Want to make money quick? I surveyed 15 finance bloggers to see what the best ways to make quick money were… I asked how they would make a quick $200 (in under 2 weeks) these are their responses…
Scour is a search engine that has two distinct advantages over Google…The results are voted on by other users. So, in theory, only the best stuff should come up to the top of the list. Just like Digg.They offer incentives for using it. You earn points for searching with it, commenting, voting, referring, etc. Those points can then be redeemed for gift cards. Looking at the points system, it will take quite a while before you ever get enough points for a gift card. That’s okay I am more interested in it’s search capabilities.
The sign up is simple enough. It only takes about 30 seconds and once you complete that, they take you to the below screen. Here you select which offers you would like to complete. You click the offer on the left and once you complete the offer, then you click the submit button. Cash Crate then verifies that you completed it and then adds the funds to your account.
If you are looking to make some money as a guinea pig for Google, you might want to sign up for their usability study. They typically pay $75 per hour that you spend with the Google researcher (in person or on the phone). They have some online surveys which are completed from your home computer and the payment varies based on the length of the survey.
Apparently, Microsoft is desperately trying to get shoppers to use Live Search rather than Google. Well, as far as an everyday search engine goes, it doesn’t even compare to Google, but for price comparison shopping it looks like a decent competitor to Google. I mean hey, they are paying you to use it – what’s not to love?
It goes without saying that gas prices are making everyone’s financial lives a bit more “interesting.” I am hearing rumors that it could be as high as $5 a gallon this summer. So I scoured the Internet looking for the best tips I could find to save gas and here is what I found….
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Saving another $200 a year on car insurance: She emailed me about a week ago asking me if I would be open to her getting me a new quote with a few other insurance companies. Of course, why not? So, she ran it and she seemed to be very excited to tell me that she could get me the exact same coverage for $200 cheaper per year than Geico.
I found another article that talks about how you can still make money with domain names today. The domain name market has some similarities with the real estate market…
ePinions.com is running a promotion to pay users for their reviews. If you write 10 reviews you will receive $10. If you write 20 then you will get $20, all the way up to 100. They also have a $10 bonus for every 10 reviews that are rated “very helpful.”
As part of my de-cluttering process, I sell my stuff on Ebay. There are lots of random items around the house that are perfect for selling on Ebay. If you have never sold on Ebay before, you will probably be surprised at how easy it is and how quick you can make a little money. Last time I made over $200 for only a few hours worth of time.
This was a trick I discovered late in college, that I wish I would have known about earlier, it could have saved me thousands over my college years. It shouldn’t take more than a hour and could save you hundreds each semester.
Want to know how to budget? Well, ING Direct is my favorite budget tool. Here are the steps how I budget with ING Direct. You could probably use this same technique at other banks, but I will show you why it is more beneficial at ING Direct.
This post will walk you through the steps to leverage your emergency fund to make more money…. Everyone’s definition of an emergency is different. But, if you want it to be of some use to you, you need to have a strict definition of an emergency. Your emergency fund should put more dollars into your pocket once it has been well established. Here is how: