Archive for January, 2008
January 16th, 2008 at 09:06pm
Under Make Money+ Uncategorized
As part of my wish to MAKE money this year from online ‘things’ I am trying to be more diligent in the
Ciao! community.
What is Ciao!co.uk ?
On the face of it Ciao is a website that displays reviews on thousands of products, giving consumers information before they buy virtually ANYTHING!
However, behind the scenes is the real community - those who WRITE the reviews, RATE the reviews and keep the website doing its best. The Real Community are just people who have signed up to do so!
How Do You Earn Money with Ciao!
There are a variety of ways to earn money with Ciao. Writing a review on a product is the beginning of earning - but it NEEDS to be a well written useful review. Other members of the Ciao Community will then read your review and rate it. Each positive rating will earn you money - only a small amount, but something. If you are the first person to review a product then you earn DOUBLE the amount.
Ciao members can also sign up to answer surveys. On each survey invitation it lets you know how much you will earn for doing that survey (if you qualify) and this money will be credited to your Ciao account about a month after doing the survey. I really like the way that Ciao tell you exactly what you will earn from a survey rather than offering a ‘points’ value that other survey sites do.
You can request payment from Ciao of money from your Ciao Account at anytime - and it will be transferred into your bank account within 5 weeks - that may sound a long time, but Ciao do a monthly ‘transaction’ when they pay out all requests.
So far I have made about £30 by doing surveys and writing reviews and also by referring people to Ciao.
Sign up and see how much YOU can earn! Ciao!
By Cilla
January 12th, 2008 at 09:22pm
Under Recipes+ Save Money
Since before the birth of my second child, I have been attempting to cook healthier homemade food. However, it is time consuming and “shopping intensive” for all the ingredients. Not only that, my husband eats a mainly Vegan diet whereas I eat a pretty standard diet - including meat. There was a time when I ended up eating mainly vegetarian because of this - but I ended up resenting this and also not enjoying cooking because I wasn’t always enjoying the food that I was eating.
My solution to cope with this is to do BATCH cooking. Making a bulk lot of whatever I decide to cook, then freezing it in individual portions (having eaten one portion each before freezing). In terms of preparation - yes of course you need more of each ingredient, but to be honest it is no more hassle to chop up a whole aubergine than quarter of one, or to peel 4 carrots rather than one. You can buy ingredients in larger quantities which often works out cheaper (per portion)
Over time, I will attempt to add recipes of things that I cook in this way… for now though, I will just list them.
- Lentil Daal
- Vegetable Rojan Josh (with Tesco Organic Rogan Josh cook-in sauce - which is Vegan)
- Chicken Rogan Josh (with Tesco Organic Rogan Josh cook-in sauce)
- Vegetable Moussaka Sauce
- Lamb Moussaka Sauce
- Vegetable Chilli
- Beef Chilli
- Pasta Bake
- Carrot and Coriander Soup
- Spicy Parsnip Soup
- Leek and Potato Soup
With each of these recipes (excluding the pasta bake), you just need to decide on the ‘carbohydrate’ to accompany the dish, i.e Rice, Pasta, Jacket Potatoes, Tortilla Wraps etc.
Then simply defrost and heat the dish to be served for the day.
By Cilla
January 9th, 2008 at 09:19pm
Under Cashback+ Save Money
Cashback websites are something that have revolutionised my online shopping. I will begin by explaining how a cashback scheme works.
Retailers pay websites to advertise on their sites. The website earn a percentage from each sale that has been made by someone clicking through a link/advert from that website. Cashback websites simply pay this money back to you! Some websites pay 100% of it back to you, and some take some of it for themselves.
I have signed up for many cashback sites, but I now only deal with two of them, Quidco and TopCashback. Both of these sites give you 100% of the revenue that they receive, with the exception that Quidco take the first £5 that you earn each year. TopCashback earn money to maintain their site by having ’sponsored links’ with GoogleAds.
How much Cashback you earn depends on which Retailer you are shopping with and also which cashback site you click though. For example, Dell offer 5% at both Quidco and TopCashback. LoveFilm offer £15.50 for a genuine new customer at Quidco.
Buying Insurance through a link on a cashback site can be exceedingly profitable. Expect cashback of between £50-£100 for home or car insurance. Earn DOUBLE cashback on your home insurance by buying your buildings and contents insurance separately - this can mean your insurance works out nearly FREE for the year!
Other popular cashback sites that you may wish to investigate are
By Cilla