Make Money
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How I’m Making £2000 in “Free” Money This Year
I love finding weird and wonderful ways to make money. And one of my favourite ways to boost my income without much effort or time is through free money or as it’s more commonly known interest. Whether that’s bank interest, LISA gov bonuses or sign up offers they all come under my umbrella of interest. And if my projections are correct I will make over two thousand pounds from this income stream alone in 2024. Two thousand pounds – an insane amount for someone who started out on £5 per hour washing dishes. How am I planning on making this much? Let’s dig into my plan… LISA BONUS I’m obsessed…
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Daily Draws To Enter For Free Instead Of Buying Lottery Tickets
I was one of those kids who dreamt that one day my parents would come home and tell us we won the lottery and were going on holiday the next day. Then I grew up and realised how unlikely winning the lottery actually is and what a sheer waste of money it is. You are so much better off investing the money you would have used to buy a ticket in the market each week. Let’s do the maths. Google says a EuroMillions ticket is £2.50 and there are two draws a week so £5 to play both. If you invested that £5 per week or £260 a year and…
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10 Things To Do To Make Money From Answering Surveys
Answering surveys for a little bit of extra cash each month is something I have been doing since 2020. I always call this hustle the ultimate marmite hustle as people either hate it with a passion or love it. I’m firmly in the love camp only because I have had moderate success with it over the years (see exactly how much I’ve made here) and it was my first online side hustle. Now I will admit there are some scammy survey sites out there that just want to collect your data but there are a few good ones which you can make decent money off. It’s been nearly 4 years…
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Daily Polls: Can You Actually Make Money From Them?
Do you like answering random questions? Seeing what everyone else voted for? Well answering daily polls is the side hustle for you! And it’s as simple as it sounds – you can get paid to answer daily polls! They’re a handful of survey sites that have a daily poll which is a guaranteed way to earn a point or two each and every day. You know what they say, the points soon add up. Now obviously this will in no way make you rich BUT it could pay for a couple coffees throughout the year from very minimal effort and it literally takes a minute. Disclaimer – this post contains…
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Can You Actually Make Money Answering Surveys?
Surveys are the ultimate marmite side hustle. Either you absolutely hate them or you secretly love them. There is a special place in my heart for surveys as they were my gateway hustle into this crazy world of making money online that I now find myself fully invested in. Let me take you back to March 2020 when you might have guessed it, I didn’t have much else going on. So what did I do? Like any rational human who had just lost their job I googled “how to make money online” and hey presto making money answering surveys became something I did. Disclaimer – this post contains referral or…
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£5k Hustle Challenge – How I did it in 7 1/2 months!
I am currently on a gap year after graduating uni back in July 2022. My intentions for this year were to slow down a little bit, do some travelling and decide what my next move is going to be. I’d set aside a pot of money (£5k to be exact) to cover all costs associated with the year. But I soon found out I’m not the type of person who can just sit idly all day. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love a sofa day but I need to be doing something. Enter the £5k hustle challenge! Disclaimer – This post contains some affiliate/referral links which means that I…
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How I Made £16,446 from Side Hustles
There is only so much you can reduce and cut from your budget! Eventually you will reach a certain point where to save more you need to make more. Entering the side hustle!! What is a side hustle? There are many different definitions out there but I class a “side hustle” as anything I do to make money beyond my primary source of income. Currently, my primary source of income is my student maintenance loan, paid to me by the UK government to cover all living costs. I started on my side hustle journey exactly 2 years ago, which was just after I had been made redundant from my job…
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50 Ways to Boost Your Income
The best way to save more money is to make more money! As it gets to a point where you can’t cut back anymore on your spending. So I’ve put together a list of 50 different ways you can boost your income… {Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that some of the links in this post are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. I link to these companies and their products because of their quality and not because of the commission I receive from your purchases} #1 Do Online Surveys Surveys are my favourite way to make a little extra…
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Top 6 Survey Sites – Make Money Online
Surveys are the easiest way to make a little extra money each month online. They are simple, convenient and require no commitment. Every month I make around £50 from completing surveys for around 2 hours a week. Obviously the more time you can commit, the more you can potentially make. I have tried A LOT of different sites and these are my favourite six… #6 Branded Surveys This site is one of the worse ones for time to payment ratio BUT some of the most lucrative studies I have participated in have come from this. We’re talking getting paid £30 to send a wee sample to Canada, £50 to watch…
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How to Make Money as a Student
Student loan not enough? Want to save for a gap year? Whatever your reason for needing extra money, there are loads of ways for students to earn money on the side of your studies. University is also a great time to develop a side hustle that you could continue after you graduate (see #3 ;)). Disclosure: Please keep in mind that some of the links in this post are affiliate links. If you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. I link to these companies and their products because of their quality and not because of the commission I receive from your purchases. The decision…
