101 Weird Ways to Make Money: Cricket Farming, Repossessing Cars, and Other Jobs With Big Upside and Not Much Competition

Fun AND Useful

This is a fun book. In fact, the introduction is one you don't want to miss. It's like a mini financial autobiography. Gillman starts his story in childhood, when he was, in his words, "an arms dealer, collecting spent ammunition in the Great Paper Wad War and selling it back to the combatants--my brothers." He moves on through dozens of ways he has made money right up to his current income from websites on metaphors and backpacking. The chapters are short--they have to be with 101 of them. Having done so many things Gillman is able to weave his experience into many of the entries, like the ones on being a repo man, a casino dealer, or a walking stick maker. In every chapter, the treatment is more thorough than you might think given how short they are. The money questions are answered and the resources listed are enough to get you going. The section on dirty jobs will be read by most out of curiosity rather than out of any desire to change careers. Who really wants to be a septic tank cleaner, clean up murder scenes or run a diaper service? Then again, the money made in these professions might motivate some to try them. I found my own favorite "weird ways" (many are not really that weird) in Part Four: Internet Opportunities. Get paid to write from anywhere in the world or make money giving away e-books? Those both sound good to me. As we learn in the introduction, Gillman makes a living writing online and off in a variety of ways, and he seems like he's having fun. I wouldn't mind doing that.

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A book filled with great practical advice

This book has lots of tips for folks who want/need to make a little (or a lot) of extra money "on the side."

Good but definitely cookie cutter...

The book was insightful in that it covered a vast array of employment opportunities not typically discovered by the mass public but about half way through it seemed like the book was in fact written by a virtual assistant or something. The way each individual section is worded, it almost seems like he gave a VA a task to discover a 101 jobs, he edited so the grammar was somewhat decent and presto, book. If thats not the case, I certainly apologize, definitely the perception though.

This is like having a book of knowledge

101 Weird Ways to Make Money should definately be in your cart. This book explores unique jobs that are fun and adventurous. You will learn new ways of income with little or no investment. Steve Gillman will also keep you entertained with hunor imposed in his writing. Some of these weird ways to make money has an element of danger involved in them, so plan accordingly. Whether you buy the book for entertainment or a new career, remeember to have fun while trying these new ways to make money.

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