To other readers – have you thought about hiring someone for one of the jobs on Trent’s list? How about another kind of work or odd job? Do you have suggestions for people who are looking for this kind of side work? Thanks in advance!

As for other business ideas, I’m surprised that no one else has mentioned bartending for private parties. It can be tough to get a part-time job at a bar if you have little or no experience (unless you know someone), but private parties could be an option for some people. If you’re a student (or recent graduate), you might be able to get work through your school’s alumni association.

I loved the list! I have a few hobbies that I could likely get a few extra dollars out of- cross stitching would be a favourite- and all I’d really want is recoup of materials, and maybe enough for an extra coffee or two. The whole point of hobby-businesses is that you enjoy doing it. If you’re looking for a serious income, then it’s more of a side-business. The two are pretty different. It’s like the difference between a casual job and a part time one.

I particulary like comment #72

Offer sites that get a good visualization, search busniess, and make your own web business.

I love web design, and i am always looking for make more business of it.

there are too many posibilities. just think out of the box.

Try to say to your clients that the propouse of a website is to sell, if not it doesnt matter.

The sad thing is that many clients are not aware or informed of what makes “good” web design and it is not true that a portfolio speaks for itself – in fact, a lot of them are fairly clueless. The lure of getting it cheap is strong for many, and sometimes they had to get screwed out of $500 before they’d realize why they might need to spend $2k. A lot of people do not have an eye for good design, as is evidenced by much of the garbage on the web! At least half of my business came from people who had wasted money on a web designer that didn’t have knowledge of things like information architecture, usability, color theory, writing for the web, search engine optimization, interface design etc. They’d get screwed, ask someone for a referral and get me.

I still get reputation based leads on a sporadic basis but I don’t market at all any more… its a losing battle in a market this ugly. I miss the good old days, sure… but wouldn’t discourage anyone from making an attempt at it. Hey, if someone with my background has gotten trampled, it seems pretty ballsy to try to enter the web business nowadays… so have at it!

There are many tutors competing for a few difficult-to-find students.

Then when you find the students, most can not afford to pay a significant hourly rate and most high school students have a 25% to 50% cancellation rate for their tutoring lessons.

Most tutoring jobs last one or two semesters, then the tutoring job is gone forever, and you must find another one.

Resume writing! With all the people out or work right now it really does pay to have a top notch resume. If you have excellent writing skills, keen insight to highlight someone’s skills, experience, and career goals, then you could really help them gain more confidence and more direction in their job search with this business. Also, since this takes a lot of time (to write a targeted resume and cover letter for every job) I am pretty sure there would be many people out there that would be willing to pay for such a service.

How did you get started in real estate photography (finding clients, setting up the business, etc.)? I have an inactive real estate license (discovered I HATED direct sales…oops) but I did like taking photographs of listings and wandering through homes.

I actually got into a bit a web design myself too and it’s NOT EASY. I don’t do it ANYMORE and it’s best left to real pros.

I firmly believe in Defensive Entrepreneurship– What is Defensive Entrepreneurship? http://divorceddadfrugaldad.com/2009/01/19/what-is-defensive-entrepreneurship.aspx