Make money with ride sharing apps

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Ride sharing apps are an increasingly popular way to get about or, for many, to make extra cash.

Uber is by far the most used in the UK and has revolutionised our relationship with taxis. The convenience, choice of luxury vehicles, and cheaper prices have made it a go-to for many people taking cabs.

As Uber’s popularity grows, competitors are cropping up all the time. This can make it difficult to choose which one to drive for.

If you’ve ever considered driving for one of these companies yourself and want to get started, read on.

 

What Do I Need to Start Driving for Ride Sharing Companies?

Of course, you’ll need a driving license, and having a few points on it isn’t necessarily a barrier to entry. Each case it examined differently, so it’s always worth applying. You will need to get a DBS check as part of the process.

Beyond that, each platform has its own specific requirements. But as a minimum you’ll usually need to be aged 21 or over and have at least a year of driving experience, or three years if you’re under 23.

The car you have may affect the tier you drive for with companies like Uber, but generally it doesn’t need to be super flash. They recommend the car wasn’t made before 2008, and of course it will need to be in good condition and have a valid MOT.

The ride sharing economy can be competitive, so newer cars may get more customers. But the main thing is it’s in good condition and kept clean so you get that all-important positive feedback from passengers.

Some drivers prefer to rent a car, which may be a better option than upgrading your current vehicle. But you will need to factor rental costs into your budget.

Finally, you’ll need to apply for a private hire license through your local council. The process varies depending on if you’re in London or not, and Northern Ireland has its own rules. Check out the government website here for more info.

 

The Different Ride Sharing Apps

Everyone knows Uber, and they have a wide spread in the UK. They’re particularly popular in London, as well as Birmingham, Cambridge, Newcastle, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, and Belfast among many others.

Alternative companies include Kapten, Bolt, ViaVan, and Gett. Here’s a rundown of their differences:

 

Uber

As of April 2016, Uber takes a 25% cut of your earnings. They have a wide reach around the UK and many customers are used to travelling with them. That said, the competition may be higher with Uber as there are lots of other drivers vying for business. But they’re currently the only real option for drivers outside of London.

 

Kapten

This is a similar platform, but Kapten offers cheaper fares for passengers and take a lower cut from drivers, just 15%. This works out well for both parties, and Kapten may simply be offering better rates as a way to undercut Uber as the market leader.

What’s more, unlike Uber they cover drivers’ Congestion Charge costs.

 

Bolt

Another similar platform shaking up the market, Bolt also offers a low 10%-20% cut and cheaper fares for passengers.

Bolt doesn’t outright pay Congestion Charge costs, but tops up your fare a little when you travel through low-emission zones to help with the cost.

 

ViaVan

ViaVan takes a different approach, styling itself as a kind of on-demand bus service. The cut is 15%, so again lower than Uber. Generally passengers travel in larger vehicles and share their trip with others, which can be very cost effective for them. There is also a private hire option.

 

Gett

To drive for Gett you have to already be a black cab driver. That said, if you do happen to be a cabbie then Gett can be a good way to get extra work and jump on the app-based taxi revolution. So, not one for most people but worth a mention here.

 

What’s the Onboarding Process?

It varies from platform to platform, but most companies have an online form where you fill in your personal and vehicle details. You’ll often be invited to an in-person session to be trained on the basics, including what to do if a passenger falls asleep!

Each platform gives details on the documents you’ll need. It can take up to 16 weeks to get the private hire license, but it’s usually shorter than this. Registering with the companies themselves once you have the license usually takes a few days.

 

What Are the Benefits?

As with a lot of self-employed positions, there’s a lot of flexibility in your work. Some people drive as a full-time job, while others do it as a side gig.

You can keep regular 9-5 hours or drive through the night. It can also work well for people with unusual or unpredictable hours, say those on zero-hour contracts who suddenly need a bit of extra cash. Once you’re registered, you just hop in your car, turn on the app, and start driving.

But whenever you work, it’s vital that you don’t overdo it. Having passengers is a big responsibility and you should keep your total hours within sensible limits and stop when you get tired.

 

A Note on Self-Employment

The situation is on-going, but drivers for ride sharing apps are currently considered self-employed contractors. That means signing up with HMRC and filing a tax return each year. This definition may change in the future but it’s something you’ll have to do for the time being.

You’ll also have to earn enough to cover your own holidays and sick leave, as you won’t be entitled to this through self-employed work. This is worth factoring into your calculations when deciding if ride sharing will work for you.

For an overview, check out our free eBook on becoming self-employed here.

Another thing to note is that Uber is currently undergoing legal challenges and their future in London and the rest of the UK is uncertain. At the time of writing, though, they’re still operating.

 

So How Much Can You Earn?

The all-important question: What’s your earning potential with Uber and other ride sharing apps?

The short answer is it really depends. Those with a newer, higher-end car who drive full time in London will earn the most.

To take Uber as an example, they claim their London drivers earn an average of £15 an hour. But a recent study by Oxford University found that after expenses, it’s more like £11 an hour.

To take Newcastle as an example, Indeed puts the average earnings at £12.50 per hour, but that doesn’t seem to take expenses into account.

Given that you can only drive so much per week without overdoing it, it’s up to you to decide if the possible earnings are worth it. But as a side gig, it may help boost your income.

 

How the Earnings Shape Up

The Oxford Uni figure makes it simple to estimate earnings because it takes expenses into account.

For the below, we’ll assume seven hours of driving a day, five days a week as a full-time job. You should be taking breaks for food and to avoid fatigue, plus days off in the week.

Driving for 35 active hours a week at a rate of £11 is £385. Assuming you took four weeks off a year for holidays and sick leave, that would be £18,480.

Taking the Newcastle example, assuming expenses take about £4 an hour off your total wage, the realistic yearly figure would be about £14,280.

At the time of writing, you only pay income tax on earnings above £11,850. The money in your pocket per month in London would be £16,104 a year. In the Newcastle example it would be a total of £13,248.

It’s important to note that these figures are approximate. Many factors including type of vehicle, location, and the time of day you drive will raise or lower your income.

Peak times with higher fares include morning and evening commutes, Monday mornings and Friday evenings for airport runs, and dinnertime at the weekend.

