1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (28 page)

165 TAKE E-SURVEYS.
Did you know some companies will pay for your opinions? Take twenty or thirty minutes to fill out an online survey and pocket your fee. Of course, not all surveys pay, so you'll have to dig around. And have some opinions.

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166 TRADE UP (ON EBAY).
A brilliant man named Kyle Mac Donald once traded his way up eBay starting with a red paper clip, and fourteen trades later he owned a house in Saskatchewan. Check out his amazing story at
http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com
. If he can do it, so can you. Start with something small (like a paper clip) and see what you end up with.

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167 CLICK ON ADS.
You don't even have to type. Just go to a website, click on an ad, and earn bucks. What could be simpler than that? About the biggest problem you might have is getting a sore finger from clicking so much. But watch out for scams!

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168 CHECK OUT AMAZON'S MECHANICAL TURK.
Computers are good at lots of stuff, but not so much at others. So companies will hire you to do things computers can't. Like identify objects in a photo or transcribe an audio recording. The pay's not great, but every little bit adds up.

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169 ANSWER ONLINE QUESTIONS.
It's simple. Check out
www.mahalo.com/answers
and see if there are questions you know the answer to. Once you post your answer and it's confirmed, you'll be paid a dollar for each question you answer (actually, more like seventy-five cents, since PayPal has to take their chunk). Put your thinking cap on.

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170 SUBMIT TO ASOCIATED CONTENT.
It's sort of like writing for an online encyclopedia. You look at what content the site — which is an open source content site — is soliciting articles for and then bang away at your computer until you've got something. You always wanted to be a writer, right?

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171 SELL YOUR CONTACTS TO JIGSAW.
Jigsaw, an online business directory, will pay bucks for the contents of your address files. Of course, you've got to be sure all the people you're selling are okay with being part of a public directory. But if they're cool with it, mine this vein of contact gold.

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