creative job /money making/saving ideas

Some creative job /money making/saving ideas a friend shared (thanks Sue):

1) Advertise on your car. drivenmediaonline.com or freecarmedia.com

2)Test websites at usertesting.com

3)Participate in focus groups. findfocusgroups.com and call each one
to have your name added to the list so they will call you as they come
up.

4)Perform tasks for businesses. mturk.com Search through the human
intelligence tasks to find out which ones you are up for. It could be
translation, data gathering, writing product reviews or testing
websites.

5)Pet paid to tweet. Sign up at sponsoredtweets.com where advertisers
look for tweeters to tout their brands.

6) Be an online expert. Field questions related to your expertise.
Prove your knowledge with credentials and quick subject matter test at
justanswer.com where visitors submit inquiries for a suggested price.
The more you answer, the better your chances for more questions. On a
side note, when I was doing my taxes with Turbo Tax this year, I asked
a question to their expert online. A H was the responder! She is my
visiting teacher!

7) Hawk your handiwork. etsy.com (we know about etsy) what you may not
know is that it only costs about 20 cents for four months. If you have
handmade items, this is great way to market them.

8)Ask for $5. Fiverr.com. The website where you can list anything you
are willing to do for $5. It can be silly stuff like singing in a
banana suit! One participant made $1000 by writing messages on a sandy
beach and photographing them. Whether you make great power points or
killer maid- of-honor speaches or offer organizing advise.

9)Put your photos up for sale. (I thought this was GREAT!) Submit your
jpeg images for free to stock photography sites such as
shutterstock.com. They will pay up to $28 whenever some downloads your
image. Istockphoto pays 15% of each download. FYI. I have used some of
these sites when I was in marketing. I paid for the pictures! This one
is a no brainer if you have some pictures.

10) Pick up insurance bonuses. Make sure your health and life
insurance KNOWS you are non-smokers, you workout at the gym, etc. Many
reduce their premiums.

11) Sell your gift cards. Sometimes we collect gift cards we will
never use. Sell them on any of those sites. Google, gift card
exchange. Tranversely, you can buy cards you DO use at a savings on
these sites. I use them all the time! Sometimes up to 30% off. I have
never had a problem.

12) Jewelry. cash4gold.com and exboyfriendjewelry.com are a couple of
the many websites you can turn to if you want to sell necklaces, rings
and other gold jewelry. You may get a better rate at a local jewelry
store. My daughter had her old class ring that she shrunk out of. She
got $200!

13)Gadgets. DON'T THROW OUT THAT OLD GAME SYSTEM! Instead trade in
your small electronic at gazelle.comand earn cash-$100 on average
according to the site. They will tell you where you can sell your
product and ship your gadget free of charge and you will recieve a
check in the mail.

14) Books. At bookscouter.com, enter the ISBN number for any book you
hoping to sell and it will compare more than 40-bookbuying sites. You
decide which one you want to sell to or sell on and go that site and
do what is necessary to sell them.

15) Clothes. Gently used clothes and childrens things can be
liquidated at local 'used' clothing shops.

16) Everything else. ebayclassifieds.com and craigslist.com are free
to list on. Last week we pulled the toilet out of our master bath and
replaced it. I put it on CL for $50. A guy came and bought it for $40.
Also, use the CL for free stuff to give. When I pulled out my old
stove and the counter with the sink still attached, both were dump
worthy. The stove still works and the counter and sink worked, but
more for a farm or garage. Same with our old wheat! They were gone in
minutes! When dad pulled out all the wood in the garage for the
intended bathroom we never put in, I took a picture of the pile and
said free. A lady and her hubby came and took nearly all of it. Again,
saving us the dump trip.