An easy way to make side cash is to perform a task with your current set of skills or newly acquired ones. My biggest issues aren't that I'm not qualified but it's that experience however minor that I have that usually gets my number and contact info lost. There is a fine line between newbie eager to please and the professional that doesn't break a sweat. While I am not able to find the common ground for the moment I explored different options of making money. Specifically with a reward program called EarnHoney.
www.earnhoney.com/home/?referrer=3mVeBvE3
Now what earnhoney isn't is a primary source of income. It's meant as a supplementary part and should be treated as such. I can't stop you from trying to reach for the moon with this program but understand they have a lot more money, skills, and legality behind them than you do.
How much can you make? It depends on your location as it is geo-location based. Since I'm in Canada I earn about 1/3 of what the US counter parts earn. However there is less competition in Canada and that's also to my advantage in the sense that its only me and the few that know about it in Canada that tap into it. In the US your advantage is you have more advertisers. To answer the question how much you can make on some bad seasons I don't even run it so $0.00 on a higher end I've made about $30-50/month on this program alone. Which is usually enough to cover some minor expenses I have and essentially slow bleeding of any income mishaps.
How does it work? Well the easiest way to put it is you get paid to watch videos. Specifically advertisements but they need filler in between and you can't just outright watch straight ads, trust me I've tried. It's as simple as logging in, going to their video page, clicking through to their automatic video list and letting it run.
They payout in either Paypal/Amazon/Visa Credit/Debit Cards. So there is a few options to choose from.
So what are you waiting for? Give it a try!