23 May 2009

How to earn some extra cash part 2

For those interested in making some additional money in " real life" instead of "virtual reality" I have got some ideas to.

If you like animals you can always earn some extra money by simple dog walking.
The idea is simple: Find someone who owns a dog, preferably in your neighbourhood, then ask him or her if they were interested in letting you walk their dog for money. It could make you anything between 10 -15GBP in London) or around 10$ (in New York) for 30-40 minutes walk. The best place to walk a dog for money seem to be L.A. where you could easily get from 15-25$ for walking other people's dogs.

Another popular way of earning cash is being a private driver.
This can only work if you own a car. How to earn on it?
First you will need to make some research about private taxi companies in your town. Find out how much do they charge for e.g. a lift to the nearest airport. Then you need to advertise your service on a local newspaper, a shop display, or simply on the Intenet websites like http://www.gumtree.com/. Remember to offer your service for a bit less then your competitors!
I believe, giving lifts to airports is the most convenient way of using your car as a tool to make money, however I never tried this method of earning money.

What I did try in the past is home tutoring.
I must say, this way of earning extra cash made me enough money for going on holiday!
First, you need to find out what you could teach, and if there are people interested in paying for learning it from you. You can e.g. do a tutoring for languages, guitar lessons or painting.
It is difficult to say how much you can get per one hour of tutoring. It really depends on the subject you want to teach, location and most importantly, how good you are in it.

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