If you have time to spare during the week, live in or near a major city and you would like to rub shoulders with famous actors, then being an Extra, or “supporting artiste” (the new politically correct term for it), can be a great way of making some extra cash.
You don’t have to do a [...]
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Be a lookalike for £100 a day
Ever been told ‘you look just like that person off the telly!’? Think you could deal with people gawping at you for hours on end and pestering you for a photo all day? Well, with a new wig, the odd prop and a bit of make-up you could be making big bucks for regular work [...]
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Make Money by Selling your Hair
We all remember the scene in Little Women when Jo sells her hair because the family needs money. While they all cry together over her lost locks, they’re all consoled by the much needed hard cash its gotten them.
But this is not just the stuff of fiction. Scientists have decoded DNA and cloned sheep, but [...]
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Knitting: Earn from Making, Teaching and Selling
Whether you’re an avid knitter or you’ve never picked up a set of needles before, you can be knitting your way to profit in no time at all.
We’ve got the needles and wool approach to making money from something that you can enjoy doing and that you can even get on with while watching the [...]
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Make Money being a film or TV extra
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Busking through life
Busking is a worldwide cultural experience. From the London Underground to the canals of Venice and the pubs in Australia, there are always potential audiences who need to be entertained (even if they don’t realise it at the time).
