Unconventional Ways to Earn Money in College

6. Blogging
People may laugh at you at first when you tell them that you are blogging to earn a little extra money, but it certainly is possible. Many people earn a full-time income from blog. It will take a little while to get enough traffic to start earning money, but the possibilities are endless after you are an established blogger.
If you want to start blogging, make sure that you are passionate about your topic because you will need to write a lot about it. The potential income isn’t the only benefit either. On top of paying for your school, it can also develop your writing skills and force you to learn a lot of transferable skills. Whether that is graphic design, website design, marketing, or just basic organization, it will help you with your future career.
7. Donate Blood / Plasma
While some people honorably give their blood as a donation, it is also possible to earn a little money for your blood. Many of my friends in college took advantage of donating their plasma. They were able to get $40 every time they donated and were able to do it multiple times a year. Looking at it from an hourly rate perspective, it is a great way to earn money and help you pay the bills.
8. Online Surveys
People often think this is a scam, but consumer information is extremely valuable to companies. It helps them market their products more efficiently for a larger profit, so they are willing to pay for useful information. It may take a little time to find the best program, but it could be worth the time and effort. It’s also something that you can do from any location and at anytime. How much more flexibility can you ask for?
9. Virtual Assistant
There are many sites out there that will allow you to work for other small business owners as a contract worker. This means that you will be hired to this or that in exchange for a preset price. While you may be forced to accept lower hourly rates at first because you are competing with international workers, with enough references and experience, you can demand a reasonable hourly rate. This too offers great flexibility and could easily turn into a long-term position.
10. Translations
Do you know a second language? If so, translating may be a great option for you. It will help you stay fluent in both languages and give you some easy money to pay for school. A co-worker of mine, who is currently a graduate student, makes some decent income doing regular translation work. While I don’t know how much he makes per hour, I do know that he continually gets faster and it helps pay his way through his graduate studies.
Earning money while in college is not only possible, but easier than it used to be. With the increased use of the internet, more and more options are available to you with increased flexibility in hours and location. While it may be beneficial for you to take a more conventional way to beef up your resume, earning money through an unconventional means can be a nice supplemental income.

Conventional Ways College Students Can Earn Money

1. Deliver Pizzas
This may not be your dream job, but it is a great way to pay the bills while you are in college. The traditional evening and late-night hours can make it easy to sign up for any class, regardless of the time it is offered, without having to worry about it conflicting with your work schedule.
While it typically does require you to have a car for the deliveries, it can pay well. You not only have a base hourly wage, but will receive pretty good tips each night. Everyone loves their pizza and big tips are not uncommon (although you will have some cheapskates that don’t give you a tip).
2. Tutoring
Tutoring is an excellent way to earn money as a college student. If you find a tutoring gig in your field of study, it will allow you to touch up your studies and get paid to do it. This may also be an excellent option for people aspiring to be teachers for their career. Another great benefit is the hours. Most of the time, tutoring hours are arranged around your schedule. This means that your studies can remain a priority.
3. Teacher’s Assistant
Another great way to earn money is to serve as a teacher’s assistant. This means a close connection with a professor and the possibility to get college credit while earning some cash. If you perform well (it would be hard not to), the professor can serve as a great reference for future job opportunities. Again, the hours are flexible and it’s usually not that hard of work. Some grading and other administrative tasks like copying, filing, etc.
4. Office Job
While it may not be the most exciting way to earn money, getting an office job, whether it’s on campus or off, is a great way to earn money while in college. It gives you great work experience that translates to almost every field and helps you pay the bills. Your friends may be laughing now while they sleep in before their first class at noon and you go to work, but you’ll have a much easier time getting a job after college.
5. Scholarships
Applying for both private and school-funded scholarships is a must as a college student. You may not think that you are smart enough, but there are many scholarships out there that may be perfect for you. The best part about scholarships is that it is a great return on your time investment. It may take 5-10 hours to apply for a few scholarships, but if you are successful, it could mean several hundreds of dollars per hour invested. Try to find a job with an hourly rate that compares to that figure.

