Making Extra Cash

Write for money online - Part 5 - Your own blog or website

Posted February 13, 2009 - 15:12 by Xin Lu

Making Extra Cash, Art and Leisure

In parts one through four I reviewed various revenue sharing websites. There are actually many more of these sites out there that share a part of their revenue as long as you provide the content. So in this final portion I will write about the pros and cons of earning from your own website or blog.

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Write for money online series - Part 4 - Mahalo.com

Posted February 6, 2009 - 17:32 by Xin Lu

Making Extra Cash, Art and Leisure

Mahalo

So far I have reviewed three pay for content sites. Today I am reviewing a site called Mahalo. This is a site that is aiming to be a human powered search engine. It was started by the guy who created a group of popular blogs including Engadget. Now Mahalo is paying people to create hand made search result pages.

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Write for money online series Part 3 - eHow.com

Posted February 3, 2009 - 12:40 by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, General Tips, Making Extra Cash

So far, I have covered two pay for content sites called Bukisa and Associated Content in part one and two of this series. Both of these sites allows a wide range of content, but the pay systems vary. You also have to do a fair amount of promotion to be successful on these sites. Today I am reviewing an extremely popular site called eHow.com where you can receive a share of ad revenue for writing short how-to articles.

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Get a quick $2000...just by using your ears.

Posted February 2, 2009 - 09:30 by Paul Michael

Life Hacks, Making Extra Cash

Listen

How's your hearing? Think you have the kind of listening skills that would put the CIA to shame? Well, there's a website out there that's ready to put its money where its mouth is. And if you can guess the sound they play, you win $2000 instantly. No catch. No red tape. The money is yours...if you can guess the sound.

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Write for money online series - Part II - Associated Content

Posted January 30, 2009 - 19:00 by Xin Lu

General Tips, Making Extra Cash, Art and Leisure

Associated  Content

In the first part of this series about writing for money online I covered a relatively new revenue sharing site named Bukisa. Today I am reviewing a much more established website called Associated Content. I joined this site over a year ago so I have a bit more experience with how it works.

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Write for money online series - Part I - Bukisa

Posted January 29, 2009 - 17:29 by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, General Tips, Making Extra Cash, Art and Leisure

I started writing online in 2007 at my personal blog and have not stopped since. I am very fortunate to have been selected to join Wise Bread last year and I have made a steady amount of gas and food money from blogging since then. A lot of my friends have asked me how to earn money online with their writing, and oftentimes they are deterred by the process of setting up and marketing their own blogs. So I decided to research the various websites where people can sell content online and review each of them one by one. Today I am reviewing Bukisa, a relatively new pay for content / ad revenue sharing site.

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Need a job? Apply to become a Census enumerator

Posted January 22, 2009 - 14:10 by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Making Extra Cash

The Census Bureau produces an important set of demographics data about the United States every ten years. The 2010 Census is coming up soon and the Bureau is hiring thousands of temporary workers to help with data gathering. The recruitment starts now.

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Hey Kids! It's Time Your Butt Got a Job

Posted January 21, 2009 - 04:55 by Tisha Tolar

Making Extra Cash

The economy is hurting all of us – especially families trying to raise and educate their kids. Unfortunately, things have become so tight that there is often little left over to do anything but complain. Even worse, a lot of struggling parents still cater to their offspring who are now of an age where they should no longer expect their parents to buy everything for them and instead take an interest in earning their own money.

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Seven Lessons Learned from Working Retail

Posted December 10, 2008 - 15:37 by Andrea Dickson

Career and Income, Making Extra Cash

The store that I work at offers a rewards card to frequent shoppers, and there are quite a few people who refuse to sign up for it - I can understand why they wouldn't want to have another shopping card on hand, but trust me, if you regularly spend a hundred dollars in a particular store, you deserve some kind of reward. You might even be surprised how much money you actually spend at a particular store - I'm regularly handing out free gifts to shoppers who look shocked that they qualify for them.

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Hoopde for sale. Starting price - $500. Winning bid - $226,521.

Posted November 19, 2008 - 10:25 by Paul Michael

Frugal Living, Life Hacks, Making Extra Cash, Cars and Transportation

Crappy old car

I love stories like this. It gives me hope that one day, something “worthless” sitting in my garage will instantly fill up my daughters’ college funds. In this case, the seemingly worthless item was a rusty bucket of bolts called a 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Tempest. When I saw the pictures, I was surprised at the high starting bid of $500. Imagine how the owner felt when it netted him almost a quarter of a million dollars.

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