Here is a good potential bonus offer for new customers. Chase Bank is offering a $175 bonus for opening Chase FREE Checking account at branch, and using Direct Deposit, Online Bill pay and opening FREE Savings Account.
Offer valid 12/01/07 through 02/29/08. Chase Free CheckingSM requires a $100 minimum opening deposit of new money (money not currently held by this bank or its affiliates) to qualify for the $125 reward. Chase Free Checking has no monthly service fee when you have a monthly direct deposit. Limit one personal checking account-related reward/premium per customer, per calendar year. Coupon code is 3138738000070922.
Chase accepts ACH transfers for their direct deposit. Make sure you continue to transfer money every month otherwise you will get hit with a $6 inactivity fee.
Most banks treat ACH transfers as direct deposits. Essentially they don’t care where the money is coming from as long as you keep it flowing.
Chase will give you an additional $10 if you use online bill pay 3 times in the first 60 days.
Chase is also offering an additional $40 when you open a free savings account (0.2% APY) with $500 new money and set up automatic transfers of at least $100 a month (which can be deactivated when you get home). I got a mailer for this yesterday, but I’ll try to find a link.
Both offers say they will report the bonus as interest to the IRS.
Note that Chase does pull a hard credit check on you when applying online. Not sure if they would do so if you applied in branch.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
FREE $175 Offer from Chase Bank
Wii Browser Shop "Hack"
This Wii Browser Shop "Hack" method uses nph-proxy (Perl). Most code from official Wii shop and php proxy version.
How to sell ads on your Blog for $100 per month
Rating Burner is a relatively new website that can help get your blog and blog feed to and get some exposure.
dobrobot - is a spider of ratingburner.com website. It is discover feeds of blogs and add them into the rating.
Dobrobanner is a new innovative way of publishing prices for ads on your blog. All you need to do is to put a special code somewhere at homepage of your blog.
It could be hidden into html comment like this: < !-- dobrobanner|100 -- >.
This means that price of banner placement is $100 per month.
After that bot will find this code and publish it into the rating in your blog column.
Advertisers can order blogs by ads price and contact you if they would like to place a banner in your blog.
Where to get Trend Micro coupon codes
While browsing the internet for deals on AntiVirus software I came across two offers from Trend Micro that were giving away free coupon codes for purchasing from the site.
Here are the two deals on Trend Micro coupon codes:
1. 10% Off - Trend Micro Internet Security 2008
US - 10% Off - Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 - Comprehensively safeguards your computers, your home networks and your personal identity.
Offer Expires 03/31/08
Use Coupon Code: TrendIS08
2. 20% Off - Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2008
US - 20% Off - Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2008 specifically safeguards your computer, personal files and privacy from malicious attacks.
Offer Expires 03/31/08
Use Coupon Code: TrendAVS08
Would you Embed WordPress Anywhere ?
Following the successful launch of BidVertiser Ads for Feeds, they have
now added 3 unique solutions that allow you to keep your current feed
address (including FeedBurner!) when running BidVertiser ads for Feeds.
Here are the three WordPress Plugin and FeedBurner Solutions that are most talked about.
1. WordPress Plugin to allow you to seamlessly embed the BidVertiser Ads in your feeds.
2. Solution for FeedBurner that allows you to embed the BidVertiser Ads in your current FeedBurner address (and keep your Subscribers Count!).
3. Solution for Blogger that allows you to embed the BidVertiser Ads in the footer of each of your post feeds.
All of those great features are now available for you in your publisher control panel under the Get Feed Widget button (after registering a feed).
More info can also be found at http://blog.bidvertiser.com. You can sign up for your FREE account on BidVertiser as an advertiser or publisher.
Get 20% to 30% bonus miles from SkyMiles
Help your family and friends get that Award Ticket they’ve always wanted by sharing your miles.
And while you’re at it, you will get a few extra bonus miles.
From February 1 to March 31 all SkyMiles members that transfer miles to friends and family will receive an extra 20% bonus miles for each transaction.
And as a special bonus for all of Medallion members, you will get a 30% bonus for all transactions.