Platforms like Kapten and Bolt are less studied, but may well offer greater earning potential given that they take a lower cut. They’re less used than Uber, but there are so many potential passengers in London and the apps’ popularity may well continue to grow.

For some, these figures may be too low to be a full-time salary. But depending on your circumstances, for example if you have low expenses or a partner contributing to the household income, this may be a good option for you.

Driving part time and supplementing another part-time role may also work for you.

 

Expenses as a Driver

It’s really important that you take into account the expected costs when driving, which will definitely include at least a few of the following:

• The platform’s cut of your earnings
• Petrol
• Congestion charge
• Extra car maintenance
• Car rental fees
• Potential fines when you’re driving more

Remember that many of the extra costs incurred for the sole purpose of your work is tax deductible. The government’s website has a handy section on expenses when you’re self-employed. Do give them a call if you have any further questions.

 

How to Stand Out as a Driver

Ride sharing platforms often allow passengers to tip. As well as covering the basics like having a good quality car that’s clean, and driving safely and professionally, there are a few things you can do to make a good impression:

• Make sure you’re comfortable in your vehicle and practice driving it alone, especially if it’s a rental.
• Know your city well and stay up to date with events like parades and protests, which may block off certain neighbourhoods.
• Make cleanliness a priority; give your car a good once-over at least once a day or throughout the day if possible.
• Be upbeat! Many passengers tip extra for good banter (just keep it clean and non-political!) But if you get the sense your passenger just wants to ride in silence, respect that.
• Music can help keep your ride fun. But stick to calm, neutral choices like the main local radio station, and keep the volume fairly low.
• Having charging cables available (especially if there are USB sockets in the back) will make a lot of passengers happy.
• Never ask for tips; let your positive, professional manner speak for you!

 

Is Driving for Ride Sharing Apps a Good Choice?

Only you can answer this. Taking a realistic look at the figures once expenses are taken into account, and adjusted based on your own circumstances, can give you an idea of earning potential.

It’s important not to get bamboozled by the impressive numbers posted on companies’ websites, as they often don’t include those all-important extra expenses.

It may be that the earning potential is too low for you. But if you’re looking to supplement your existing income, having a go at driving for these companies could bring in some extra cash.

 

 

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Neil Patel Reviews Google’s New Link Building Guidelines

Neil Patel and SEO go together like peanut butter and jelly. Search for anything related to SEO, content marketing or affiliate marketing in Google… and you are sure to find one of Neil’s articles, companies or interviews ranking right at the top of the search results.

Millions of site owners, brands, and entrepreneurs end up on Neil’s site every month seeking his latest expertise and wisdom on everything from how to start a business, ranking higher in Google, or creating content on websites and social media that gets attention. It’s also not just his own site, but plenty of others where Neil Patel has been featured, cited as an expert, or even listed as a speaker or influencer to follow.

With all of this in mind, Google has recently been coming out with some changes and new site owner recommendations of their own – which Neil Patel also reviewed, documented and broken down into his own working protocol, making it easier for the rest of us to understand as well.

Let’s take a look at what’s making headlines in the world of SEO, what Neil has to say about it, and how I believe today’s marketers should adjust their activities accordingly.

The Landscape or SEO Today and How Google Looks at Links

Flash back a couple of decades ago to the days of Yahoo Search, Altavista and even Excite – everyone was trying to game the system and figure out how to rank their sites at the top of the search engines for big money keywords that would send them floods of traffic. Jump back to today, and nothing has really changed – except that pretty much all of the focus is on Google now, and Google has gotten better and better at out-gaming the games.

In 2019, Google pretty much controls the internet, making them the gatekeepers of information that people find when they search online. It’s been documented that there are hundreds of different data points, methods, factors and algorithms that go into determining where a given site’s pages rank for keywords – but for the most part, it’s usually a mixture of content quality and backlinks that have the most influence.

Neil Patel, for one, is of the belief that when done right, link building is more or less a future-proof SEO practice, and I’m inclined to agree. As he puts it in his review, “links will always be hard to come by, so they will be part of their algorithm for the foreseeable future.”

It’s just that compared to yesteryear, today there are also a ton of other factors that influence when, where and how a site ranks. Also, don’t forget to throw into the mix that there are now more than a billion active sites online, which are all competing for those same beloved search results.

Google Wants All Links Marked As What They Are

As Neil points out in his review of the latest SEO changes, the biggest adjustment that we need to know about today is Google requesting that everyone start labeling the type of links on their sites.

While this type of transparency is “good practice,” I’m predicting that it’s really not something you are going to come across on most websites. Unless, as Neil notes, “if Google starts placing some value on these user-generated links, it can help boost your rankings,” in which case there could be a bit of a gold rush.

Factor in that most site owners don’t want to put in the time and effort to label their links, and then another half of the internet (general bloggers) have no idea what SEO is or how to label links… often times it just seems like banter to throw something like this out there for the top SEO agencies and gurus to fight over.

And as for Neil Patel’s business interests… well, no matter what happens with Google and SEO in the future, he will be fine. As more site owners, bloggers, and brands continue to share his content on social media and publish reviews of the Neil Patel Digital agency, he will still have a virtually endless supply of traffic coming to his various media properties and presences from all directions.

You can see Neil’s breakdown of each of these new link policies and html “attributes” in the screenshot below.

Neil’s article also went into more details on what these link commands individually mean, and why Google even put them in place. Which was summed up by Google in the following:

All the link attributes — sponsored, UGC and nofollow — are treated as hints about which links to consider or exclude within Search. We’ll use these hints — along with other signals — as a way to better understand how to appropriately analyze and use links within our systems. – Google

With Google advancing their technology all the time, I wouldn’t be surprised if they had already collecting signals based on all of these html attributes in order to run ranking algorithm experiments that are already underway.

And at the same time, when you think about the “rel=sponsored” tag, you aren’t going to see many brands requesting this type of link on your site. Some of the largest brands in the world might, if they are running an obvious campaign through a large SEO or outreach company – but most of these brands want the SEO juice, and don’t want to be seen as buying “sponsored” links either.

In any event, if this is something you are currently freaking out about and trying to implement overnight, no worries. Google says this implementation won’t go into effect immediately, and site owners will have until March 1, 2020 to start setting the link attributes throughout their content.

“It will probably take another year before they really catch on,” says Neil, “which means for now you will just have to focus your efforts on dofollow links.”

Just Backlinks and Articles? Throw in Social Media as Well…

And regardless, as much as we would all like to think SEO and ranking in Google is just a matter of writing super high quality and long form content, along with getting as many quality links as possible… that’s no longer the case.

One thing that Neil does not point out in his article, in my opinion, social media is going to play an increasingly important role in all of this as well.

Without getting into too many technical specifics, Google loves social media, and they want to see more social shares, clicks coming from Facebook and Twitter back to your site, and also for content on your site to have social sharing buttons and embedded content as well.

After all, it’s all about user experience right?

You can even throw the case out there that “bounce rates” play a big role in the SEO process, and if you are going to run ads on social media to your existing audiences and fans… they would likely spend more time on your site than a random visitor, right?

These are all fine things to consider for now, but who knows when and how Google will change their perspective on these link factors in the future.

The Business of SEO and Where We Are Headed

In the world of SEO, all eyes are on Google. They are the king of search traffic – whether it’s desktop, tablet, or mobile browsing.

They are also the beginning and end of all decisions as to who ranks at the top of the search engine, and why.

This all helps the “business of SEO” as well. With such madness happening on a daily basis, and businesses of all sizes fighting for position, this just leads to more money being spent in an extremely competitive industry.

As I noted above, Neil and the enterprise companies that hire his agency will likely continue to see great rankings indefinitely. The bigger concern for everyone else, is the question of what will happen to your blog, business or brand if Google changes up their search algorithms and your site is no longer to be found?

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5 Quick Tips on How to Work More Efficiently as a Small Entrepreneur

Small business owners and entrepreneurs are all over the place thanks to the power of the internet. There are now no limitations on age, knowledge and school education when it comes to pursuing one’s dream of having their own business, being an entrepreneur or even launching a startup of their own.

The main reason for this, is that the internet not only makes everything easier and more cost effective, it also provides entrepreneurs with an amazing selection of tools and resources to help them launch and hit their goals.

However, not all entrepreneurs and small business owners have the same mindset, work ethics, and goal setting practices. The ones who do have a deep passion, drive, and dedication to success, are likely the ones who see much bigger results. At the same time, they also have some of the best tools and scheduling for their day to day operations and ROI on their time as well.

To help with this process, today we are going to highlight some quick tips on how small business owners and entrepreneurs can start working smarter and more  efficiently to get more done.

1 – Focus on What You Do Best and Outsource the Rest

One of the biggest problems from entrepreneurs, is knowing where and how to spend their time. As the owner of a business, you may often think it’s best to be the jack of all trades, but soon enough you will find your time is better spent in different areas and not on all tasks.

For example, if you have a website or blog that is already making money, it’s likely a much better idea for you to outsource your content creation and marketing efforts, while you focus on scaling and growing out your time.

No matter what your expertise and focus is, at some point you will realize the power of outsourcing and earning a premium on what you do best.

2 – Know How to Best Manage Your Time

Just as important as knowing where to focus your time and expertise, is knowing how to manage it as well. This is also one of the most overlooked components to finding success when one is trying to start a business or scale it to it’s full potential.

Better time management comes in many different shapes and forms. From the most simple methods to practicing better time management on your own, to using applications or even writing down your tasks on a sheet of paper — they all help further improve your allotted time ROI throughout the day.

If you prefer managing your time on the computer, this can be as simple as downloading a weekly schedule template excel sheet where you can get an overview of your work week, easily update your calendar and also better manage the time of your employees and team members around you as well.

3 – Search for Video Tutorials from Experts on YouTube

Small business owners are working on new tasks all the time. This can be anything from starting a new website and trying to learn how to use WordPress, or implementing a new CMS or software solutions into their business.

No matter what it is, trying to figure out how to do something from scratch can suck up a lot of your time.

A better solution is to look for quality reference guides and tutorials. In most cases, you should be able to find some reliable content on YouTube for free, or investing in a professional video course through a platform like Udemy.

Whenever you look for a course of video tutorial online, be sure to skim through the comments and ratings, and this will let you know if it’s worth your time and money.

4 – Take Advantage of Gmail Canned Responses

How many emails do you receive and send daily? If you are like most entrepreneurs and small business owners, it’s probably in the 100+ range.

At the same time, how many of these emails are very similar and often ask the same question or are looking for support?

If this is the case, Google Canned Responses is a quick and easy solution for saving time and speeding through all of these incoming and outgoing emails you have to deal with on a daily basis.

Best of all, this simple solution takes less than 60 seconds to setup, but can easily save you a handful of hours every week.

5 – Use Automation and Scheduling Where Possible

A great way to save time, increase productivity, and also scale your business at the same time, is to take advantage of automation and scheduling wherever possible.

A quick and simple example of this would be to schedule out content to go live on the most popular social media platforms. By having an automated schedule in place, this could result in hundreds of hours being saved every month.

Another perfect example is to set up an autoresponder to work with your lead generation and email marketing efforts. Instead of messaging each new lead individuals, more time and effort can be spent on growing your reach and acquiring new traffic sources.

How to Grow Your Business and Expertise 

As business owners, we know what it takes to create something from scratch, while also having to compete with others in our space.

We all have a specific set of skills and levels of expertise that can give us the upper hand, however, when you start to add better time management and smarter work ethics in your day to day operations, we can all do even better.

Be sure to run through the list of recommended tips and solutions above to improve your incoming success as a small business owners and entrepreneur.

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From hobby to hustle

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“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ― Mark Twain

And while that idea is pretty nice, even the most significant love you have for something can fade if you are overworked and underpaid. Typically we do hobbies as stress relief from our usually 9-5 job. But something those hobbies can be the keys to making decent cash – and we don’t even know it. 

Or worse, you have been toying with the idea of selling what you make or looking online for work and haven’t. The worst thing about indecision is that you are doing nothing the whole time. Our hobbies improve our happiness levels a lot, and being able to turn that into a hustle, and then into a full-time job is impressive. But to create a business that is viable from something you do for a few hours on the weekend takes time and care. Commitment, planning, and a business attitude (even without any experience, you can do this). 

Taking a ‘basics’ approach, here are some steps to get you started on building your hobby into a hustle. 

 

Goals

Before you set out on this adventure – you need to set some goals. Do you just want to sell a few of your pieces, or get something published, or have a weekly stall on a market place. Are you thinking about one day leaving your job and doing this full time? The more income that you want to make from your hobby will mean the more time that you need to put into it. 

 

Think It Out

It is easy to rush ahead in the planning and ideas process and be dreaming up names and business premises – and that is a great thing for your motivation. But you need to have some realistic ideas down on paper too. Is your business financially sustainable? Do you currently spend more on materials that the average price of what you do?

How many different revenue options are there from what you do? For example, a writer could ghostwrite books, create eBooks, write content and copy, press releases, and more. If you sew, you can teach classes (online or in-person), open a store, sell your works, or create and sell patterns. 

Write a list of all of the ways you can make money from your hobby right now. 

 

Joy

When you begin to turn your hobby into what will earn you money, you might lose some of the pleasure of it. Not in the early days because it is fresh and exciting, but over time. When your hobby becomes both time and money, the outlook can change. You won’t be able to just do what it is that you love; you will need to also handle the accounting, social media, marketing, and dealing with unhappy clients. 

 

Get Better

Even if you have been doing something for years, you can still be better. That is the absolute joy of a hobby. There will be training and techniques that will make you better. This is something that should make it into your goals – to be better at what you do as the time goes on. This will be one of the ways that eventually you can upscale and see some growth within what you are doing. Before you decide you are going to leave your current job to make this work, get your skills up to par. 

 

Business Plan

There is a school of thought that says that a business plan isn’t needed anymore. But really you can use a business plan as a way to firm your ideas and lock them down. As well as put all of your financial forecasts in place. If you are going to need finance, having a plan that is well presented and includes all of the information that you need is going to make a difference. 

 

Think Business

Not everyone is analytically minded, and that is great – because otherwise, the world would be boring. However, you need to see your hobby as a money/time thing as well as something that you love. And view it more as a way that you are going to bring more money into the home. You will need to register your business in the entity that makes the most sense to your circumstance. 

 

Marketing

When it comes to getting the word out there about your product or services – you need to learn fast, and well. Luckily there are many free online courses that can help you the main theories down. It pays to research small business marketing and learn how to manage your marketing on a shoestring budget. You should have a website and set up social media accounts for your business too. You don’t have to be a mogul but learn as you go and work on your marketing, and you’ll see results. 

 

Branding

Your brand is going to be your business identity. It is what your customers will know you for, and what new customers see first. Your brand’s identity will strengthen over time. Most of the basis will be pulled from your business plan and the goals that you have set earlier on in the process. You will need to learn some basic design techniques, and even you can design a logo that is going to work. Think about the colors and styles that reflect the business that you are launching. 

When working on the branding and the ethos of your business, you need to almost future proof yourself. So think carefully about some font styles and taglines, not everything ages with grace. In fact, some things age very badly indeed, and re-branding can be a costly venture later on. 

 

Customers

If you are lucky, you might have a few clients already lined up and ready to buy your services or products. If not, you are going to have to put all of that marketing knowledge to good use. Once you hit the goal of getting your first customer outside of your circle of friends and family supporters, you will likely find that your confidence grows exponentially. 

 

Money In Order

Once you are making money and spending anything on your business, you are going to need to make sure that you are keeping track of it properly. It doesn’t matter if it is a few cents/pence or hundreds – it all needs to be accounted for. Depending on the country of residence and the type of business entity will make a difference as to when you have to file your taxes and VAT. If you are shipping your products overseas, you might need to consider shipping costs in your pricing too. 

Of course, the best option will be to hire an accountant to handle this, but in the early days, there is plenty of accountancy software that will help you keep on top of everything until you need to hire. 

 

Growth & Success

Dream big. Once you have started and you see that you are running well, making a profit and still enjoying the work – you are going to want to consider what growth looks like to you. Success is a very personal thing, you should also have goals that you have for your business in terms of money, sales, and awards. Things that you can work towards and tick off when you reach them. Try not to judge your success by the success of others either – because comparison is the thief of joy. 

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Different types of influencers for your niche

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No matter what niche your business is in, it is almost certainly crowded with other competitors gunning for the top spot. As we can imagine, this type of environment is requiring business owners to pump more money into their different business processes. This includes increasing their sales techniques budgets, branding, and marketing campaigns as well. That said, of these business processes, social media digital marketing has quickly grown to become one of if not the most important process to implement. In a nutshell, this process has allowed businesses to take advantage of the virtually endless supply of online browsers. As great as that sounds, using social media marketing methods are also becoming saturated. In other words, they are simply not as effective as they used to be due to a large number of businesses using them.

However, this is where influencer marketing comes into play. As a smaller branch of what is social media marketing, influencer marketing is essentially a more natural way to attract clients. Even better, there are many different types of influencers for a business to choose from that can allow for a better fit for this process. The only thing that takes away from the effectiveness of influencer marketing is that many businesses make the mistake of not knowing that different niches need different influencer types. For example, fitness influencers won’t necessarily be as useful for a business in the travel niche. Nonetheless, finding the best influencer simply comes down to determining which one best fits the needs and requirements of your business. With this in mind, here are several types of influencers to choose from for your business niche.

 

Content Blogger Influencers

One of the most common types of influencers that businesses can get a hold of is a content blogger influencer. As we can imagine, this type of influencer can help your business through written content that is relevant and informational for clients.

 

Social Media Personality Influncers

Social media personality influencers are effective in that they understand what is trending and popular on social media. As for your business, this helps it be more relevant and popular as well in a way that attracts many clients.

 

Photographer Influencers

Photographer influencers are easily one of the most popular types of influencers. For this reason, they are also one of the hardest to get a hold of. That said, if you do manage to acquire one, expect to recieve high traffic of engaging audiences to benefit from.

 

Celebrity Influencers

As we can imagine, celebrity influencers are mostly designated to larger businesses with a large enough budget to acquire them. However, there are man cases of celebrity influencers working with smaller transparent businesses withing their niche. If you manage to get a hold of one, your business has the advantage of benefiting from millions upon millions of potential buyers.

