Sharing what you know, and getting paid for it, can be a great way to make a little extra money both during and after college. Fortunately, the web has made it simple to get in contact with, keep track of and keep clients for a wide variety of teaching opportunities as well as to simply share what you know with the world. Here are a few sites you can try out to let you share what you know for profit or just for the pleasure of educating others.

General Sites

These sites can be good basic resources for posting ads for your services or finding clients who many need your help in finishing a project.

1. Craigslist: As one of the most popular online classified sites out there, Craigslist is a great place to list your services to find clients.
2. BackPage: From tutoring to music lessons, you can advertise your willingness to give lessons and share your talents on this site.
3. Oodle: Here you can search for and post your own listings for a variety of knowledge sharing opportunities.
4. Sell.com: These basic classifieds can help you post a listing and find paying customers.
5. DomesticSale: Advertise your teaching abilities on this site, with classifieds all over the nation.
6. SideJobConnections: If you’re looking for a way to earn a little extra with your skills on the side, this site can help you find small jobs.
7. SideJobList: Focused on finding you jobs that you can do while you hold onto your main job, this site offers listings for work all over.
8. Side Job Trader: Do you know how to do construction, landscaping, woodworking or welding? This site can help you take advantage of your trade knowledge and put it to work for you.
9. Side Job Joe: Use this site to hook up with others out there who are looking for help learning, building and more.
10. Side Job Listing: These listings will let you know about work that can use your skills, help others and make you money on the side.

Tutoring and Homework Help

If you are a whiz at math, science or writing these sites can help hook you up with students who need a little help.

1. Tutorz: Create a profile on this site and students from around the world can search and hire you to teach them.
2. Student of Fortune: With this site you can answer other student’s questions about homework and studying, and get paid for it.
3. Tutor Match: This site is designed to help hook up tutors with students in need. Try it out to find work in your area.
4. Tutor Nation: Here you’ll find tools to tutor students both at home and online, making good use of your college education.
5. Tutor Ads: Post your ad for tutoring on this site to increase your chance of finding willing pupils.
6. OrbTutors: Get yourself listed on this site can parents and students all over the nation can search for you.
7. Premium Tutor: List your skills on this site, whether you speak another language or know how to play the piano, and you can start finding clients who will pay for lessons.
8. Homework Help.com: If you’re a teacher or studying in an education field, you may be able to contribute your lessons to this site.
9. Tutors Teach: With tutor listings in everything from sports to fine arts, this site will help you connect, get hired and find the best tutoring gigs in your area.
10. HWFirm: If you’re willing to throw your scruples to the wind, this site can help you earn money by doing other student’s homework.

DIY Instruction

Know how to change break pads? Build a deck? Share your helpful knowledge with others on these sites.

1. DIY Network: If you’re an expert in home renovation, share your skills on this home improvement focused site.
2. Instructables: No matter what kind of knowledge you have to share you can create videos to share with and instruct others on this site.
3. Graspr: Answer questions and make instructional videos that can help viewers learn just about anything on this site.
4. Make Magazine: If you love being creative with tech stuff and items around the house, this site could be ideal for you to share your ideas and most successful projects.
5. DIY Chatroom: Talk with others who want to learn how to take charge of their own projects on this site and share what you know or have learned.
6. WikiHow: Contribute your knowledge to this user-created site that focuses on how-to themed articles.
7. eHow: From the practical to the outrageous, this site lets you ask and answer questions on just about everything.
8. VideoJug: Here you can post videos on everything from being a great parent to solving your own plumbing problems.
9. SuTree: This site helps you to share your knowledge about doing a wide variety of things with a great online community.
10. LovetoKnow: Designed for women, this site offers the chance to ask and answer questions on everything from getting tattoos to home improvement.

Web Writing

If you’ve got something to say, why not get paid for it? Some of these sites offer compensation for writing articles for the web.

1. HubPages: This site allows users to publish articles on topics they know a lot about, get them read by the community and generate royalties.
2. Triond: Use Triond to get your work published on relevant sites so they’ll be read by a larger audience and get you more money.
3. Helium.com: Check out the marketplace on this site to find articles you can write and get paid for.
4. Squidoo: Creating a lens on Squidoo can be a great way to organize information and generate money for yourself at the same time.
5. Suite 101: This online magazine is ideal for those who want to earn money writing about things they are passionate about.
6. About.com: While becoming a full-time writer for About.com might take some time, it can pay off if you’re dedicated to your topic.
7. Associated Content: Publish your writing, ideas and instruction through this site and get exposure and pay for doing it.
8. How to Do Things: If you want to share your knowledge of how to do something why not do it on this site where loads of visitors can read it.
9. ConstantContent: Use this site to publish your articles and find potential purchasers or write articles that have been requested by publishers.
10. Get Paid to Write Online: Here you can find listings and information about numerous opportunities out there to write for money.

Advice and Expertise

Share your expert advice with others through the resources available on these sites.

