Be warned, this is an obnoxiously long comment full of nothing but ideas on how to make money, so...I don't know, really.
Could you maybe do something a little like "the girl who circumnavigated fairyland" (which I keep meaning to read and haven't)? Dunno what exactly, but maybe set up something where people could choose to donate some small amount for writing and/or music? Especially if you did an EP, which I'm sure you could sell, with arrangements of found noises like you talked about (and you could, like, overlay parts of it with Eliot and stuff!) and your own songs and...things. Especially if you know someone with a halfway decent microphone you could use and also on a quiet day when Leandra isn't there to yell. :p Or maybe you could sell layouts; I think scholarsicons has done that successfully.
Um...there are sites where you can sell your stock photos, but I haven't tried that yet because they all demand higher-resolution photos than even I have, and mine are pretty big. I should send you links to some of my various make-money-online sites, because I've saved several I keep meaning to look into (plus others that give you ideas and whatever) only I haven't. And I don't really have time at the moment to go dig up the whole list. >_< Oh, but definitely recommend you go look at the Online Writing Jobs (http://www.online-writing-jobs.com) site I think I linked you to earlier; might find a proofreading job or something, for instance, that would pay decently and that you could do from home. Some are steady jobs and some are one-time projects, so it's good to keep checking back (I have several sections' RSS feeds in Google Reader). Oh, and you might want to try checking Craigslist for Pittsburgh writing gigs or something--might find something that could be done largely or mostly long-distance.
This (https://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=1XV4JBZXABXZRDNFQYY0). Most MTurk stuff is worthless (like, you're going to pay me one whole cent to tag a couple hundred photos? Yeah, no. But while this one doesn't totally make sense to me, the description does say that it's 1-2 hours work, so $25 for what is hopefully a relatively quick and easy task is pretty good.
And like I mentioned, since you've got five guitars and they obviously go for pretty good prices, do you think you could sell one or two? That's something you could probably sell on eBay (which yes, it does cost whether the item sells or not, but listing fees are like...10 cents as a base, probably, and 35 cents with the Buy It Now option or something). Half.com is absolutely the way to go with CDs, DVDs, video games (...any your brother no longer uses?), and books, because there are no listing fees--only a small commission after it sells--and it's a store, not an auction, so your stuff can stay up indefinitely. eBay you can sell basically anything. Generally my stuff's sold fine as long as I take a good picture of it, provide all the necessary info, list it in the right place, and start it at a decent price. For the latter, you want to look for similar/identical items and see what they're selling for, which doesn't count if there are zero bids: it only helps to see what people are actually willing to pay.
Oh, and sites like InboxDollars and such where you make most of your money from offers--credit reports tend to be a bit dodgy, but one you definitely want to do is eMusic, assuming you haven't before, because not only will you still get the 25 free mp3s, you'll also get paid like $6 for it or something. (You should sign up for CashCrate (http://cashcrate.com/1156601) too--they seem to pay a lot more for many of their offers.) With that one, too, I can tell you from experience (uh, like three times, with different e-mail addresses and credit cards) that eMusic is totally legit, and it's very easy to cancel before you start getting charged for membership. VistaPrint might be a good one to try too since I think you can get, like, free business cards and also get paid $4 or something?
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Date: 2009-07-26 07:10 am (UTC)Could you maybe do something a little like "the girl who circumnavigated fairyland" (which I keep meaning to read and haven't)? Dunno what exactly, but maybe set up something where people could choose to donate some small amount for writing and/or music? Especially if you did an EP, which I'm sure you could sell, with arrangements of found noises like you talked about (and you could, like, overlay parts of it with Eliot and stuff!) and your own songs and...things. Especially if you know someone with a halfway decent microphone you could use and also on a quiet day when Leandra isn't there to yell. :p Or maybe you could sell layouts; I think
Um...there are sites where you can sell your stock photos, but I haven't tried that yet because they all demand higher-resolution photos than even I have, and mine are pretty big. I should send you links to some of my various make-money-online sites, because I've saved several I keep meaning to look into (plus others that give you ideas and whatever) only I haven't. And I don't really have time at the moment to go dig up the whole list. >_< Oh, but definitely recommend you go look at the Online Writing Jobs (http://www.online-writing-jobs.com) site I think I linked you to earlier; might find a proofreading job or something, for instance, that would pay decently and that you could do from home. Some are steady jobs and some are one-time projects, so it's good to keep checking back (I have several sections' RSS feeds in Google Reader). Oh, and you might want to try checking Craigslist for Pittsburgh writing gigs or something--might find something that could be done largely or mostly long-distance.
This (https://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=1XV4JBZXABXZRDNFQYY0). Most MTurk stuff is worthless (like, you're going to pay me one whole cent to tag a couple hundred photos? Yeah, no. But while this one doesn't totally make sense to me, the description does say that it's 1-2 hours work, so $25 for what is hopefully a relatively quick and easy task is pretty good.
And like I mentioned, since you've got five guitars and they obviously go for pretty good prices, do you think you could sell one or two? That's something you could probably sell on eBay (which yes, it does cost whether the item sells or not, but listing fees are like...10 cents as a base, probably, and 35 cents with the Buy It Now option or something). Half.com is absolutely the way to go with CDs, DVDs, video games (...any your brother no longer uses?), and books, because there are no listing fees--only a small commission after it sells--and it's a store, not an auction, so your stuff can stay up indefinitely. eBay you can sell basically anything. Generally my stuff's sold fine as long as I take a good picture of it, provide all the necessary info, list it in the right place, and start it at a decent price. For the latter, you want to look for similar/identical items and see what they're selling for, which doesn't count if there are zero bids: it only helps to see what people are actually willing to pay.
Oh, and sites like InboxDollars and such where you make most of your money from offers--credit reports tend to be a bit dodgy, but one you definitely want to do is eMusic, assuming you haven't before, because not only will you still get the 25 free mp3s, you'll also get paid like $6 for it or something. (You should sign up for CashCrate (http://cashcrate.com/1156601) too--they seem to pay a lot more for many of their offers.) With that one, too, I can tell you from experience (uh, like three times, with different e-mail addresses and credit cards) that eMusic is totally legit, and it's very easy to cancel before you start getting charged for membership. VistaPrint might be a good one to try too since I think you can get, like, free business cards and also get paid $4 or something?