Showing posts with label Micro Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Micro Jobs. Show all posts
Friday, 31 January 2014
Not ALL of those "make money online" schemes are scams...
1. Be your own eBay Quite a few people have become unhappy with eBay since it was discovered that they don’t pay all their UK corporation tax. Other people have more longstanding rifts with the website. Either because it looks a bit like homework or because they’ve received one low user-rating too many and have been blacklisted from the site after panic-bidding on ugly handbags and fake Ralph Lauren polo shirts and refusing to pay for their wares. Ahem. But with something as simple as a Paypal account and a Wordpress-based website, or even BigCartel.com you can create your own shop and sidestep eBay’s issues. Also, Facebook has its very own Marketplace. If you’re happy enough to upload photos of your dog in a jumper or your opinions on Romeo Beckham’s teeth to the website, it’s reasonable that you should use it to make a bit of money out of whatever craft you’ve got – from postcards to jewellery to woolly hats you’ve attached a fun bobble to. If you’re looking for further tips on this, our very own Hipster Tipster has done us a little how-to of selling things both on and offline. 2. A freelancer website/agency There are loads of websites out there which promise to make you money for nothing. But on Freelancer.co.uk or PeoplePerHour.com you can offer up your services to companies who will pay you for one-off projects. A bit like a people eBay (but a bit less like homework) you have an account where companies can see how well you’ve done on previous projects, rate you on the ones they’ve commissioned you for and find out how much you expect to be paid. You can also upload your CV so that potential employers can come across it. Freelance writer Robbie Wojchiechowski uses PeoplePerHour, and says it’s “mainly based at coders/web designers/graphics people, but you always get a bit of copywriting work come up on it.” The only downside, Robbie says, is that it is quite competitive: “It feels like it faces freelancers against each other where, really, we should all be helping each other.” But we figure this is just a blip in what is otherwise a good resource. 3. Remote tutoring If you’ve bagged yourself enough qualifications to show that you’re literate, not too creepy and capable of explaining what you know and how you know it, you could easily qualify to become an online tutor. Using Skype for both the interview and then any subsequent tutoring sessions you’re booked in for, you probably do have to get out of your pyjamas to do the work, but you’re not obliged to leave the house to go to work. Gigs might be sporadic or ongoing, increasing around the time of coursework hand-in dates and exam periods for SATs, GCSEs and A-Levels. On the plus side, you can name your own price, and because it’s good for the students to have a steady tutor presence, it’s likely that tutors are taken on for longer stints of time and that – unless you do anything really bad – once taken on, you’ll be taken on for a good wodge of time/pay. ENTER YOUR EMAIL IN THE TOP CORNER TO START MAKING MONEY ONLINE TODAY! http://www.gothinkbig.co.uk/features/not-all-of-those-make-money-online-schemes-are-scams
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Making some extra money online with micro jobs
It seems that everyone can use some extra money online this time of year. Whether you are buying gifts for loved ones, spending more time eating out with friends or even just travelling, the costs can add up pretty quickly. Wouldn't it be nice to make a few extra dollars with your built-in talents?
Some people with "built-in" talents make extra money by getting gigs. Sometimes these gigs are spontaneous ones - I'm sure you have seen musicians playing on the street and getting donations from people that pass by. Others get "gigs" by setting up entire businesses and getting orders that way, but that takes a lot of effort.
Maybe you think you aren't talented enough to get a gig - whatever that might mean. You would be surprised. What's your hidden talent? Are you double-jointed and can turn your knuckles inside out? Or something else nobody else has heard of, but might be interested in.
The website fiverr.com allows ordinary everyday people like you and I to sell services for five bucks to others. The type of service (as long as it is not crude or illegal) varies greatly and can be quite useful. For example, would you like to get a custom and personalized rap song made for any occasion? With a video too? It all starts at only five bucks.
Are you starting a new business and need a business card designed? How about five bucks for that. Need some human translation between Chinese and English? Get 300 English words done for five dollars. Want someone to create a news story for you that looks like an actual television broadcast? Surprisingly, that's only five dollars too.
Fiverr.com and websites like it offer what are commonly being referred to as micro jobs. It could be something practical like writing or translation services or something silly. I've seen people offer to write someone's name on their cheek and take a photo and send it back. How about getting a personalized caricature created or yourself, a friend, or even your pets? It's hard to beat that at five bucks.
Buying the services is as simple as making the request, providing the necessary files if applicable (such as photos) and providing a credit card number. Once you receive the completed job, you agree that it is to your satisfaction that it is and the worker gets paid. If you are the worker, for each five-dollar job you do, you get paid four dollars (the other dollar goes to the website to cover credit card fees and website overhead) and you only get paid when the buyer agrees that the work was finished to his or her satisfaction.
The range of services offered is incredible and your mileage may vary when it comes to value but one thing is for sure - five bucks isn't too much to gamble on something interesting and unique and if you are looking to make some extra cash, this could be the way to go.
Of course, fiverr.com isn't the only game in town. In fact, Phillturner.com shares the top 20 sites that are like fiverr (starting, believe it or not, with fourerr.com). Their tag line is "What are you willing to do for $4?". It's an interesting question. So readers, what are you willing to do for $4?
Obviously, today's technology has opened up an entirely new mechanism for this type of work and was something that just was not plausible before. With access to the entire Internet, the volume could work out for certain tasks and I'm thinking about trying out some of my hidden talents to make some extra money. I'm going to offer a picture of myself with my lips turned inside out and any name you want written on my forehead. I'll provide a picture for five dollars. Okay, maybe I won't but I have the feeling we are going to be discovering a whole lot of talents that perhaps should be kept under wraps. Some of these micro jobs might not seem practical, but they sure are entertaining.
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