This is a compiled list of research I have been doing over the past few years. Some job's pay reflects on how much time you put into it such as Payday, Associated Content, whereas some other jobs start off low but eventually can earn a decent living.
Associated Content and Helium also have residual income as well as upfront cash payments.
Fastest way to make good money today
Fee: free
Project Payday
Project payday is no doubt the fastest way to make GOOD money out there compared to other money opportunies. The best part about this is it's completely free. Obviously you're not going to be filthy rich but you can easily make $100 - $5000 a month from an hour a week to 20 hours a week.
This is one of the easiest opportunities on the web, making money with IFW's (Incentivized Freebie Sites), it explains all the simplicities of it and how to beat the system making money from advertiser's huge spendings. Completely legal! Companies spend billions on advertising a year, there are ways to convert that extra cash for ourselves.
Their system is set up just like ebay, basically people will pay you to sign up for free trial offers ranging from $25 to $60 and they will receive much bigger cash prizes. All you need to do is sign up and remember to cancel. You keep the profit and do it again.
You can also be on the other side of the spectrum paying other people to sign up for you. It's a win-win situation because you can easily get a ps3 for $200 comparing to the original $500, or get cash prices such as $1000 when only paying $500 on referrals.
You will need a Paypal account for most of these programs because that is how they pay you. Click on the Paypal link below to sign up for a FREE business account.

Associated Content
Fee: free
The highest paid online article submission site on the web. The only other one that comes barely close to it is Review Stream which pays only $1.50 per article.
Pay rate is about $3-$20 an article. They can be pretty much about anything and only requires about 400 words per article. In fact, you don't even have to be an expert writer, writing causually or like a blog is fine as well. You also receive residual income from Associated Content per view of your aticles.
Got old college papers? Just send them in, write whatever you want, you can easily earn $1200 a month if you invest about 3 hours a day in just writing, roughly 10 articles a day. Work at your own pace. I get paid about $5 - $6 on my articles. Pick non-exclusive so you can submit your content to other sites for even more money!
You also need a Paypal account for Associated Content because that is their prime way of paying you. Click on the link below to sign up for a FREE business account.


Helium
Fee: free
Helium is a free article submission site. It does not pay up front like Associated Content but it pays a lot more in residual income. You will get paid by the amount of views you receive on the article which will grow and grow each day.
What's neat about residual income is that you can potentially make a lot of money if you submit a lot of articles. Always making more and more money indefinitely.
Unlike Associated Content, the word limit is also a lot less... At least 150 words, so writing in bulk is much easier. I would highly suggest you apply to both Associated Content and Helium and select non exclusive for Associated Content; then submit your article to both websites for more cash flow.
If you are a decent writer, you can also try to compete for the $65 range articles that advertisers pay for.
Paypal account is also required.

Pay Per Post
Fee: free
Get paid for blogging. When you write about products, services, travel experiences, or anything, you generate traffic. With this unique medium, advertisers are willing to pay you for your opinion on various topics. It's easy money and very simple to do. You can get paid starting $5 easy for a little blog post.
Why blog for free? Get paid for blogging.

Ebay
Fee: free
Ebay is a huge marketing / advertising company that receives millions upon millions of customers a day. Take advantage of their service publicity, advertising.
Do you have junk at home? Have you heard the saying that one person's junk can be another person's treasure? Sell whatever you don't need on ebay! Not only does it clean up your house, but you can make a decent amount of money compared to garage sales. I've made a few thousand dollars just selling things I don't use anymore, clothes, toys, games, consoles, etc.
Like all the others, Paypal is required to receive payment.
