How You Can Earn Extra Money

Taking a summer vacation, purchasing a new flat-screen television or paying an unexpected hospital bill requires having extra money. If you haven't set aside a fund for these kinds of expenses, you need to begin earning extra money. Several jobs and opportunities are available; it is just a matter of finding the one that suits your interests and lifestyle.

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  Take photos and sell them. If you enjoy photography, you can create a photo stream on websites like Shutterstock or PhotoStockPlus. Each time someone downloads one of your photos she pays a fee. The website keeps a portion of the download fee and gives you the rest. The more photos you sell, the more extra cash you earn.

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  Set up a blog on a subject about which you are passionate. After you have made a few posts, you can apply to Google Adsense to add ads to your blog. Whenever anyone clicks on these ads, you earn extra cash. You can also become an affiliate for information products or for stores that sell products that tie into the subject of your blog. Add the affiliate links to your blog and earn extra cash anytime a purchase is made.

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  Advertise your services as a tutor for subjects in which you have expertise. Topics can be as diverse as math, guitars, cooking or swimming. The difference between a tutor and a teacher is that a tutor reinforces what has already been taught. You can't charge as much as a certified teacher, but you can earn a few extra dollars each week by taking one or two tutoring jobs.

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  Sign up to become an data-entry freelancer. Companies such as KeyForCash pay fast typists to input data into forms on their computers. This can be done at home or using a library computer. You can work as much or as little as you want, which gives you the freedom to decide how much extra money you want to earn.

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  Rent a table at a flea market to sell baked goods, yard sale items, books, clothing or homemade crafts. Any money you earn after the rental fee is paid is profit.