 

Macro-Influencers

While macro-influencers might not have a following as large as a celebrity might, there following is certainly large enough to bring in a big chunk of revenue. Macro influencers are essentially soon to be celebrity influencers with a following of around 500,000 people.

 

Micro-Influencers

Taking it a step down from macro-influencers is micro-influencers. These influencers are easier to acquire as they only carry around a few thousand followers. Still, this is a large enough audience to keep a few buyers on profitable monthly retainers.

 

Local Level Influencers

Finally, local level influencers are arguably the most immediately effective influencers to work with. Quite obviously, they work within the boundaries of your local niche in a way that makes the more resourceful to you. This type of influencers is effective for any smaller sized business looking to scale their social media presence on their own time.

 

Working With Influencers

In reality, working with influencers is only becoming more of a necessity just like social media marketing was when it was first introduced. Before you know it, businesses not using an influencer might take away from the legitimacy, trustworthiness, and relevancy of their business. Needless to say, taking advantage of any one of these types of influencers should be done sooner rather than later.

 

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Earn up to £25 per survey with Swagbucks

Swagbucks gives you the opportunity to earn Swag Bucks, their reward currency, for a whole host of things; from using their search engine to watching online videos.

These points can eventually be used to redeem rewards such as an Amazon gift voucher or a PayPal e-Gift Card.

Registering is absolutely free to do and you are given a £3 bonus just for joining (although you must earn 2,500 Swag Bucks within the first 60 days after joining to redeem it.)

 

Join inCompass and earn £20 for your first month

Join Ipsos MORI inCompass and earn £20 for your first month and £10 every month after.

All you have to do to join is complete a five minute questionnaire and then install the free app.

They are currently only looking for Android users.

If that sounds like you then what are you waiting for?

Sign up here. 

Make money with Toluna

Toluna is a great site to join up to. You not only earn points which you can later redeem for fantastic prizes, but you also have the opportunity to get free goodies.

 

Sign up to earn points today.

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Sign up for FREE to our Make Money Newsletter and every Tuesday we’ll send you the inside tips YOU need to succeed.

Grab hold of our expert cash advice and run with it – it’s been created with the sole purpose of making you quick cash. What’s more, each issue also contains a lot of special bargains designed to save you cash.

You could also hop over to our eBooks section and grab a FREE copy of our ‘Make £1000 Before Christmas’ eBook.

 

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Save money on your energy bills

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Be paid for your opinion – online surveys

This is a sporadic way to make quick cash and it brings in a relatively small income, but it’s low effort and you’ve nothing to lose. It’s a great way to make quick cash from the comfort of your computer but make sure you NEVER pay to join an online survey site or reveal your credit card details.

Inside tip! Here are our favourite online survey sites. They’re completely free and have received a big thumbs-up from many of you. For maximum earnings set up a separate email account (so your personal one doesn’t get flooded with survey-related emails) and then register for free with all of them:

• Swagbucks
• Nielsen Online Panel
• InboxPounds
• Toluna
• Valued Opinions
• Panelbase
• RewardsTV
• The OpinionPanel Community
• LifePoints

If you like the sound of making quick cash through filling out online surveys make sure you check out our full article right here on the safe way to earn money by taking paid surveys.

Earn whilst you use the internet – and get a £1 just for signing up!

Fancy making money in your pyjamas without any effort?

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You even get a pound just for signing up!

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Make sure your credit report is accurate and up to date

Your credit report summarises your credit history, and it’s what lenders look at when they size up your credit application.

So it’s important to make sure that the data and information on it is accurate and up-to-date, to give yourself the best chance of getting the deals you want – and at the rates you want.  Missed or late payments, different ways of listing your name and address, financial links to other people can all have an impact. Getting it right could help you to understand, protect and improve your finances.

 

Experian now offer a FREE credit score service.

The Experian Credit Score is a guide to help you understand your credit report better, and how it might affect new or future credit applications – and to get your Experian Credit Score FREE forever, all you have to do is sign up to CreditMatcher, a free independent service that helps you compare credit deals you’re more likely to get, based on your credit information*.

Experian are a credit broker not a lender, working with selected lenders.

*Experian acts as a credit broker and not a lender in the provision of its CreditMatcher services, meaning it will show you products offered by lenders. Experian acts independently and although CreditMatcher shows products for a range of lenders it does not cover the whole of the market meaning other products may be available to you. CreditMatcher services are free, however we will receive commission payments from lenders or brokers we introduce you to.

 

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP WITH EXPERIAN’S CREDITMATCHER TO GET YOUR FREE CREDIT SCORE FOREVER!

 

Get a free financial health check

Sense check your finances with a free financial health check – a 30-60 minute call or meeting with a local, well-rated IFA.With more than 4,500 independent financial advisers and over 60,000 reviews, VouchedFor is home to the UK’s top advisers.Simply leave your details and VouchedFor will find the best adviser to conduct your free financial health check.Get your free financial health check here.

 

Make up to £400 a month as a mystery shopper!

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Our editor Jasmine has been a mystery shopper for over five years now, earning decent money on the side while bagging brilliant freebies left, right and centre.

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• Online surveys: make money taking paid surveys
• Best money-making websites
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44 ways to make extra money

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Looking for easy ways to make money on the side? We’ve got lots of ways to make extra money online and offline. Some are easier than others but we’re always finding new ways so keep checking back!

If you’re not already a subscriber, sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest updates and check out our popular money-making articles 10 easy ways to make quick cash, Benefits for over 60s and Online surveys: easy cash for your opinions.

 

• Make extra money from your stuff
• Make money just by being you!!
• Make extra money online
• Make money having fun
• Get creative
• Earn cash helping others
• Make money part time

 

Make Extra Money from your stuff

1.make extra money from your driveway

If you don’t use your garage or driveway you could rent it out for money – particularly if you are in London or another parking-unfriendly city. Just register with a site like JustPark, put your postcode in and wait for desperate would-be parkers to contact you.

For more details read our full article on making money renting out your driveway or garage.

 

 

2. Rent our your spare room

If you’ve got an empty bedroom, why not take in a lodger? You can earn up to £4,250 tax-free income on your spare room, and with a summer of sport including Wimbledon and The Ashes coming up, there’s never been a better time to advertise your room. Check out roomgo to advertise your room for free.

