobby: Does turning your hobby into a business fill a real need gap? Is there anyone out there who would want to buy your products? If yes, then are there enough people who can constitute a sizeable market for you to keep your business profitable? Is there an economical way to market and distribute your products or services?
- Market Research: When you ask questions like ones above, answers will come from some in-depth market research. Spend considerable time staking out your market. Research over Internet. Find out if there is anyone selling your kind of products already? If yes, what has been their success rate? What kind of people would constitute your target market? Is this market big enough to keep you profitable? What are price points for your product? What are selling mechanics for your product on Internet? (Since that’s where you are going to base your business)
- Make a business plan: A good way to determine whether your hobby can turn into a money making proposition is to draw out a full-fledged business plan. You can get free business plan templates from www.bplans.com . Do some number crunching. This would typically include financial forecasts dealing with questions like start up capital and where can you raise it from, gestation period for business, income generation and forecasts.
- Are you geared up for business? Take stock of your own business sense. Are you comfortable with risks and cyclical nature of business? When running a business, not every day is Sunday. There can be some bad days too and they may last longer than you’d expect them to. What are your managerial and administrative capabilities? Would you still love your hobby if it became you main income source? Take a look at this website for more:
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4/11/05 In this ever changing world we live in,there are so many different websites claiming different products and services. They all say they are best at something. If you are like most surfers you've probably seen this pitch a million times or more. I'm probably one of most skeptical people in world.But most people are curious by nature, so even most far out websites
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