Most Common Methods for Creating Another Stream of Income

| Sunday, March 18, 2012
By Ruth Williams


If there is anything that the recent recession and European / United States debt crisis have taught us, it is that there is nothing wrong with the second job. Becoming a moonlighter has actually offered many people an excuse to get paid for their passion, and many end up using those skills to transition into a self employed position or owning their own business. Studies are now showing that professionals, such as IT workers and lawyers are also taking a second job, not just those earning a low wages.

Regardless of what you are thinking, you certainly cannot go wrong having some additional cash. Following are some popular methods for bringing in additional cash:

Employ your pet - There are plenty of agencies willing to pay quite well for a pet with a natural ability to pander to a camera. So those tricks that you have been teaching Fido might actually come in handy.

Hire Out Your Home - You don't have to have a mansion to see your house in a television program or a film, and you will be compensated nicely for this.

Rent out your driveway - In urban areas with limited parking, programs can be employed to rent out spaces in your driveway to individuals.

A Home Business: The world wide web enables all those who have a talent a way to take it out into the world without leaving their own homes. If people are willing to pay for your skills, then running a business from your home may be something you should look into. Because web hosting, online banking accounts, programs for ecommerce and video-chat can be obtained for free, it wouldn't cost you anything to start. Some of the skills and talents that people pay quite well for are home tutoring, musical or jingle writing skills for commercials and advertisements, ghost writing, and affiliate marketing.

Become a model for art classes - You do not have to be in the best of shape to pose as a model for art classes - just able to hold back the potential embarrassment. Since the models are mostly going to be posing nude, they are paid well for the work. If you feel your hands or feet - or another part of your body, are ready for the camera, you can get work as a body model for that particular body part or area for businesses who need models for specific body parts for their ads.

Get paid for your opinion - Believe it or not, large companies will pay quite handsomely for the opinion of the ordinary consumer on new products that have not come out yet. In what are known as "focus groups," a company will pay a group of people to simply discuss a new product or a new advertisement that they are about to put on the market. There are many sites online dedicated to posting focus group listings.




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