Thinking ahead.....

A few years ago, I made a selection of ecological cleaning products, candles, breads and Christmas wreaths and sold them at a Christmas craft fair. I made a little bit of profit, but naturally came to the conclusion that I would have to invest a little bit of money in bulk purchases of the things needed to make my products to ensure I made a worthwhile profit. Like many money making ideas, I got bored with that and moved onto the next one. I thought of reviving this money making idea the last two Christmases, but did not because it was late Novemeber when I thought of making some stuff to sell, and I only had a few weeks to make things.

What I should do this year is start to plan for the Xmas craft fair season NOW, and then I can go along to the craft fairs (along with some snacks and and a flask of tea of course) and make some money. I did notice more people selling Xmas wreaths this year. Ecological products are more popular now, and maybe as a result real wreaths and decorations are more popular. Is does make me laugh when people buy small branches of holly: but I actually saw people buying them....

I like the television programme Lost, and read a few websites and forums devoted to the programme. One of the websites I read - a blog (with a domain name, not a free blog) - was sold by the owner last year. One day he had a message on his site saying that the blog was for sale for about $4000, and a few weeks later someone bought it and continued the blog. I thought I could start a website or a blog and sell it. There are probably too many Lost websites now, so I probably couldn't make lots of money building a website/blog now (or could I? Please comment!).

Maybe the trick is to find upcoming actors and actresses whose career may take off in a few years. Or find the next big TV show - look at websites like Aint It Cool News to see what shows in production are tipped to be the next big thing. Then build up a blog or website which is one of the most respected visited in that field and sell the domain name content and advertising potential to someone else.

These are two ways of thinking ahead....