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ok. got a bitcoin wallet a little while ago and I'm trying really hard to earn bitcoins but I'm sick of getting 0.0005 per day from free bitcoins sites or taking surveys that don't even work. anyone got any suggestions?

Why not sell something? But price it to be a bargain, these bitcoin peers are tough wheeler-dealers.

Either mine on your GPU or go on the buy/sell section and sell something.

Or you could sell some stuff on bitmit.net

or try your luck here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75577.0

...or go to exchanges and buy BTC.

I mean, when I used to travel to foreign countries in the old days (now I just take my credit card) I used to exchange some funds to the local currency.

So go to MtGox or Intersango, get a Dwolla account for currency transfer (or if you hold an account in an European country use SEPA to Intersango) and buy some BTC with fiat currency.

I'm by no means endorsing these exchanges, there are many more you can use.

Easy as that.
 

^^This + use the purchased bitcoins to invest in some finds on GLBSE.

Right, the next step would be to put your coins to work. Either buy stuff or invest in some way.

lend your bitcoins to someone at a good rate of interest, or put them into an interest paying account at bitcoinica

you can always try your luck gambling :)

That's one thing I would discourage you from.

Granted, once you have digital currency it's easy to spend it at a blink, the sites usually don't ask a lot of questions either where it came from.

But if you are paying gambling debts with gold, then you must be pretty desperate. Bitcoin might not be real gold, but look at the interest rates being paid in the lending forums, and look at the low prices in the market place (people basically sell stuff at manufacturers/wholesale prices, even if they paid more for it, and often throw in free shipping on top), you must be quite a fool to gamble it away. If you think you have plenty, then invest somewhere, or buy some FPGA miners if it pleases you, but think about what you could be gaining in the bitcoin economy before gambling with it.
And if you like risk, speculate on it (there's a forum for that); once you get into it this is more fun than gambling but you can go as risky as you want, if you seek the thrill.

I just sell things/services for my bitcoins. I prefer not to buy them unless I have to.  Currently I do not have the equipment needed to make a profit on mining so I resort to trading.

bringing this back soon http://freebitcoins.webs.com/ (http://freebitcoins.webs.com/)

I want to bring the site back but need some help with ideas..

Transfer in some money from your bank account or somehow use cash money to buy bitcoins and invest it. Banks, loans and etc. Using money to make money

You can try your luck at dragons tale..... Its free to get started and in theory you can make $$

Careful though.. I stupidly added a few BTC to my account to help me along.. and lost it :p But I get bored and make stupid long shot bets.