If you have some spare time, this site is pretty neat. At Spotwinner you earn points, or "SpotCash", for watching television commercials and rating them. You also earn entries into contests that are held on a regular basis. Entries for the contests can also be earned by playing games and more. And people actually win! I have a few connections on a social site that have won some great prizes like cash, PSPs, picture frames and more.
I didn't really want to sign up at first but I got SO jealous seeing how often they were winning things so I finally signed up and I am glad I did! I have only been on the site for about 2 weeks and don't sign on daily. But I still won 100 SpotCash. You can use these points for a variety of gift cards. Free gift cards- can't beat it! Plus the chance to win great prizes! With Christmas coming up I don't want to miss the chance to win something that I could give as a gift- just another way to save money :) Definately a site worth checking out.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
I Don't Search for Free.
And neither should you!
Why would you search for free when you could win prizes or earn money to search the internet. I belong to a handful of "paid to search" sites. Some of them randomly give out points (or their currency of money) when you search, some pay per search. Most of them give you entries into contests for every search you perform.
My favorite is Swagbucks. At Swagbucks you search and they randomly give out "swagbucks" that vary from 1-5. It might go higher than 5 but that is the highest amount I have ever won. Every buck you win can be redeemed for prizes. If you search daily you will likely win 30 or more swagbucks every month. Prizes can be redeemed starting at 6 Swagbucks, though the amount changes with promotions. Right now they have a bunch of baseball cards that are mostly 10 swagbucks. 6 Swagbucks will get you a $5 e-certificate to a site called Overdrive Electronics. A $5 Amazon.com gift card is 45 Swagbucks and a $5 Starbucks giftcard is 50 Swagbucks. These amounts can change from time to time. They have tons of prizes under 100 Swagbucks and more are added all of the time. If you are not impatient, like I am, you can save for a really big prize like the WII Fit for 1200 SBs, the PSP for 1600 SBs and much more. I use Swagbucks for my homepage so that I can search everytime I get on the computer! I have redeemed 253 Swagbucks to date and currently have almost 40 SBs ready to cash in. I have primarily choosen Starbucks gift cards but have also picked out one Amazon.com gift card. I think this time I will try to save a little longer, especially since I now trust this site to pay!
Next is My Search Funds. MSF pays money for every search. They pay in pounds instead of dollars. There are two ways to use MSF to earn money. You can set your search box to be MSF. That is what I have done. Once I have won my Swagbucks for the day I move over to MSF to make some money. You can also make it your home page. Since I already have my homepage I don't use this option. The most I have made in one day at this site is .44 pounds. (sorry, I don't know how to get the symbol). Mostly I only do a search or two a day. So my earnings there are pretty slow. This site also has some fun gadgets, especially if you want to make it your home page. You can customize it to show a variety of things like news, currency converter, blogs, games and more. I have set mine up but it would be more worth it if it was my home page.
Stay tuned for more of my favorite search sites!
Always remember that you must follow the terms of every site so that you do not violate them and lose everything!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Move Over Fantasy Football!
I never understood fantasy football. Betting on something that doesn't exist never made sense. Now I sort of get it because I have found Fantasy Stock Trading!
There is a site called Wall Street Survivor where you get $100,000 (pretend of course) to use "buying, selling and trading" stock. Everything on the site is in real time (with a delay unless you upgrade). So you can see what would really happen if you invested. A good way to get practice if you are thinking about buying stocks in the future. And fun if you will never have the money to do it for real! I just signed up a few days ago and "bought" a few stocks. I also "sold" one that was doing terrible. I am very impulsive! Probably not a good idea in real life because I lost a few hundred dollars from it. It is really cool to see updates every 15 minutes.
And the best part about the site...the REAL money you can win with contests. AND the loyalty points you can earn for doing stuff on the site like making trades and logging in. Loyalty points are redeemed for Amazon.com gift cards.
Fun and money?! Can't beat that!!
Sign up to play:
There is a site called Wall Street Survivor where you get $100,000 (pretend of course) to use "buying, selling and trading" stock. Everything on the site is in real time (with a delay unless you upgrade). So you can see what would really happen if you invested. A good way to get practice if you are thinking about buying stocks in the future. And fun if you will never have the money to do it for real! I just signed up a few days ago and "bought" a few stocks. I also "sold" one that was doing terrible. I am very impulsive! Probably not a good idea in real life because I lost a few hundred dollars from it. It is really cool to see updates every 15 minutes.
And the best part about the site...the REAL money you can win with contests. AND the loyalty points you can earn for doing stuff on the site like making trades and logging in. Loyalty points are redeemed for Amazon.com gift cards.
Fun and money?! Can't beat that!!
Sign up to play:
Friday, October 10, 2008
Joffrey's Part Deux
Well, those fabulous people at Joffrey's had us take a survey a bit ago. They were trying to get some ideas for a new flavor. Of course I had terrible ideas along the lines of mint or mint chocolate. But after gathering all of their information they came up with a new blend that they decided to call Coffee 2.0!
The description is kind of odd and would turn me off if I were reading it at the store. The layout is really cool and takes after its' name.
From the bag:
Joffrey's Coffee 2.0, the specially engineered, highly optimized flavorful coffee developed for hard working techies and social media lovers.
Made from 100% Arabica Beans, Coffee 2.0 is hand-roasted to perfection. This brew is fueled with flavor and eye-popping energy to help you get your work done throughout the day and into the wee hours of the morning.
It follows with Tags (too cute) and categories to describe the coffee.
So I tried the coffee the morning after receiving the sample in the mail (it came really fast!). It has a really strong smell that I wasn't too fond of. I perfer mellow scents and this isn't one. I brewed it and flavored it with my coffeemate creamer. YUMMMM! I can't really explain the flavor but it is definately STILL way better than Folger's or Maxwell House coffee. Those regular coffees now taste more like old cigarettes than ever. They just aren't good anymore. Never before have I been able to justify spending more on coffee because nothing ever tasted much better than the cheap stuff. Now I am going to have to try to save some money every so often to grab a bag of Joffrey's. Darn them!
The description is kind of odd and would turn me off if I were reading it at the store. The layout is really cool and takes after its' name.
From the bag:
Joffrey's Coffee 2.0, the specially engineered, highly optimized flavorful coffee developed for hard working techies and social media lovers.
Made from 100% Arabica Beans, Coffee 2.0 is hand-roasted to perfection. This brew is fueled with flavor and eye-popping energy to help you get your work done throughout the day and into the wee hours of the morning.
It follows with Tags (too cute) and categories to describe the coffee.
So I tried the coffee the morning after receiving the sample in the mail (it came really fast!). It has a really strong smell that I wasn't too fond of. I perfer mellow scents and this isn't one. I brewed it and flavored it with my coffeemate creamer. YUMMMM! I can't really explain the flavor but it is definately STILL way better than Folger's or Maxwell House coffee. Those regular coffees now taste more like old cigarettes than ever. They just aren't good anymore. Never before have I been able to justify spending more on coffee because nothing ever tasted much better than the cheap stuff. Now I am going to have to try to save some money every so often to grab a bag of Joffrey's. Darn them!
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