Turning Camping Into Cash – Pt. 1
May 10th, 2009 | 
Author: Turning Camping Into Cash – Pt. 1
Turning Camping into Cash?
Pt. 1
Camping is natures way of promoting the motel business. Dave Berry.
Having returned from my first camping trip while casually thumbing through the Yellow Pages for quick divorce lawyers I received a call from Top Sleeping Bags a new camping equipment website asking can you write an article on turning camping into cash? I closed the phone book and heres the first installment of my series of answers.
The camping world needs a womans touch and I dont mean a female Daniel Boone. I mean a female Dave Berry. It really needs one and theres gold in them thar hills. Theres no advice for dreamers who looked at brochure photos of laughing couples holding hands while hiking along majestic mountain paths only to return from their first camping trip with blisters the size of baseballs poison ivy welts and the need for blood tests for Lyme Disease. And thats where turning camping into cash and you come in. Just think about it if you like to hike canoe and camp anyway its all upside. That advice giver could be you.
Camping gear reviews advice on what camping gear to buy and why is everywhere from eBays Camping Buying Guide or REIs Camp/Hike Expert Advice. In bonenumbing detail we learn well need out sleeping bags rated for 10* Fahrenheit to camp in the snow or that a car rack must clamp to the seam between the door and vehicle frame if a car lacks gutters. And coincidentally every tip and every piece of advice relates back to a product for sale on the site.
And the Internet also abounds with campsite reviews where information that should cause civilized people to recoil in horror is considered mighty handy information for the hardy camping crowd. These reviews allow them to discover which campsites have 30 amp electricity which have sewage disposal for RVs and those where you best keep an eye out for rattlesnakes and scorpions.
But realworld advice? Forget it. You can search the Internet in vain or Google until the cows come home but you wont find advice on whether it is better to choke to death on fish bones or simply walk into the wilderness and freeze to death after your newly retired husband who somehow convinced you to share a winter adventure ice fishing in Canada hands you his fresh catch to clean and cook for the evenings meal over a tiny propane flame. Nor can you find advice on the best response when while pitching a tent in the dark with someone who forgot to pack flashlights asked whats taking so long to pound in your half of the tent stakes into the ground with the heel of your shoe because someone also forgot to pack a hammer.
Youll search forever for camping advice that begins with Just dont do it dont go. But if you must be certain you know how far the nearest 4Star restaurant is from your campsite and youve MapQuested the directions
So where to start in turning good advice like that into gold? My advice start a camping blog? Start a camping blog gain a following with your advice and make money from affiliate marketing or selling advertising space. Starting a blog personal publishing platforms can be done without money. See WordPress.
Affiliate Marketing. Sign up with an affiliate marketing company like commissionjunction.com or clickbank.com chose the product you want to sell on your website divorce lawyer advertising? Family counseling? the company will provide you with the code to place on your blog and then every time some one clicks on the link or buys the product pay per click or pay per commission you get paid!
Sell Advertising Space. For example you can go to Googles site sign up for an Ad Sense account and follow the instructions they provide to get it on your blog. You know those ads by Google sections of web pages these days thats what were talking about.
Sell Banner Ads. Offer spots for companies to place banner ads on your site. To keep it easy you can place the banner ad code in one of your blog posts. If you want to get more technical you can attempt to place it on other locations on your blog page.
Or
Squidoo. This is a spot for people to make small personal web pages about things they are interested in. You could rather easily make several Squidoo lenses their dubbed term for webpage with various articles photos video etc. The beauty of a Squidoo lense is the money making technology is built in. You can with a click of a button add an Adsense campaign to your lenses Amazon modules or ebay listings. All of which you split a commission on.
HubPages. These are a similar concept to Squidoo. You make your own personal hubpage and use the same methods to produce an small income AdSense Amazon etc. If your Hubpage has valuable content which as we established before shouldnt be that hard in the field of camping its very possible to great a small but steady source of income.
This isnt getrichquick advice but it is a way you could gain a national following your traffic could explode and then the world would be your oyster. Dont quit your day job. But do take your laptop with you camping. I believe in you. You should believe in you.
You may think the hardest part is coming up with great advice. Think again. Just go camping. Be sure and check back Top Sleeping Bags has me booked for a whole series.
About the writer: Written at request of the Operator at: Top Sleeping Bags
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