Do Stuff for Money

I haven't tried this yet (but a long-time paypal user). My friend sent this link to me this morning and it sounds interesting....but, I'm always careful with this sort of thing. From the site:

What is Do Stuff For Money?

Do Stuff For Money is a PayPay-sponsored site that allows friends to send each other offers via email, real or fake, to do pretty much anything.

Do Stuff For Money is meant to be a fun way to get your friends to do things...for money. But just in case you get stuck on your offering path, we've created this helpful question and answer section to aid you on your way.

How does it work?

Simply type in your first name; the first name of someone you want to send an offer to; the dollar amount you want the recipient to get if they complete the task you propose; and the task you want them to do for you. Once you've completed the form, click on the "Send Offer" button and we will ask you for your friend's email address so we can send them a link to view your offer.

I received an offer, what do I do now?

If you've received an offer from someone, you'll have the option to accept it or decline it. If you decline it, you don't need to do anything else and we will notify the sender. If you accept it, we will let the sender know and it will then be up to them to pay you for completing your end of the offer.

How do I actually pay a person if they accept the offer?

Log in to your PayPal account and go the Send Money tab. Enter in the information and click on the Personal tab/other to send them the money.

Linkedin - Relationships Matter

I joined almost 6 years ago when they were first starting and really haven't used it much because I couldn't get others to use it?!? Seems like now they are a "real player" and I'm going to revisit...from the site:

ReferenceBot

ReferenceBot is a free online professional reference automation and collaboration tool. ReferenceBot acts as a reference escrow that mediates between the prospect, the employer and the reference, and at the same time builds a universal repository for professional referrals. This tool benefits everybody in the job hunting/marketing and hiring/subcontracting lifecycles:

It benefits companies hiring, outsourcing and subcontracting: it provides an online tool to help organize and automate the request for reference process for candidates. In addition, if they request references for a candidate that already exists in ReferenceBot, all the candidate references will be available right away for review, taking out the need to request references again and speeding up the selection process

It benefits job seekers, freelancers and marketing people: allowing them to collect and showcase references that they request by themselves, in addition to the references requested by their prospect employers, clients and purchasers, in a centralized place and mediated by ReferenceBot.

ReferenceBot will also suggest existing profiles to employers and clients looking for talent: if you have an account with ReferenceBot, and a company is looking for someone with your skills, ReferenceBot will suggest the match It benefits the professional or industry peer giving out the reference: they don't have to write references over and over again, they're just bothered once and their review will be stored in ReferenceBot forever. References will also have a rate for each review they make.

ReferenceBot utilizes proprietary methods to avoid impersonation of references and fake pumped-up reviews. ReferenceBot is written in Python/Django, hosted in Google App Engine, it is free to use and free of advertising.

ReferenceBot is the ultimate online professional referral and recommendation collaboration tool, create your account now, it's free.