10 New Ideas For Making Money In The Spare Time

4. Earn cash by downloading apps

I’ll be honest, you aren’t going to make a fortune downloading the following apps but you can make some extra cash each month by doing very little. Here’s some of my personal favorites:

The Swagbucks app pays you for answering simple survey questions.
Media Insiders pays you for watching television.
Stash gives you $5 to start investing.
Clink will give you $5 to start saving
When you walk, Bitwalking will pay you in a virtual currency called Bitwalking Dollars.
Nielsen Homescan gives you cash for scanning your grocery receipts.
Achievement pays you for completing healthy activities.
MobileXpression will give you cash, gift cards, and merchandise for surfing online.
The Ibotta app pays you for taking pics of your receipts.
Paribus scans your emails for receipts and will issue a refund if there’s a price drop.

5. Write to Congress

Writing has long been a favorite side-gig for people. However, with the 2016 presidential election, don’t be surprised to see an influx of letters to Congress. And, you may be able cash-in on this trend. DDC Public Affairs and NextWave are bipartisan advocacy groups that launch grassroots political campaigns on issues ranging from energy, healthcare, taxes, and defense.

All of these hire people to call all constituents or advocates and then transfer their opinions into written letters. You’re assigned campaigns, but you can reject them if you want. They expect you to work 20-25 hours per week and you start-off at $12 to $15 per hour.