If you don’t like the idea of someone staying in your home long-term, just rent it out for a few days or weeks at a time through Airbnb or HomeAway. It can make you more money in the long-run too.

For more information read our article on renting a room for tax free cash.

 

3. sell your personalised number plate

Seriously, it’s amazing how much money these are going for now. If you have a number plate with ‘MAGIC’ or ‘LOONY’ or even ‘GR8 GAL’ or similar you could be really surprised how much it would sell for now. In fact the reg F1 went on sale last year for £15,000,000!

There are regular auctions going on where you can sell your number plate or buy others as an investment to sell for profit later. Contact the DVLA for more information or check out our article all about it here.

 

4. Sell unwanted DVDs and CDs

Make some extra money selling your old, unwanted DVDs, CDs, games, books and tickets on websites like Ziffit, Amazon.co.uk, eBay and MusicMagpie. In fact, why not de-clutter your whole house and sell everything you no longer need?!

For more information read our full article on making money selling old books, CDs, DVDs and video games.

 

5. sell your designer clothes

Have you got a few nice bits and pieces in your wardrobe? Or perhaps you’ve got some fun items from your gran or your auntie that could class as ‘vintage’ now.

There’s a HUGE market for vintage clothes – designer or not – and if any of your bits have a bit of a label (Chloe, Hermes, Lauren) then you could really make some cash, probably at a local auction.

But if you’re just good at picking up items that are probably 1980’s or older at jumble sales and car boots, you could make some good money selling them on.

See how you can make money from vintage clothing and accessories here. 

 

6. Make money recycling your gadgets

Recycle your gadgets for cash. It’s quick, FREE and could make you over £200. From mobile phones to cameras, games consoles and more, by recycling your gadgets you can make a mint and help the environment.

If it’s a mobile phone you’d like to recycle use the MoneyMagpie phone recycling tool. Just click on the make of your phone and we’ll show you which recycling company will give you the most for it. Do it now!

See more ways to make money by recycling your gadgets here

 

7. Make £100 a month with ads on your car

OK, if we’re being honest, not everyone can get this. The companies that put ads on people’s cars for money have very specific ideas of who they want.

However, if you have a decent car, drive a lot and you don’t mind having Vimto or Heineken or something splashed across your bonnet, then this can be a lovely way of making money without effort at all. Full insurance is provided against any damage to the paintwork of your vehicle caused by the advert’s placement, so you don’t even need to worry if something does happen.

See our article here on how to make money with ads on your car for the links to companies that do it and how best to apply.

 

make money just by being you!

8. be a model – whatever you look like!

You…yes you!…could be a model and make money for standing around! It really is living the dream.

Take a look at our article here on how to become a model, whatever you look like. In fact, if you look really odd you could make good money through the Ugly Models Agency. Seriously. Take a look.

 

9. Have your true story published

Sell true-life stories to newspapers and magazines can be fairly lucrative, you can earn between £200 and £2,000 depending on the story. Take a Break magazine offers up to £1,000 for sensational stories, so if you’ve got something to say don’t hold back!

Check out our full article on how to sell your story.

 

10. Take part in clinical trials

Did you know you can make up to £4,000 taking part in clinical trials? Volunteering for clinical trials doesn’t have to involve taking risky drugs. Many trials are perfectly safe – some are simply sleep studies or psychological tests. The exact nature of the trial (along with any possible risk of side effects) will be clearly explained so you can make an informed decision.

If you’re in any doubt about any aspect of the trial, ask. If you’re still not convinced, don’t sign up for anything you’re not happy with – risking your health or your peace of mind for a bit of extra money isn’t worth it. See GPGP.net, Trials4us and GlaxoSmithKlein to find trials in your area, and check out The British Medical Association for more information on clinical trials.

For more information read our full article on making money taking part in clinical trials. 

 

11. get paid for your opinion

Online surveys are a great way to make some extra money or store vouchers. Never pay to join an online survey site and set up a separate email account so your personal one doesn’t get flooded with spam.

Survey sites we recommend include:

• Swagbucks
• Nielsen Online Panel
• InboxPounds
• Toluna
• The OpinionPanel Community
• LifePoints

For more information take a look at our article on online surveys. 

Join inCompass and earn £20 for your first month

Speaking of surveys, this is particularly good!

Join Ipsos MORI inCompass and earn £20 for your first month and £10 every month after.

All you have to do to join is complete a five minute questionnaire and then install the free app.

They are currently only looking for Android users.

If that sounds like you then what are you waiting for?

Sign up here. 

 

12. Review products for money

There are companies out there that will pay you to review products including all sorts of cosmetics.

To find out about these opportunities, sign up to our freebies and competition newsletter and get freebies delivered to your inbox every week.

 

13. get into Mystery shopping for freebies and cash

Mystery shopping is a fun way to earn some extra money while shopping, or testing services at local restaurants and pubs. Sounds like a dream job! TNS is looking for new shoppers nationwide to assess a variety of different businesses such as shops and restaurants. Read our essential article about mystery shopping for more useful links and information.

Download our FREE eBook on how to make money and get freebies through mystery shopping here

14. Be a life model

If you’re comfortable with nudity, you could make extra money as a life model. Pay depends on where you are in the country, but you could earn between £8 and £10 an hour. Take a look at our article on how to make money as a life model for details of how to get started.

 

 Make Extra money online

15. make money just for downloading an app

If you like to earn for downloading apps check out Nielsen Online Panel. You won’t get paid for downloading it, but you will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win up to £30,000 – so there’s potential to make a LOT of money doing nothing.

 

16. make money shopping

Basically, by joining a cashback site, you’ll get a bit of money back on everything you buy.

All you have to do is sign-up (absolutely free) and shop through the cashback site’s portal. It’s exactly the same as online shopping any other way, but they’ll be able to track where you make your purchase so both they and you can get paid for it.

Two of our favourite cashback sites are TopCashBack and Quidco , both of which are absolutely free to join.

You really are getting money just for shopping as normal – why wouldn’t you sign up?

