Chasing Money Or Digging Interests

With the summer still in its beginning stages, I’ve been reviving a lot of my old projects that I had left to pretty much die out (this blog included). At the same time, I had a friend who was curious to learn what I was doing online as he was amazed that I was bringing in a stead $XXX amount per month, although I wasn’t doing much online. I told him that the money was from a few campaigns that I had still kept alive with minimum effort, so he wanted to join me in the “make money online” business.

As all people in this industry will tell you, they’re not going to tell you what they do. So, all I told him was that you just build a website and then start reaping in as much money as possible from whatever traffic you are getting. So, he went on to ask what website he would create.

I, for one, have been a long supporter of “follow your passion and the money will follow.” However, I do know that some people are making lots without working with what they like. As some of you may know, the only two I’ve been happy to share information about recently is SoccerProz and another education-related website that I will release more info about in the coming weeks. I’ve decided to devote the majority of my online time this summer on these two websites (although I’ll be active here and with my internet marketing sphere). I’m following my interests. I love soccer and I had bittersweet feelings about my college applications days–hence, I’m working on these.

Nonetheless, as I know some people can be successful without following their passion, I told my buddy the two options he has. He can create websites with the focus on chasing money, or he can dig into his interests and hope that money will chase him. I didn’t want my assertion to sound so weak, so I told him that I will follow-up on him with pros and cons for both.

Chasing Money

Pros

• You usually know where you are going.
• Especially when you are starting out, you know that the topic you chose will most likely be fail proof.
• You probably will see some money quickly.

Cons

• You can quickly lose interest.
• You rarely will keep it developing for a long time due to the reason above.
• You probably have a lot of competition, which can be discouraging. (Although this is also true for the passionate topics, it is rarely discouraging when you love the topic.)

Digging Interests (Passion)

Pros

• Obviously, it is fun.
• You often learn a lot more, which makes you dig in more and more.
• You most likely won’t lose interest in it regardless of monetary results.

Cons

• There is a lower percentage of seeing money quickly.
• You might not know which of your many passions you should start with.
• There’s a good chance that your passion is immensely focused that you will start going off track without realizing it.

I guess it really is a toss-up between the two as they both have their valid pros and cons. However, my personal preference is following your passion, especially if you are just starting out, primarily because of the following two reasons:

1. You don’t know if you are going to be staying in this “webmaster-ing industry” for a long term.
2. You really don’t want to bore yourself out.

Webmaster-ing/blogging/marketing/anything is all about patience and working yourself up in the industry. Even if you create a website on some new invention/gadget/software, you are still not going to see green on a single night.

To exemplify this a little bit better, I’ll be documenting SoccerProz growth in a little depth over the course of its development for your benefits.

If you have any other pros and cons on the two sides, feel free to make a comment. Any questions or feedback? ahnternet CommentLuvs.