Friday 8 March 2013
Despite the difficult economic environment, there are plenty of ways for a teenager to earn money. All you need is a good idea and free time. Read these ideas for some inspiration to make money.Stages
Make sure to set aside half of what you earn. If your parents help you, it should not be too difficult. You earn 70 € cleaning a car from top to bottom a weekend? Immediately put € 35 side and reward yourself by spending the rest.
Find a good savings account. If you keep your money in a shoe box under your bed, he sleeps and takes the dust. If you put it in a savings account at your bank, you may report 2%, 3% or 4% interest. Basically, this means that the bank will "give" money to spare.
Set yourself goals. If you set a goal to earn some money, it will be easier to achieve this goal and you have a horizon to achieve.
Do not worry about investing your money for now. Unless you are 18 years old and you please start contributing to your retirement (in which case, kudos to you!), Just put your money in a savings account. You should not risk losing your money before they could enjoy.
Sweep the snow. Go see all houses a fairly large and have 7-15 € per private road or € 25 per week for sweeping and snow removal. (Ask more if you need to remove snow on a car that rolled over because it is compact and very difficult to remove). Do this every time it snows. Some people might even pay you one month in advance if they know you well or if they like your work!
Do housework. Negotiate prices with your parents to make additional tasks at home. Select the tasks for which they could hire a professional, like cleaning the toilet, and let them pay half price. Ask your parents if you can do the cleaning every week. Doing laundry and dishes. Be sure to do these tasks properly or your parents may think it does not worth to pay you. If there is not much to do at home, you can find another arrangement (eg, "if I am very careful to conserve water and electricity, is that you can pay me the amount that I'm saving on the bill each month? "). Parents are sometimes more willing to help you if they know what idea you have behind your head, so share it with them.
Render service to an elderly person. Take her shopping, wearing heavy things, repair your computer or with the help of other tasks that would be difficult to accomplish. Try to maintain a good relationship with this person, remember that it may be one and perhaps enjoy spending time with younger people (it makes her feel younger). She will feel more comfortable with you, she will be more willing to give you thank you for your services.
Put an ad in the newspaper cheap or on the internet for stuff like babysittings, childcare, home guards, guards and walks pets, etc.. You can also distribute flyers and business cards to people who need advertising. Craigslist is a good way to offer your services, but plan to be accompanied by an adult coach or a parent when you accept a job, it is perhaps not ideal, but there are people who might attempt to abuse you and you must be prepared. There is nothing to do with it, but be warned.
Put the trash on the sidewalk. On the eve of the garbage, knock on the doors of the houses on your street and ask for a euro each house to put all the trash on the sidewalk. (Do not ask for more, because it is a super simple job, we must maintain a stress-reasonable cost to convince all interested persons). If it works, even twenty houses, it is twenty euros for almost no work. You may be lucky enough to stumble on a retirement home or in an area where you know many elderly people live. Do not do this in areas a bit dangerous and not enter into someone's home for any reason. In some cases, it is better that you work with a partner.
Many people are turning away from lonely teenager who knocks on them because they may be afraid and find it suspect. If they see that you are working as a team, they will make you more confident and their neighbors too.
Form a team to perform odd jobs such as landscaping: a person mowing, another cleans gutters, fences another size, another raking debris. Ask your parents and the parents of your friends for all the necessary tools or rent them at a store.
Washing cars outside and inside is another very lucrative idea: a person cleans and rinses, an other windows, two clean inside. Remember good vacuum inside, washing the wheels with special wax, rub the inside with vinyl cleaner (if the surface is vinyl) and do a job thoroughly. Remember, if people do not like your work, they will probably go to a professional and will do the job for less. Keep in mind the people and companies against whom you are competing.
Empty your closet, your attic or your basement and gather everything that you no longer want. Put all items to all small price to sell at a flea market or garage sale in which you can make advertising signs or putting an ad on Craigslist. (Often, clothing in good condition sell well in garage sales. Clothes worthless, especially simple t-shirts can be cleaned and sold in packages as shop rags.)
Earn a little more money at a garage sale offering simple and cheap drinks or snacks. If the weather is good, offer lemonade, individual bags of popcorn (make them yourself rather than having them in the microwave because it is much more expensive), or other refreshments sunny days. If it is cold or windy, offer hot tea or cider. Otherwise, you can sell them at a very low price (it's a garage sale after all), give them (make people more likely to buy through your kindness and goodwill), or free offer, but accepting donations (some people will surprise you with their generosity).
If you earn money for a specific purpose (ie to buy an instrument, or to go on a school trip), we need people to know, they will be much more likely to buy something to someone one with a purpose and give you maybe even more.