So, for example, if you are a SkyMiles member and transfer 10,000 miles, your recipient will receive a bonus of 2,000 miles for a total of 12,000 mile.
Log in to your SkyMiles account to get started
Make money from Super Bowl
Asking prices for the Feb. 3 game range from $2,450 to $19,446 at StubHub, a unit of eBay and the biggest of the online resellers. Officials there say the average price so far is $4,300 for tickets that the National Football League originally priced at either $700 or $900.
Die-hard Giants and Patriots fan are paying record prices to scalpers for tickets to this year's Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., and the total dollar volume of resold seats could be the biggest ever, according to ticketing firms.
Did you know you can make money by selling the Super Bowl tickets through available to the public every year. How ? Through a lottery system. Around 10% of the patrons at the Super Bowl are public seats. Did you know that you can be considered for the lottery by sending in an entry ?
1. Send your entry on a 3x5 card or piece of paper.
2. Entries are accepted between Feb. 1 and June 1 of the year preceeding the game
3. Entries must include your name, address, phone number and email address, and must be sent certified or registered mail.
You will be notified by October/November if you are eligible to purchase tickets.
Requests should be sent to:
Super Bowl Random Drawing
PO BOX 49140
Strongsville, OH 44149-0140
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Blog Earnings Report for Jan 2008
Jan 2008 has passed pretty quickly for me with two vacations and it was a rather spectacular month in regards to earnings as well. My earnings have jumped up 300% from last month earnings of $115.33 up to $343.63 in Jan 2008 as a result of more sponsored posts and blog advertising. I’m really not sure why the difference between the worst day (Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 - 2.44% of my AdSense earnings) and the best day (Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 - 3.97% of my AdSense earnings) was so immense considering that the best day followed the worst day immediately.
My previous earnings were as follows:
Nov 2007 earnings of $124.07
Oct 2007 earnings of $111.75
I’m still trying to get a little bit more diversity into my earnings with the goal that my AdSense earnings jump 50% while keeping the money earned stable. I think I will have to test a few schemes and get rid of some that do not make that much sense anymore. I have monetized my blog in 18 different ways listed below.
Here are my blog earnings for Jan 2008:
1. SponsoredReviews.com Earnings: $137.37
2. Google AdSense Earnings: $59.02
3. A.W.Surveys Earnings: $37.75
4. AuctionAds / ShoppingAds Earnings: $25
5. WidgetBucks Earnings: $25
6. Smorty Blog Advertising Earnings: $12
7. Buxr Earnings: $10
8. Kontera ContentLink(TM) Earnings: $10.65
9. Helium Earnings: $7.37
10. Blogsvertise Earnings: $5
11. PayPerPost Earnings: $5
12. Fusion Cash Earnings: $5
13. BidVertiser Earnings: $3.17
14. AdBrite Earnings: $0.99
15. Pheedo Feed Advertising Earnings: $0.14
16. Voxant Newsroom Earnings: $0.07
17. Shareapic.net Earnings: $0.06
18. Hubpages Earnings: $0.04
Total Blog Earnings for Jan 2008: $343.63
I want to concentrate on direct ad sales as well because this is something that I have been neglecting for a very long time. The stats from last month showed for instance that both Evertons and John Chows direct ad sales made up 9.11% and 11.45% of their total earnings while mine remained at 0.33%.
To sum up my plans for Feb 2008:
+ Focus on direct ad sales
+ Remove AdSense Search and install a better search
+ Get rid of Feedburner Ads in Feeds
+ Try out some selected affiliate programs to diversify my income
Click here to signup these 18 money making programs for your Blog and earn upto $5,000 from referrals and advertising.
How was Jan 2008 for you ?
$1 Million Service Guarantee for Identity Protection
I came acorss an Identity theft prevention program called LifeLock that will guarantee your identity up to $1,000,000. Is this another marketing gimmick ? Well they have such a strong brand promotion and confidence in their solution that they have listed the social security number of the CEO Todd Davis on their website!
"I'm Todd Davis, CEO of LifeLock, and yes, that’s my real social security number 457-55-5462 "
I cant verify that this is true, but still this is very convincing for anyone to
signup for LifeLock because you will be absolutely confident LifeLock is protecting your good name and personal information.