10 Conventional and Unconventional Ways of Earning Money in College

his is an amazing guest post from one of my closest friend and fellow yakezie, Corey who blogs at 20′s Finances. He writes to give young adults the tools needed to conquer financial challenges. 
There are many times in a person’s life that are full of struggles, but probably very few that compare to the financial challenges of college. Staying in the black while you are in college is a difficult thing. Not only are you paying lots of money to further your education (in hope for getting a better job), but you are also pretty busy with your homework. Trying to find time to earn enough money can be a challenge, but it’s not impossible.

If you are thinking of using student loans to pay your way through school and figure out how to pay them back after you graduate from college, think again! There are several ways that college students can earn more money and it doesn’t involve going into debt.

While I didn’t go to the most expensive school, I was able to pay my way through college without going into debt. Graduating debt free has given me a lot of financial freedom and flexibility in life. Instead of having to work a job that I hate, I can choose it based on merit.

Earning money while you’re still in school can go a long ways. It may be difficult to know how to earn money while still focusing on school, so here is a list of 10 ways any college student can earn money. The list includes 5 conventional ways to earn money and 5 more unconventional ways. Sometimes you have to be creative.

101 ways of earning money on the side

1. Blogging – You can earn money with your blog. Look no further than this blog. OCAAT is now a regular money earner, although I display too few ads here. Be a blogger and write the topics you love most.
2. Online Consultancy – Online Consultancy is also a very good option for earning extra money. pick up your area of expertise.
3. Surveys – You can earn money by taking online Surveys. You need to register for sites that publish surveys.
4. Seasonal Shop – Seasonal retail shops could be very good side hustle.
5. Reviewer – Be a critique or reviewer and review goods and services. Manufactures/publishers pay small money for this.
6. Tree removal- You can start tree removing service. For that you will need good equipment and some experience in this field.
7. Maids – Start house cleaning service, not necessarily you need to clean yourself, you can hire.
8. Snow shoveling - If your area gets a lot of snow fall , you can start shovel service in the neighborhood.
9. Dog walking – If you have spare time then you can take dogs on walk.
10. Property management – You can start property management service for your neighbors who spend most of the year away from home. you can offer your service as a proxy landlord.
11. Performer – You can earn by working as a street performer, bit too extreme but if you have talent then why not. Be careful not to become joke of the town.
12. Moving business – You can start packers and movers services or at least you can become one of the agents of moving companies.
13. Door cleaning – Provide window and door cleaning service.
14. Lawn Mowing – You can start lawn mowing service. This business can be very successful specially if you have free morning time.
15. Pet sitting – You can start pet sitting side hustle.
16. Garden farming – You can grow vegetables in your garden and can sell excess.
17. Teach English – If you are very good in English you can do proof reading, you can even teach English in community schools.
18. Pet grooming – By taking small fee from people you can groom their pets.
19. Scrap-booking - Many people love beautiful scrapbook, so you can earn by designing beautiful scrapbook.
20. Be a speaker – If you are a good speaker you can earn by working as a public speaker for any agency.
21. Assistance- You can be part time assistant of some small businessmen.
22. Help seniors – You can earn by doing some simple household chores for senior citizens.
23. Part-time Bartender – you can become a part-time bartender or server, if social reputation is not a concern.
24. Transporting goods – You can earn money by transporting goods, specially if you have truck/bigger vehicle.
25. Soap making business – You can start small soap making workshop.
26. Get bank incentives – You can earn little side money by opening fee-free checking accounts at banks that provide sign-up bonus.
27. Price arbitrage – You can buy goods from local market which is cheap and then sell those goods for good profit.
28. Repair electronics – If you can do electric repairing then buy old gadgets, repair them and sell them.
29. Sell your paintings – If you can paint, you can sell your art online, you can even host local exhibition (even in your yard) and sell your paintings.
30. Babysitting – If you have too much spare time then you can do babysitting.
31. Rent your room – If you have spare room in your house, you can start a bed and breakfast service. You can even rent it out to tourists when you are not at home.
