325: The Million Dollar Hobby: How to Monetize What Youre Already Interested In

Published: March 7, 2019, 10 a.m.

b'Marc Andre made over $1.1 million dollars from his photography hobby.\\nBut what\\u2019s interesting is that he never:\\n\\ngot paid to take pictures\\n\\nsold any of his photos\\n\\nheld any photography workshops\\n\\nSo, what did he do instead?\\nHe built and subsequently sold 3 websites related to photography \\u2013 that sold digital products to other photographers.\\nHis journey started in 2012. Marc wanted to upgrade from a point-and-shoot camera to a nice DSLR and some lenses but couldn\\u2019t justify the $5k price tag for the equipment.\\nInstead of settling for something else, Marc set himself a challenge to see if he could raise the $5k starting a photography-related side hustle.\\nThings escalated quickly, from starting a site to creating digital products, he made that $5k in a few months.\\nMarc carried on scaling his business, creating more products, starting two more photography-related sites, and over the next 6 years pulled in\\xa0more than a million dollars in revenue.\\nTune in to hear Marc\\u2019s unique process for starting and growing sites, why he decided to create products before having an audience to sell to, how he used sites that already had traffic to drive sales, and how he scaled up his business to more than a million dollars in revenue in such a short space of time.\\nFull Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: The Million Dollar Hobby: How to Monetize What You\\u2019re Already Interested In\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'