To receive the best discount available use LifeLock promo code: RD11.
LifeLock provides you with:
No more junk mail
$1 Million Guarantee
Free credit reports
No more unsolicited credit card offers
Notice whenever anyone tries to use your credit
You will get the first 30 Days Free and additionally you will save $21.00 from the annual subscription price of lifelock, or if you choose to pay monthly, you will receive 10% off your subscription cost just by using the LifeLock Code RD11.
If you prefer to enroll over the phone just call 1-877-LIFELOCK and when asked for your LifeLock promotion codes mention RD11
How to Earn Extra Blog Revenue with PayPerPost
PayPerPost, get paid to blog about products and services. The sentence is very attractive and it seems to be easy-money-making program. It is simple, write posts on opportunity available, get approval and get paid.
PayPerPost pays minimum of $5.00 per post and allows 3 posts per day. If you are hardworking, you can make around $450.00 per month from PayPerPost. Before you can make money from PayPerPost, you need to know some simple tricks and blog ethics.
1. Blog Submission
Only submit your blog which is 90 days old and your blog must have at least 20 posts. The step mentioned is important to make sure your blog get approval from PPP.
Make sure your posts are good quality, correct grammar and use correct punctuation. Don’t simply create 20 posts and try to cheat. Quality is important.
2. Post per page
Make your blog to show at least 5 posts in your main page. This is to make sure your blog get approval. At default, Blogger.com shows 7 posts per page. So, if possible, do not make any changes to it.
3. Posts Layout
Make sure that your posts show in the FULL READ layout. Try not to use the short layout with “Read more…”. Make the posts show the full article.
4. Getting more traffic
Getting traffic is the most important factor. So, you can use some pinging services and social bookmarking sites to help you get some traffic. Personally, I recommend using Digg and Reddit. Both of the sites are quite good.
5. PayPal
Make sure you have your PayPal account. If you don’t have 1, apply for paypal or else you will not get payment from PayPerPost.
Follow all the steps mentioned above properly. It might help you to get approval from PayPerPost. After you submit your blog to PayPerPost, you will need to wait for 3 to 4 days. Once your blog is approved, you can start to find opportunities in PayPerPost and make money.
Start making money from PPP, Turn your blog posts into your money making machine.
Click here to learn how I make $200 per month from PayPerPost
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Soda Machine Secret: Two Coke's for the price of one
Here’s a quick video I found on YouTube. These kids show us how to hack into a Coke soda machine: get 2 drinks for the price of 1. If you want to check out their site by the way, visit it at thefixed.org.
Access to Fash Cash
You are probably very adversed with an advertisement that says "Need Cash Until Payday? No Credit Checks!" These are nothing but payday loans, check loans and payroll cash advance loans and are refering to the same type of loan transaction.
Payday loans maybe helpful for you to get instance cash upto $1500 that have a short term cash flow problems because it offers an express loan without credit checks and other document that usually are needed for payday loan procedures.
The process is very simple, just fill out an application, sign a loan agreement, your check is held until loan payment is due, the lender then deposits your check and you are all set to grab the money.
You can find payday loans anywhere and everywhere on the internet. Just google it and you’ll be served with over 20,000,000 sites offering these services, choosing the best payday loans is rather complicated .. but you can start with trustsource.org
How are my new Glasses?
Zenni Optical is my one stop shop for stylish prescription glasses and cases. I have a variety of selection choices for frames, bifocals, single vision lens, potochromic lens, tinted suglasses lens, and progressive lens. Why does Zenni sell glassess at such Low Prices? Its because they sell only their own manufactured frames direct to the customer. They dont have any intermediary and no advertising budget. You can order the complete kit online from your computer. The s/h charge is only $4.95 per order, no matter how many glasses you order.
I've trusted these guys if you need an exam, and would like to see and try the frames on before purchase. Zenni Optical: Sell Rx Glasses $8 with case! is a good bargain at $8 per pair shipped (anti radiation coating is 4.95).