Offer to sell stuff on behalf of your parents. They probably have nicer things than you, but less time and energy to sell. For a certain percentage of profits, ask them to sell expensive items on eBay and the rest in a garage sale. Make sure you agree on the price of everything and the price up to which you can descend.
Sell your CDs and DVDs. No, it does not mean you need to get rid of, make it safeguards your computer or copies, then sell the originals for a few dollars each. This is easy money.
Sell pictures. If you have a good quality camera and you know how to compose a photo, try to take pictures "stock" and sell them online. They generally do not make a lot of money, but it is a fun way to earn some money while doing an interesting activity. If you have a nice camera, take pictures in black and white, expand them yourself (or have them develop), and sell physical copies, with or without frame.
Gather crafts for sale. People who love crafts like integrate natural elements into their work. You live in the countryside, have a garden, or know someone who has? Try to collect dry branches and pieces of vine. Believe it or not, people pay good money for the branches of willow ends twisted, birch twigs, pieces of gnarled vines and almost everything that has an interesting shape. (Look at some craft sites to get ideas and see if a few things you can find in your area may be interesting)
If the holidays arrive, gather mistletoe (with gloves) and / or pine cones, tie them in bundles with ribbons and bells cheap, and sell them as decorations. If you want to make a more elaborate project and you have access to a fallen tree or stump, ask one of your parents to cut them into thick logs, drill four holes the size of a candle in each log, decorate with the fir branches, holly berries, mini pine cones and / or ribbons and sell them each piece as Adventskrans a traditional Scandinavian Christmas candlestick. You should do this as early as November, because they will be used throughout the month of December.
Working through applications. If you have a smartphone, look for applications that propose to perform small tasks against money (or contact with a local company which offers). Many of these tasks do not pay well, but are ridiculously simple (eg take a picture of you in a particular institution - possibly to improve marketing) and accumulate quickly. Make sure that the program accepts adolescents before registering.
Make online surveys. Market research is very important for large companies and many sites will pay you for your feedback. Look for sites that accept teenagers (not all do), do not ask for money for registration (completely unnecessary), and offer to pay you (or give points that you can redeem against money ).
Work via YouTube. The high-quality videos that reach a wide audience can be easily monetized. This is because YouTube starts showing commercials before the video as soon as it is popular and you have the right to receive a portion of the money that advertising generates. It will probably take you invest in a video camera, mounting hardware, and you know what makes a viral video, but it might be worth it.
Looking studies groups in your area. Study groups are simply surveys made in person for group marketing research - and, unlike online surveys, they often pay between 30 and 70 € per hour ($ 40-100). As teens are considered a valuable demographic market, you may be eligible to participate in your area.
Keep an eye on medical school in your area. Before you get scared, remember that all the people who serve the medical tests are not required to take medications or give injections in the eye, some studies are simply to be observed during the execution of a task the treadmill or a witness healthy experience for a disease. Looking for a local medical research center or university medical studies to determine the legitimate and, if possible, ask to be put on a call list for simple non-invasive experiments.
Make a fundraiser
If
you are engaged in a good cause personal (that is to say that it does
not raise funds to buy an iPod), consider sharing your project and ask
people for money. Make
sure you clearly define your ultimate goal, the steps you plan to
collect money, and exactly how the funds will be used; nobody wants to
give money to a half-baked idea for someone that if they do not know maybe not. Go
door-to-door, hold a bake sale, a car wash, a jog-athon, or even try to
collect money on a fundraising website online as Bankeez or GoFundMe. Talk
to your parents about how to tastefully and non-intrusive way, they
probably already done fundraising before and can give you guidance on
what works and what does not.
If you are able to make the product, sell the product for about 10-20% more than the price you took the production.
Whatever it is that you end up doing, do an excellent job. People are skeptical about the concentration and dedication to teenagers, do not give them reason.
Sometimes you can find work in a summer camp. This is useful because it is rewarding and does not interfere at all with the school (unless you have the entire school year).
The money accumulates, it should not be hard to focus on projects that relate much money you might miss all the little opportunities for you to make money. For example, even if you are only € 2 per day, it is € 14 per week, plus 56 € per month and € 630 per year.
Work for more than money, work to learn. Even back hamburgers presents opportunities, observe how the management is chosen, the way workers are organized, everything. Rich people own their own business, they do work for them. Money is temporary, knowledge is permanent.
Try to dress sensibly. This will help you look responsible and dedicated.
