Money Making Tip of the Day: Sell Blood Plasma

If you can't stand needles, read no further. If you can indeed stand having the sharp little buggers be stabbed into you, read on. One of the fastest and easiest ways I have ever made money is by donating blood plasma. What's that, you ask? Plasma is part of your blood that can be separated out via a centrifuge. It is mostly made of water but also has proteins and other scientific stuff that you probably don't really care about. It is used to treat a myriad of diseases, including hemophilia. Now that the PSA on donating blood plasma is over, let's get onto the good part: how to make money off of selling your blood plasma. There are donation facilities all over the country. You can easily find locations online. After you've found one, call in and set up an appointment. At your first appointment, you will be screened via way too many health questions and a blood test. After this process (which can take 45 minutes), you will go into the donation room. There, they will let you lay down on a reasonably comfortable chair. Shortly thereafter, a phlebotomist will put a pretty good-sized needle into a vein in your arm. A machine next to you will then start up and start sucking your blood out. After it has gotten a decent amount, it will spin your blood in a centrifuge, separating out the plasma. After that, the machine will push what's left of your blood back into your blood stream and start the cycle all over again. The whole process will take around an hour. During this time, you can read or do pretty much any other sedentary activity that you'd like. After it's over, you will be given a pin number and can withdraw money from an atm using your special pin. You should expect at least $40 each time you donate. Many places will give you as much as $75 for your second visit because they can't use your first donation unless you give a second donation. You can usually donate twice each week, which is much different than donating straight blood. So there ya have it. You can make about $100 extra dollars each week for 2 hours of sitting around. It's basically free money for those of you that aren't IB Positive (IB Positive I'm not letting them stick a needle in me...). One last thing: Make sure to drink lots of water and eat healthy food before you go in. Dehydration and high lipid levels (from eating fatty foods) will make the process take much longer.

Money Making Tip of the Day: Sell Your Aluminum Cans

I know it sounds simple, but try it out. In most states you can get 5 cents per can. Even if you live in a state that doesn't sponsor a buyback program (as I do), there are still many private companies that will buy those old cans from you. Just think about it, you can get $1.20 from drinking that 24 pack of Bud Light that you burned through, or 60 cents from that 12 pack of pop/soda/coke (depending on what part of the country you're from). I know it's not a lot, but hey, it's free money! Plus, it can add up quickly. On my very healthy college diet, I am able to go through a 24 pack in a week. If I go that route for 30 weeks of the year (which, sadly, is very likely), I can end up cashing in on $36 over the year. I am also an avid soda drinker, and easily go through a 12 pack each weak, which can end up netting me just over $30 each year. You might as well try it out! Just think how stoked you are to find a 5 dollar bill in your pocket. Multiply that excitement by 6, and you get the amount of joy you get from following this tip (not really, but you will end up with 6X as much cash!). Also, while you're at it, please pull your tabs off of all your cans and donate them to the Ronald McDonald house. They have an awesome charity going on there, and you can read more about it by clicking the picture below. Happy can crushing!