Best Side Business Ideas You Can Start While Working a Full-Time Job in 2019 By Start a Blog

1. Start a Blog.

Think blogging is no longer a viable source of income? Think again. Recent blogging statistics show that tens of thousands of bloggers (including yours truly) are creating profitable content on topics as diverse as scrapbooking, home cooking, travel, film, lifestyle, business, personal finance and more. And we're growing our blogs into six-figure businesses thanks to a combination of email subscribers, affiliate marketing, blog sponsorships, and other revenue streams. Your first step with starting a blog is quickly getting the technical side of things handled (my free master course on blogging will show you how), and then both understanding what your audience craves and learning how to attract those readers online.

If you want to speed up the process of launching your blog, I recommend setting up quick, affordable and easy website hosting with a company like Bluehost, choosing a simple WordPress theme and working on your first post, in order to set the precedent of prioritizing your time on creating content, connecting with (and building) your audience. You'll also need to employ the right marketing tools to grow your blog, and I highly recommend checking out HubSpot's All-in-One Marketing plugin for WordPress.

Then once you've been able to build a community around your blog, you'll want to invest in really understanding your readers—so that you can give them more of what they want.

I know first-hand that learning how to start a blog (let alone make money blogging) can be a massive new undertaking. So, I put together a free master course for you to take that spreads out all of the work involved in starting a blog, into a series of action-packed lessons. My free course breaks the entire process of starting a blog down into an incredibly simple 7-day process for going from zero to generating creative blog post ideas, writing, publishing (and promoting) your first blog post in just 1 week. I can't recommend it enough.

And if you want a deep dive tutorial on getting your blog up and running today, head over to my Ultimate Guide to Starting a Blog then browse my list of all the best blogging courses.