Try flyers on your computer and if it is legal where you live, hang on telephone poles. Some locations (eg, many supermarkets) will allow you to hang ads on any panel. Be sure to add in your brochure how you ask to be paid for each service. In this way, your customers will know what to expect, and there will be no surprises when it's time to get paid.
Do not put leaflets under the doors. Instead, try to go from house to house to introduce yourself. Example: Hello, I'm [your name]. I live on just down the street, I suggest you walk dogs for money.
You can also search the Internet for sites where you can watch free videos "free" with step by step, how to make money on the Internet. Looking the way you want.
Disclaimers:
Save as possible
Remember that there is no small savings. Limit your spending and you will need more money. Person never regret having saved. Find a balance between your immediate expenses and your long-term goals.Make sure to set aside half of what you earn. If your parents help you, it should not be too difficult. You earn 70 € cleaning a car from top to bottom a weekend? Immediately put € 35 side and reward yourself by spending the rest.
Find a good savings account. If you keep your money in a shoe box under your bed, he sleeps and takes the dust. If you put it in a savings account at your bank, you may report 2%, 3% or 4% interest. Basically, this means that the bank will "give" money to spare.
Set yourself goals. If you set a goal to earn some money, it will be easier to achieve this goal and you have a horizon to achieve.
Do not worry about investing your money for now. Unless you are 18 years old and you please start contributing to your retirement (in which case, kudos to you!), Just put your money in a savings account. You should not risk losing your money before they could enjoy.
Work for yourself
Make it a business. Make childcare, walk dogs and mowing lawns for your neighbors. You can earn a lot of money, but it is a lot of work and a lot that could intrude on your weekend. If you feel that you are distracted or depressed, remember that the work always leads to something.Sweep the snow. Go see all houses a fairly large and have 7-15 € per private road or € 25 per week for sweeping and snow removal. (Ask more if you need to remove snow on a car that rolled over because it is compact and very difficult to remove). Do this every time it snows. Some people might even pay you one month in advance if they know you well or if they like your work!
Do housework. Negotiate prices with your parents to make additional tasks at home. Select the tasks for which they could hire a professional, like cleaning the toilet, and let them pay half price. Ask your parents if you can do the cleaning every week. Doing laundry and dishes. Be sure to do these tasks properly or your parents may think it does not worth to pay you. If there is not much to do at home, you can find another arrangement (eg, "if I am very careful to conserve water and electricity, is that you can pay me the amount that I'm saving on the bill each month? "). Parents are sometimes more willing to help you if they know what idea you have behind your head, so share it with them.
Render service to an elderly person. Take her shopping, wearing heavy things, repair your computer or with the help of other tasks that would be difficult to accomplish. Try to maintain a good relationship with this person, remember that it may be one and perhaps enjoy spending time with younger people (it makes her feel younger). She will feel more comfortable with you, she will be more willing to give you thank you for your services.
Put an ad in the newspaper cheap or on the internet for stuff like babysittings, childcare, home guards, guards and walks pets, etc.. You can also distribute flyers and business cards to people who need advertising. Craigslist is a good way to offer your services, but plan to be accompanied by an adult coach or a parent when you accept a job, it is perhaps not ideal, but there are people who might attempt to abuse you and you must be prepared. There is nothing to do with it, but be warned.
Put the trash on the sidewalk. On the eve of the garbage, knock on the doors of the houses on your street and ask for a euro each house to put all the trash on the sidewalk. (Do not ask for more, because it is a super simple job, we must maintain a stress-reasonable cost to convince all interested persons). If it works, even twenty houses, it is twenty euros for almost no work. You may be lucky enough to stumble on a retirement home or in an area where you know many elderly people live. Do not do this in areas a bit dangerous and not enter into someone's home for any reason. In some cases, it is better that you work with a partner.
Working with a group of friends
Divide tasks equally (if organize rotations satisfies everyone), go with the group in your neighborhood after school or on weekends, and offer to do various tasks and set pricing. Yes, the working group means that you have to share the money, but it also means that you can find a lot of tasks to be performed quickly and most importantly, safely, which also means that you can go more places . And of course, you can convince more people, more rumors can spread that you are available for work.Many people are turning away from lonely teenager who knocks on them because they may be afraid and find it suspect. If they see that you are working as a team, they will make you more confident and their neighbors too.
Form a team to perform odd jobs such as landscaping: a person mowing, another cleans gutters, fences another size, another raking debris. Ask your parents and the parents of your friends for all the necessary tools or rent them at a store.
