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How can YOU earn passive income from your hobby or passion?

Hello there, or should I say "bonjour"?

Would YOU like to earn money from your hobby or passion? Maybe give up your day job? Well "passive income" is the secret.

What is passive income and who am I?

Let me explain...

My name is Ian Chamberlain and as you will discover from this website I am a Leadership and Management training consultant and speaker - along with being an amateur Churchill scholar and impersonator!

I live with Kate my wife in the sunny South West of France. We are both British but moved here in 2004 due to the fantastic weather, attractive house prices (compared to the U.K.) and the wonderful food and wine amongst other reasons.

How did we make that move?

Well, I am interested in what is called "portfolio living" - that is developing passive income streams from a variety of sources. It wasn't always like that though...

In my twenties, (I am in my mid thirties now) I lead the conventional work-life: decent "professional job" (company car, pension scheme, gentle pay-rises once a year - you get the idea) and alongside that I lead a traditionally conventional home-life. (marriage and house with ever increasing mortgage as the pay rises came in - sound familiar?)

I was pretty happy and pretty successful (in a conventional way). But I had some questions:

There must be more to life than steady mediocrity, isn't there? Am I to be tied to my pay-check and job via my debts? Can I earn money while I sleep or play?

In seeking answers to those questions I discovered "portfolio living" and passive income. Kate and I started our thriving consultancy business back in 2001 but we did more than start a business. Essential to my portfolio of income sources are "passive income" sources.

What is Passive Income?

Well, some of my income is derived by me working (for example by giving a talk on Winston Churchill's Leadership) - this is "active income". In other words I do some "work" and I get paid for it. This is great - I love my work, but passive income is even better: passive income is income that I earn by doing nothing (or next to nothing ... you still need to keep records for the tax man etc!).

Sounds too good to be true how does it work?

Well, Kate and I own property back in the UK which we rent out - the rent minus our costs (maintenance, management fees and mortgage repayments) is an example of passive income. We also rent out 3 wonderful apartments in Nice on the glamorous cote d'azur. Take a look Here is our spacious 2 bedroom apartment. And here is a 1 bedroom apartment only 30 seconds from the beach. And finally, this one is for romantic couples - it has a beautiful balcony . Our wonderfully friendly managers Simon and Amanda Walker will gladly help you out with availability, prices and booking - their details are on the links. Dividend payments from our stock portfolio and interest payments on our savings are also examples of passive income sources.

Properties, stocks...Sounds complicated, time consuming and costly - what other options are there? What is the VERY BEST passive income source?

You're looking at it! Yes that's right - this website is in fact the perfect passive income source. Why?

It's very low cost to set up and manage - an extremely low downside risk with huge upside potential
Income is generated with very little work once the site is written. It's on a topic I care loads about (you create a site on a topic you love!) - so even writing it didn't feel like work. I use a web-business system called SBI. Click here to watch some videos from other SBI users who LOVE their website and what it has done for their passive income!. For me the best thing about using SBI is I don't need and specialist computer knowledge!

No specialist knowledge - how come?

As I said I use a system called "Site Build It" (SBI). I know next to nothing about computers or the web, but I do understand the importance of getting the best people to partner me in business. I researched this long and hard and - SBI are the best at what they do - so you don't have to be. They take care of the technology, the search engines, in fact everything except writing the content (and they help with that!). Find out more by taking a quick slide tour of SBI's service. Click Here

Who are SBI website passive incomes for?

Lots of people: portfolio lifestylers like Kate and me, hobbyists, small/medium businesses, students, "info-preneurs", stay-at-home-mums and dads, network marketers, charities, retired folk...anyone who can handle a few hundred (or thousand) dollars a month transferred to their account for a little "work". If you are a stay-a-home-Mom (or Dad) Click Here to read the success stories of people like you. People who have built up significant passive income online.

It is also for those wishing to reach the widest global audience - perhaps to share their art, music or writing or maybe to connect with, affect and help the most people with their advice and support. SBI sites deliver high traffic - this can be "monetized" or not...your choice.

Perhaps you are an experienced webmaster already - SBI is a perfect tool for professionals to use to really boost the service they give their clients.

Who is it not suitable for?

The terribly impatient, those who flit from one project to another or those with a desperate need for money instantly. The web takes time to find you and you will need time to develop and write your site (I'm talking, say, 5 months if you work at it in your spare time like me). Need instant cash? Try the lottery or get a job!

How does someone make money with a website?

Various ways, here are just a few examples, you can use your SBI site to:
Sell your offline business, goods and services (Fully Equipped Ltd., Rental apartments etc) - though this isn't passive income
Sell your e-goods (e-book, software etc - I'm writing an e-book on "Developing your Churchillian Leadership Skills", people can download this book and pay me while I sleep in the sun or go fishing!)
Sell other peoples goods (I recommend books via Amazon.com and get commissions as a member of their affiliate scheme. There are thousands of affiliate schemes out there and SBI can help you set up profitable partnerships)
Generate advertising income (in particular from GoogleAds)

Most SBI owners generate their income from GoogleAds and affiliate schemes. SBIers are successful because they follow a proven formula that generates masses more internet traffic than most conventional websites.

How do I decide what topic to write about?

SBI will help you pick your topic - or more accurately which niche within your possible topics that will be most profitable. Top SBI sites (earning thousands of dollars) include sites on niches within topics as diverse as: parrots, hi-fi, travel, diets, money management, poodles, kids parties, food, weight training, photography, music and quotations!

Got a hobby or something you are passionate about? Explore its potential with SBI! If you are passionate about something, there will be other passionate people around the world and you will love writing about it. Your passion will come through in your writing and research, this will generate traffic to your site and this traffic can be turned into passive income!

Do you know what? I get as many people visiting my site while I am asleep as at any other - and that means I am earning while I sleep!

Do you have some more questions? Then Click Here and find out what you need to know. I feel 100% confident recommending SBI to others as a fantastic way to build your passive income streams. If you are not there yet, then click here for a FREE TRIAL of some of the SBI features.

If you think passive income generation via a website is for you then you can ORDER Your SBI package here! And start building your financial freedom.

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