1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (91 page)

Always wanted to set up shop on your own? What better time to do it than when you're dead broke. There are some ways you can work the moneymaking magic even if you don't have a dime to your name and you want to go into business.

561 TURN YOUR CAR INTO AN ADVERTISEMENT.
You can get paid to drive your car around with some signs on it. Check out
www.car-wraps-advertising.com
for more information. They say you can get paid $400 a month just for driving around.

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562 TELEMARKET.
You might normally hang up on those annoying calls that almost always seem to happen at dinnertime. Luckily for them, they get paid whether you listen or not. For a few hours a day you could make some phone calls and earn a paycheck.

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563 BECOME AN AFFILIATE MARKETER.
Businesses are looking for any advantage over the competition, especially in the economic climate. Link up the business's website to your own and watch the easy bucks pour in. You can also look up clients who would be interested in the company and send them e-mails.

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564 CREATE A COMPANY'S VIRAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN.
Do you remember the mysterious trailers and faux MySpace pages for
Cloverfield
? You can easily do that for any company. Just offer your extensive knowledge of Facebook and MySpace (admit it, you're on those social networks all the time anyway) and you're in.

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565 WORK AS A FREELANCE PUBLICIST.
You are a people person and know how to get what you want. Advertise your publicity services directly to the artists who think the publishing, music, or movie company they're working with isn't doing enough to promote their revolutionary book/CD/film.

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566 DO OUTSIDE ADVERTISING FOR A COMPANY.
Did you ever hear a jingle on a commercial and think, “I could have written that.” Now is your chance. If you're especially creative when it comes to advertising, provide your services for a small company.

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