With the economy the way it is, teenagers are having more and more problems finding jobs to earn money for cars, college and spending money. The jobs that once were available for teenagers are now being sought after by adults trying to support a family.

Teenagers have always had trouble finding ways to earn extra money. It used to be that delivering newspapers and babysitting were about the only options that teenagers had, now with the internet there are many more opportunities available for teenagers.

Teenagers can work online and make some extra spending money. I have tried all these programs online and can verify that they do pay. All these places are free to join.

So here is the list that is free to join, and they WILL pay you money. These are not scams. You will have to work at these to earn money, but you can do it with your computer.

Writing:

Associated Content is one place that you can write and earn money. You don't have to be an excellent writer but you do need to write using proper grammar. The nice thing about Associated Content is that you get paid with paypal, and if they accept your articles upfront, you can make $3-$20 per article. Actually you will usually make less than $5 an article, but it doesn't cost you anything to do it. And it's a great way to get your articles published. While they don't pay for poetry upfront, you can still earn money with page views. For every 1000 page views you get for all your articles you earn $1.50. This is paid every month that you have enough page views.

Making Videos:

Can you record Video's? Again I would suggest Associated Content. They will pay upfront for good video's that you make. I submit video's on how to do things on the computer, but if you can do crafts or show how to do just about anything you can upload and make money. This is easy and quick way to earn money. The average that you get for video's is about $4 each. But sometimes it will only take you about 10-15 minutes to do a video. Before uploading the video to Associated Content, make sure it's under 15MB. This would be good if you have a video of how to beat a certain level in a game that is hard to do. Any tutorial may be accepted on Associated Content. It's just not limited to tutorials, you can take a video of something special in your neighborhood.

What I would suggest you do before signing up is check out some of the writings with the articles there, and then also check out the video's and see if you think this would be something that you could do.

While with YouTube you can submit just about any video with Associated Content they are a little more choosy about what they accept and pay for. Even if you don't get upfront payments for the videos or the articles, you can still submit if for page views.

With Associated Content they are always looking for articles and video's. And there is always something that you can write about. There is no Time limit on the Video's but for an article other than poetry, it's a 400 word minimum. Which can be done without a problem.

Payments from Associated Content are made 3 times a week. So if they have accepted an article or a video, they will transfer the money into your paypal account. They haven't missed a payment yet with me.

I have searched the requirements to open a paypal account, I can not find an age requirement, you may need to have a parent or guardian open the PayPal for you.

Here are the surveys. Most of them you only have to be 13.

Cashcrate will let them do offers as long as they are over the age of 13. This is an easy way to make extra money online. New bonus incentive- you can choose to make $1 each time someone under you does an offer for the 1st time. If you refer 10 people to the site and they sign up and do one offer, you get $1 each. This will add up quickly.

Treasure Trooper has a minimum age of 13 to join. This is like Cash Crate and you will complete tasks that you can earn money doing. Here is the hub on Treasure Trooper that explains it better.

Other Job Suggestions:

Babysit: Everyone knows that teenagers can baby-sit that's been going on for awhile now, while that does pay it's not very creative, and is not for everyone. Teenagers can still baby-sit, there are always babysitting jobs out there for teenagers.

Sitting with Elderly. Sometimes the family of an ill, or elderly person needs a break and needs someone to sit with them while they go out to do errands. You can find jobs like this by asking around and word of mouth.

Dog walking is one job that a teenager can do. They can print up posters promoting their business. Walking dogs daily is not only a good way to earn money, but the teenager does get the daily exercise that they need. They can also pet sit for people that are going on vacation, or another twist on this ideal is to let people's dogs out to potty while the owner's are still at work.

Yard sales: If an adult is around on the weekend the teenager can hold a yard sale to earn some extra money. They can collect things from your house or friends and have a big sale. This is one good and quick way to have them grab some extra cash quickly. There should always be an adult present during one of these sales.

Lawn work is another way that is beneficial for teenagers. Again they get the exercise, and get paid for working. Flyers and word of mouth helps promote the business. Most jobs come by word of mouth.

Teach people about computers: With many teenagers being so computer savvy teaching older people about the Internet, setting up home networks, and repairing computers can be profitable for teenagers. Teenagers can teach people about the programs, or help them with their email programs.

Website Building: You can create websites for friends, start a blog with advertisements, and help people sell eBay items. They can upload photos online for people making them into a nice site for them. They can design websites for small businesses. This is a great way to make money, and have the teenager learn more at the same time.

Housecleaning for friends and family members is another way to earn cash. Everyone can clean, and with word of mouth your teenager can get a lot of work cleaning. This is a great way to earn ongoing money for things that teenagers need and want.

Tutoring for younger students is a great way for teenagers to show their knowledge, and teach others. This not only pays but will also increase confidence in the teenager.

These are some ways to earn money as a teenager, with a little thought your teenager can think of many more ways to earn money for college, or for items that they need.

Entrepreneur.com is a great place to read to learn about businesses to get ideals generating to start earning money.

Break out of the mold - create your own business.

Maybe you are saving your money for college. That's great. You will need it when you are in college and trying to work and study at the same time is very hard.

Maybe you want clothing. You can save your money and then buy cool teen fashions and help out your parents byy buying your own clothes. Shopping is great, but always remember to save some of your money that you earned. One day you will be grateful that you did.

Hobbies: Things that you like to do that you are good at. You may not know but people will be willing to pay for some things.So what do you like to do? Here are some suggestions that should get you thinking about how you can make money off you hobby.

Designing:  Design T-shirts, Cards, and other items and sell them for free online at places like CafePress or Zazzle. There are many options that you can choose from to add your design to. These places will also allow you to open a storefront.

Photography:  You can sell at Lulu.com and make things with your photographs. You have different options from selling on CafePress or Zazzle but you make calendars, books, and posters there and it won't cost you a thing.  They have it step by step on how to set up things to do your best work faster.

Writing books: At lulu.com you can also create and publish your own book. Have you ever dreamed about becomming an author for a children's book? Showing your illustrations? Here's your chance. And it won't cost you anything to get started.

Repairing Computers:  Are you known as the guru of Computers? You can charge to repair/upgrade/build computers. People do pay for things like that. Make some flyers and start today.

Making Flyers, Ads and other Word Processing Things:  Sell these to small busineeses.

Design Baby announcement cards, wedding announcements, Wedding Programs.  If you like to design with the computer, this would work for you.

Typing reports for school for others: Some kids just don't like to type. If you are an accurate typist that can type fast. Charge them per page to type their report.

Researching:  If your an ACE at researching. Research their project for school and charge them per hour.

Tutoring Children with Sports: If you are a great player in a sport, and can teach younger kids how to do it, there is a way that you can make money by charging to help these children become better players in the sport.

These are just some of the suggestions, you can do anything that you set your mind to when it come to earning money.

Think about what skills you have. Then match them up with what do you think people will pay for.