5 ways for struggling artists to make extra pocket money online explained

Making extra pocket money online has become the way of our times as the way society consumes culture radically changes. All good news for you starving artists.

Realizing one’s dream of a fulfilling career within the arts is hardly for the faint of heart. Nevertheless with discipline, focus and patience and some luck one can often realize their goals.

Having said, the question often becomes, how will one survive until they become a broadway star, the next David Bowie, Pablo Picasso or Hemingway? And even when you do get there, don’t be surprised my dear fellow starving artist that the money is all that to begin with, just ask those of you performing in ballet, theater or dance.

Nevertheless there is a way to balance things out (I should know I have lived it all too well…) for all you struggling artists and even those of you who retain a flexible schedule and an imagination to take on money making opportunities outside of a traditional 9-5 work schedule.

So how have I survived all these years as a writer and what do I recommend to all of you mad enough to pursue the arts? Two words: ‘the internet’.

Outside of finding ways of parlaying one’s investment and rescue costs, one still has to figure out how to eke out extra revenue along the way. Fortunately there are ways for those of you willing to think outside the box and take advantage of the dynamic forum of digital online job opportunities and consumption of culture that is increasingly becoming the way of our times.

That said, how and where does one start? Follow this way thank you very much …..and done are the days where you had to work as a waiter or receptionist and be broke and frantic while pursuing your creative passions or simply living a non linear traditional life.

Make money doing paid surveys online.

Does the idea from the comfort of your own home answering surveys or taking product tests for cash sound appealing?

You’d be surprised how much out extra income you can eke out taking part in surveys that you can do during down time, while watching TV, listening to your favorite Kiss record. Well you get the idea.

Does the idea from the comfort of your own home answering surveys or taking product tests for cash sound appealing?

Getting started in doing surveys is as simple as signing on sites that specialize in offering surveys. Just a word of warning. If any site asks you to pay to sign on, run for the hills, they’re probably scams.

While one can go on google and try to figure out which surveys are more reputable, pay well and what’s entailed, this being the internet one can find such information already well researched.

One great resource site that lists the Best Survey Sites – Top 20 Paid Survey Sites for 2017. Expect to find a critical low-down of how it all works, rating schemes, reviews and how they pay out.