If you are anything like me, you probably like to find ways to make a little extra money in a side hustle. Of course if you are working a full-time or even two-part time jobs you may not feel like you have any more time to give to money-making efforts. One thing I found I had the time for was Swagbucks. You can do it on the go, while you are waiting, when you are bored, watching TV or just for fun. It fits into my busy schedule and gives me a small boost throughout the year to cover costs for the Holidays and birthdays.
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Swagbucks – What is it?
Swagbucks is a website that offers deals, surveys and other marketing which in turn they pay you in Swagbucks (SB). How you value the bucks received is 100 SB = $1.00. Each month there are either extra games – like their Swaggo Board- think Bingo where the goal is to make patterns or fill the whole board for extra SB. They also do teach challenges. This is a great way to lean from others the best ways to make extra SB in a quick fashion.
SWAGGO BOARD PAGE
TEAM CHALLENGE BOARD PAGE
There are plenty of ways to earn, but I have a specific formula that I use week in and week out to make sure I get my gift card with a little work as possible.
Here is what the front page looks like.
How to Maximize Swagbucks
The simple and time-saving plan for making money on Swagbucks is as follows:
- Make sure to work on meeting your first daily goal.
- Work to make at least 2,200 Swagbucks in a month. This breaks down to about 74 SB a day. You can use that amount once per month to buy a $25.00 gift card.
- If you make just your first daily goal each day of an entire month you are awarded with extra bucks – ranging from 300 – 600. This is a combination of being a monthly master plus the daily extra bucks that is stored up for meeting each daily goal.
I tend to go for Target and Amazon gift cards, this is because that is where I shop the most for Christmas and ultimately I use these additional funds to purchase gifts each year. I also will buy one-off cards like Sephora or Ulta or McDonald’s so that I can give the printed gift card as a gift. How awesome is that?
Each month I collect a $25.00 gift card of my choosing. Then I store it on a spread sheet or physically print the card. If I plan to give it out as a gift, I store it in a spot I will not forget!
You Can Get Free Gift Cards For Shopping, Searching and Discovering What’s Online at Swagbucks.com
10 things I do every day on Swagbucks
- Complete at least 7 of the 8 To Do List Items – if you do this you get extra SB in your ledger but not added to your daily goal
- Upload and use the SwagButton (chrome extension button) to watch videos to gain extra bucks and enter swagcodes for free bucks
- Set NCrave (a video viewer tab under Watch) to continually run to make my first daily goal. Make sure to pick the one with the auto reload
- Use the watch videos on computer or the mobile app as they will continually run
- Download the apps (currently there are 6) and run videos on your phone while I am not using it. Make sure your phone is plugged in!
- Download coupons. If you use coupons from Coupon.com through Swagbucks you can get anywhere from 10 – 25 SB per coupon
- Complete (or at least try) surveys for bucks. You get 1 SB for surveys you do not qualify for up to 5 SB
- Look for laptop guy for easy points to be made.
- Run Smores TV on your computer from the discover section
- Play SwagIQ on your phone. Swag IQ is a live game show at 8pm EST every night (3pm EST on Friday) even if you do not win the big prize you can earn extra SB
Here is what Lap Top Guy looks like (people call him LTG)
Gift Cards Await
If you use this simple plan each day, you will for sure meet your daily goal. Meeting your daily going means you will have enough SB to buy your monthly gift card!
Truth be told I actually get enough each month to buy 2 $25.00 gift cards. Once you get the hang of it you can too. This is mainly from taking surveys when I am waiting somewhere! Better than surfing social media, where you get nothing for your time. Whenever I am stuck I check out the Reddit boards or read peoples lists on ways to make extra SB. There are plenty of ways!
The Gift Cards can be used for anything, groceries, birthdays, weddings, holidays, you get the picture. Sign up using my referral link and you will get 300 SB right off the bat once you make 300 SB! That is a great start to bank for a $25.00 gift card. If you do not want to wait you can purchase a $3.00 amazon card!!!
You Can Get Free Gift Cards For Shopping, Searching and Discovering What’s Online at Swagbucks.com
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If you do not have an account yet, you can sign up for Swagbucks. Right now if you earn 300 Swagbucks you will get a 300 Swagbuck bonus when you use my referral link. That is free money! Not a bad deal.
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