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Roamler – The Best Smartphone Task App

June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 themoneyshed

For people who are looking to make an extra income every month, there are a variety of options including surveys and freelance work to name a few. The increased popularity of technology and more specifically smartphones has seen a huge increase in the number of people making a second income from their gadgets. Mystery shopping used to be a lucrative side hustle where you could be paid simply for going into a store, completing some questions and pretending to be a customer, giving your feedback on products and services. Now,…

How to earn thousands doing Mystery Shopping in the UK

May 18, 2019June 15, 2019 themoneyshed

Mystery Shopping in the UK Ever wondered what life is like for someone who does mystery shopping in the UK? How much travel is involved? What planning do you need to do ahead? Can anyone make a living from it? – We chat to Money Shed member ‘Schewy‘ to find out all about it. Can you tell us how you first found out about Mystery Shopping in the UK and how you got into it? A chance remark from one of the mum’s of the children that I was looking…

Giveaway : Win a year of PLATINUM Profit Accumulator membership worth £115

July 31, 2015January 19, 2016 themoneyshed

It’s time for another giveaway and this time it’s a fantastic one for anyone who wants to earn some SERIOUS money from home each month via Matched Betting We’ve got together with the guys at Profit Accumulator and are offering 1 year of PLATINUM membership worth £115 for their site. Matched betting for those that don’t know if a system where you take advantage of the free bets that bookies offer in the UK on a constant basis. There is no ‘betting’ involved in the traditional sense, everything is calculated down…

Upgrades to Increase the Resale Value of Your Home

July 6, 2015January 25, 2019 themoneyshed

According to the latest figures from Nationwide, house prices in the UK increased by 0.3% in May, taking the average to more than £195,000. Low interest rates and an increase in mortgage approvals means that people will be looking to invest in property. If you’ve been thinking about putting your home on the market, you may be thinking now is a great time to sell up. But you have to ask yourself: is your home ‘sale ready’? You want potential buyers to be excited about coming to see your home, and…

Clic and Walk Results Part 2 : How do you find new ways to earn money online?

July 3, 2015March 5, 2017 themoneyshed

The Money Shed chats to the Clic and Walk CEO Frédérique Grigolato

Recently we have been working with Clic and Walk to run some ‘fact finding’ missions to find out how it is that you guys and gals go about earning money online. Here are the results from the second of three missions that were run How often do you use new ways of making money online (mobile apps, surveys, websites…) For question 1, the results show that 120 of the 193 participants that gave their gender details were female, which is 79.6%, which means that 21.4% of the participants declaring their gender were male. Over…

Clic and Walk Results Part 1 : How do you earn money online?

June 26, 2015March 5, 2017 themoneyshed

Recently we have been working with Clic and Walk to run some ‘fact finding’ missions to find out how it is that you guys and gals go about earning money online. Here are the results from the first missions that was run Have you already made money online (via the Internet, not mobile apps)? For question 1, the results show that 140 of the 224 participants that gave their gender details were female, which is 62.5%, which means that 37.5% of the participants declaring their gender were male. Almost half…

SurveyBee – Join the one survey site that covers them all

April 24, 2015July 4, 2019 themoneyshed

When you first start out trying to find survey sites to sign up to it can take a while to find both decent ones which pay a good rate and ones that can be trusted. SurveyBee has solved that problem and is an excellent new service that basically lets you sign up to many survey companies by only joining one. We chatted to SurveyBee to find out more about this fantastic service. What exactly is SurveyBee? SurveyBee is a company, situated in Copenhagen, Denmark, providing a service, allowing panelists to quickly select…

Saving money on education and training

April 22, 2015March 1, 2017 themoneyshed

In this post we look at all the different ways you could be saving money on education and training if you wish to try and better yourself no matter what stage of life you may be at. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) are free courses. The Open University runs their own courses, which operate from a subsidiary website, OpenLearn, which is highly reputable, accessible and run by experts in each field of study. OpenLearn lets you register and gain accreditation by taking its modules and courses, and you can…

Saving money on transport

April 15, 2015March 1, 2017 themoneyshed

Saving Money On Transport. The average person spends £65.70 a week on transport. This accounts for all kinds of transport and travel, from running a car, to using the train each day to commute to work, or using any form of transportation for leisure pursuits, such as taxis and so on. Save money on your car There are many ways to cut the costs of owning a car, comprising two kinds of saving: fuel savings, and general car maintenance savings. Firstly, to save money on fuel costs, there…

Earn money by doing jobs using the amazing smartphone app Pickle

April 3, 2015May 2, 2019 themoneyshed

In this post we chat to the people behind the new micro job platform Pickle which launches in April 2015. Need a quick task doing at home or elsewhere, or maybe you have a service or skill that can match a task that is on the app. Then you can get paid handsomely for helping your fellow human beings out. Read on to find out how it all works. Can you tell us a bit about Pickle and how you can make money by using your app Pickle is a…

