Editor’s note: This article was first published in April 2011; the websites it mentions and what they offer reflect that moment.
When it comes to finding profitable market niches for starting an online business, or simply websites and blogs for a particular audience, the opportunities are endless. In this case, the business ideas come from a small group of people (for now) who are thinking about writing their memoirs. You don’t have to be a famous singer or a politician to write your memoirs, and little by little more people are willing to do it, or at least interested in how to go about it.
Clearly, not all of us have a talent for writing: although it may seem simple, writing up your life requires a certain order and specific steps, at least to make it easy to read and understand. Several websites help with this interesting task.
For those who want to learn some literary writing skills, there’s Yoquieroescribir.com, which offers writing workshops.
For people who want to write their memoirs but don’t have the time, or would rather hand the job to someone else to write it for them, there’s Biografíasyvidas.com. As well as writing down your memories and experiences, they will talk to neighbours, family and friends to round out the work and produce a biography that includes other people’s views.
And once your memoirs are written, it’s a matter of publishing them as a book. For that there’s the website bubok.com, where you can turn your story into a real book. The price depends on the number of pages, the print run and the complexity.
As we can see, each website meets a specific need within the same field. We’ve talked about writing your memoirs, but remember that if you have experience in a particular subject, or think your experiences could offer something to “the world”, writing a book and selling it in digital format online is easier than ever these days, and you can reach a financial agreement with the publisher. Publishing your own book is also a business idea that can become very profitable.
Further reading
- Business ideas for this year
- Social networks aimed at professionals and specific sectors
- Business ideas built around social networks
- Online business ideas: how people make money on the internet
Featured image: Nenad Stojković, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
