biblicists broddy: 10 Ways to Make Money Online That You've Probably Never Heard Of

If you're looking for a way to break free of the daily 9-5 grind and start your very own online business, you've probably already run across the usual suspects at least once during your search: search engine optimization, pay per click campaigns, freelance writing, affiliate marketing and starting a blog.

While these are all viable ways of making money online, they're far from your only option. Consider these 10 lesser-known gigs that will help you get your feet wet in internet marketing.

Sell Your Arts and Crafts on Etsy

If you have a knack for making stylish and in-demand arts and crafts, consider selling your work at sites like Etsy.com and Artfire.com. Actually, arts and crafts are just the tip of the iceberg at Etsy. Anything you make yourself at home is fair game at that site. And make no mistake: these sites aren't just for grannies looking to supplement their social security payments. There are serious businessmen and women on there making a killing.

Fiverr.com

Fiverr is a rapidly growing site where people exchange a digital good or service for $5. While $5 may not seem like much, it can quickly add up if your Gig goes viral. You can do offer almost anything at the site (besides naughty adult stuff of course), so be creative and think of what small business owners need but can't find easily.

Sell High Quality Pictures Online

Even if you only take pictures on vacation you may be able to find a market for your images at sites like istockphoto.com. Site owners are willing to pay big bucks for images of things to post on their websites, such as businesspeople chatting or an apple with a bite out of it (both of these are actual examples of popular pictures at istockphoto).

The best way to find a niche on image sites is to search for a trending topic and take pictures that represent that topic. For example, Pinterest.com is all the rage right now. Why not take pictures of photos pinned to cork boards that have the Pinterest logo on it?

Get Paid to Take Surveys

Paid online surveys are one of the easiest ways to make money online. Sure, you won't make anything resembling a fortune, but you can earn about $1-$20 per survey that you complete. It's not much but it can quickly add up if you commit a few hours (or more) per day to filling out paid surveys. In general, you want to join as many legit survey panel as you can in order to qualify for as many high-paying surveys as possible.

Amazon Mechanical Turk

Did you know that webmasters need people to do tasks over and over again, such as vote in a contest or "like" a Facebook fan page? And the place they go for this work is Amazon Mechanical Turk. If you sign up at this site you'll be eligible for jobs like those described above (and many others!). Keep in mind that you'll only make about 50 cents per task completed. However, most tasks only take a minute or two to complete.

Write at Big Content Sites

There are hundreds of sites that you probably visit every week that are willing to pay you for your writing skills, such as Ehow.com and Mahalo.com. While these sites don't usually pay per article they do typically offer a revenue sharing program of some kind. So if you can string a few words together sites like these are a great way to get your name out there while earning some passive income at the same time.

Online Reputation Management

Reputation management (or ORM for short) is essentially helping companies minimize bad feedback that they may have online. For example, if a corporation has a bad review sticking out like a sore thumb at Yelp.com they'll be willing to pay big bucks to have that removed or downplayed.

Become a Wordpress Expert

Wordpress is the go-to blogging platform on the internet. And everyone from mommy bloggers to Fortune 500 companies have a website powered by Wordpress. If you can learn the ropes and position yourself as a Wordpress "expert" you'll be able to charge huge fees for setting up Wordpress sites or troubleshooting problems.

Learn Social Media Marketing

Despite the fact that Twitter and Facebook have been on business's radar screens for years, most have no idea how to pitch their product or service via social media. If you can convince them that you can, and deliver, you can kiss your day job goodbye as social media consultants are able to charge a lot for their services.

Market on YouTube.com

YouTube.com is a massive underrated source of website traffic. If you can learn how to make videos go viral you can promote your own products, other people's products as an affiliate or get the word out about your business client's stuff. Either way, YouTube marketing is fairy straightforward when compared to PPC or SEO but does take some time and experience to learn the ropes.

Author Bio:

This is a guest post by Spencer from Survey Spencer.