 

17. make money being on Twitter

OK, so just joining Twitter won’t make you a millionaire – but it is a fantastic, quick paced forum for picking up little extra  jobs to make extra money on the side. Try @extrapeopleltd who tweet ads for lookalikes and extras or go to TwitJobSearch, type in what work you want to do and see how many tweets pop up!

Read our 5 ways to make money using Twitter.

 

18. make £700 in a free, easy online competition

Have you heard of the Pick My Postcode? It’s an entirely free (and very easy) competition site. They give away at least £700 a day to people who have a winning postcode. All you have to do is sign up for free putting in just your email address and postcode. Then you check back each day to see if your postcode has won. You get 24 hours to claim your cash so you need to look every day. Easy – sign up here!

 

19. Make extra money blogging

There are occasionally websites seeking bloggers to write daily posts, reviews and adding links. It won’t pay really well but it can be a useful little earner for little effort – particularly if you already enjoy writing your own blog. Check on Gumtree under both the part-time work and the media, design and creative tabs.

For more information read our full article on how to make money blogging.

 

make money having fun

20. Get paid to party

Become a consultant for The Body Shop. The Body Shop recruits people to sell their products at special beauty parties in people’s homes. If the party goes well, you could earn over £100 in just one evening as well as receive lots of beauty products for free. What’s more, as you get to decide when you want to host these evenings, you can work as little or often as you like.

 

21. get friends into clubs

Like clubbing? Do you have lots of friends? Make extra money by bringing them into clubs. Go to Velvet PR for free. Tell them where you live and they’ll let you know which clubs need promoting.

To find out more, read our article on becoming a club promoter. 

 

21. Get paid to buy alcohol

Yes really!

If you are 18 or 19 years old and looking for a well-paid part-time job – this is it.

How about getting paid to go to the pub?  Plus you get to keep the drink!

All you have to do is have a valid passport or driving licence and right to work in the UK. Head to Serve Legal to find out more.

 

22. be Festival staff

Festaff supplies casual staff for over a dozen music festivals in the UK including Bestival, Creamfields, Wickerman, Camp Bestival, Isle of Wight Festival, Sonispshere, Rockness and Beachdown. This work is seasonal, they’re always recruiting, so if you fancy going to a festival next year for free, and make some extra money as well, keep an eye on Festaff for recruitment opportunities. Pay is minimum wage – but you do get free entrance to the festival and camp facilities.

If you like the idea of free festival tickets then read our full article.

 

23. get paid to be a friend!

Yes, this is an actual thing. There are businesses out there that will charge people to have a friend. Ever thought of that?

As you can see in this article, there is quite a thriving business in the States where people pay someone to be their ‘mate’ and go hang out together.

You can do it in this country too – there’s nothing to stop you copying their idea and doing it here. Maybe you could add in extras like organising trips to shows or galleries. You could even have two or more ‘friends’ coming out with you at a time – you make money from all of them and they get the added bonus of meeting other people.

24.be a film extra

Want to be in a movie with your favourite celebrity? Always thought it would be fun to see your face on the big screen? Acting extras are ordinary people that are essential to setting up scenes in films or television shows. You can earn £65 for 9 hours of work, with a £20 bonus… not to mention the bragging rights if you are in the same shot, even momentarily, with lead actors. The Acting Website offers loads of information on how to become an extra, and you can see a directory of extra’s agents on UK Screen.

Take a look at our article on how to become a TV or film extra for more information.

 

25. Get paid to review music

If you’re a music fan you can turn your passion into extra money, sign up to the unique Slicethepie website for free and become a scout. This basically involves getting paid to listen to the music of unsigned bands from all over the world and review it. Obviously, your reviews have to be competent and fairly well informed, but need only be a few sentences long.

Initially you won’t make much, but as you get a better scout rating (i.e. the more reviews you make, and the more they agree with the majority of reviewers) you can make more and more.

Read more about it in our article on how to make money by listening to music.

 

26. Be a pedicab driver

Driving a pedicab/bug/rickshaw is a great way to stay in shape, meet loads of people, offer emission free transport to London’s visitors and make yourself some extra money. The Bugbugs Community offers training with an accredited National Cycling Certificate awarded. The cost of training is £50, with a £100 deposit required for the duration of your employment, you keep everything you earn, so the harder you work, the more you make.

To find hundreds of job opportunities, as well as all the best offers and discounts for students, check out Studentbeans.com.

 

27. make money with video games

Yes, believe it or not, you can actually make money by playing video games!

There are various ways to do it, including being a reviewer (some experienced reviewers make serious money by videoing themselves playing the games and commenting on them) and writing guides to video games.

Of course, the ultimate is to actually design a game yourself that gets made and sold worldwide. We can’t all do that but if you’re a mad-keen gamer you’re in a good position to create a winner!

See how you can make money as a video gamer here.

 

28. get paid to test food – including chocolate!

It must be the best job in the world…to get paid to eat chocolate all day!

Admittedly food testers have to test all sorts of foods, including dog-food in some cases (!) but it’s not a bad way to earn a crust.

See here how to make money as a food tester.

 

 Get creative

29. Sell your photos

You don’t have to be a pro to sell your photos. Nor do you need to albums full of dramatic shots. If you have a library of decent, ordinary digital snaps just sitting in folders they could be making you extra money. Online agencies like 123RF, Fotolia and Picture Nation may be interested in buying them from you. You’ll get a royalty fee each time one of your pictures sells. You may be surprised at how many websites and businesses will be interested in using your pics – and are willing to pay for the privilege.

Read our full article making money by selling your photos.

 

30. make and Sell cards

To make a bit of extra money on the side you could start up your own card business. Starting up your own business sounds like a lot of work, but with Phoenix Trading it doesn’t have to be. To start off you simply order an Introductory Pack, which contains an application form which you then fill in and return along with your first order for cards.

Read our full article on making money writing greeting card messages for more ways to make money from cards.

 

29. make cakes and sweets and sell them

The beautiful thing about earning by baking is that it’s straightforward and flexible. It isn’t something that you necessarily have to do on a regular basis – if you’re a little short of cash one week, it’s easy enough to hunt down your next local car boot sale and get baking. All you’ll really need is to have a good few recipes under your belt and a reasonable idea of what people would buy.