Washing cars outside and inside is another very lucrative idea: a person cleans and rinses, an other windows, two clean inside. Remember good vacuum inside, washing the wheels with special wax, rub the inside with vinyl cleaner (if the surface is vinyl) and do a job thoroughly. Remember, if people do not like your work, they will probably go to a professional and will do the job for less. Keep in mind the people and companies against whom you are competing.
Sell items in a garage sale or flea market
Even if you do not have anything that would interest troll anyone, you will be surprised by the rapidity with which a large number of small sales can add up. If you have time, you can also make things to sell. If you have decided to sell things, learn to haggle.Empty your closet, your attic or your basement and gather everything that you no longer want. Put all items to all small price to sell at a flea market or garage sale in which you can make advertising signs or putting an ad on Craigslist. (Often, clothing in good condition sell well in garage sales. Clothes worthless, especially simple t-shirts can be cleaned and sold in packages as shop rags.)
Earn a little more money at a garage sale offering simple and cheap drinks or snacks. If the weather is good, offer lemonade, individual bags of popcorn (make them yourself rather than having them in the microwave because it is much more expensive), or other refreshments sunny days. If it is cold or windy, offer hot tea or cider. Otherwise, you can sell them at a very low price (it's a garage sale after all), give them (make people more likely to buy through your kindness and goodwill), or free offer, but accepting donations (some people will surprise you with their generosity).
If you earn money for a specific purpose (ie to buy an instrument, or to go on a school trip), we need people to know, they will be much more likely to buy something to someone one with a purpose and give you maybe even more.
Sell products online packages or products purchased
If you find expensive items, sell them separately classified and / or on Craigslist to attract people seeking precisely these items, they will be willing to pay an acceptable price, unlike people who go to garage sales that are usually looking for cheap deals and can even try to haggle the right items). Again, be sure to mention the safety of transactions on Craigslist with your parents in advance, or better yet, ask your parents to be present at the time of purchase on site.Offer to sell stuff on behalf of your parents. They probably have nicer things than you, but less time and energy to sell. For a certain percentage of profits, ask them to sell expensive items on eBay and the rest in a garage sale. Make sure you agree on the price of everything and the price up to which you can descend.
Sell your CDs and DVDs. No, it does not mean you need to get rid of, make it safeguards your computer or copies, then sell the originals for a few dollars each. This is easy money.
Sell pictures. If you have a good quality camera and you know how to compose a photo, try to take pictures "stock" and sell them online. They generally do not make a lot of money, but it is a fun way to earn some money while doing an interesting activity. If you have a nice camera, take pictures in black and white, expand them yourself (or have them develop), and sell physical copies, with or without frame.
Make crafts to sell
Friendship bracelets, bags of paper beads made of whales or plastic straws. Each article will not make you win a lot for your piggy bank, but fifty articles as perhaps the will (and each of them will be faster and easier to manufacture than the previous one). Since you probably do not have the right to sell at school or in most public places, made a fine collection of these objects and include my in your attic, or if they are unique pieces, post- the craft sites.Gather crafts for sale. People who love crafts like integrate natural elements into their work. You live in the countryside, have a garden, or know someone who has? Try to collect dry branches and pieces of vine. Believe it or not, people pay good money for the branches of willow ends twisted, birch twigs, pieces of gnarled vines and almost everything that has an interesting shape. (Look at some craft sites to get ideas and see if a few things you can find in your area may be interesting)
If the holidays arrive, gather mistletoe (with gloves) and / or pine cones, tie them in bundles with ribbons and bells cheap, and sell them as decorations. If you want to make a more elaborate project and you have access to a fallen tree or stump, ask one of your parents to cut them into thick logs, drill four holes the size of a candle in each log, decorate with the fir branches, holly berries, mini pine cones and / or ribbons and sell them each piece as Adventskrans a traditional Scandinavian Christmas candlestick. You should do this as early as November, because they will be used throughout the month of December.
Organize a party and gather all that can be recycled
Ask everyone to bring a soda bottle or canned (no need to explain why), offer cakes and cocktail sauces for flavor (and a recycling bin clear) and when it is finished, bring your booty to the recycling center. If you are not authorized to organize the party in your own home, do it in a park and bring frisbees, a football, etc.. Otherwise, go to a friend's party and offer to stay behind to help clean up.Working remotely on your free time
There are many opportunities to earn pocket money without having to do part-time at the workplace.Working through applications. If you have a smartphone, look for applications that propose to perform small tasks against money (or contact with a local company which offers). Many of these tasks do not pay well, but are ridiculously simple (eg take a picture of you in a particular institution - possibly to improve marketing) and accumulate quickly. Make sure that the program accepts adolescents before registering.