Zenni Optical now provides FREE of cost servicing for :
1. Anti Scratch coating
2. UV protection
3. Lens Edge polishing and Beveling
Monday, January 28, 2008
FREE Credit Report
According to a 2007 Javelin Identity Fraud Report, identity theft cost U.S. businesses and consumers $88.6 billion in 2007. Looking for a safe way to stay away from the millions of identity thieves on the internet, then get yourself guarded with the Debix immediately. This will only cost you $89 for one year subscription plus another 30 days, freee! Isn’t that great?
Now, how does it work? Simple, you just need to check out the Debix Promotion Code through its website, and enroll from there. Don’t be alarmed if what you will open is Loud Siren web page because you are not misinformed. LoudSiren is the consumer-direct partner of Debix that manages to distribute Debix Promo Code to its site, bank, and business channels.
When you get yourself with the Debix Promo Code right now, you will surely be secured with its professional service.
1. You enroll; they provide you with up to three personal and confidential telephone numbers.
2. These numbers will be contacted or alarmed each time your information is given out.
3. This will be forwarded to Debix Identity Protection, where you will then be called to validate the said information and as well as the loan you are making.
4. If it is valid, you confirm and if not, the thief is bagged. Easy!
Remember to enter the Promo Code "Debix" on the enrollment page on Debix.com
Fresheezy- Studip Name, Fresh Themes!
Are you looking for dynamic graphic design and Adobe Photoshop content for your site or Blog? Need to refresh your old bag of tricks? Brusheezy has assembled the resources you need. These Photoshop books, software packages and peripherals will help beginners get started and will show the old pros a few new tricks. Check out these awesome deals on Photoshop Brushes.
You will also find great resources on
1. Free stock photos
2. Great web hosting
3. Photoshop tutorials
4. Free vector graphics
5. Go Media Freebies
Sunday, January 27, 2008
More FREE Samples
How many junk e-mail addresses do you have?
Unfortunately, no free razors to be found today.
First stop, free samples at Wal-mart.
Currently available deals: (refresh page to get new deals!!)
1. South Beach granola snacks
2. Dove Shampoo
3. Head and Shoulders shampoo
4. Friskies dry cat food
5. "Intimately Beckham" cologne/perfume
Remember one FREE sample per junk email address.
Second stop in the Slickdeals Freebies area:
1. Free 8-week membership to Bally fitness.
(Be prepared to deal with the usual gym hard-sell)
2. Free Jamba Juice smoothie if you are a 24hour Fitness member.
3. 5 free music downloads from Rhapsody
(Are they any good?)
FREE Online File Conversion Tool
Zamzar, a free online file conversion tool, allows any web user to convert any file type (videos, images, or documents) online without downloading anything. Not satisfied ? Well, other than converting file types, you can use Zamzar to download YouTube videos to your desired file type.
Say if you want to download YouTube video for your iPod for example, then Zamzar will do it for you in 4 easy steps:
1. To download a YouTube video, all I did was enter the URL of the video,
2. I chose the desired converted format (.mov), put in my email address, and clicked Convert.
3. I got a result saying that they will email me my download link as soon as possible, depending on how large the file is.
4. The download link will was sent to the email address I entered in. I clicked on my download link, and there it was downloading my video.
After the download I opened the file. It played perfectly as if it was converted with any professional $100 application for streaming video conversion.
Wordpress plugins to bring in some money
While checking out some other internet marketing blogs, I came across a post talking about someone using a wordpress plug-in called "Link-A-Dink" to sell links on their blog. Pretty sweet use of that plugin!
After reading it, I got thinking about other plugins and how they could be used creatively to make money from.
Here’s a challenge to all my 500 readers here to share your own ideas on how to use various Wordpress plugins to make money online. Just feel free to post your Wordpress plugin ideas to make money online as comments to this post.
Here’s my entry of an exciting new plugin:
Plugin: Add Signature
Download: http://wp-plugins.net/wpp2/download.php?id=1453
Description: Just like the name says. Adds signature to the end of your blog posts.
Monetize: Sell your signature!
