Tip #8: Free Food

As we are well aware, you can buy just about anything online now a days. That includes groceries. Many online grocers including Peapod and Safeway offer new customers free food by giving free delivery and $20-$30 off a first order. Often times, to entice the customer to come back, they will give a few additional coupons (obviously time is placed on usage). However, if you can get $100 worth of groceries for $50 - and be able to apply coupons, won't that make your life easier. Sure, you will need to order everything via the Web but think about it this way. You can it brought into your house, don't waste gas, make better use of your time, and get a 30-40% break at a minimum. While this system can't last forever, if you can do this a few times, you can possibly reduce your grocery bill by 100-200 per year!

Every penny helps right?

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.