7 Ways to Make Extra Money in 2011

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Stripe a Parking Lot. Keep the machine in your garage. Buy paint only when you need it. Buy stencils once. They last forever. Start Part Time. Schedule jobs after hours when parking lots are empty, around your current job. I work alone. I make 6 figures. I work 9 months per year. I'll teach you.

Dan Zurcher of OH 12:27PM March 04, 2011

Selling on online auctions are always a great source of extra cash. If you have too much stuff, and must of us do, just sell it online. The most money is realized, by selling all the items that you can on eBay. Those sites like Ealtbay is a good for those legal items like ivory, an item that cannot be sold on eBay. Both eBay and Ealtbay will let you list items from drop shippers, when you run out of the excess possessions that you have around your house.

william lee of TX 7:34PM February 18, 2011

Hi dear

I also want to get online job so plz guide me I have no skill now learning Web designing

shuja ullah of PA 9:02AM January 14, 2011

I am so sorry to hear that you were scammed, that is terrible. Please be careful when interacting with people online, especially anyone who promises to help you earn money. Never share bank account info or pay anyone upfront. Be careful out there!

Kimberly Palmer of DC 11:43AM January 03, 2011

Hi, I am as well looking for a way to make a little extra income online. With being a single mother of three children, it is quite expensive to try and work and put them in daycare. It doesn't actually pay for me to go to work and pay for a day care provider, they want more than what I am actually bringing home. How is that helpful to me, so it turns out that I am paying someone to raise my children and not even making anything from my job. If I find something I will be sure to pass my information along. I do know that Pampered Chef has a small investment fee that goes along with them and you do have to put forth some effort however they do pay and quite well if you can get the sales. I have sold with them in the past and going to start back up with them hopefully in the next few weeks, it is legite and you get equipment worth more than the investment start up fee so paying it is worth it, you just have to have the parties and hope and pray that people will buy, some things are a little spendy but they are well worth the money that would be spent on them and everybody I know loves pampered chef, the problem i ran into was most of the people that i know already own everything pampered chef, but you can make a great living at it. My friend makes 35 to 40K a year. She only does 8 parties a month which average 600 dollars a piece. It seems like a lot but that is only about 15-20 people per party that is the hard part though is getting that many people at the party, as far as anything else i am not sure about but as i said i will pass on whatever i can find.

Ally Borden of IA 9:09AM January 02, 2011

These are all solid ways to earn extra money online from home. But most of them require some sort of skill set to be successful.

Lots of other ways to earn money with out having to invest anything.

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Goozik of MI 11:39PM December 31, 2010

I am a senior citizen who had a career of being self employed. But at

my age now, a brick and mortar buisiness is out of the question. I have

had a strong desire to learn how to make money online, but I have been

scammed and I lost money trying it. Please is there an angel out there who

can help me? I am on limited income and I can't spend the money I used to

spend. I have been looking for something online and i have run out of steam.

Please help me.

Nick Stratas

Nick Stratas of AR 8:29PM December 31, 2010

i agreed,internet is the best & easy medium to earn lot of money,any body can invest 3-4 hrs a day,but most of people do not know the 1st step to start online earning & learning.Though all know that this is internet era,but how to begin is the main problem.

mukesh kumar of PA 3:13PM December 30, 2010

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Kimberly Palmer, senior editor for U.S. News & World Report, writes about making smarter financial decisions. She’s the author of Generation Earn: The Young Professional's Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back.

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