32. Cake decoration – You can start cake decorating side business. you can attend classes at local arts and craft stores (‘Michael’s’ offer this course) to learn.
33. Candle making – Candle making is very easy and mostly don’t require attending classes, you can buy equipment and read books on candle-making.
34. Garage sale arbitrage – You can buy stuff from garage sale and sell on eBay and other online websites, earn the margin.
35. Programming jobs – If you can do programming, you can get online jobs, register for freelance sites. This can be an interesting off-work activity which can actually improve performance in your main job.
36. Website design – You can earn by designing websites/blog if you have that knack and expertise. You can start easily after taking few web designing classes at local community colleges. One of my friends is doing just that and earning decent money regularly.
37. Staff writing – Some online sites pay for writing articles for them. You can do this work from your home at spare time.
38. Market your videos – If you have some original videos put them on youtube and earn money by using Google ad-sense enabled.
39. Teach music – If you are good in playing musical instruments, start teaching others for money.
40. Furniture assembly – You can start furniture assembling business if you have plumbing skills. If you have a truck and can carry items from furniture stores, you can start this business immediately. All you need to do it putting up your ad on Craigslist.
41. Phone book delivery – Every year people are hired to deliver phone books. You can earn seasonal money by becoming a delivery agent.
42. Coffee shop – You can start your own coffee shop, you require a license though.
43. Gas station – If you can invest money then opening a gas station and hiring attendants could be a great side hustle.
44. Virtual teacher – If you are particularly strong in some subject, you can start teaching. There are sites that offer virtual tutor services, register with them first.
45. Be a DJ – If you are in to music, playing DJ at local parties/wedding is a possibility for you to earn some extra money on the side.
46. Start boutique – You can start your own boutique. I have known many talented women who can easily start their own line of clothing.
47. Sell your photographs- You can sell your digital photographs to sites that re sell them to publishers. You can earn from few cents to few dollars per picture, based on the quality and subject.
48. Fix computers – If you know computer hardware then start fixing computers, again putting up ads in local classified and Craigslist could bring you order.
49. Event manager – You can start an event management business. When someone you know is having a party, ask him/her if you can plan it for a small fee.
50. Sell  candies – Make candies at home and sell those for good profit.
51. Fish farming – You can start fish farming at home and then earn by selling fish.
52. Programming/designing – If you are good in programming then design some apps and sell those online.
53. You can provide service as a nanny.
54. Virtual Assistance – You can work as a virtual assistant, if you wish you can become my editor and get paid on per post basis (really I am looking). There are various work for VAs from attending calls to writing contents and writing mails.
55. Golf caddy – You can work as a caddy over week-ends.
56. Party photographer – Work as photographer for weddings and parties. You can learn the trade from local community schools. you need to put nominal investment to buy DSLR camera and lenses.
57. Network Marketing – It’s lucrative money earning business. You get paid to promote commercial goods and services to mailing lists or social network. Amway and Etsy are good examples of network marketing. Your communication skill would determine your potential.
58. Store attendant – Earn money by managing small businesses near your home. You can be paid to manage sales counter or just for keeping an eye over the shoppers.
59. Cook – Work as a part timer chef and help out others
60. Swimming instructor – Become a swimming instructor, all you need is a training and a license.
61. Handy man – You can do handy man services as side hustle.
62. Baking – If you can bake well, make cookies, cakes and pastries for selling.
63. Interior decoration – Start doing interior decorating. you can also stage homes for sale if you are in to interior designing.
64. Knitting – If you can, start knitting. This business pays well.
65. Wedding planner – You can plan weddings. This business is a very good side business.
66. Sale body parts – You can sale your body, not talking about sex here, you can sale your sperm, blood, hairs and nails for money. Its better to consult your physician before donating blood.
67. Make apps – If you can make smart phone apps, you can code new apps and sell it online.
68. Coaching – If you are good in sports, you can teach this to youngsters.
69. Credit card rewards – Use credit cards and pay off total due every month. You dont have to pay interest and the reward is yours to keep. I have earned decent money so far.
