Make Money Through Having Local Knowledge And Global Reach

You can make money using the internet, especially with a content creation site like HubPages. There is an amazing resource that is with you all the time, it is one that's always handy and easily accessible. It is with you everywhere you go, and with everything you do. It is, without a doubt, your most valuable and most excellent resource you have at your fingertips.

Some of you may have already guessed at this superb creation tool I speak of, some are most likely still wondering what the heck am I on about? That resource is your life experience. You also have a vast resource with you that is the accumulation of your skills, talent, interests and putting information together to share with others

It is the vast sum of all your education, culture, knowledge and experiences locked up in your brain. If you have a feeling or am thinking 'I dunno, I don't know much about alot, so what can I personally contribute'. You have much more to say than you can possibly write in a lifetime.

The understated benefit of the internet, is to find out about hobbies, events, restaurants, places, cultures and much more, but through the local experience of local residents. If you have much experience to share that can become a written article, or Squidoo Lens, or HubPages Hub then these gems of information lead to adverts appearing for your information, a potential Amazon Ad or even the right affiliate link for you potential sale.

Its great that social networking and sharing photos is so much the 'now' and a vibrant part of the internet, yet people still want to know about information from others, especially from those people whom have or have had personal experience.

If you have a good experience, a great restaurant visit with friends, a movie with the family, etc, you tell other people. Conversely you have a bad experience, poor customer service with a travel agent, cannot find a taxi in a foreign city your visiting, yes again, you will tell people. The difference now is you can tell the whole world.

So, you have most likely been doing a large amount of research on SEO, keywords, niches, long tails, products, how to write, etc,etc, yep it goes on and on, and the learning of this craft never stops. So if tweaking articles and adding relevant tight, great niche information is key, then all of SEO would be a vehicle, but, your personal experience is the gas (fuel). Don't know what to write about? Heck thats REAL easy now. You can write about any experience you have ever had, such as;

• Restaurants
• Key Local Events
• Parks, lakes, picnic areas
• Markets, swap meets, street traders
• Direct to the public sellers, such as manufacturers or growers of cheese, wine, chocolates, fruits, nuts, spices.
• Pubs, clubs, night spots, lounges, bistro's, cafes
• Arcades, entertainment complexes, fun parks with rides
• Periodic festivals for music, comedy, arts, films.
• Specific art or moving image or pottery or old items of historic significance at museums, art houses, galleries, etc
• Hobbies
• Childhood experiences
• Your current or previous forms of employment
• Reviews of products through personal experience
  

If you know about several restaurants that you frequent due to the fact that firstly, they are simply your favourite haunts, you can give that place some free advertising. Write a review Hub about the restaurant. Highlight the menu, the excellent staff, the fantastic decor and atmosphere. Print out the hub (or send an email) and ask permission for the restaurant to display it in their window. This provides an independent view of the place and provides passersby with a potential traffic source for you, by recording your hub to read online later.

If it happens to be a restaurant that is in a major city, the potential for attracting tourists both nationally and internationally is dramatic. For example, I know of one place in Melbourne that serves Jewish food specifically prepared kosher. Very handy for any visiting people with a Jewish background and happen to be a tourist in Melbourne, especially during celebrations on the calender.

A catchy title helps as well, 'The Top Ten Must Eat Restaurants When Visiting Melbourne' is based on what you know about YOUR favourite haunts and you are telling the world. Internaional tourists may come across your article when investigating on places to eat before visiting. Local knowledge, Global reach.

What do you do for fun, as a pastime or as a hobby? You know the internet does a funny thing to peoples perceptions. What if you have been writing articles on how-to's on scrapbooking, such as 'I use adhesive Y, found out it is better than Y, and it is cheaper', The 5 top card stock for your birthday theme', 'The best ribbons to use for birthdays, 4th of July, Christmas & Thanksgiving themes'. Over time, people will find your articles and deem YOU an authority on this particular niche. Wait a minute you say, I am no expert, I am just expressing two loves, scrapbooking and writing.

Guess the scenario now, many, many people are just very happy to be passionate about scrap booking (or any other hobby), yet since you write about it, YOUR passion is coming through to your readers and your connecting with them. Monetize your hubs with appropriate affiliate or Amazon products for your hobby niche. Undoubtedly, your hobby (and lots of others) is practiced in many other countries outside of your own. Local knowledge, Global reach.

Over time you may find that your previous life experience or even you own education over time gives you what you need to be able to work with the material to drive your Hubs or articles. I have found many folk here write about many aspects that they are very familiar with or are very educated within their field of endeavor (or employment). Marriage and relationship counseling, financial and home accounting experts, a blogging guru, fashion editors, video game enthusiasts, the list goes on and on.

Myself, I am becoming a self styled expert (thats my own opinion) of having how to 'guides' on everything from protecting oneself from aliens, curious dangerous mammals and plants who eat humans. I am toying with one based on Zombies, but its a saturated market for that topic and I feel it may have been done to death for right now...