1. LivePerson.com: If you have some special skills that others could benefit from you can sell them through this site that hooks experts up with those who need help.
2. SmallBizAdvice: Those with business experience can share their knowledge by answering questions for others on this site– you may even get paid.
3. Expert Bee: Share your expertise with others through this question and answer site.
4. Know Brainers: You can both ask and answer questions of all kinds on this site, a great and helpful way to use your knowledge.
5. Duno: Become an expert on this site can get paid for writing monthly articles on a particular topic.
6. Ether: Those working in a field where it would be possible to give advice over the phone, especially finance, therapy and tech support, can take advantage of this site that hooks you up with others out there who need help and guidance.
7. Bitwine: This site offers you a chance to give advice on a wide range of topics.
8. TwAnswers: Use Twitter to answer simple questions posed by other Tweeters through this site.
9. AnswerBag: Here you’ll be able to share your knowledge with others who’ve posed questions on this site.
10. GuruCountry: Offering live advice from experts, this site offers the chance to engage in conversations on business topics and maybe earn a little money on the side.
11. AllExperts: Volunteer on this site to answer questions in topics like food and drink, gadgets, real estate and more.
12. Questioon: This site allows visitors to get answers from Google or from a real person like you.

Online and Self Publishing

These great resources can help you publish your writing online or in a limited distribution print copy.

1. Scribd: Use this site to publish your great ideas, stories and instructional manuals online and share and sell them.
2. Lulu: From traditional text to ebooks and more, this site offers many options to publish your own work.
3. iUniverse: Here you’ll find tools to affordably publish your book.
4. Blurb: Whether you want to put together a book of photos or of short stories, this site can help you do it.
5. Fultus: Publish to paper, ebook or blook with this great self-publishing site.
6. WordClay: With this site you’ll be able to publish, promote and distribute your book.
7. Xlibris: Even if you know nothing about self-publishing, this site can help guide you through the process.
8. formatpixel: Check out this site to publish online, from magazines to brochures, to share your ideas and products.
9. Publetariat Vault: This online community and service will help you get your book out there and read by more people.
10. BookSurge: Pay a visit to this site to learn how to publish, maintain your rights and make a profit.

Knowledge Sharing and Teaching

Check out these sites for the opportunity to teach others through classes, instruction and answers to scholarly questions.

1. Knol: Share what you know with others but writing a knol for this site, spreading your expertise around the web.
2. TeachMate: If you’re a teacher or an educator, this site can connect you students out there who needs a little help.
3. Bukisa: Here you can share your knowledge and you’ll get paid when others use it.
4. TeachStreet: If you teach a class, you can translate it to the web and share it with others through this site.
5. Brain Honey: This site is a great addition to curriculum for teachers, as it allows them to share knowledge online as well as providing a number of other great features.
6. Connexions: Create and share learning modules on this site.
7. Coursehero: Through this social learning network, you can share your education and knowledge with students who need help in their studies.
8. Wikieducator: You can develop educational resources for others to use on this wiki-based site.
9. Knowable: Researchers can connect and share information through this site, to learn more and find others to collaborate with.
10. School of Everything: Sign up with this site to teach students young and old in your community.
11. Sclipo: This social learning community makes it easier to share what you know with others and learn a little bit in the process.
12. Lectr: Give your own lectures and share them on this learning-focused site.
13. LearnHub: Whether you help someone prepare for an exam or do better in a course, this site will help you connect with others who need a little guidance.

Freelancing

These sites can help you find side work in a range of fields from consulting to graphic design.

1. iFreelance: If you’re looking for a little work on the side in fields like writing, finance and more check out this site.
2. Get a Freelancer: Check out this site to find companies searching for people like you to share their expertise.
3. Professional on the Web: Use this site to host your portfolio and find loads of freelance work.
4. GetaCoder: Those who know a thing or two about programming can find side work on this helpful site.
5. eLance: Showcase your skills through work found on this expert-focused site.
6. sologig: Search through projects listed on this site and see if any could benefit from your knowledge.
7. Guru: This site can be a great place to find work you can do in your spare time.
8. Freelance Switch: This site is not only a good place to find job listings for freelance work but also information and advice.
9. Media Bistro: Those who are working in media-based fields can find great freelance jobs on this site.
10. Freelance Folder: With jobs, advice and an online community, Freelance Folder is full of resources to help you make the most of what you know.
11. GoFreelance: Find employers searching for smart individuals to work for them on this site.

Fine Arts and Crafts

Here you can share knowledge and find work in both the fine arts and crafts fields.

1. QOOP: Visit this site to post your photos and digital images, as well as share tips with others on how to improve.
2. WriterFind: On this site you can find freelance writing jobs that will let you show off your writing skills.
3. Freelance Designers: Use this site to find side jobs that will reward you for your design skills.
4. Moving Image Archive: Here you can share your creative side by uploading videos you’ve made.
5. Ravelry: If you know how to knit, share your skills, plans and information on this community site.

Miscellaneous

From helping others learn a language to sharing your personal experiences, these sites can help you spread your knowledge in a wide variety of ways.

1. LiveMocha: Through this website you can share your language knowledge while learning from another user.
2. Conversation Exchange: Check out this site to exchange your language skills for those from a native speaker of a different language.
3. MyTutorials: Create and share tutorials of all kinds with this site.
4. Podcast.com: Podcasts can be a great way to share knowledge and opinions. Learn how to create them and get yours listed on this site.
5. Vimeo: This site is dedicated to creating and sharing videos containing entertainment, education and instruction.
6. Ustream: Create your own live show to share with others on the web with this site.
7. Unnecessary Knowledge: Know random and sometimes useless facts? Share them through this fun site.
8. Show Me How: This site contains simple, illustrated how-tos that you can contribute to or use.
9. Experience Project: Through this site you can share and commiserate over life experiences that have shaped who you are and how you see the world.

Thanks to Jill Gordon, BestCollegesOnline.com
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