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FREE Schick Quattro Titanium Razor
The Schick Quattro Titanium Razor was in stock, then out of stock, now back in stock!
Now they are offering FREE samples of Schick Quattro Titanium Razor while supplies last.
Just goto their site http://www.schickquattro.com/sample/
Enter your information for a FREE sample and your all set.
If successful, you should get the message "Thank you for signing up! Your free razor is on its way!".
Limit one razor per person, household, address. While supplies last. Must be 16 years of age or older to receive a free sample.
FREE technique to unprotect PDF files
It is usually very frustrating to copy and edit text from a protected PDF file to a text document and when you find that you can’t. Normally, you can use the text select tool in Adobe PDF reader to highlight and copy the text in a PDF document. I found this free solution on digg when I wanted to copy some ATM FEE rates from a PDF file and found that the protected PDF document didn’t allow me to select any text or numbers that were images.
Here's what I did to get around this issue.
1. Open the Snapshot Tool in Adobe PDF reader (camera icon)
2. Copy the text that you want to edit as an image and paste it into Microsoft Office Document Imaging.
3. Then, here’s the magic part, goto Tools > Recognize text using OCR
Hey, presto you have editable text.
4. Simply highlight the OCR’ed text and paste it into any word processor, like Open Office.
You can then resave it as a PDF file in Open Office after editing.
Isnt it easy to fix some annoying things with the tools that you already have ?
FREE $200 Brokerage Promotions at Tradeking and OptionsXpress
TradeKing is offering a $100 bonus (edit: may be targeted to specific people only) for new households opening an account with at least $2,500, and making one trade. You must keep $1,000 in the account for the first 6 months. I could not find a related TradeKing promotional code for this offer, but it appears to be valid. Check out my TradeKing review for some of my experiences and account tips.
OptionsXpress is also offering a $100 bonus if you open an account and fund with at least $500 by 3/31/08. They will also cover any transfer fees up to $100 if you move your entire account (of at least $2,000 value) to them. They have some cheap options contract prices if you are a very active trader. For equity trades, their commissions start at $10 which isn’t too special. $100 might convince me to check them out, though.
How to Hack an Elevator
Here’s a cool video which was actually in the #1 spot for Digg. This person from the video shows us an elevator hack that will bring you straight to the floor you desire. Very helpful if you’re late for a meeting.
Earn 10,000 Bonus Starwood Starpoints at Sheraton
The Starwood American Express credit card is my favorite credit card for acquiring miles. All members of the Starwood Starpoints program should register for its quarterly promo. You won't know what you get until you register. I was offered Double stays, double Starpoints or up to 10,000 bonus Starpoints for stays between December 1 and February 29, 2008. Others received even better offers.
Register to receive through March 31, 2008
1,000 points for your first stay.
2,000 points for your second stay.
3,000 points for your third stay.
Stays must be at the same participitating hotel or resort.
Four Points by Sheraton: Use any American Express Card to book and receive a third night free. Book and stay by March 11, 2008. Arrive on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
Double your British Airways Miles when you spend two nights or more in a participating Sheraton in Europe, Africa and Middle East 1 November 2007 - 15 January 2008.
Starwood offers discounts to AARP members of up to 50% on 21-day advance purchase rates or 15-25% off reservations every day.
AARP members can receive a free upgrade on their Starwood account by calling Starwood at (888) 625-4988 and mentioning enrollment code AARP.
Meeting planners should join Starwood's Preferred Planner program to earn mega points for holding events at its hotels.
Four Points Sheraton Norwood Hotel and Conference Center offers 500 Starwood Preferred bonus points when you Register and schedule your first meeting.
Where to find royalty free images or public domain pictures for your blog
Here are some resources where you can find free images and/or public domain pictures that you can use in a website, blog, articles, etc..
1. www.sxc.hu
Stock.XChng is one of the leading sites that offer high quality, high resolution, royalty free stock images for personal and public work. They allow you to use their images on websites, presentations, videos, cell phones, magazines, brochures, flyers, CD covers even business cards and letterheads! Some image rights do vary from picture to picture, so be sure to check the image restrictions first. At last glance, sxc.hu had over 336,000 photos in multiple categories.
