Updated on: April 7, 2016
Are there really any?
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Well, there are many quick money making ideas out there. But, the truth is that most of these so-called make money fast methods aren't really quick ways of making money at all!
In some cases, these methods are simply quick ways to make money illegally, which most of us wouldn't want to associate with any way.
Most methods take a while to give results.
Take blogging for example. You have to create content, build backlinks, drive traffic, and so many other things. So it will be a few months, if not years, before you start making any money.
However, there are some quick ways to make money that most of us can use.
These methods don't require any financial investment or much technical expertise.
The only down side to these methods is that you can't really make a living doing them. They are good if you need money right away and don't have the time to use the usual money makings methods.
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If that's the case for you, here are a few quick ways to make money online:
1. Write Articles
If you can write articles, you can start making money online.
Find and register with few internet marketing and webmaster related forum such as WarriorForum. Go to the classified section and offer a few (free) review articles to get your work noticed, and to get some testimonial.
Then, start writing articles for $5, $10, or whatever you and your client think is fair.
If you don't know about a topic or don't have the time to research, you can use what are called PLR articles.
You simply get the right to a whole bunch of articles that are already written for you, in exchange for your email address.
Simply rewrite those articles and sell them as original.
Obviously, you can do this only with PLR articles or articles that you paid someone to write for you and you own it. Don't steal other people's content and sell as your own.
2. Do Paid Commenting
Link building is an essential part of building a successful blog.
And one of the best ways to build links is through commenting on other related blogs.
But many blogger don't have the time to do this on their won. So, they are willing to pay someone to leave comments on their behalf on related blogs.
You can charge per comment. For example, you can charge $0.25 per comment.
You can use online forums, specially webmaster and blogger related forums, to find bloggers who are willing to pay you to promote their site by commenting on other related sites.
3. Submit Articles to Article Directories
Another important part of developing a successful blog or website is using article marketing. But again, many people don't have time to submit their articles to hundreds of article directories that are out there.
You can charge a flat fee per submission and make decent money.
Everything is given to you, the article, keywords, anchor texts, resource box. You just have to copy-paste and hit submit.
This truly is one of the quickest ways to make money online.
4. Submit Sites to Web Directories
Almost the same as article submission. But this time you're submitting actual website and blogs to web directories.
Again, everything is given to you by the blogger or website owner, you just have to copy-paste it to web directories and hit submit.
This is a specially easy way for teens to make quick cash online since it doesn't require any especial skills or knowledge.
5. Take Paid Surveys
If you are a young person trying to earn some extra spending money, paid online surveys can help.
Legitimate paid surveys are free to join and you can make anywhere from $1 to $50 or more per survey.
Most paid survey sites have a low minimum requirement for cashing out, like $10 or $20 minimum.
Considering that an average 15 minuets survey pays about $2, it's not that hard to reach the minimum and get paid every month.
6. Become a Paid Forum Poster
There are so many new forums being born everyday.
They don't have thousands of members form the day one.
In order to attract people to become members, they have to make it look busy. So, forums owners pay people to post on their forums in an order to make the forum look busy and alive.
You can make around $0.20 or so per post.
The best place to find such jobs is on online forums, specially forums related to creating and running forums.
7. Work on Amazon Mechanical Turk
If you are a college student and looking for quick ways to make money, Mturk is an excellent place to do just that!
Mturk is a site owned by the mighty Amazon corporation.
You get paid to do simple tasks that computers and software can not do.
Most tasks pay under a dollar, but there are thousands of task available and everyday thousands more are added.
In most cases, your account gets credited less then 24 hours after completion of the task.
Takeaway
There you have it, a list of quick money-making options that almost anyone can use.
Whether you are a teen, college student, stay at home mom, or someone looking for a little side money, the above methods can help you.
As I said, most of us probably can't make a living with these options (although a rare few may be able to do that). Nonetheless, these methods provide you with quick and hassle-free ways to earn a little side income.
