Fast Money Ideas

Layoffs, meltdowns, rising mortgage payments. It’s bad news all over. But the important part isn’t THE economy it’s YOUR economy. When the money runs out well before the end of the month does, you’ll need a couple of ways to earn extra money. Here are a few

Fill a room or your garage with all the things you own that you don’t use or can do without. If you don’t already have a digital camera, borrow one and start photographing your things for sale on craigslist or eBay. Don’t overlook items you can replace later that are just gathering dust. The more you have to sell, the more chances you have to bring in some money.

You can also offer this as a service for others in your area. Post flyers around town noting how successful your auctions have been, include some photographs and your email address/contact info. You can either list each product for a fee or take a percentage of the selling price.

If you have ever written anything in your life, even if it was a book report in grade school, dust off your wordsmithing skills and write. Short articles (350 words or so) on a popular or timely subject can earn you up to $20 at a site like associatedcontent.com. If you have the time, it’s possible to write up to fifteen articles in an afternoon. You can then use them as the basis of a blog or website.

Use some of the money you earn from writing to buy a domain name and get a host for your new site (or blog). Drop a few affiliate links or some advertising on it (check Google’s AdSense program). If it starts to earn money, that’s gravy, ’cause you already got paid from the sites listed above. You can then sell it for a profit, usually about ten times its monthly average income.

Sign up with clickbank.com and promote their products as an affiliate. If you can’t afford your own site, use free sites like blogger and squidoo. Build those blogs or pages with your previously sold articles (remember to keep the rights to your articles when you sell them) and set up AdSense on them if its allowed by the site owners’ terms of service.

If you do a simple re-write of your articles (around 30% re-written), you can submit them to article directories. Include links back to your site and you’ll get a boost of some traffic for every article you send in. Then, you can socially bookmark your articles and your site to drive more traffic.

A couple of afternoons’ of writing can turn into a long term money maker. You’ll get paid for your articles up front and then over and over again as they generate advertising revenue or lead to sales of affiliate products. You can start simply with these resources while you check out all the other offers you’ll see about ‘making money overnight.

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