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Making ends meet in Boston is not always easy. Sometimes you need to go outside your every day job to make a little extra money. If you find yourself in need of some quick cash, here are several sure fire ways to get it. Many of them can even be done from your computer.

1) Make Extra Money With Surveys

Survey Taking For Money

Paid surveys are a popular way to make extra money. A countless number of people have discovered that, through doing paid surveys, they can get the money that they need without burdening their schedule. If you are interested in paid surveys, we have the website for you Swagbucks. As other websites have come and gone, Swagbucks has remained a constant int he industry providing people with reliable income month after month. They even give you a nice $5 bonus just for signing up with them.

Sign up with Swagbucks here.

Once you join, you will see dozens, if not hundreds of surveys that you can choose from to make money. If you get bored of the surveys, you can even earn in other ways. Watch some videos, play games or even shop. All of the stuff that you do online already now, you can make money with at Swagbucks.

2) Get Paid To Shop

You are going os hop online anyway, so stop leaving money on the table. MyPoints gives you money when you shop online and not at obscure stores either. You can earn money by shopping at all the big ones like Amazon, Best Buy, Kohls and more. You can also receive exclusive savings and coupons on their website. Check them out now and make some good extra money on the side by doing what you already do.

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3) Sell Plasma in Boston

There are many for profit plasma centers that need your donation and they are willing to pay you for it. Donating plasma is a bit different than donating whole blood because your red blood cells are returned to your blood. This means that you do not have the long recovery time that you do with whole blood donation. It also means that you can donate more than once a month. In fact, you can make $200 to $300 a month donating your plasma. As a side benefit, you get your blood pressure checked for free and you have the satisfaction of knowing that you might have helped save a life. Here are a few places in Boston where you can donate.

1. LeukoLab
   500 Congress St #1A, Quincy, MA 02169
   (857) 972-7330
2. Research Blood Components
   1340 Soldiers Field Rd Suite 3, Boston, MA 02135
   (617) 782-0096

4) Use Your Car To Make Money

If you like to drive and you have a decent vehicle, you can make some good money driving. Companies like Uber and Lyft will pay you to drive in your spare time. The great thing is that this pays well and you can do it when and where you want. Just clock yourself in whenever you have a little free time and want to make some money driving in Boston.Many people make full time incomes driving for these companies so making a bit of cash on the side should be no issue. Make more money by driving in the most popular areas at peak times.

Hate the idea of a bunch of strangers in your vehicle? You can also consider Uber Eats and make money delivering food.

5) Make Cash With Boston Focus Groups

These are better known as discussion panels or groups and they are held at local Boston market research companies. In these discussion groups, you, along with other consumers, will talk about products, services, ad campaigns, etc. The good thing about these surveys is that they pay rather well, over $25 an hour in many cases. The bad thing is that you have to show up at a certain time, so they are less convenient. Discussion panels can also be hard to get because the competition is fierce and the amount of jobs is limited. Still, you should give it a shot. Put your name on market research databases. Here are some to get you on your way.

• Bernett Research Services
  617-737-4500
• Chadwick Martin Bailey
  617-350-8922

If you do get selected for a focus group in Boston, be sure to treat it like an interview. You will probably not get many of these jobs but if you can show that you are responsible and a good reviewer, you might get the call more often than others. To that end, show up on time, dress nicely and participate fully.

6) Trade Scrap Metal For Cash

When you think about recycling metal, you might just think about aluminum cans, but it goes much farther than that. You can also recycle brass, stainless, steel copper and much more. If you have a truck, this is a great way to make extra cash in Boston because this stuff is just lying around on the street. People often put metal out on the curb for bulk trash pickup. You can grab this metal and bring it in to a metal recycler. You get cash in hand and you help the environment by keeping these things out of the landfills.

Check out A Street Metals and inquire about selling them your scrap.You can contact them at 617-268-8200 and find them at 29 A Street South Boston, MA 02127.

More About Boston Surveys

• Please be aware that you will not make a full time income taking paid surveys. A lot of websites are trying to lure people in with such false promises but it is just not true. Sure, you can make a nice part time or supplemental income, but it will never equal full time money. So, n, you will not be able to quit your day job no matter what a website promises. Also, no, online surveys will not pay you $100 or even $50 per survey. It is just not true and any website that claims this should be avoided.
• Never pay for access to a website. You are getting into this business to make money, not to spend it so put away that credit card. Pay for access sites are almost never a good idea.

This information is intended to help those who live in Boston, Cambridge, New Bedford, Providence, Manchester, Lowell, Cambridge, New Bedford, Brockton, Quincy, Lynn, Fall River, Newton, Nashua, Warwick, Cranston, Somerville, Lawrence, Pawtucket, Framingham, Waltham, Haverhill, Malden, Brookline, Plymouth, Medford, Taunton, Weymouth, Revere, Peabody or Methuen.

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