Tip #7: Build A Custom Search Tool

Have you always wanted to build your own search engine to find a specific topic. Well, now is the opportunity that you can do this! Both Yahoo and Google offer their users the ability to create custom search engines. You can build your Website (for example www.ineedanincome.com) and then place the search box as part of the Internet. You can make your own Web presence or you can make it look exactly like Google would - a simple box. Then, you would try to market the site on listservs and mailing lists. The catch to making money is signing up for affiliate or revenue sharing programs. The more people that come to the Website (and it can't be you clicking), the more likely revenue will flow in. For every click a user initiates, you will be paid a few pennies or even a few dollars. Both Google and Yahoo! will send you a check when the amount reaches over a $100 in revenue.

While this may require a little tech savvy - won't it be pretty cool to have your own "search" solution and make a few dollars too.

Tip #1: Freelance Online

There are many Websites out there, especially if you like to write or have a skill such as know how to develop Websites or IT Programs. Sites such as eLance or RentACoder charge you a nominal fee to complete an assignment which you bid on. So for example, you place a bid to complete a logo design for $150. They may take $15 (or 10% of the profit) as their commission. However, you still made $135 for a skill that you already had without trying to learn new stuff, right?

Writing is also another area which a lot of people look for assistance from all over the world. If you are a grammar guru or love to write and proofread, this may be your niche. 

Check these Websites out today and start earning some extra income. 

• Rent-A-Coder
  A great Website for the IT and Writing Professional. Offers opportunities for those who are skilled in technology disciplines mostly. Jobs start at $25 and often can go into the thousands. Average job is $300. 
• e-Lance
  The largest freelance network on the Internet offering skilled professionals the opportunity to do all types of work from IT, Writing, PR, Tutoring, Proposal Development etc. Can earn thousands here but there is a nominal fee to join the specific area of interest AND you need to pay a fee for all projects complete.