How to Turn Your Favourite Hobby Into a Cash-Cow

Niche content sites are a quick and easy way to do it — here’s how

Simon Huckk
Entrepreneurship Handbook
15 min readAug 7, 2020

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Photo by Cameron Vaughan on Unsplash. The best part about niche sites is you can literally do it about any hobby.

Content sites are great, low barrier to entry businesses that (when done right) can generate a sustainable source of cash.

Not only that, but they’re also fun. Using the method I’m going to outline below, you can pick a topic that really interests you — learn more about it — and make money in the process.

I started two of my own content sites a few years ago. They were my first foray into internet businesses and affiliate marketing. When I started the first one (about running — Let’s Go Run), I had no idea what I was doing, and no money to do it.

I scrounged around the internet finding resources about SEO, keyword planning and blogging. I went through about three SemRush trial’s (sorry SemRush!) with different emails trying to come up with a keyword plan, and figure out why the hell my blog posts weren’t coming up on Google! Then, after about 4 months of working on it and putting out content religiously, I started ranking for one of my main keywords.

I made it to the front page of Google! I’ll never forget the excitement.

That got me hooked. I spent the next few years growing out that site, and creating another one with my mom…

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I’m building low-risk cash-generating businesses. Follow the journey here. Former Engineer, Head of Product. Follow on Twitter for daily content.