1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (131 page)

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815 CREATE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
Sure Power Point's a skill that everyone who ever had to take a Microsoft Office tutorial has come to grasp. But if your mastery of the program outshines other slide showers, put it up for sale. Who knows, a PowerPoint by you might be the difference between a promotion and a conference room snoozefest.

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816 REFORMAT A HARD DRIVE.
There are a few firsts in everyone's life that they remember — their first kiss, their first love, and their first time seeing the dreaded “blue screen.” While they probably got bit and their heart broken, help them make the best of the blue screen by saving the day and reformatting their hard drive.

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817 TRANSFER FILES FROM AN OLD COMPUTER TO A NEW ONE.
Whether you're rescuing files from a dead CPU, or simply copying over important files from a functional, older model, you can play up how hard the transfer is in order to charge a higher fee. If someone's asking you to complete this task for them, they'll have no idea how hard it really is.

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818 LAUNCH YOUR OWN SEARCH ENGINE.
Google had to start somewhere. What's to say your new take on trolling the Net isn't going to take off? Try working on something that combines the strength of Google with the quirky appeal of first-generation engine
AskJeeves.com
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819 DEVELOP MYSPACE SKINS.
OMG! Ur MySpace is sooo gr8!! Lolz!!!
Who has more expendable income than teenage girls? Cash in on these cash cows by giving them what they want — glittery, sparkling, super-cute MySpace skins. Your only risk here is losing any credibility you may have. Enjoy!

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820 CRAFT BLOG TEMPLATES.
Sure, people like to read blogs because the writing's interesting and the concept is cool, but most will skip right over any that look like they were put together by a twelve-year-old. That said — a good blog template doesn't have to be busy and buzzing with tons going on. A simple, clean, and functional blog skin can make you some money.

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