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Get Someone Else to Pay For Your Ventures: Strange Ways to Make and Save Money

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Jennifer Derrick

If you have aspirations to be an entrepreneur or inventor, you know that one of the hardest things to do is to get enough capital to make your invention or business a reality. The traditional path has been to get … Continue reading →

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29 Ways to Quickly Create Breathing Space in a Budget

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Jennifer Derrick

Sometimes you have to quickly create some breathing space in your budget. Maybe you lose a job, take a pay cut, or have an emergency that eats up your available cash. Things like getting another/better job, starting a vegetable garden, … Continue reading →

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Bet on Your Grades: Strange Ways to Make Money

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Jennifer Derrick

If you’re in college, you know how hard it can be to find motivation to study. Enter Ultrinsic.com, a website that lets you “bet” on your grades. Here’s how it works: You set a target grade for a single course, … Continue reading →

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Play Video Games: Strange Ways to Make Money

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Jennifer Derrick

If your lifelong ambition is to play video games for a living, there are ways to do that. Even if you don’t make enough to pay all of your bills, your video game habit can still generate a little extra … Continue reading →

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Pick Up What People Drop: Strange Ways to Make Money

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Jennifer Derrick

An easy way to make a little extra money is to simply watch where you walk and pick up the things that people drop. You’d be surprised at how much money people drop, either by accident, because they can’t be … Continue reading →

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Get Paid to Look at Porn – Strange Ways to Make Money

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Maggie Ellis

If you’ve ever wanted to be paid for the time you spend surfing the Internet for porn, I’ve got good news for you. It is possible to get paid to look at porn on the Internet. We all know that … Continue reading →

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Win Competitions and Sweepstakes: Ways to Make Money

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Jennifer Derrick

Contests and sweepstakes can be fun to enter and the prizes can be great. You can win everything from a few bucks in cash all the way up to new cars or houses. Contests are easily found. You can find … Continue reading →

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Become a Book Reviewer: Ways to Save and Make Money

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Jennifer Derrick

This week’s suggestion is both a way to make money and save money. When you review books for magazines, websites, or newspapers, you are often given free copies of the books. Even if you aren’t paid monetarily, reviewing books can … Continue reading →

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