The Money Shed chats to the Clic and Walk CEO Frédérique Grigolato

March 20, 2015May 2, 2019 themoneyshed

In this blog post we chat to the CEO of Clic and Walk about everything their app has to offer. If you want to get involved with their app just click the banner to sign up at the bottom of this blog post Can you tell us about Clic and Walks history in the rest of Europe before you decided to expand into the UK market? Clic and Walk first launched in France in 2012 and quickly became the market leader as it was the first app of its kind…

The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Out Doing Mobile App Work

February 20, 2015March 12, 2016 themoneyshed

The Working from home Toolkit - Everything you need to earn money online (UPDATED FOR 2018!) 5

The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Out Doing Mobile App Work Mobile phone apps that can earn you money have been advancing at dramatic rates over the last year. More and more companies are realising the flexibility that mobile workers, over a massive geographical area, can offer. Companies, such as Field Agent, Streetspotr, Roamler and Clic and Walk are now able to release a job, such as a billboard audit, and have results back to their client within hours if not minutes. This type of crowdsourcing work has been…

Robert Jones from WhatUsersDo chats about how you can earn from home working for them

February 12, 2015May 2, 2019 themoneyshed

Robert Jones (Who you can find on Twitter here) the Panel manager from the fantastic WhatUsersDo talks about website testing with their company which pays you £8-£15 per 20 minute website review. Money Shed members have been aware of earning money through WhatUsersDo for quite some time now but can you tell us how the company came to be? WhatUsersDo was founded by Lee Duddell was set up over five years ago so anyone, in any size or type of organisation, can remotely gather user research from across the world with real…

Online Testing Jobs : Utest

February 6, 2015May 27, 2019 themoneyshed

Money Shed member Spike241 has been earning some seriously big amounts of month each month doing work for an online testing job for uTest ($500+ a month). If you have an interest in helping websites look and work better you may find their personally written guide below Online Testing Jobs : Utest Late last year I discovered uTest through The Money Shed Toolkit. It’s now 3 months later and I’ve just made $1000 in one month. I hope that this guide will help some of you to earn a little (or…

Interview : Find out how to earn money by sharing deals with FindItForLess

January 23, 2015June 13, 2019 themoneyshed

FindItForLess grabbed my attention around the tail end of last year as a fantastic alternative to sites like HotUKDeals. What’s the biggest advantage? The fact it pays YOU to share deals! We sat down with the owner Nick to find out a lot more about this fantastic website. Can you tell us about what FinditForLess is and how it works? Find It For Less is a site which will help people find the latest bargains online but also earn cashback. The idea is that our members post offers they have found…

Festive jobs to help cover the cost of Christmas

November 21, 2014May 27, 2018 themoneyshed

It’s no surprise that many people become weighed down with debt in the months following Christmas. Christmas is a time for treating the children and family, as well as excessive eating and drinking. All of which comes at a cost. Money worries can have a massive effect on how much enjoyment we get over the festive period, so why not be prepared and start earning a little extra now, freeing yourself from debt in the future. There are a few easy jobs that can earn you some extra cash…

An experts guide to Clixsense

November 18, 2014June 21, 2018 themoneyshed

Money Shed member KatyKicker is a real professional when it comes to the world of ClixSense. She has kindly written this guide to help people maybe just starting with the site get the most from it and really boost their earnings. There is a dedicated ClixSense thread on The Money Shed which you can find here Here is my guide on how to maximise your earnings on Clixsense. I have personally made around $3,500, just from Clixsense alone. Clixssense is not a scam and I am happy to offer advice,…

Top 6 ways to save money for Christmas

November 13, 2014June 27, 2019 themoneyshed

slow cooker whole chicken UK Top 6 ways to save money at Christmas As part of our #moneyshedchristmas campaign this weeks Friday post is about how to save money on the run up to Christmas. Christmas is one of the most joyful times of the year, where we get the chance to spend time with the people we love, eat heartily and drink merrily. We are also a nation who loves to swop presents, getting great pleasure out of seeing our children’s faces as they open their much desired gifts.…

OnePulse : Get paid to voice your opinion on your phone

November 11, 2014May 2, 2019 themoneyshed

OnePulse (Available for Apple & Android) is a fantastic new app which pays you for giving your opinion on your phone. You can earn while on the bus, train, heck, even on the loo if you so wish. So why is there such a buzz about this new app? We chat to OnePulse directly to get all the latest information. If you want to join in on the OnePulse discussion head on over to our dedicated thread for it here Can you tell us a bit about OnePulse and your…

Getting started in the world of paid content writing

November 6, 2014May 2, 2019 themoneyshed

Ever wanted to get into the world of paid content writing but don’t know where to start? Read on then as Money Shed member Ruth tells us how she ended up earning quite a lot of money from her natural skill in writing. The opportunities to get started in content writing for the Internet have changed since I began in 2008. What has not changed is that written content is still very much in demand and it’s possible to earn extra income or to work full time from home…

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