If you are looking for ways to earn extra money, these are some ideas you may consider.
Bank for Profit
There are many banks both online and offline that offer cash incentives for opening a new account (anywhere from $25 to over $100). Be sure to look for these offers before opening a bank account, and read the fine print (incase you’re thinking of closing it within a month) Take advantage of these offers, and turn banking into a more lucrative experience.
Research and Join a marketing company!
Get Paid for Your Time Online
Did you know that there are companies that will pay you to read e-mails, to do web searches and to complete other online activities? It's true. Sign up with several of them, and get paid for the time that you spend online. Check out volition.com/getpaid.html for a list of companies to consider.
More Ways to Make Money
Sell Things You No Longer Need
Are things that you no longer need or use cluttering up your home? Then, turn them into cash. Sell any items of value on Ebay, in the newspaper classifieds or at a consignment store. Then, have a yard sale to sell the rest.
Get Paid to Take Surveys
Turn your opinions into cash by answering online surveys. Just sign up with several survey sites, and wait for the survey invitations to roll in.
Have Your Car Wrapped
- Do you spend a lot of time on the road? Then, consider turning your car into a rolling billboard. Many companies – big and small – are willing to pay to have your car "wrapped" with their advertisements.
- Check out www.topsitereviews.com for a list of places you can go to research the site you would like to use, to get a car wrap.
Get Paid For Your Hobbies
Hobbies usually cost money, but that doesn't have to be the case. Find ways to turn your favorite past time into a source of income, and enjoy playing for profit.
- Ways to Earn Money from Your Hobbies include
Photography
- Get work as a freelance newspaper photographer
- Sell stock photos online. (Try www.Shutterstock.com )
- Sell your videos online.
- Do wedding and event photography/videography
- Teach photography/videography classes
- Turn your images into cards, and sell them
Sports
- Umpire/referee. Check out: National Association for Sports Officials
- Coach
- Be a scorekeeper
- Be a statistician
- Caddy
- Become a personal trainer
- Become a fishing guide, hiking guide or river guide
- Teach others your sport
Taking Care of Animals
- Walk dogs
- Pet sit
- Offer grooming services
Cooking
- Teach cooking classes
- Sell your foods at farmer's markets and craft shows
- Cater (create a blog and showcase your work)
- Offer yourself as a personal chef
- Take orders for birthday cakes (create a myspace page dedicated to your pastry)
Fitness
- Teach exercise classes
- Be a river guide
- Lead hikes
- Teach rock climbing, caving or other extreme sports
- Be a tour guide – all that walking is exercise!
- Become a life guard
- Offer yourself as a personal trainer
Computers
- Repair computers
- Build and sell computers
- Become a computer consultant
- Design websites
Writing
- Start a blog
- Sell articles online or to magazines
- Enter writing contests with cash prizes
- Apply for a writing stipend
- Write advertising copy for local businesses
- Produce and sell an e-book
Get a
Paper routes aren't just for kids with bicycles any more. If you have a reliable vehicle and a need or desire to boost your income by several hundred dollars a week, a newspaper route could be the answer. Talk to your local newspaper to find out what routes they have available in the area.
Tutor
Are you good at math? A grammar pro or a chemistry master? Then, become a tutor, and transform your knowledge into a paycheck. Just advertise where parents are likely to look – on campuses, at the library, in the newspaper – and you'll soon build a list of clients.
Deliver Phone Books
Someone's got to deliver all those phone books, and it may as well be you. Contact your local phone company to find out what you need to do to apply for the job. Then, hussle those books from door to door for some extra green.
Note: Often phone companies will place an insert in with your phone bill to announce their need for deliverers. Keep an eye out for this advertisement, and act quickly when you see it.
Recycle
Your trash can or cluttered garage could be yet another source for money. Aluminum, steel and many other materials can be recycled for profit – now, that's good news for your bank account and the environment.
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