Make online surveys. Market research is very important for large companies and many sites will pay you for your feedback. Look for sites that accept teenagers (not all do), do not ask for money for registration (completely unnecessary), and offer to pay you (or give points that you can redeem against money ).
Work via YouTube. The high-quality videos that reach a wide audience can be easily monetized. This is because YouTube starts showing commercials before the video as soon as it is popular and you have the right to receive a portion of the money that advertising generates. It will probably take you invest in a video camera, mounting hardware, and you know what makes a viral video, but it might be worth it.
Participate in local studies
Not all are open to teens, but whenever you get a result, you can earn a pretty decent amount of money for a very limited time.Looking studies groups in your area. Study groups are simply surveys made in person for group marketing research - and, unlike online surveys, they often pay between 30 and 70 € per hour ($ 40-100). As teens are considered a valuable demographic market, you may be eligible to participate in your area.
Keep an eye on medical school in your area. Before you get scared, remember that all the people who serve the medical tests are not required to take medications or give injections in the eye, some studies are simply to be observed during the execution of a task the treadmill or a witness healthy experience for a disease. Looking for a local medical research center or university medical studies to determine the legitimate and, if possible, ask to be put on a call list for simple non-invasive experiments.
Get paid to do something you are working on now
If you have talent in a sport or game, participate in tournaments. You might even be able to get a job in weekend sporting events. If you are very good at a sport or subject in school, you should know what the rules are local to pay a little extra to tutor. You may not be able to work or go to school advertising, but this does not mean that you can not work in private with another student at the public library or one of you, for example.
Make a fundraiser
If
you are engaged in a good cause personal (that is to say that it does
not raise funds to buy an iPod), consider sharing your project and ask
people for money. Make
sure you clearly define your ultimate goal, the steps you plan to
collect money, and exactly how the funds will be used; nobody wants to
give money to a half-baked idea for someone that if they do not know maybe not. Go
door-to-door, hold a bake sale, a car wash, a jog-athon, or even try to
collect money on a fundraising website online as Bankeez or GoFundMe. Talk
to your parents about how to tastefully and non-intrusive way, they
probably already done fundraising before and can give you guidance on
what works and what does not.Advice:
Do not lend money to your friends, unless you are willing to lose money and your friend. Just because someone is well with you, does not automatically mean that it is trustworthy and reliable.
If you are able to make the product, sell the product for about 10-20% more than the price you took the production.
Whatever it is that you end up doing, do an excellent job. People are skeptical about the concentration and dedication to teenagers, do not give them reason.
Sometimes you can find work in a summer camp. This is useful because it is rewarding and does not interfere at all with the school (unless you have the entire school year).
The money accumulates, it should not be hard to focus on projects that relate much money you might miss all the little opportunities for you to make money. For example, even if you are only € 2 per day, it is € 14 per week, plus 56 € per month and € 630 per year.
Work for more than money, work to learn. Even back hamburgers presents opportunities, observe how the management is chosen, the way workers are organized, everything. Rich people own their own business, they do work for them. Money is temporary, knowledge is permanent.
Try to dress sensibly. This will help you look responsible and dedicated.
Try flyers on your computer and if it is legal where you live, hang on telephone poles. Some locations (eg, many supermarkets) will allow you to hang ads on any panel. Be sure to add in your brochure how you ask to be paid for each service. In this way, your customers will know what to expect, and there will be no surprises when it's time to get paid.
Do not put leaflets under the doors. Instead, try to go from house to house to introduce yourself. Example: Hello, I'm [your name]. I live on just down the street, I suggest you walk dogs for money.
You can also search the Internet for sites where you can watch free videos "free" with step by step, how to make money on the Internet. Looking the way you want.
Disclaimers:
- Show flyers on utility poles is illegal in the United States, and leads to heavy fines. Get permission before pasting flyers. This is not the case in France.
- Sell things at school may be frowned upon or even illegal, please check before trying.
- Make sure you have permission to sell whatever you decide to sell. Should not you sell something that your parents still want! Also, think about the value of personal items before selling them. The object is maybe € 10, but if you prefer to keep that to have 10 €, then you should definitely keep it.
- Be careful when doing online surveys, some are scams and give you just spam and / or viruses!
- Be careful with using eBay. PayPal will charge you for the sale of equipment, and because the funds will be transferred to your bank account, be careful because the parents watch the accounts all the time.
- Directly to the leaflets in the boxes is also illegal in the United States and generates heavy fines. This is not the case in France. Instead, stick flyers on the door of the house to another door or window. You can also put your leaflets in the boxes to the press that the federal government does not regulate.
