5 Quick Online Skill-based Money Makers for College Students

These days it seems virtually everyone is pressed for time. In fact many are actually too busy to earn money. So, as a way to help out college students in particular, the following are ways to earn some quick cash online without consuming a significant amount of time. This all depends of course on individual skill sets.

Become an Online Tutor - Online mentoring is a service that seems to meet an ever-growing demand. So if you enjoy helping other people learn this could be perfect for you. This seems to require that you only set aside perhaps around 2 or more hours a week depending on the service(s) you select. Two of the better known services are e-Tutor and Smartthinking. Newer services popping up all the time. For example, the StudentOfFortune site shows their 3 top earners have individually hauled in from $13,000 to $19,000 over time.

Compose Research Papers for other students - Even with the plethora of readily available information and online resources, research can still consume an enormous amount of time. So a good gig for those who have fairly decent research and writing skills, you'll soon develop a waiting list of fellow students, as well as professors as clients. And if you are really expert, theirs even more lucrative avenues of pulling in the cash in the corporate world. Place ads in your local school newspaper or the bulletin boards.

Become a Freelancer - If your skills sets are in Creating Graphics, developing software or any number of creative avenues, make sure check oDesk,eLance, and RentACoder among others. You'll find a lot of legitimate possibilities to bring in the green. Just be aware that there that the competition can be quite fierce with lowball offers and the services may also require fees.

Advertise your Skills to Online Forums. Here I am referring to very large and active sites like DigitalPoint and SitePoint. Though the jobs are fewer than those at the sites previously you won't have to share your earnings with a service.

Become an Online Juror - This is a favorite of many college students. In this litigious society, there seems to be an on-going need for lawyers to easily and less expensively test outcomes for their cases. And herein lays the value of sites like eJury and TrialJuries. Both of these are sites that help present mock trials so you must have reasoning skills at the very least. Juror compensation seems to range from $5 to $60 depending on case complexity. The main downside here is there is no guarantee that you will be selected to be on a case. And while a lot of colleges may participate in mock jury trials, the compensation can be less than the online versions. At any rate, you need to remain involved for the duration of the case; else you probably won't be selected again.

You can find more of these type of money making opportunities by searching for get-paid-to type sites. Always check out any site thoroughly before joining up.