Make Some Real Money with Your Recipes

By Nicole Dean

If you browse around the internet, you'll notice an interesting thing happening. People all over the world are blogging and making money doing it! These are people just like you; people with little experience, without a background in computer science, or a big bank account to dig into. They used programs like Google Blogger (blogger.com) or Wordpress (Wordpress.org) to quickly and easily set up their blogs, often at no cost. Now all you have to ask yourself is what hobby or niche should you blog about?

A recipe blog can be the perfect choice for people who have tried recipes and thought they could do something different, more exciting, or just plain better. It's a great way to tell others about new recipes, ideas, and products available in the world of cooking, as well as sharing regional specialties. But, don't worry if you can't cook. You can write a cooking blog for others who are learning to cook. How much fun would it be to share your successes as well as your "hope you don't chip a tooth" muffins? Starting a recipe blog can be a wonderful way to share your interest and make money in the process. If cooking is your passion (or even if it isn't) -- a recipe blog may be a profitable way to get a taste of online business.

There are some simple skills required to start blogging about cooking. Of course, you have to enjoy cooking. You don't have to be a chef, just have an interest in food. You'll want to be able to organize your thoughts, and get your recipes in some sort of understandable order so people can follow along. If you have a digital camera, you'll be able to include pictures of the dishes you make, but that is not absolutely necessary. There are many publicly licensed food photos on the internet for you to use. The main skill you'll need is patience. You won't see a lot of traffic to your blog at first, but don't worry. It takes time for people to find out how great your blog is.

There are several ways you can turn your recipes and cooking blog into a money-making business. You can choose just one of these options or do a mix of them. Here are some ideas...

Make Money by Selling Products: A recipe blog offers an opportunity for the entrepreneur to build a home based business by actually selling products online while blogging about them. By offering cooking products, cookware, cookbooks, and other tools that the budding chefs of the world would like, you are sharing your interests and your opinion while making money. If you are a retailer at heart, this method of earning income could be for you.

Make Money by Selling Advertising: Your blog may not be popular at first, but never fear. It won't be long before readers start finding you and your traffic starts to increase. Once that happens, advertisers will be interested in promoting on your blog.

Make Money by Selling Your Blog: When your blog starts being noticed by search engines, you have become a successful blogger, for sure! Now you can consider selling your blogs to other people to turn your blog into a money-maker. There are others who create blogs just to sell them to others, which is another idea to think about.

With some focused time and creativity, you should be able to develop a recipe blog that is uniquely yours, a place to post your favorite family recipes, restaurant secrets, cooking disasters, or other information you want to share in the world of cooking. But, thinking isn't doing -- you've got to act in order to succeed.

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