Ways for Teens to Make Money

Making money as a teen is an important part of social life and being able to spend some cash.  The usual thing a teen would do would be to go bag for groceries, cut grass, or referee for a sport.  Now,  there is way more opportunities for teens to make money.  They all need a good work ethic, but they aren't a job that is based on physical labor.


1.  Build a Blog  


Building a blog has always been a favorite of mine.  It's fun to write articles and you're self-employed.  You can say anything or write about anything on your blog.  Just build a blog on Blogger and put on some ads and if you continue to write good content,  you will earn some extra cash.  See my "How to Make Money Blogging" for a better guide to building a blog.

2.  Sell Your Photos

Do you like to take photographs?  Believe it or not many websites now buy your photos from you: Shutterstock.com , 123RF.com , Fotolia.com , CreStock.com , Dreamstime.com.  How much money you make will depend on how high of value your photos are.


3.  Sell Stuff on eBay


Selling stuff on eBay is a good way to earn some extra cash.  This method could be a lasting business or just a quick way to make money.

4.  Design Myspace Backgrounds


Design a website that sells your work and you will get started in no time.

5.  Make a Garage Sale


If you have some stuff that you don't need anymore,  this will be a great way to clean up the house and earn quick money.

6.  Write Product Reviews


Writing product reviews is an easy way to make money. Ciao, Epinions.com, ReviewStream.com are all websites that allow you to write reviews for money.

None of these are get rich quick schemes,  but they will get some extra cash laying around the house.

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Making Money Through Online Surveys

Will you get rich?  No.  But you could earn some extra cash to put in your pocket.  Online surveys are a quick easy way to earn some extra cash, but not a lot of it.  All you have to do is answer the questions on a survey and a small amount of money is added to your account.  It could be anywhere from five cents to one dollar or more.  The nice thing about this is that you don't have to think much when doing this.   Some of the well known sites that do this are Cash Crate,  Big Spot,  and Survey Monkey.

Getting Traffic To Your Blog

Everyone wants traffic but not everyone knows how to get it.  Following the steps I'm about to share with you will not only get traffic,  but get returning traffic also.

Get social in other blogs or forums in your niche.  Bloggers like to share their blog with each other and commenting on other blogs is a good way to do so.  This will get you a few visitors and hopefully if you have a good blog it will bring returning visitors.  Don't just go out commenting with words like "good job" or "thanks",  you have to make the comments thoughtful and personal for people to check out your blog.

Don't put comments on your blog until you know people will comment.  Blogs with zero comments look like people don't care much for the website or it gets little views.  You don't want that kind of rep. as a blogger.  So take off the commenting ability on all of your posts and as soon as you start getting traffic you can add them back on.

Be unique.  Don't do what every other blog in your niche is doing.  Be yourself and write from your mind, not others.  People won't care what blog they go to if they are all the same.  So be different and in the end you will be rewarded.

Link Link Link.  You should be linking to things that are important in your posts.  But over linking is not a good thing to have because people will know that you just want traffic and if you have bad content it's not worth it.  Linking to other sites are crucial because it rates you higher in search engines.  This topic is called SEO or search engine optimization.

Add yourself to blog carnivals.  These are a great way to be noticed by other bloggers in your niche.  If your content and articles are written well then you will be rewarded with lots of traffic.

Follow some of these steps when starting out and you will be on your way as long as you execute these.

How to Make Money Blogging

Many people look into blogging for money,  but very few become successful.  Those few didn't become successful because of luck,  they worked consistently and took the time needed to become successful.  Most bloggers give up at the beginning because they are to lazy to work hard.  People think blogging is one of those "get rich quick" when in reality, it's not.  Do you think The Huffington Post and Perez Hilton became big blogs right away?  No they didn't,  they had to follow many important steps into becoming some of the most successful blogs on the internet.


To create a blog you will need to find a niche.  A niche is a topic that everything on your blog relates to.  An example would be having a blog that is about super heros.  Don't think that if your niche isn't good that people won't read.  There are millions and millions of people on the internet everyday and chances are you will be read.  Don't try to write about news or typical things that everybody does.  There's way too many of those and your competition will be hard.  Also write about things that can be read at about anytime.  What I mean by this is don't write about things that will be old two years later.  Write about things that people will still be interested in for years to come.  Lastly create a niche that you will like to write about.


Next, write content and really get into it.  Don't just write 100 word articles with no value and expect to make some money.  The competition in your niche is most likely writing more valuable articles to earn money that you could potentially have made.  The blog is yours.  Write about anything you would like to get into.  In the beginning majority of bloggers will not know what to write about and are worried that no one will read them.  PEOPLE WILL READ IF EFFORT WAS PUT INTO IT!  If you have experience in a type of work or you have an opinion on things going on in the world,  just get on the computer and write.


Putting ads on your blog are your main source of income as a blogger.  But you shouldn't put ads on your blog write away.  Readers won't like if you have crappy articles but you have ads all over.  So wait until you have 5 or 6 good, long articles.  The easiest ads to put on your blog is ads from Google Adsense.  Google Adsense are ads that you can put onto your blog and the ads will relate to your niche.  Another type of ad to put on your blog is Affiliate ads.  These are products that pay per click,  which means if people click on the product ad, you will earn money.  These are great but not to start out with.  The first advertisements to put on your blog in my opinion would be Google Adsense just because they are so easy to deal with and they don't put you through the work of finding products in your niche.


Getting traffic to your blog is what every blogger wants.  People try to get traffic right away without anything of value on their blogs to show for.  Traffic will come, but it takes time.  Lots of people use the internet so if it's on there chances are it will be read.  I cannot stress this enough, but writing good valuable content will get you lots of traffic.  This will bring you returning readers but also readers that are looking for good information too.  Also commenting thoughtfully on other blogs in your niche will get you a good way to be checked out by other bloggers.  This will start getting you referred traffic to your blog.  Referred traffic is traffic that comes from other blogs linking to your blog.  I'm not going to get too in-depth on SEO which stands for Search Engine Optimization.  Basically to get high on search engines like Google you have to put links into your blog to get noticed.  You don't want to play hide and go seek with the search engines so go out and put links in your blog to be found.


Appearance is more than you think.  It's sad to say but most people judge websites by the way they look so make sure it's appealing to the eye.  Websites like Blogger and Wordpress both let you customize the way your blog looks to fit your liking.


Go out and just write and with time and hard work your blog could become as successful as you'd wish.

Check out Bob Lotich's Blog about Making Money.