70. Do odd jobs – ‘For hire’ section in Craigslist contain odd jobs watch out for them.
71. Logo design – Design a logo for new businesses or websites if you’re a graphic designer.
72. Paper route – news delivery is perhaps the number one in the chart for school/college kids. You can start by contacting local news paper office.
73. Use your car – You can even make money from your car.
74. Taxi business – Buy a taxi and hire a driver if you have money.
75. Make soft toys – Make some soft toys and sell those online.
76. Landscaping – If you have skills, start landscaping and gardening service in your neighborhood. You’ll need to buy tools
77. Garage sale – Conduct garage sales and earn money by getting rid of clutter at your home.
78. Buy some consignment shops and rent those.
79. Catering Service – Start a catering service, provide food to local parties/wedding
80. Card selling – Make some greeting cards at home and sell online.
81. Car wash – Have a community car wash, involve children and earn money every week-end (well, almost).
82. Medical studies – Participate in medical studies. Companies that are trying to receive approval from the FDA hire people to participate in studies as apart of their research
83. Start cosmetic selling shop.
84. Data entry – Start data entry business, this is zero investment business as well.
85. Flower arrangement – Start flower arrangement service. I know a community college near our home that offers this course.
86. Open a dorm – Start hostel/dorm facility in your spare room.
87. Language instructor – Teach languages you know to foreign visiting students.
88. Transcription – Start translation/transcription service at your free time.
89. Interpreter – If you know a second language, you can become an interpreter, even govt. agencies look for interpreters on ad-hoc basis.
90. Be a bouncer – If you have that physique, you can become bouncer at bars/pubs.
91. Freelancing projects – Make team of freelancers, take projects and earn money.
92. Fundraising – Becoming a fundraiser allows building an extensive network and make extra money while working for a worthy cause.
93. Setup home based garage – Start a small garage and give it to any mechanic on rent.
94. Leaflet distribution – Start leaflet distributing service, this can be a fun week-end activity.
95. Mystery shopper - Be a mystery shopper on behalf of the manufacturers and take test of the sellers. I know a few mystery shoppers , another good thing is they get lot of free stuff to keep.
96. Travel agency – If you love assisting people with their vacation plans, starting a home-based travel agency could be an ideal side hustle for you.
97. Social media promotion – Earn money from social media. Businesses pay money for promoting their products on social media. Grow big list of social media followers and look out for offers.
98. Live stock farming – Specially those who live in rural areas, can start live stock business in their backyard.
99. Put banner on your property – Use your property (car even) for setting up billboards if you can cope with that view.
100. Rent your parking spot – If you have extra space in parking lot, rent that extra space. If your parking lot remains empty during work hours you can rent out the spot.
101. Advertising business – Start advertising business, middle men earn money by performing co-ordination job. You can contact publishers  and advertisers separately and earn money by playing middle man.

These hustle may be sounding like an easy task but, in reality they are tough jobs at times. Getting a start is very important, getting first few clients is probably the hardest part of it. Don’t get disheartened, it took me 6 months before I started earning money for this blog.
You’ll be successful if you have ambition and are willing to put hard-work.

101 Ways to earn extra money from side hustle

t One Cent at a Time we teach you to grow one step at a time. Today we will show 101 steps to earn side income. This could be an overwhelming list of side hustle opportunities. I would suggest you glance over and judge which are the ones that best suited for you.
Working for yourself may not be easy, people may also second guess you. Why do you need to have a second job? Are you still employed? Are you hungry for more money? You may be discouraged by your own circle of friends and family. But, do not let the naysayers damper your spirit.
Working in a second job is for your better future. You can retire early to enjoy all that life has to offer, if you earn extra money with your side hustle.
In the era of recession and outsourcing, your job is no more secure. Some of you may have seen unemployment or salary cut. Your income is shrinking — but your bills aren’t. This side gigs can help you gain some padding to your diminishing income.
Only one caveat – do not ignore your family and near-ones in your endeavor. If you have a steady 9 -5 you may need to limit time for side hustle. Let’s begin our quest: