Blog Update 18/06/2009

What has happened on the blog this week?

Firstly, Student Savings has been advertising and promoting the site in as many ways as possible, with a huge traffic increase of almost 80% in the last week! (Thanks to all you regular readers and followers)

This week the weather has been pretty dire, with rain everyday, most likely due to me jinxing it in last weeks post. So, I have spent much of the time indoors researching and finding excellent deals and money making opportunities for you guys!

Student Savings has also this week become a member of Traffic G, a site aimed at furthering visitors to the site.

If any of you guys have any queries or questions you would like to ask, please feel free to comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible! Along with any ideas or ways of saving money you may have.

Thats all for this weeks blog update, not much I'm afraid, as of yet ,there is still no about me section, which should be coming in the next few weeks, along with hopefully a proper feed.

To keep you going, there is a bonus code for Public Enemies at SeeFilmFirst, which is 675543

Its that time again!

Ok, so the only post I could make yesterday was this, so to make up for the lack of free cinema codes I will post it today, along with the blog update, which will be coming later this afternoon.

For those of you that are regulars to this site, you know that Tuesday is film day, well as I was unable to post it yesterday, today I have 3 film codes for you to feast your eyes upon.

Firstly, is Public Enemies, to save all the ranting about the film, check the trailer out below:



Heres the code:

703112

The second film code for today is for Bruno, which looks extremely funny, check it out

The all important codes for you are:

237334 and 533441

Finally, the last free film code to use at SeeFilmFirst is for My Sisters Keeper, see the trailer below for more information:



And that all important code:

397568

Remember, all you have to do with these codes is enter them at SeeFilmFirst, check which cinema near you has advanced screenings available, then just select how many tickets you want, simple as that. But remember to act fast as these codes go faster than Jenson Button in a jetplane (which would probably be no faster than anyone in a jetplane but what the hell, you know what I mean)

P.S. Sorry for not posting this yesterday, I have tried to compensate by giving you 3 codes instead of one. Enjoy =)

Like Music? Who doesn't?

Yesterday, whilst browsing the web, I came across this site, which is a site aimed at supporting young and upcoming artists and bands. You may be asking, well what does this have to do with making and saving money?

Well, Slicethepie pay you for each song you listen to and review, obviously if you only give it a rating of 1-10 you will receive a small amount, but once you have written short reviews that are meaningful for so many songs, you gain a "level", meaning that each review you now do will give you a little extra! Sounds good no?

Well, I have only just started this yesterday, and have already raised 24p, thats 4p a song for 6 reviews. This may not be the best way to make money in the world, but once you have raised your first £5.00, which can take as long as the amount of effort you put in, you are able to raise money for yourself. The first £5.00 you raise must be donated to an artist of your choice in order for them to become signed. And you may be mentioned in their first album or recieve a sample copy if your review is good enough!!

I believe this site is an excellent opportunity, not just to make that little bit of extra cash, but listen to unsigned artists who may be the next big thing. So, get to Slicethepie now and start earning money for listening to music.

Slicethepie

That little bit extra

As a student, making the most of your money is a hard to skill to adapt, but once you do it, you are set for life with managing your finances. Although todays post is a little late in the day, mainly due the fantastic weather were having, meaning sunbathing, barbeques and what not! So this is the first chance I have had to get on the internet!

Today I am going to discuss how to rake that little bit of extra income for your year at university. The summer months can drag by if you dont get yourself a part time job, so to try and soak up a bit of time, try one of the following:

1. A car boot sale - You can get rid of many uneeded items from your garage, anything you havent used in the last year, that isnt valuable enough for Ebay (See point 2) take to a car boot, you never how much you will make!
2. Secondly, everyone goes on about it being one of the best sites on the internet, and it can be if you know what your doing! Get any old items that have some value and set up an Ebay account, bear in mind that you must have a PayPal address and keep in mind that Ebay will charge you for each auction lot you put up, so make sure you set a price low enough to attract bids!!
3. If you have any old video games, such as them old PlayStation 2 or Xbox games collecting dust, get onto PlayTrade, so far I have sold 3 games on there this last week. Each for £5, much better than taking them in for exchange at Game or GameStation where you will be offered a minute sum. There is no charge for putting an item up for trade, but Play will deduct 10% of the final sale fee! In my opinion this is better than Ebay, but obviously is only available for DVD's and Games etc.
4. The final way to make that little bit of extra money and free up some space is through Amazon, the used service here is also a great way to make a little extra cash, I mainly use Amazon for books, but you can sell anything should you so wish. Although, if it is a large, rarer item, Ebay may be a better option!

Thats all for today people, sorry for the lack of update yesterday. The weekend + sun in england = very rare, so I've spent the last 2 days sunning it up!! Whats with the weather lately? Could it get much better? I've probably gone and jinxed that now, fingers crossed it stays with us for a while longer yet!!

This little piggy went to market...

I discovered PhonePiggyBank through OnePoll, a survery site with a high payout of £40, which I do every now and then, but Lightspeed is much much better!! Anyway, enough about surveys, what todays blog post is about is PhonePiggyBank.

What PhonePiggyBank do is take cash for your old mobile phones, I recently sent off my old Sony Ericsson W810, which had a huge crack on the screen, they offered me £20 for it. Which isn't bad considering the state it was in!

What you do is go onto the website, select your phone model, they will give you a price for it. Then just accept this price, and you will receive a letter in the post. Mine came within 2 days!!

You then just put your phone, fully charged, into the jiffy bag, and put on it the FREEPOST label provided. So no need to even pay for postage! Then just send it off, easy as that!! I would recommend recorded delivery to prevent any damages, this came to 75p for my moible phone.

They will then send you a cheque in the post once they have received your phone, all in all a very good website for students who have old mobile phones lying around gathering dust. A nice way to make a bit of money on your old mobiles!!

And most of all, its free!! (apart from the small payment for recorded delivery should you choose to send it that way)

So, get on over to PhonePiggyBank now and trade your mobile in for cash.

Every little helps

Yesterday, I was cleaning out my room and managed to find £2.50 under the bed, and I thought to myself, what if I were to put £1 away every day for a year. That way, come a year I will have £365 saved up for possibly a holiday or something special. And that £1 everyday I'm sure wouldnt be missed, to make sure that you don't touch the fund you can buy money tins that you cannot open unless you use a tin opener, this is a very good investment indeed. You can get these for as little as 99p from your local card shop!

I now have 3 of these, one for coppers, one for silver and another for my pound coins. I have already saved up £5 in a little matter of 2 days, just from coins I manage to find around.

Now, I was recently browsing blogs, and came upon this post regarding the same idea, and I believe it to be a very good idea indeed. To put away £1 everyday for a year, this is easy to do, as instead of buying that lunch or sausage roll, just put the pound in your money box.

Thanks to Darietto over at Money Saver Blog for this great idea!!

Everyone get putting a pound away each day, to save up for next years holiday! Let me know how you get on...

Are online surveys worth it?

In the case of Lightspeed, the answer is simple, yes!

I have tried out many survey sites in my time, very few actually are profitable, or have a high pay out amounts. But Lightspeed are different from other survey sites in that they reward you with points instead of cash, and what do points make? Prizes! (cheesey =P)

I joined Lightspeed last week and have already accumulated over 500 points and today I received my first payment of £3 through PayPal, this may not seem like a lot, but in a week, for half an hour of my time each day, I wouldn't say no.

So, for students looking for that little bit of extra cash to help, get onto Lightspeed now, as they will stop recruiting very soon, and earn points which can be redeemed for various prizes, such as HMV, Amazon or MP3 vouchers, and physical prizes are available too!!

It is the only survey site that I have joined so far that have actually paid out. So hurry on over there now to start earning a little bit of extra cash!

LightSpeed Panel