When I first started I did a lot of surveys - those are usually pretty decent pay depending on the requester. As far as pay goes - you can't touch your money for the first ten days regardless of what's in your account, so as long as the requester's pay in that time frame, all is good. Crowd Source is a good one for doing batch hits, you can build up your numbers and they pay pretty fast.
i did crowdsource and receipts which i think is jon brelig. I also did a lot of business cards and crowdsource.
Crowdsource/Crowdflower. Also you can do the business cards, recipes, or receipts if I am desperate. I like the p9r hits sometimes. Surveys can boost your money somewhat also. They tend to pay a bit more.
Surveys are good when you are brand new, especially because there is a limit on the # of hits you can do each day (I think?) but quick low paying hits like Redwood are good for adding to your numbers (once you get a higher number of accepted hits, more things are available to you).
Good info.......I am finally up to 838. Gonna try my best to make 1000 in the next couple of days. All the info on this forum has already been a tremendous help to me. Thanks everyone.