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>>Surveys

Overview

For a small fee, you gain access to a database of hundreds of research companies who will pay you for your opinions.  The upfront fee can be recovered with as little as the first survey you take, although you have to be persistent.

Best Suited For

This is an opportunity for stay-at-home parents, students, entrepreneurs, retirees - anyone who needs a flexible source of extra income and enjoys using the Internet. These online surveys can typically be done no matter where in the world you live, although most of them are in English.

Considerations

Online survey jobs do require effort and persistence as not all the survey companies will select every individual to participate.It's a numbers game - the more you complete, the more you can make. Many people do paid online surveys for part time extra income, while some others do it full time.

Realistic Income Earning Potential

As much as $99 but more typically $5-$50 per survey depending on the company, the individual, and each type of survey or focus group. Increasingly some companies are offering prizes or points toward prizes instead of cash for online surveys.

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>>Pay-per-click

Overview

Pay-per-click (PPC) search engines have enabled many entrepreneurs to profit handsomely, particularly in the last year.  Of the PPC search engines, Google is the best of the bunch.  The offerings reviewed here represent four of the best available for profiting from the Google direct marketing revolution.

Bottom Line

Whether or not you're new to direct online marketing, these offerings are very useful.  The challenge is getting started and each of the offerings we review will help you to do just that.  If you're experienced, getting just one or two nuggets from any of these manuals will make your small investment well worth it .  While all are worth obtaining, "Google Cash" stands out for the excellent real life examples and strategies it provides.

Income Earning Potential

The sky's the limit if you market the right product the right way. It is possible to make over $1,000 daily by advertising on pay-per-click search engines and you don't even need a website. Realistically you won't make this much, especially at the beginning, but increasingly people do make a very nice income from it. 

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>>Shopping

Overview

Name brand stores and restaurants actually pay for people to shop and eat at their establishments as a form of market research. It helps them improve their products and services.  Meanwhile it puts money in the paid shoppers pockets!

Best Suited For

If you like to shop and eat out, these jobs are for you. As with Paid Online Surveys, you can do as much or as little as you want depending on the opportunities available and your schedule.

Considerations

You'll need to budget time in your schedule to get to and from the store or mall.  Many people overlap this with personal shopping so it works out well.  These are typically for the US and Canada only, although we are seeking out shopping job opportunities in other countries.

Income Earning Potential

$10-$40/hour depending on the assignment, plus extras like free meals, free movies and prizes.

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>>Grants

Overview

While not actually a "job" per se, grant money represents a potentially good money making opportunity.  Doing all the research to find these sources would involve weeks, even months of your time. Fortunately we've found some excellent sites that have done the legwork for you.

Income Earning Potential

Varies widely, but with hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed grant money every year, these rich sources of money can be a real jackpot.

Considerations

Requires that you invest time and effort. Results will vary depending on your background and your needs.

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>>Driving

Overview

When we started looking at these, it seemed too good to be true. But when you think of the advertising benefit, you can see why companies will actually pay you to drive!  We help you sort through the leading opportunities.

Best Suited For

This is an ideal chance for college students, anyone tight on cash, and anyone else that wants a free car or to get paid to drive around. Your friends and family won't believe it!

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>>Auctions

Overview

There have been many books written and systems developed for profiting on eBay auctions. We've weeded through and selected four of the best.

Best Suited For

Anyone who likes to spend time online and enjoys online auctions. Even those who haven't tried eBay may find the thrill of selling for profit online irresistible.

Considerations

Like other online job opportunities, making money in online auctions requires persistence and determination. Beyond that you'll need to know the proven strategies and techniques that have made people a lot of money on eBay in order to make the most money possible. The eBooks reviewed below have been selected from the many written on eBay to give you the best chance of success in running your own online auctions.

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>>Surfing

Overview

Over the past few years, a number of companies have sprung up that will actually pay you cash and/or prizes to surf the Internet.

Bottom Line

Although this category has potential, we can't currently recommend any "Get Paid to Surf" opportunities. The ones we have analyzed thus far require too much time investment and deliver too little income in return.  Therefore, they do not qualify under our definition of a good opportunity. We will continue to look for "Get Paid to Surf" opportunities that provide a higher payback potential.

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