Specific methods and procedures for making what you love a job

Hello, Fujii, I'm strong.

Normally, I don't insist that "it's right to make a hobby a job". This is because there are 7.4 billion people in the world, and what they like is very different, and what they like = money.

Now, we are living in an era where the future is uncertain.

With infectious diseases spreading all over the world, many people may have lost sight of the prospects for tomorrow and are worried. Because of this time of unsure what to do, you may be seriously thinking about "turning your hobby into a job and eating" that you almost gave up on once again.

It would be great if you could make a living by making a hobby your job. (My childhood hobby was "drawing illustrations of monsters.")

Most realists say:"It's hard to turn a hobby into a job, only some people."

Now, what is a hobby in the first place?

What are hobbies?

Everyone's favorite Wikipedia describes it like this.

Actions, things, and objects that humans like to repeat habitually in their free time.

Sources:The free encyclopedia "Wikipedia"

In other words, a hobby is an act that you do many times in your free time.

In the first place, unless you are a manager with a mature business, an elderly person with money, or a NEET, you don't have "free time"... That's what I think.

Examples of hobbies

Here are some common examples of hobbies:

• Illustration production
• Painting
• Music
• Movies
• Horticulture
• Dance
• Watching a Theater
• Photos
• Cooking
• Reading
• Sports

It's a hobby that you can imagine quickly. Now, I would like to get into the main topic, "How to turn a hobby into a job", but let me talk about one more thing.

It's great just to have a hobby.

No matter what kind of hobby it is,Having hobbies is important for pursuing happiness in lifeis.

It seems that people will say, "Isn't it natural?", but many modern people have lost the importance of hobbies.

Hobbies add color to everyday life. There are many modern people who are busy with work and are at the mercy of their daily lives, and lose their hobbies. What were they like as children?

I have never seen a first-grader who is engaged in labor with dead eyes.

Many people have been interested in and worked on various things when they were children. In my case, my hobbies were drawing pictures of monsters, going to the mountains in the neighborhood to look for monsters, building a secret base, and staying awake from morning to night.

Whether it's sports, music, writing, or reading, you must have dabbled in various things when you were a child.

Unfortunately, however, when you become a member of society, you have less time for hobbies. BecauseBecause you have to work to make a livingis. You will be able to do things that you couldn't do when you were a child, but at the same time, your responsibilities will increase.

As a result, many people will prioritize increasing their income. Hobbies take a back seat.

I'm not denying the act of making money. Money is important. ButHobbies are so important that they cannot be replacedis.

Please keep this in mind. Now let's get to the main topic.

Can you turn your hobby into a job? Can you live what you like?

A few years ago on Youtube"Live by doing what you love"There was a catchphrase. Make your hobby your job and live only doing what you like. Sounds like a dream, doesn't it?

Until the early 2000s, this was just a pipe dream.

It's ridiculous. Don't say childish things forever. There was a time when it was denied like that, but now it is no longer denied.

It's not that I'm soliciting business by saying, "Let's become a YouTuber and earn money from advertising revenue and projects." Even if you don't bother to become a Youtuber, you can still earn money by doing your hobbies and what you like.

I live 80% of my hobbies

For example, my hobby is to search for marketing information all over the world.

Fortunately, you can read and write English just a little. Therefore, I surf the Internet and collect marketing examples and information from all over the world.

Play with the tactics, information, and SaaS you get there. When you play and take shape, you teach it to entrepreneurs and managers. If you tell me, you will get pocket money.

My hobbies may be special, but can't I say that this is also one of the things I love?… Can't you tell。

The era when you can turn your hobby into a job

Either way. In modern times, you can do business on the Internet without someone's permission.

You can earn income by selling your hobby handmade works online, or you can draw your favorite illustrations and sell them as a service online.

Even if you don't earn at the level of your main job, it's not that difficult or unrealistic to earn 1,000 yen ~ 30,000 yen per month at the side job level.

Suspicious"Easy and one-tap monthly income of 3 million yen" business modokiDon't mess with it. Even if you don't do that, you can earn about half time just by listing what you can do at Coconala.

Specific ways to make money by turning your hobby into a job

Since 2020, the new coronavirus infection has threatened the world. Companies introducing telework and schools starting online learning. The world has moved towards "going online" at once.

I think you already understand.

As of 2021, it will be mandatory for businesses to go online. This can be said to be an opportunity for those who want to make a hobby a job.

Overseas, there is a word called "Knowledge Commerce". In Japan, the words e-learning and online learning apply.

In other words, you sell your knowledge online.

UdemyIt's easy to understand if you can see it.

Many professionals use platforms like Udemy to sell their knowledge as online courses. There are more than 40 million students registered on Udemy worldwide, and online courses are being taken all over the world.

You may be able to sell your hobby online, too. There are many ways to monetize your hobbies. Therefore, this time we will explain the simple steps to start a hobby as a job.

(1) Start with SNS

The original purpose of SNS is a service that allows users to interact with each other. In other words, a service for interaction.

