Thanks for visiting Ultimate Money Blog! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’m always looking for ways to make more money.  Last week I shared with you how to make money blogging.  Another way you can make more money is with your hobbies!  Knitting, crocheting, painting, sewing, and cross stitch are just not for grandmas any more!  Personally, I enjoy knitting.  I like making socks, dish cloths, and baby blankets.  It’s nothing more than a hobby for me because the time and energy I invest knitting the items outweighs the monetary gain.  I like giving my things as gifts, but have often times wished for a way to make knitting my job!  That’s not going to happen, but if I do decide to sell my dish cloths, I know there are options out there. There are a few different websites that you can use to sell your crafts online. Etsy.com Etsy.com is of course the first website that comes to mind for most people.  With Etsy, you create your own “store” and list [...]

Who doesn’t want to know how to make money blogging?  There are people out there that make a living from their websites/blogs.  However, there are many, many more bloggers out there who make hardly any money from blogging.  Blogging is very time consuming, and as your traffic grows, your responsibilities do as well.  Personally, I would love to make more money blogging, and make this my full time job.  I’d love to be able to write and share my ideas and tips on how to save money and live green and that be my only source of income. Here are some ways to make money blogging: 1. Google Adsense. Google Adsense ads are displayed on blogs and promote information related to the website’s content.  For instance, if you are looking for “how to no poo“, chances are the ads on the page will be advertising for shampoos. When someone clicks on an ad on your website, you make money as a commission for referring the person to the advertiser’s website.  Google Adsense can be a great source of income if [...]

For many years I’ve participated in Pinecone Research. I enjoy being a panelist. They send you surveys and products to try and you get compensated for your time and energy by getting $5 per survey (unless it’s household questions) and $5 for every product you try. Well, I guess I should say you used to. About a year ago, they changed new sign ups to get paid $3 per survey and entered into a drawing to win $500. They have recently sent out a study to current members that were still getting the $5 basically telling them that they are changing everyone to $3 per survey and sweepstakes. I think it sucks. Sure, there are times you answer questions and don’t get compensated for them, but they really aren’t that bad. There is an option to leave it at $5 a survey, but it basically says if you do that you probably won’t be getting very many surveys. I think I’m going to go ahead and change to the $3. Do I like it? No. But I do enjoy being [...]