Making money writing about your passion

Ever since I was in high school I have striven to discover how to pursue my passions and make money doing so. Technological and social advances in the last decade have made this possible for us all with very little investment of money. You just start out investing your time, which is fine because you love spending time on your passions.

Today I came across two really useful articles about doing this.

Why Now is the time to Cash in on your Passion

First I came across a review by BookRapper Geoff McDonald of the book “Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk. Crush It is about “Why Now is the time to Cash in on your Passion”. I’ve been a fan of Geoff’s BookRaps for a couple of years and this review of Crush It! is just as insightful.

I recommend watching the video of Gary Vaynerchuk in Geoff’s article. Vaynerchuk passionately expresses that you should pursue your passion and that you should be able to make money doing so. In the video Vaynerchuk talks about starting a blog about your passion. Then once you build a community of regular readers you can start to monetise the traffic.

How one Australian has made money blogging

Secondly I just read an article by professional Australian blogger, Neerav Bhatt in which he reveals how he makes lots of money from blogging. He makes enough that he quit his former salaried role, which is something almost all of my financial planning clients dream of doing. As Bhatt reveals he writes about his expertise, his experiences and his passions.

I’m sharing my passion with you right now

This site is me writing about my passion. I wasn’t always a financial planner – I started my working life as a petroleum engineer for BHP Billiton Petroleum. But all the time I was reading and learning about managing and making money.

When I eventually changed careers and started studying financial planning I constantly thought “why didn’t anyone tell me this about money and wealth creation?” I just had to tell everyone I knew. At the time my outlet was dinner parties. Now I write and speak.

I am passionate about sharing the simple, easy to understand things about money that have a high impact on your lifestyle but at also are low effort to implement. In that way I dream for us all to have enough money to pursue our passions. Plus you’ll have more time to pursue your passion because you’ll be spending less time managing and stressing about money.

What’s your passion? Time to start sharing it with people via a blog? You’ll discover other people as passionate as you living all over the world. For the next steps read the above resources.

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