This is a guest post by Christopher Lawrence who is telling us 5 weird ways to make money online.
When scouring the internet for ways to make free money online, you may run into some really weird programs. Generally, these programs are dismissed without a second thought because it is hard to believe that someone would actually pay for something like that.
When you do find a weird program,make it is always a good idea to do a little research before joining to make sure that you are not about to be scammed. This is a list of five weird ways to make money online that are, believe it or not, viable…
ONE: Mock Trials
There are several websites that will pay you to participate in mock trials. These trials are simulations of an actual case that a lawyer wants to present. These lawyers want to test out their presentation to a large group of people within a certain demographic to determine whether their argument is convincing.
These trials generally take about an hour to complete and you can get paid anywhere from $10 to $60. Don’t think you can make a full time living from this though. Trials only come along once in a blue moon. These programs cost the lawyers approximately $2,000, so there really isn’t a backlog of trials you can partake in. It is a good way to make some extra money every couple of months though. You can increase your chances of landing a trial by signing up for several of these programs.
TWO: Paid Online Surveys
There is a lot of skepticism around paid online surveys. This is because many so called survey websites are scams. In their terms of service, they will place a stipulation that you must make an enormous amount of money before you will be paid. There are some reputable survey sites out there though.
It is always important to do a little research before you join one. You don’t want to waste your time on a site that doesn’t deliver. These sites exist to provide large companies with marketing research. Marketing research is expensive and valuable data for any industry.
THREE: Playing Games
This has to be a joke right? Wrong. Some website will actually pay you to play game on their site. This is how they attract visitors. They can do this because they make much more money on advertising than what they are giving you. Generally you can only earn pennies on these sites because you are just playing games. It sounds ridiculous, but it is a reality.
FOUR: Answering Questions
Are you really good at Jeopardy? Well, if you are, you can make a couple cents for every question you answer on sites like Cha Cha. Again, you won’t get rich this way, but it is a good way to earn a couple of extra bucks a day if you are quick. Sites like this are perfect for the know-it-alls.
{Admin NOTE} : You can also give a try Mahalo. It has a section called “Mahalo Tasks” which is just like Yahoo! Answers but you get paid here for answering questions. You will get some X “Mahalo Dollars” if the person who have asked the question found your answer helpful. Once you have collected 150 “Mahalo Dollars” then you can cash out. 1 Mahalo Dollar = $0.75 which will be paid via PayPal.
FIVE: Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking is something that you can actually make some decent income on. All you need to do is provide a link to a website or article, write a short description on it, and watch the money roll in. You will have to create a lot of bookmarks before you see some decent money from it. It is recommended to join several of these sites to increase your earning potential. This is also a good way to promote some of your own articles or website pages.
{Admin NOTE} : Give a try to BlogEngage Revenue sharing if you are looking forward to make money online through this way.
At The End...
There are hundreds of ways to make free money online, but these are some of the strangest. You can’t make a ton of money with these methods, but they can be pretty fun once in a while. The trick to determining whether a site is worth joining is whether it will seem like work to you. If it sounds like fun, and isn’t a scam, there is no harm in playing along.
Do let me know your opinions on these weird ways of making money online. Do you some more weird ways to make money online?
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The “Mock Trials” is funny way of making money, but what I most hate is earning from playing games, specially gambling games I really hate it and I will never do it in my life!
Nice post!
.-= Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog ..My Future Ways of Make Money Blogging =-.
yeah, this would work for pocket money lovers, not real business. I’d not be so keen on seeing such guest posts on smartbloggerz… just my 2 cents!
Pretty interesting post, especially that lawyer thing.
I’ve tried paid surveys but I’m too protective of my information and the problem with so many offers is that the best ones require a trial period.
I started up a Mahalo account, maybe I should revisit it 🙂
.-= Beginner DJ´s last blog ..Music Stuck In My Head: 3/07/10 =-.
I really like the Mock Trials Idea. It sounds like you would get to hear a lot of entertaining stories, it’s a shame we couldn’t do that full time.
.-= FreakSmack´s last blog ..Augustus Brueline was charged with Unlawful Entry of a Motor Vehicle in Multnomah county =-.
At the first time when I was new I tried to make money all such weird way, but nothing any gain, only the waste of time, I never make money by survey, playing game, answering question.
Well I can not understand when you say we can make money by social bookmarking, what is the procedure actually?
.-= chandan@work at home jobs´s last blog ..Make money blogging take time =-.
Social Bookmarking – are you referring strictly to the revenue sharing ones? You weren’t quite clear on that.
.-= Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..DEDC Remains DoFollow – BUT… =-.
Mock Trials is weird for me. I don’t understand how we can make money from social bookmarking sites, is there any social bookmarking site that pays to submit article? I assume that you’re saying that we submit article to social bookmarking and drive more traffic to our sites or blogs, then we may make some money indirectly?
Regards,
Lee
.-= Lee Ka Hoong@Make Money Online´s last blog ..5 Ways To Reduce Your WordPress Blog Bounce Rate =-.
Hey nice post, definitely something different, so thanks for the info. I’m leary of the Survey part, too many either get you to the end and you don’t get the gift unless you sign up for a bunch of magazines and other stuff, or they get their survy filled out, then tell you sorry you don’t qualify, so those people have burned their bridge with me, don’t trust them at all.
I do want to check into the Blog Engage Community and see what that’s all about
I thinks social bookmarking is the best way to generate money online. Its lot of fun to use social bookmarking sites while playing and chatting around with friends we increase our network as well as traffic.