Ways to make extra money

[securedcc]

Blog + Adsense. So many college students making over USD10,000 a month doing that.

I have seen lot of sites that contains ads but few content information. I don't know if they are one of them.

All my sites are content-based so new updates & information is a must, not only to freshen-up the site but to provide good information to visitors. Content is a King. So if you want to earn money online, be sure to provide also good information.

[Dreamlinefunding]

Want to earn money too like everyone so always looking for different ways to make some extra income & there's a lot of interesting stuff here.

[RAYT721]

EARNest Endeavors...

There are a number of ways to earn extra income and the full list would be far too lengthy to post in any one thread. In short you either work for yourself or you work for an employer. The choices for the entrepreneur would be to sell products, services or a combination of the two. Whatever the industry, it is important to find a need and fill it. It's not necessarily important that you are the first to do something but paramount importance is to be the best at what you do.

I worked part-time at a Walgreens Pharmacy in the photo dept for three years in addition to my full-time employment. I loved it ... but between paying taxes per pay, taxes at year end, paying for gas, buying lunches or dinners, and just the time away from home it wasn't worth continuing to keep the part time job. I recently quit and while I am writing this on a Saturday night at 5:15 pm, I would normally be at the store earning around $8 for a 6 hour shift. The take home (after expenses) would be around the same amount of money that a 7 year old boy makes working in a factory in China.

Sometimes (not always) working for an employer is not the way to go.

I am also a part-time website designer for small businesses in my area. I will do a website for around $75 and charge for updates or I will actually teach the company to do their own for $75 and put them in charge of their own updates. I am booked for business for quite some time. I also offer small business consulting services and the web customers often turn to me for consulting services and vice versa. I earn (and keep) much more than working at Walgreens, can do it on my own schedule, and get sweet tax deductions for a legitimate home business. Thank you, Uncle Sam!

What I am saying is that I am using my skills and each of you should do the same. One person could have an award winning recipe for Cajun Jambalaya (I just had that for dinner so that's what came to mind) while another person may want to perform energy audits, sell or install energy efficient light bulbs and thermostats, and/or associated products and services. Mr. Muscles over there might consider teaching exercise classes in his garage alone or in groups ($10 a session, 5 students = $50/hour). My list of options can simply go on and on but all relates to one basic question... what's YOUR passion?

Do you know anyone who might like a scrapbook but lacks the time, equipment or skill to put it together on a computer? Hmmm... that can be a lucrative money-maker, especially to an elderly person who may want to hand down recipes and photos and such. Another skilled person might want to buy and refinish old discarded furniture found in a dumpster that can resell for $50-100 with a coat of paint, sanding, upholstery or whatever. What about Mrs Stay at Home Mom becoming a virtual assistant for an entrepreneur with a day job? She can take messages, answer questions, type invoices, mail postcards or whatever's needed on her own schedule in between diaper changes and naps.

Do you have a great idea for a book, newsletter or magazine? Start out by writing it and then worry about self-publishing or selling to a publisher. If you find and fill the needs of your audience you can earn not only income but royalties. I have an active interest in passive income.

Do you enjoy washing windows? housekeeping? running errands? There are a number of disabled and senior citizens who could use your energy. What about doing taxes, bookkeeping or using accounting experience? make up? Sewing or alterations? Teaching computer skills? Clowning? swimming instructor? crafting? consulting?

Ever see the tv show "Shark Tank?"

I told you this could be a long list but what works for one person won't work for another.

Don't just wait for your ship to come in, swim out to meet it!

[zairaong]

great share..

to make extra money:
create websites
blogging
write an ebook
design web logos
re-write poorly written ads
write reviews
freelance writer
start online store

[cni2010]

Ever see the tv show "Shark Tank?"

That's my favorite show. Did you watch the episode with the uroclub?

Ways to make money:
-win the lottery
-become a rap star
-create a comic book like superman or spiderman
-get really tall and play in the nba

[devatha]

For those people with computer, they can do variety of freelance jobs using odesk.com, guru.com, rentacoder.com and elance.com. I found odesk is better, as it guarantees payment for our work hours. Of course, some employer need to select your job application out of tens of freelance applications.

[Shine]

Try your luck online....there are number of ways to earn money.

[zhuwh]

If you want to make extra money , Maybe you can do the part-time job when you are free .

[ferriwinkle]

All great ideas. Here are a few more:
Paper route (we sub and do special delivery days)
Phone book delivery
Metal recycling (as others have said)

Ways to save money:
Coupon shopping
rebates (make sure to actually mail them in and cash the check--no matter how small)
Costco or Sam's Club
ride your bicycle or carpool to work
make your lunches instead of going out for lunch
Buy store brands (usually same quality but a lot less cost)
rent movies instead of going to the theatre
Get rid of cable (we just have netflix and stream it to our tv for $8.99 a month, an use Hulu.com)

that's all I can think of right now!!! Good luck to everyone!

[personalbudgetstuff]

Sell everything you don't need on Ebay and make up a good story about it.

[Ashleywatson]

Freelance writing,Plant maintenance, Tutor,Teach a language,Internet research,invest in properties,invest in business etc you can also find online for invest your money.

[zhuwh]

I would like to say that in my spare time , i will do the part-time work to earn the extra money , such as i will sell the clothes on the street when i came after work .

[crazyBMB]

Sell everything you don't need on Ebay and make up a good story about it.

This is an awesome idea. My spouse used to do this in garage sales we had. This wasn't intentional, it was just a lot of fun. People loved it! Seemed people got more of a good feeling w/ things that had a story behind them!

[Eric80]

I've been getting an increase in the number of emails from people asking about ways to make extra money and felt it would be a good discussion area here. Making additional income is as legitimate a way to help with personal finances as saving money and I'm sure that the members here have a lot of experience to share with those that are looking to supplement their current income. Feel free to start new threads on ways that you have made extra money in the past or ideas that you have heard about how others make money. Here are some suggestions:

Blogging for Others
Blogging for Yourself

Can & Bottle Collection
Christmas Light Hanger
Coin Exchanger
Collectible Expert
Commute Helper

Driftwood Collector
Drug Tester
Dumpster Diving

Hair Selling
House Sitting

Old Stuff No Longer Used Seller
Online Surveys

Pet Sitting
Plasma Donations

Used Book Seller

Hi, Thanks for the great list of alternatives. Can you point out also which ones are profitable from the list for the current time and situation. May be I've to research it by own. I'd like to thank you.

[mommyof4]

I can not tell ways to make extra money. But, I can tell one way to make money is farming/agriculture(growing everyday necessary food items). As america has vast land, farming is the best thing to do in bad times and good times. If there is a good planning and willingness to work hard combined with the knowledge on farming and finance(how much of your money and others' money to put in agriculter at the beginnning), it is better than doing any other business. I think farming/agriculture is best because people need it at least 2 times to 3 times everyday. If a product or service of business is essential to consumers, you can easily earn money. You may earn very good return on money more than any return you get doing any other business. Of course, i never did farming. But, somebody told me. With vast land in america, you can even export the food to brazil, russia, china , africa, asia and india in future!!! Think about it.

We have a small farm where we grow grass-fed, hormone free, free-ranged, antibiotic free meat that we not only consume ourselves (saves us on groceries, too), and we sell our chickens, eggs, lamb, pork to our family and friends. We plan on having cattle next year, too. This has made us a few extra dollars, plus allows us to get our acerage rezoned from residential to agricultural, which will reduce our taxes a few hundred dollars a year, too.