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How to Make Money – Do What You Love, the Subprime Blogger Story

Posted on | June 26, 2009 | 3 Comments

I get asked the question all the time “how can I make extra money?”  On Google, the keyword phrase “how to make money” is searched approximately 832,000 time a month!  If you look at the search on Google Trends, you can see that it continues to increase in popularity, doubling over the last two years.  For those of you unaware, I am quitting my 40+ hour a week management job because I found a way to make money on the side.  I am not going to give away all my secrets, but lets just say that Google is the greatest company in American history!

With that being said, my advice on how to make money is to do what you love!  Retail management was never a strong desire for me and it was definitely something that I did not love.  Many of my friends, family and coworkers have asked me if I would stay with my particular company if they offered me a raise.  I explain that they could triple my salary and I would not stay.  It is not about the money at all; it’s about doing what you love to do!  If you find something you love to do and can make any type of money doing it, you will realize that it has NOTHING to do with the size of the pay.  It has everything to do with enjoying every second of what you do.

For me, being entrepreneurial, grinding numbers, producing opinionated content and helping others is what I absolutely love to do.  This combination of attributes is perfect for internet marketing and blogging.  What makes it even better is the fact that I can do that from ANY location in the world.  Do not get me wrong, 99% of Americans could not do what I do.  That is not to sound conceited or snobby.  I am someone who can look at 1000’s of sets of data, produce an opinion and then have the ability to market it.  I cannot name one other person in my life who loves to crunch numbers the way I do.  Actually, most people think it is very boring and a waste of time.  With that being said, the waste of time to others is total enjoyment to me.

I am sure many of you reading this are saying the same thing.  Why look at the historical data of mortgage rates since 1971 just for the fun of it.  Well, thats me, its what I love to do.  When you find something you love to do and you make ONE DOLLAR doing it, you will know that is your calling.  While working in retail management, I would make paychecks that were 100 times as much as I was making on my side jobs grinding numbers and producing content.  The funny thing is that I was MUCH more excited about the $20 a week I was making doing something I loved.  This is when I knew I found MY lifelong dream of a job.

After several months of doing what I love after work and in any free time I could find, I have decided to quit my job and do it full time.  There is no doubt that this was the best decision of my life.  Starting July 4th, I am going to go full time with Subprime Blogger as well as revamping my sister site Church of Cowherd.  The Church of Cowherd is going to be focused on investing and stock market material such as the best stocks to invest in while Subprime Blogger will remain mortgage and housing related.

For any of you that would like to hear more about the Subprime Blogger story, please post comments and questions.  I will be writing a weekly article on the story of where this site has been and where it will go in the future.

UPDATE:  The follow up to this story is available at Do What You Love – How Mortgage Rates Changed My Life

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3 Responses to “How to Make Money – Do What You Love, the Subprime Blogger Story”

  1. Nick
    June 27th, 2009 @ 7:08 pm

    How about the story of how the church of cowherd website came about because of a few guys that cared about college football, and were smart enough to read through all the b.s. That sir is a website worth writing about.

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    July 6th, 2009 @ 6:34 pm

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  3. Subprime Blogger / Subprime Blogger - My Entrepreneurial Story
    July 7th, 2009 @ 3:33 pm

    [...] I hope that one day someone mentions this site as inspiration the way I mentioned Steve Pavlina.  My ultimate goal with this site is to help others find themselves financially.  I will be the first to admit that I am not always positive but I do tell you the truth.  If you have read this site for a significant period of time, you can back me up on that statement.  I hope to continue this by reaching as large of an audience as possible.  I would like to personally thank each and every one of you who read my blog and please pass it along.  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do what I love. [...]

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