Money Saving Tips: How I make my phone work for me ~ SWAGBUCKS

My phone works for me on this, but I also do most of my Swagbucks earning on my laptop.

But with more people going mostly mobile, this just may be a perfect for you. 

You can read more about Swagbucks here and here.   

This is my referral link.   Swagbucks has a referral program.  For each referral that signs up and earns swagbucks, Swagbucks will then award me with a bonus of 10% of your earnings into my account.  It is a win win for both!   Please consider signing up through my link if you decide this is something for you. 

Swagbucks is a search engine. You can earn swagbucks for just doing your normal every day online searches through their search engine.  There are also varying tasks that can be done each day that will earn you swagbucks.  Swagbucks can be earned for completing surveys, watching videos, printing and redeeming manufacturer coupons.  Finding and entering swagcodes.  

It took some creativity and time to figure out how to fit the tasks into my day, but now it is just apart of my online routine.  Between my phone and laptop, I earn enough swagbucks each month to trade them in for 2 $25 gift cards of my choice!  That is $50 !  This past weekend, I headed to Walmart with some of my gift cards earned from Swagbucks and went grocery shopping.  It was so exciting to buy groceries and not use any family budget money!! 

My Amazon box came!

Thanks to Swagbucks I was able to order these two books, plus a stocking stuffer last week for nothing out of pocket! (I, also, ordered a copy of Breathe for a friend. In case you do the math and wonder how I managed to get free shipping.) Woohoo.

Swagbucks! Another Gift Card in my Inbox !!

Just received my email with my $25 E-Gift Card tonight!!  Loving Swagbucks ! 

Currently, each month you can redeem 2200 Swagbucks for your first $25 e-gift card each month. Usually each $25 gift card is worth 2500 SBs or Swagbucks.  My goal each month currently is to earn enough Swagbucks/SBs to redeem one of theses gift cards every month for the remainder of the year!  2 months down!! 

I wrote more about Swagbucks here. 

Living frugally with a desire to give and bless others

I am an extreme couponer to a degree.

My kids joke I should be on the tv show. 

I shake my head in disagreement. 

My motivation is different and my methods are scattered and disorganized. 

I love the deals. 

There is a thrill in the savings and getting much for paying little.

It would be easy for it to go to far, to have more than could be used and dates come and go and things expire and have to be discarded. 

For me though, there is blessing in the couponing and deal seeking. 

Maybe a little justification for the internal thrill and adrenaline boost as well, just being honest. 

I want to give.  I want to give generously.  I want to give good gifts and bless those around me.

Yet, financially that is not always feasible.

Swagbucks!

Today I logged into my email and found this:

Oh happy day!  My current goal is to earn enough swagbucks each month that I can get a $25 gift card.  I was a couple of days into July before that happened.  I don't know when I set that goal in June, so maybe I was within a month.  At some point, I made my deadline the end of the month.  So I am working at it this month and we will see how I do.  Sure made me smiler bigger than ever to get this email today! 

If you aren't familiar with Swagbucks, you can sign up here.  (that is my referral link..there are bonuses for getting people to sign up through your link.)  

I earn most of my Swagbucks through redeeming coupons. I print coupons through their site.  

However, I do keep an eye out for when there are swagcodes and work with the kids in getting them entered into my computer. Sometimes I am away from home and get an alert on my phone.  They enjoy the benefits of gift cards so they are usually very helpful when it comes to getting these swagcodes entered.  Love having children enjoy thriftiness.  

I also earn swagbucks through the referral program.  

My kiddos enjoy watching the cooking videos and zoo animal videos.  That helps in earning swagbucks each day.  

I do various activities as time allows, including the daily poll, daily crave and NOSO under the daily To Do list. 

Of course, I use Swagbucks as my search engine and earn swagbucks by searching.  You are not likely to earn with every internet search you make, however, I do earn something every day.  I find myself wanting to shout "Swagbucks" like some people shout "Bingo" when the pop-up appears on my screen. To be honest, sometimes I do!  

Earning the 2200-2500 a month does take some intentional work, but it doesn't add much to my day. I just look at it as part of my "job" each day.  Stretch my dollars, save and put aside for the special things. 

(Some links are referral links.  I may receive rewards or compensation from these referral links if you sign up through them.)