In a world such as today’s, where inflation is on the rise while salaries remain the same,
every extra penny
can be a blessing. Self-dependence is considered as the ideal situation
to be in, especially among the younger generation. Because of the ever
rising cost of living commodities and luxuries, more and more people are
finding themselves working over-time for some extra salary, looking for
better jobs, working part-time to cover their expenses, and so on.
Hence, people want to look for alternate or parallel sources of income.
And as they say, "
where there’s a will, there’s a way".
Indeed, there is not one, but many ways you can earn a few extra bucks.
Many of these involve working online, meaning you can
increase your income while working in the comfort of your living room!
Most of my blogger friends would know how they can earn money online
through their blogs via monetizing them. But not everyone has a blog,
even though creating a blog is as easy as creating a Facebook profile.
Maintaining a blog, however, is not as easy. Hence, for such people,
there are various other ways through which they could earn an income.
Freelancing
I hope you most of you know what freelancing is. It is basically working
for someone else online and getting paid for it. By far, this has
proven to be the most popular and most paying alternative to a regular
office job. And in many ways, freelancing is better than regular jobs.
Firstly, you get to do the work that
you choose, so that you have
some interest in it. Secondly, there's a wide range of stuff you can
do. You can write articles, translate papers, do programming assignments
for somebody, or take up large corporate projects as a team. The upside
to this is that, you earn good bucks. The downside is, yo have to abide
by deadlines.
Freelancing is great. It's your own way of saying out to the world; hey!
I am independent! I don't need a job! I have a life too! Although
technically, you
do have a job. But at this job, you can take a nap at anytime and do whatever you want, so long as you do your work.
If you want to look into this, you can try
5 Ways To Win A Job As A Freelancer For Beginner. Or take a look at the Top 10 Freelancing Tips.
Online Surveys
There
are many websites out there that are looking for people who would help
them in their research and fill out surveys for them. Their aim is to
get feedback and do market research on a product. There are website that
are dedicated to finding out surveys available for you. One good
example is
SurveyScout.
Write Articles
Freelance writing is another great way of earning online. If you like
writing, or if you are good at it, then you should consider this.
Writing quality articles can earn you thousands of dollars per month.
All you need to have is the right focus and of course, a good publishing
platform where you can submit your articles.
As far as publishing is concerned, you can either self-publish, or
submit your article to an article directory. You can either create a
blog for self-publishing, or use Squidoo or Hubpages. Click to learn
more about earning money through Squidoo.
If you don't want to self-publish, you can submit your articles to the
top sites that will pay you for them. This is one of the best ways of
earning online. Be sure never to plagiarize, however. Unique content is
appreciated, while plagiarism might result in a ban on you. So be
original, and you will be fine.
Data Entry
Data Entry is another popular money earning technique used by many
people. But I must admit, it is a boring and time-intensive work. There
are a lot of companies that want you to do their laborious tasks for
them, without hiring a professional for the job. Usually, these tasks
are simple. Entering one form of data into a form, organizing data,
removing mistakes and errors, and so on.
Surfing and searching
Did you know that you can get paid to search on the internet? No
kidding! Since the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing etc
are monopolizing the industry, other smaller engines are left out. So to
keep themselves going, they invite net searchers to use their engines,
and offer rewards in return. One such company is Swagbucks, that gives
you the chance to earn up to $5 per search! It's a neat little trick and
I know some people who have started doing this to earn money. Another
is InteradMedia, that pays $0.001 per minute of active search. The money
isn't very substantial, but what's the harm in getting a few extra
bucks every now and then?
There's another alternative way! Some website pay you to surf
them! SurfBounty is a good one. All you need to do is stay on that site
for a few seconds to register a "surf". Sit back as the dollars add up!
Sounds great huh?
Earn Through Skype
About a month ago, I wrote a post in length about earning money through Skype. You can follow it
here: Earn Money through skype.
But the bottom-line is, with Skype, you can provide services such
as tuitions to other people, and charge them for the call through Skype
Prime.
Q&A Websites
Some Q&A websites will pay you to answer questions! Q&A websites
are all about question that people ask. People ask all sorts of
questions on such websites. So the websites hire people to answer those
questions. So if you have a good general knowledge, why not give it a
shot?
Play games to earn money!
Every app developer needs beta testers, who have nothing to do with the
development of the apps. This helps them remove bugs and errors. With
games, this is even harder.It requires a lot of man hours to test a
game. So there are many companies that pay people to play their games,
and provide feedback. That way, they can know if the project would be a
fail or a success.
Ebay
Ebay is an advertising website where people put up classifieds for for
things they want to sell, and then buyers contact the seller to purchase
that item. If you are good at bargaining, you can take a shot at this.
Buy products at a reasonable price, and then sell them again for a
profit! This is how real estate works, except in that case, they are
dealing with lands and houses and large property.
This was an essence of some of the things that I have learned. But by no
means are they all the ways there are. You can find more ways at our
sister blog
Smart Earning Methods. Thanks for reading :)
Cables plugged into the back of a computer
Many different manufacturers release smartphones loaded with Android
OS systems. The Android OS is available for free under the Apache
license. The OS makes it easy for users to make calls, text, take
photos, watch video, and surf the web. Downloading a lot of data to the Android smartphone
means it will slow down over time. The battery can affect the phone’s
performance when it gets old and loses its charge, and needs to be
replaced. Users can preserve their phone batteries by taking good care
of them and avoiding exposure to extreme temperatures. To improve
overall performance, users are encouraged to delete unwanted software
and media, close background programs, use memory management software,
and also use the factory reset to remove all saved data from the phone.
Smartphone retailers, name brand websites, and auction sites like eBay
are all places users can find these phones.
In a world such as today’s, where inflation is on the rise while salaries remain the same, every extra penny
can be a blessing. Self-dependence is considered as the ideal situation
to be in, especially among the younger generation. Because of the ever
rising cost of living commodities and luxuries, more and more people are
finding themselves working over-time for some extra salary, looking for
better jobs, working part-time to cover their expenses, and so on.
Hence, people want to look for alternate or parallel sources of income.
And as they say, "where there’s a will, there’s a way".
Indeed, there is not one, but many ways you can earn a few extra bucks.
Many of these involve working online, meaning you can increase your income while working in the comfort of your living room!
There
are many websites out there that are looking for people who would help
them in their research and fill out surveys for them. Their aim is to
get feedback and do market research on a product. There are website that
are dedicated to finding out surveys available for you. One good
example is SurveyScout.
