| Do you wish you could make extra cash from home? | | | | companies including Yuwie will pay you for using their |
| Now that more people are finding themselves with | | | | social networking sites. Its essentially a means of |
| some unexpected leisure time there will be a swarm | | | | generating traffic, so don't expect to make your |
| of offers to help you "get rich quick". Beware of | | | | millions, but if you are willing to use the site anyway |
| scams. Instead look for the simpler, tried and tested | | | | then it can generate some handy cash. |
| ways to earn some money online during the credit | | | | - Sell on eBay. How many books and tips are there |
| crunch. | | | | about making money in a credit crunch selling on |
| - Write and sell an eBook. An ebook is simply an | | | | eBay? A Google search returns thousands. |
| electronic version of a book, magazine or article. It | | | | Nonetheless eBay is accessible, easy to set up and |
| doesn't need to be an oeuvre. Many eBooks are just | | | | can be lucrative. The best product to sell is something |
| a couple of pages long. Think of something that you | | | | that you can duplicate and post very easily. Think of a |
| know about that others would find useful. Consider | | | | niche and then check out the competition. Select a |
| what would interest people in a credit crunch. How to | | | | quirky "long-tail" product that will appeal to a specialist |
| economize, top tips on interviewing, gardening advice | | | | group, e.g. leather binocular gloves for birdwatchers, |
| etc. You can save the eBook as a pdf using free | | | | rather than trying to sell an iPhone cover along with |
| software and then sell it online. Another way to make | | | | thousands of others. |
| money is to give it away free but include a paid advert | | | | - Compete at Poker. Poker is one of the few games |
| inside the book. | | | | where you can actually make money and beat the |
| - Start a blog. It seems everyone is doing it. To make | | | | house. Your skill is being used against other players, not |
| your blog stand out try to update it every day and | | | | the house. If you are good, or lucky, enough you can |
| make sure that your friends and others know about it. | | | | make a few hundred per hour. But beware, most |
| Once you have a regular following you will get paid to | | | | players end up losing and its the 10% or so that win |
| put banner advertisements up. A common means of | | | | regularly that take all the money. Don't try this if you |
| being paid is Pay per Click, or PPC. This involves you | | | | live in the USA or in any other country with similar |
| placing an advert on your blog and the company being | | | | laws. In Saudi Arabia you risk 8 years in jail. |
| advertised pays you every time someone clicks on it. | | | | - Refer your friends. A simple and effective way to |
| - Photography. Do you have a stack of photographs | | | | make extra money. Refer your friends to the services |
| from holidays? If you have an artistic eye and some | | | | you use and you can receive a large incentive fee. |
| unusual snaps then you can sell the rights to them | | | | From your power company to broadband provider to |
| online. There are plenty of sites such as Fotolia that let | | | | online store, all are keen to attract customers during |
| you list your photos. Most popular are fairly mundane | | | | the credit crunch. If you refer a friend the company will |
| shots, soft focus, taken at an angle. Think less Vogue | | | | pay you cash or offer you free calls etc. Remember |
| and more office equipment catalogue. Of course if | | | | to check terms first. The great thing is that you can |
| you are prepared to be more risque the market opens | | | | agree with your friends to refer each other for a |
| up somewhat... | | | | range of services and all make some credit crunch |
| - Surveys. Really this was 2008's big thing, but if you're | | | | money online. |
| prepared to share your opinions and time then there | | | | - Freelancing. If you can code, draw graphics or write |
| are plenty of marketeers who are willing to pay you. | | | | music then there is huge online demand from website |
| Start to make money online by filling in simple surveys | | | | developers and small companies. Even if you can't you |
| online from a reputable company like YouGov who | | | | can offer your help with anything from secretarial |
| pay around £2.00 per survey you complete. | | | | services to reviewing websites. Pay varies but suffice |
| Bear in mind some surveys can be mind-numbingly dull | | | | to say you will get paid according to how valuable |
| and take you almost an hour to complete. A more | | | | those skills are and how many others have them. |
| lucrative pastime can be to fill in online competitions | | | | Freelancer and RentaCoder are popular sites that |
| and win real prizes. | | | | allow you to sign up and bid on work from all over the |
| - Social Networking. It may seem implausible but | | | | world. |