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Here is a summary of the jobs and resources I have posted in my blog.



These are great ways for stay at home moms to make some extra money while the kids nap. These are also good ways to bring in some extra income whether you are a student, parent, or just looking for supplemental income.



I just started scanning my checks so I can show you the money I am making. See images below of my deposited checks.



Cash Back on Online Purchases

Get a % back in cash/check when you make online purchases. If you are going to be doing some shopping anyway, do it online and get some cash back. There are tons for stores like Ebay, Old

Navy, Target, Best Buy.... and many other stores.

On Big Crumbs, Quick Rewards, Cash Crate, and Ebates, if you go

through their site to get to many

online stores you get some cash back on your purchases. They either send you a check or just put money in your paypal account. It is that easy! If you plan on doing shopping anyway,

this is a good deal. There are lots of stores

(Overstock, Best Buy, Gap, Apple Store, HP,

buy.com, ...) They have a huge list.

It's totally free. It looks like they make

money from these sites advertising on their site.

They provide links to the stores and when you buy

stuff from the links you get a certain percentage

back. I think you can still use your own coupons when

you go to check out at the online store from whatever

site you go to.



You can also get cash when your friends buy stuff as

well. On Big Crumbs, Cash Crate, and Quick Rewards, you can keep

earning a % when your friends buy stuff, but on Ebates

you only get a flat $5 when someone you refer buys

something for the first time. But, Ebates gives you

higher percentages back and you get $5 for yourself

when you sign up.

On Quick Rewards and Cash Crate you can get some cash other ways as

well. You earn free cash by visiting websites,

shopping, daily signups, daily trivia, signups,

trials, surveys and much more.

On all of these you also make money when you friends sign up.



Big Crumbs

Quick Rewards

Ebates

Cash Crate





Surveys and Focus Groups

You can also answer surveys and join focus groups. Here are the ones which I have had success. Focus Forward is the best paying. I made $200 for a couple of hours once, and then we also got $75 for participating in a message board online for a few days.

Tamage

Pinecone Research

Your 2 Cents

Acop

Survey Savy

Focus Forward



MyLot

Mylot - It is like Myspace, but you get paid! You have friends, discussions, and your own profile. You get paid to write your own discussions or answer/respond to others. You also get paid just for posting your own pictures. Although it may seem like not very much at first, those pennies really do add up. This is a really easy way to get some extra money. It's also a fun place to go to make friends and help others. Here's the link





Cash Crate

You can get paid to review and try products, services, and websites. You get paid when your account reaches $20. Some offers only reward you with points, but you can trade the points for gift cards and various other items. Sign up here



Different ways to make money on the site.

1. Complete offers. These vary from answering surveys to registering for free newsletters. Make sure you set the search to show “100% free” offers. You don’t want to get stuck in some sort of membership.

2. Go shopping. You get a % back when you shop online at various stores.

3. Refer friends. You get paid 20% of what your direct referrals make and 10% of what their referrals make.

4. Contests. Cash Crate rewards the top 10 ten users earning the most money through offers and daily surveys, as well as the users who refer the most people.





Sell Your Photos, Video, Artwork

Like to take pictures? Do you have some nice photographs? You could possibly make some money off of them.



There are many sites where you can upload your photos and start making money.



Here are a few: (I got this list from Site Point by J. Catone )

BigStockPhoto - 50 cents to $3.00/image . I recently signed up and have 22 pictures on their site. Someone bought the first one yesterday. I got 50cents for the one photo and more people could end up downloading it as well. I don't think there is a limit to how many times it can be downloaded or sold.

iStockPhoto - 20-40% for photos from $1 to $20 (for photos) - more if you offer them an exclusive on your work. Also sells videos, illustrations, flash, and audio. 3.5 million + photos.

Dreamstime - $ .35 to $8.40/image - more for exclusives.

Shutterstock - 25 cents per downloaded image. Refer friends and earn 3 cents/image sold by photographers you refered. Illustrations and video too.

StockXpert - 50% for $1 to $10/image photos.

123 Royalty Free - 50% and 36 cents/imaged downloaded. Refer friends and get 10% per photo sold for referred photographers.

CanStockPhoto - 50% and 25 cents/image download.

Fotolia - 33% and 64% of $1 - $3/image.

Shutterpoint - 70% or 85% . See what types of images are selling best. What’s Selling

Photo Stock Plus - 85% but takes a 3.25% processing fee. You set your own pricing.

CreStock - 30% for $5 to $15/image. See the best images and the worst images to get an idea of what types of photos they are looking for.

SnapVillage - 30% for $1 to $50/image.

Nature Photo Index - Not just nature photos and you get 99% back.

Scoopt - For selling images to the media. 40%

Citizenside - News/media images. Get up to 75%

Get Paid to Write Articles

Associated Content

There are a few sites where you can get paid to contribute many different types of content (articles, reviews, video, audio, images, ...).



Write reviews on Epinions. I have made $205.14 from

writing reviews every so often. I'm going to try and

start writing more. It's real easy to write a review,

especially now that we have so many baby produts to

write on. You get a few cents every time someone

reads your review.



Associated Content is a large community with articles and other kinds of texts as well as audio, video, and images. They pay people to contribute any type of content (video, text, audio and images) on any topic.You get an initial upfront payment ranging from $1-$20 and then and additional $1.50 for every thousand page views. The payments are sent though Paypal.



Helium is similar to AC. Members publish articles on any of the topics. The writing community then will judge each one of the articles to determine the best. You get paid based on the quality (how others rate you), traffic, and advertiser interest. The cool thing about Helium is your name is not shown with your article. This insures unbiased reviews. You can still track your articles, keep track of ones you have written, and share those with others.



Just Answer

Just Answer - If you have a degree, are an expert in a particular field, or just are good at researching topics you can make some money answering people's questions. I recently started doing this. You have to first answer a few questions in a particular topic to be an expert in that category. There seem to be a lot of different types of questions being asked.



Do Small Jobs with Amazon

Though Amazon, you can get paid for odd jobs. They vary from rating restaurants to doing web searches. They don’t pay much, but it could add up over time. Click here for Amazon Mechanical Turk



Put Ads on Your Car

If you don’t mind having advertising on your car, you could make quite a bit of money.



To become a Drivertiser™, you must…..

• Own a vehicle that is between a 1998-current model year.*

• Drive an average of 1250 miles per month. (Roughly 40+ miles per day)**

• Be the registered owner of the vehicle.

• Have a valid driver’s license.

• Have valid insurance.

• Have a clean driving record.





Blog for Bucks

Do you have a blog? Do you want to make some extra money? There are many companies that will pay bloggers to write about the product or service the company sells. You can make anywhere from $2-$100 per post. All you have to do is spend a little bit of time writing about something you may already use or know.



Most of the sites require your blog to have at least 30 posts before you can sign up.



Here are a few sites where you can sign up to get paid for blogging.

Review Me

Pay2Blog

PayPerPost

Smorty



If you don’t have a blog, it’s very easy to get one for free. You can go to Blogger or other free blogging sites.





Sell Your Knowledge/Expertise

With Ether you can make money proving your services over the phone or through email.



Here’s what they say, “We all have something valuable to say. Whether you're an accountant, a computer expert, a blogger, or a good gossiper, you can earn money selling what you say to others over the phone or through email.”



They give you a free phone number 1-888-MY-ETHER with an 8-digit extension. You set it up to have the calls forwarded to your phone whenever and for however long you want. You decide your rate and Ether takes 15%.



There are no monthly fees, no setup fees, and no connection fees.

How it works





Name This

Are you good at brainstorming? On this site companies ask for your help in naming their product or business.



The payout varies on the project, but most times the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place names get a reward.



Check out Name This.



*3/17 update - I made $24.80 so far for coming up with a 2nd place name for a product. yea!



Be a ChaCha Guide or Expiditor

ChaCha is a mobile research service. People text or call in and get the answer text to their cell phone. Anyway, they need people to answer these texts. Usually it’s not too hard to find the answers using a Google search. You’ll get questions anywhere from weather forecasts to sports stats. They pay you 20 cents for each question you answer. You can average about $5 -$10/hr. It looks like right now they are not accepting new guides, but keep trying and please put me down as your referral. Become a Guide





My checks (proof that I'm making money on these sites):

Ebates $50.58

Focus Forward $75

There are two important things to keep in mind when saving money. You need to a) think ahead and b) be flexible.

Thinking ahead

In order to save money you need to plan and think about the future. This is a common mistake. Someone might see a good deal, buy 20 of the item, and then never end up using them. Many people end up defeating the purpose and actually waste money and overspend.

When making a purchase, think ahead and decide when and where you will use the product and how many you will need. It’s ok to take an educated guess. It takes some time to figure out your own strategy as well as your consuming habits.

When shopping, think about if/when you will use what ever the “good deal” is. If it’s food, ask yourself if you have the space to store extras. Also, decide if you will be able to consume the product before it expires. If you are at a retail store and you see a great item on clearance, don’t just buy it because it is $1. If you don’t end up using it, it’s not a deal. If, on the other hand, a birthday is coming up and you know someone who would like the item, go ahead and purchase it. I got a ton of party favors at Target from the dollar section for my son’s birthday party. I went about a month before his birthday, saw the items, and knew they would make great favors for the following month.

When cutting coupons, cut only the coupons you believe you will use. It’s a waste of time to cut everything. Unless you are a super couponer and plan to trade with others, just cut the ones you will use. Get a good coupon organizer so you can keep track of what you have. Read my Tips for Getting and Using Grocery Store Coupons for more information.

Before I do any shopping online I either click through Big Crumbs or Ebates to get % back or I look for coupon / promotional codes I can apply toward my purchase. Read more on Cha Ching Queen about how to get % back at these places.

Before going to the store make a list of the items you need. Plan your meals. Unless you see a really good deal, try to stick with your list. When I make a list, I may just write down snacks. Then, when I get to the snack aisle I compare prices with the coupons I have to get the best deal.

Before I leave the house, whether I’m grocery shopping, mall shopping, or going out to eat, I do a quick online printable coupon. For groceries I like to use A Full Cup coupon database. You can search all printable coupons or do a specific search for a certain product. It’s also a good idea to do a Google search for manufacturer, retail, and restaurant coupons as well.

Let’s say your family eats a lot of Pop Tarts. Go to Google. Type “Pop Tarts printable coupon”. I found this 55 cents off Pop Tarts coupon.

Try it here. Type in the product name and “coupon” or “printable coupon”. See what comes up.

A couple of great restaurant and entertainment coupons sites are Restaurant.com and The Entertainment Book.

Don’t be afraid to ask for coupons. If there are certain products you use often, go to the company’s web site and request a coupon. Here’s more information on asking for coupons.

Check out my current deals and coupons page for the most up-to-date information.

Be Flexible

In order to get the best deals you need to be flexible. You may have to compromise and not get the exact item you had planned on purchasing. As I mentioned earlier, it’s best make a list before shopping to get a general idea of what you need. Let’s say you had steak planned for meal, but you get to store and there is a deal on ground beef. If you really want to save money, substitute your steak meal for burgers. By a few extra packages of beef and keep them in the freezer. Please, do not buy 15 packages, unless you have the room to freeze them and are sure you will eat them before they expire.

When shopping at a retail store, check out the clearance section. Usually, these are clothes that are out of season. It may not be what you had planned on buying. If it’s summer and there’s a leather coat on sale at a “you’d be stupid not to get it” price. Only buy it if you think you or someone you know would wear it. I guess this goes along with the planning section as well.

Remember, plan and be flexible and you can be on your way to saving a lot of money each month.

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