Eight Ways to Make & Save Money

Since I stay at home full time with my daughter, I am not able to bring home a regular income like my husband does. Even though I don't work an actual job, there are still plenty of ways I am able to help my family either make or save money. Here I've listed 8 different ways to make or save money. I hope that some of these ideas can help you out, too:

1. Write easy how-to articles, reviews, or advice articles at Associated Content. Although some writers here on AC earn good money, others average between $5 - $10 per article. Even though $5 is not a ton of money, articles of 400 words or more don't have to take long to write, and each $5 adds up, especially if you write a lot of articles. Besides upfront payment for articles, you also earn money on every click your articles receive. The more articles, the more clicks, the more money every month you get deposited into your Paypal account from the Performance Payment.

2. Blog for money. If you have a blog that's old enough and traffic-y enough, you may be able to get paid to blog. Right now I use two different paid-to-blog sites: Blogitive and PayPerPost. Each blog post that I complete for them gets me at least $5, which is not bad money at all, considering that a post of 100+ words probably will take me only 5 - 10 minutes to complete. The most I've been paid for a blog post so far has been $20, but even the minimum $5 that I've received is not bad since it's money and that ads up quickly. Each blog company allows me to post a maximum two posts per day for them, although some days there aren't any blog offers that interest me, while other days there are several. You can see how the potential is pretty good for earning a bit of money every day. The slow- and steady-ness of it really helps out with the finances.