Let me tell you first. There are often accounts that post such as "How anyone can easily earn 3 million yen a month". It flows into my Twitter timeline. I'm not saying I'm going to do something like them.Use it simply.

In fact, most of them don't make that much money. The only ones who are caught by blatant lies are naïve amateurs who don't know it.

It looks disgusting from the outside, but they don't make much money from that act. SNS is just SNS. I don't build a business based on SNS. I also don't tell my clients.

Use it simply rather than dressing up on social media by telling lies that make you suffer.

Whether it's Twtter, Facebook, or TikTok, attracting customers on each SNS is simple and good.

• Write a blog about your hobbies
• Share the blog post on social media
• Post about your hobbies on social media

It's a simple thing. It's not an advanced marketing tactic. You don't need to earn followers, send solicitation DMs, or painfully dress up your profile with common language.

On SNS, you will post content related to your hobbies.Please accumulate the content of your hobby steadily. Friends with the same hobbies will pay attention to you.

SNS accounts that upload photos of their cats are followed by cat lovers who also own cats, and the accounts of friends who are hobby of paper cutting are followed by artists who also like paper cutting.

You don't have to be shy. There are people on the Internet who love your hobby as well.

(2) Shoot and publish videos

Today is the era of "video is the norm". The number of videos uploaded on YouTube in a single day is a huge number that humans cannot keep up with even if they listen to it all over the year. Software companies in the United StatesDomoAccording to the report, 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.

By all meansTake a video of your hobby knowledge and share it on social media.

If you don't get used to it, you will think, "I don't feel comfortable shooting videos."

However, online calls and video conferences have become commonplace, such as ZOOM, and it has become a daily activity for high school students to upload videos to TikTok.

This is the first video I shot last year. I am not ashamed to post videos with my face exposed. The image quality is bad and the screen is dark lol.

Yes I am. Don't think about how your video will look from the start. You don't have to worry about evaluations. Don't be conscious of the number of views.

If you upload a video of your hobby, viewers with the same hobby will be interested in your video content. I am also doing this activity to gather core otaku.

Let's do it without hesitation.

(3) Provide online courses

• Interact on social media
• Take a video and share it on social media

I recommended these two. This alone may make friends who love the same hobbies, but it will not be an income. It's far from turning a hobby into a job.

So, let's go back to the beginning. It is "Knowledge commerce" that sells knowledge. The answer is simple.Create and sell online courses.

"Introduction to Illustration Drawing for Beginners" We will start with simple online courses such as "Caricature Drawing with Pencil" and "Making Digital Illustrations with Illustrator" to create more specialized and in-depth online courses.

Online, your knowledge becomes a commodity.

If you don't have enough expertise to sell.

When selling online courses, many people stop saying, "My hobby is just a hobby, and I don't have enough knowledge to sell." This is the same path for all beginner course creators.

Let's start with the conclusion.Make it "for beginners".Many of the times they fail is because they try to create online courses for people who have the same or better knowledge as you.

The principle is to provide knowledge to those who are in the lower hierarchy than oneself. Please try to create online courses for people within the range you can teach.

By selling your hobby knowledge through online courses, your hobby becomes a job.

Thinking of online courses as a business model

I don't like the "I'll sell online courses and make 100 million" for skin calculations.

Let's do a realistic math. Suppose you create an online course for 10,000 yen. 10 people take the course per month.
120 people will take your online course in one year. What happens in that case?

A business that generates sales of 1.2 million yen per yearIt will be.

… You may be discouraged that it is only 1.2 million yen. However, considering that hobbies generate profits, it shouldn't be so bad.

Of course, these calculations are influenced by the quality and pricing of the online course and the way it is sold, so we do not guarantee profits, but the above calculations are realistic in their own way and are not impossible to realize.

So, how do you actually sell online courses? In fact, the system itself can be easily built.

【Example】How to Provide Online Courses

There are two ways.

• Use a platform (e.g., Udemy)
• Create your own selling platform (e.g., GURUCAN, Kajabi, etc.)

In either case, you can sell online courses.

UdemyYou can use a platform like Sell Online Courses in no time. The disadvantage is that not all the profits go in when it sells, but it is distributed with Udemy.

That said, given that Udemy advertises and promotes them to attract new students, it's only natural that some of the revenue will be taken away.

In my case, I use the second method.

I launched my own online course platform.

By using Kajabi and Teachable, you can easily create your own original online course learning system.
My online course uses GURUCAN.

This is by no means a "profitable story that can be easily earned". It's a business.

You need to be serious about making online courses. If students gather in the online course,Hobbies become work。

You don't have to make up your mind all of a sudden. There is no need to leave the company and make your income unstable.

First of all, let's start small as a side business (side business).

Gradually, students of the online course will gather. The online course that started as a side job becomes one business.

In order to make an online course a business, it is necessary to create a course that leads to the results of the students.

Teaching effort is necessary, but it is a very solid and realistic way to make a living by doing what you love as a hobby.
To create an online course with GURUCAN, use myCommentary articleSee also: