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Receipt apps are new to the money saving world and are one of my favourite ways to earn. You simply download the app to your phone or tablet and take pictures of your receipts.  You earn points for each receipt which you save up and cash out for either Amazon gift cards or to Pay Pal. It really is as easy as that. The apps I use are: Shopprize Shoppix Receipt Hog Shopprize Shopprize offer you a £5 Amazon gift card once you reach 10,000 coins. You receive coins by uploading your receipts and bonus coins for logging in each day. Shoppix Not only can you upload receipts but there are surveys to take part in. These usually only consist of a couple of questions. Once you reach 3,200 tokens you can cash out either to Pay Pal, Amazon, iTunes or Love 2 Shop vouchers. You can sign up to Shoppix using my referral code: 7CXAHJLD Receipt Hog Receipt Hog is a slow burner as you need more coins to cash out but if your already snapping pictures of your receipts to

Survey apps are another way to earn a little extra. What I like about survey apps is how convenient they are.  Download them onto your phone or tablet and there available at your finger tips. The surveys are usually very quick and easy to complete and most pay out instantly.  The apps I use are: Citizen Me One Pulse Street Bees Survey Bods Citizen Me Citizen Me surveys take literally seconds to answer and they pay out to Pay Pal immediately.  The surveys are usually 10p but for a couple of seconds of questions you really can not go wrong with this one. All those 10 pence add up quicker than you think. One Pulse  One Pulse are very quick surveys, usually consisting of a just two or three questions. You can cash out to Pay Pal when you reach the £5 mark. Street Bees Street Bees offer surveys which they call tasks or stories and each one pays a different amount. This will be clear on the survey before you start.  Sometimes you will be screened out of a survey

Survey sites are great earning opportunity. I particularly enjoy completing surveys as you are providing feedback on a range of subjects and sometimes a survey can lead to a product test. I use a number of different sites and I suggest signing up to a few different ones to see which ones work for you. Swagbucks To start with I use a site called Swagbucks. You can complete surveys, watch videos and earn bonuses from a range of different activities. One thing I would say about Sawgbucks is, spend time on the site exploring all the different ways of earning points as it can be a little overwhelming if not.  You can cash out the points for various gift cards, PayPal or even donate to charity. You can sign up to Swagbucks using my referral below: http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/bg06 Prolific Prolific is a very interesting survey site as the studies are from universities so the studies do not follow your typical survey questions. Places on the studies fill up qui

Cashback apps are a great way to save on your weekly shop and pick up a few freebies along the way. Download the app to your phone or tablet and get ready to earn cashback on your grocery shopping. So the way it works is you buy the product listed, upload your receipt to the app and are then rewarded your cashback. The amount of cashback is different for each item. It could be anything from 30p to the full amount. These are updated regularly with new products so check them often. My advice would be don't buy something just because you can get cashback on it because then it becomes a false economy - I have been there so I know. Buy the products you know you will use and that you or your family like. The only exception I have to this is, if there is a free product where I am getting 100% cashback that me and my family won't use I purchase it and then donate it to a food bank. The apps available are: CheckoutSmart Clicksnap GreenJinn Shopmium Yo

A great way to save money is through freebies. This is where a company or brand offer a product completely free.  This can be done through subscribing to their newsletters or through a promotion when there is a product they want to push which could be an existing product or something brand new to the market. Freebies are usually sample size but sometimes if we are really lucky they can be full size products. Sometimes brands also include a money off coupon with the freebie, another way to maximise savings. Freebie pages on Facebook are an invaluable source of all the latest free products. My favourite Facebook pages are Latest Free Stuff, Wow Free Stuff and Gratisfaction UK. These pages also have websites, which I will link below: www.latestfreestuff.co.uk www.wowfreestuff.co.uk www.gratisfaction.co.uk These sites are updated daily with all the new and latest freebies. I suggest subscribing to their newsletters and following their Facebo

Hi, I'm Natasha a single mum of two beautiful girls. I have been struggling with debts and generally struggling to meet everyday living costs. I decided I had to do something about this to make a positive change. So as a result I invite you on this journey of saving and making money online.