With rising gas prices (along with the price of everything else rising), you might be wondering how you can make a little extra money without getting a second job. It’s great to be able to save money, but sometimes you just need a little bit more, whether it’s to be able to go on that vacation you really want, or to get something else that you’ve been hoping to buy.

You might think there are no “easy” ways to make money online, but I guess that depends on how you define “easy”. Yes, you will not get money online for doing nothing. BUT, there are things you can do to make money that don’t take a lot of time, and are even fun!

One of these ways is ExpoTV. How does this work? Well, you take a video of yourself reviewing a product, and they’ll pay you for that video!

The videos only have to be 1-3 minutes long, so you don’t have to worry about how to say THAT much about a product. What can you review? Almost anything you want that is still sold in stores today! How awesome is that? They just want you to be honest about what you thought about the product.

How much will you get paid per video? Well, I must start by saying that does vary month to month. As of right now, they pay $10.00 per video for good quality videos, and you can do up to 20 videos this month, meaning you can earn up to $200 this month from them.  You’ll even get an extra penny each time someone watches your video!  Oh, and if both you and your spouse want to do this?  No problem.  You can each have your own account and do your own 20 videos a month.  In this case, you’ll make $400 a month together!  The only issue?  You can’t both review the same products.  But that’s not a big deal.  Think about all the stuff you have in your home…it shouldn’t be an issue to find more products to review.

If you’re saying to yourself, “Oh, I don’t have a video camera, I guess I can’t do this…”, you might still be in luck. Take a look at your digital camera. Most digital cameras can take short videos. This is how I do my ExpoTV videos. I put my Panasonic TZ3 camera on a tripod, and then take the video.

It only takes a few minutes to do the video, and then to upload it! I’ve made about $150 so far, but I haven’t done that many videos yet. Between setting up the digital camera, taking the video, and then uploading it, I’d say I spent about 5-7 minutes per video.

If you’re doing the videos by yourself, you can even easily edit out the beginning and end (where you get up to turn the camera on and off) with free software that most likely came with your computer.  Microsoft Windows Movier Maker comes for free on almost all computers, and will make it easy for you to take out the beginning or end (or edit any part) of your video.

If you’re wondering what they do with the videos, well so far they have them on their website so that others can watch them (and when they do, you’ll earn a penny each time), but they also have them on Buy.com.   If you’ve been shopping at Buy.com lately, you might notice that they have videos with reviews of some of the products.  This is where the videos come from.  So if you make a video, you might see yourself on the website!

Another nice thing is that I, along with many, many others have already received money from them.  So you know it’s not a scam or that you won’t get paid.  If you still don’t feel too comfortable, do one or two videos, and then wait until you get paid before you do any more.  I know a lot of people who did that, just so that they could see for themselves that they got paid.

Personally, I think this is a great way to make a little extra money.  You can also look at it this way.  If both you and your spouse each do 20 videos a month (that’s $200 a month each), in just 3 months you’ll have $1,200, which can pay for a really nice vacation!  If you have any questions about ExpoTV or about creating videos, please leave a comment and I’ll do my best to help answer them.

If you’re looking for an easy way to make a little extra money, consider joining Inbox Dollars. They are a company that will pay you to do certain things, most of them only taking a short time, and are fun to do.

They have been around for a while, and are a reputable company, you know that you will get paid when you request a check.  The nice thing too is that it’s easy to do, and is quick, so anyone can do it.  How will you make money with them? There are multiple ways including:

• Reading email they send you
• Play games
• Take surveys
• Complete offers
• Refer friends

While you’ll only make a little bit of money for each of the above, it does add up, and they will send you the money.  I personally have signed up, and while I read the email, and take some surveys, I haven’t completed many of the offers. They have some simple ones where you can get paid just to opt-in to a free newsletter, but others require buying something. I have never bought anything, but have done some of the free stuff.

While it’s not going to make you a fortune, many of these things take just seconds to do, and it’s an easy way to earn a little money every now and then.

Here is another way you can earn a little extra money – if you have a blog. It’s called Pay Per Post, and payperpost does exactly what it sounds like. They pay you for posting on your blog about certain companies. Now, while this sounds like a great simple way to make money – you just have to post to your blog about a specific company or topic, I will caution that turning your blog into as many of these posts as possible will do nothing but lose all of your readers!!

There are some great things about this company though. If you can find opportunities that complement what you are already posting about, you will now be able to get paid for some of these posts. Another thing I really like is that you must say on the post that the post is sponsored. I like this so that no one has to worry that they can’t believe anything that they read on blogs anymore, wondering if the person is getting paid for it. You’ll know just by reading it. Another great thing is that you can post your honest opinions with most of these posts! So if you don’t like something, you can say it.

While this is my first post for them, I have been watching some other blogs that use them for a while, and like the mix of things you can post about. So far I really like their interface. It’s nice and easy! You can easily search for earning opportunities, and choose what you like. They also make it very clear exactly what you need to do in order to get paid for the post.

While you won’t become rich using them, if you do a few posting opportunities a week, you can easily earn a little extra spending money. It also doesn’t take too much time to do it, so you’re earning money without having to spend a lot of time – which of course is something else I like!