You don’t have to be qualified for this, but there are hundreds of baking/cake decorating courses you can go on which are likely to benefit the quality of your products.

For more info on selling your own cakes and sweets read our article.

 

31. Create web pages

One of the most popular sites in the US is Squidoo. It is a site where people create a lens (their own webpage) on their favourite topic. The site then makes money from advertisers and links. It then pays 5% of its profits to charity, retains 45% to cover its admin costs, which leaves 50% of the profits for the writer or the charity of their choice. So get started writing about any of your favourite topics, it is free to set up and you can start earning some royalties.

 

32. Write travel guides

Get paid to write travel guides at SimonSeeks. They are looking for intelligent, well-written and grammatically correct guides of holiday destinations. Register and upload your guide, await approval from the site’s editorial team, and get paid based on its popularity.

 

33. Write a story

If you’re a budding writer, you could try your hand at writing a short story for Clonepod for a bit of extra money. Clonepod produce science fiction and fantasy podcasts from work its users send in. They’ll pay you $25 through PayPal for a 2,000 word story that they like, and they don’t ask for any rights to the work at all – which is great if you want to try selling the story over and over again. Go to the Clonepod website to find out more.

 

34. Become a voice-over artist

Do family and friends comment on how you never shut up? Now you can earn extra money and put your voice to good use. Subscribe with Voices.com, upload a sample of your voice and quickly and easily apply for voice-over jobs. (You may find that you get head hunted if you have a distinctive voice!). If you are successful you can earn up to £50 an hour!

 

Earn extra money helping others

35. Host and teach foreign students

Can you teach English language? If you have time on your hands and a spare room, you could host a foreign student in your own home and earn extra money giving them tuition. To host and teach English in your home visit the InTuition Languages website or give them a call on 020 7739 4411. You could also rent your spare room out to a foreign student and get a bit of culture at the same time as extra money. For more useful information have a look at our article on hosting foreign students.

Read our full article on making money by hosting foreign students.

 

36. get into childminding

This is a great way for mums to make money while looking after their own kids.

It used to be that you had to charge a set amount for the children and babies you cared for, but now the market has opened up and you can charge whatever parents in your area will pay.

There are checks that your local Council will do and there’s an application process you have to go through, but we explain all that in our article here all about how to make money as a childminder.

Check out our articles for more information childminding.

 

37. Become a personal tutor

If you’re a graduate, and eligible to work in the UK you could earn extra money as a home tutor for a range of subjects and levels, usually on a one-to-one basis at the clients’ home. See London’s Learning website for details on tutoring in London or agencies like Personal Tutors for more information on nationwide tutoring.

For more information on who to contact and how much you could earn, have a look at our article on earning money as a tutor.

 

38. Become a dog walker

If you’d like to combine your love of the outdoors and animals then dog walking can be a great way to earn some extra money too! Earnings range from £6 to £10 per half hour. Register your self as a dog walking company at Petpals. For more information read our article on how to make money from dog walking.

 

39. Earn money for yourself and for charity

Become a charity fundraiser and do your bit for good causes whilst you earn! Charities are constantly on the lookout for people to stand on the street and persuade passers-by to pay monthly amounts to their cause. You can earn between £8.50 and £11 an hour, on average, and the work is flexible. It involves being outside and meeting people, of course, but you could get a lot of abuse from pedestrians. There are several commercial organisations that run campaigns but they keep a percentage of the money raised. Better to work direct for the charity if you would like to do this. Just a few of the organisations looking for fundraisers directly are Shelter and Concern.

 

40. Make money referring friends

There are more and more companies offering to pay you to refer your friends. The website Refermehappy has a load of companies that do it, and you can join as either a ‘referrer’ or a ‘friend’ and you both get a referral bonus from the company. Plus, we’ve got loads more companies to look out for in our article on referring friends.

Companies that pay you to refer include:

• Quidco – £2.50 cashback every time a friend joins up
• Virgin Media – £50 off for you and the person you refer
• TopCashBack – Up to £15 cashback for referring a friend
• RAC – £25 M&S voucher for recommending a friend
• Plusnet – Save money on your monthly bill for recommending a friend
• Groupon – £6 every time you refer a friend
• Cineworld Unlimited – You’ll both get one month free unlimited membership

 

 

Make money in your own time

41. Become a ‘virtual assistant’

If you’ve got secretarial experience, you could work for small businesses – from the comfort of your own home! Experienced virtual assistants charge up to £25 an hour, visit societyofvirtualassistants.co.uk.

For more information read out popular article on making money as a virtual assistant.

 

42. Get paid to iron

By doing other people’s washing and ironing you can make cash when it suits you, whilst catching up with the EastEnders omnibus! Bring in customers by putting an advert in the local paper, handing out leaflets in your local area or, for more professional advice, check out Mark & Sue’s Ironing Service. If you want to start up your own ironing service business you can buy a starter kit for £175 (which includes your own website, flyers, business cards, and the like). This is quite a comprehensive kit but you could probably do it cheaper yourself – see our article on how to make money by running an ironing service.

43. write letters to magazines

 

Did you know that a lot of magazines pay money – or give gifts – for ‘readers’ letters’? The thing is, they don’t get many so the field is wide open for you to make some easy money by writing friendly – or funny – letters.

See our article here about writing letters for magazines. Some of them pay £200 for a good letter or photograph!

44. make money asking questions

If you’re friendly and like to work flexible hours, being a market researcher can be a great way to pull in the extra cash.

As you can see in our article here about being a market researcher, there are various ways you can do it.

You can do market research on the phone, knocking on your neighbours’ doors, sopping people in the streets or visiting people in your locality after setting up an appointment with them.

You get paid either an hourly rate or a job rate. It’s good for mums, students or anyone who wants work that will fit around their lives.

 

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More great reading

• 10 easy ways to make quick cash
• Online surveys: easy cash for paid surveys
• Benefits for over 60s
• Make money from misery: selling your story and more
• Get paid to deliver
• Mystery shopping
• Make money as a life model
• Make money by listening to music
• Make money being a film or TV extra
• Rent a room for tax-free cash
• Make money childminding
• Make up to £80 an hour as a private tutor
• Make £60 an hour by dog walking
• Get your friends to make you money

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