2. http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
Gimp-Savvy.com is a community-indexed photo archives. Most of the images came from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The photos you’ll find here are copyright free, but some restrictions still apply. Specifically, people have a legal right to privacy, and the use of their likeness for commercial advertising typically requires a consent agreement. If a person is recognizable in an image, a model release must be obtained before using the image for commercial purposes.
3. http://yotophoto.com/
Yotophoto is a powerful image search engine for free-to-use stock photographs and images. These are images that are either in the Public Domain or released under generous Creative Commons, GNU FDL or similar licenses.
4. http://pdphoto.org/
About PD Photo:
PDPhoto.org is a repository for free public domain photos. Unless something is clearly marked as being copyrighted, you can assume it is free to use. But if you intend to use an image you find here for commercial use, please be aware that standards for such use are higher. Specifically, you should assume no model release was obtained. And pictures featuring products or property should be used with care.
5. http://flickr.com/photos/stockphoto_free/
This guy on Flickr.com is allowing anyone to freely use his photos. In his own words,
"If you are looking for free photo’s to use for your advertisment of leaflet or whatever. Just take what you need. For high resolution pictures I will charge you some euros. After that it’s all yours for the rest of your life."
6. http://www.fotogenika.net/modifica/igallery.asp
Fotogenika’s Terms of use
Please read this carefully before you start downloading images from Fotogenika.net; if you do not agree with these terms, do not use this website or download any photographic image from this location.
The images may be used freely for personal, educational and non-profit projects. You may not use them commercially, claim authorship and/or sell them. You must not redistribute the images and files in any way designed for reuse. If you want to use them commercially, please contact us for more information.
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FREE Software from State Farm Insurance : FREE 2007 TurboTax Online Federal
State Farm is offering free TurboTax Online for their customers. It’s a great deal given the tax season is around the corner, the deal includes both Federal and State software with eFile. You must be registered on StateFarm.com and have "at least 1 product (Bank, Insurance and/or Mutual Funds) displaying on My Account page". To verify if you qualify for this offer, just log into your account and look for the link to TurboTax
If you see the link, then Click on the "FREE tax filing" link and you’ll get a popup with a special link to turbotax that will give access to turbo tax promotion codes.
You should always go through the turbo tax promo codes link in the future as well in case you close your State Farm page.
If you’re not a State Farm customer, you can still get Federal + eFile for free at TaxAct, with State filing being an extra $13.95. No rebates required!
How I made $45 in Day 1 from PayPerPost
Finally I got approved into PayPerPost program and am excited to report that I made $45 on the first day by just responding to a couple of sponsored opportunities.
I like their PPP Direct tool that lets advertisers contact you directly and is a way for bloggers to monetize their blog outside of the PayPerPost Marketplace. By installing the PPP Direct Code and placing the PPP Direct Badge on their site, a blogger is able to negotiate directly with advertisers on price and scope.
You can too sign up a blogger using the form below, you get paid just like the referral program. $15 once the new Postie gets paid for their first opportunity post. And if you sign up an Advertiser, you'll get $25 when they make their first deposit!
SlickDeal on Prescription Eyeglasses
Here's a Great Discovery: Zenni Optical, your one stop shop for stylish prescription glasses and cases. You have a variety of selection choices for frames, single vision lens, sunsensor (potochromic) lens, tinted suglasses lens, bifocal lens and progressive lens. The Secret to Zenni’s Low Prices is that they sell only their own manufactured frames direct to the customer, with no middlemen and virtually no advertising budget. Above all you can order the complete kit online.
I've trusted these guys if you need an exam, and would like to see and try the frames on before purchase. Though they try to get you to sign up for their member plans ($100 and up I think) otherwise Zenni Optical $8 Rx Glasses is a good bargain at $8 per pair shipped (anti radiation coating is 4.95).
Yet another Best Thing Found: Zenni Optical now provides FREE of cost servicing for Casing, Anti Scratch, UV protection, Lens Edge polishing and Beveling and Coating.
The Shipping and Handling Charge is only a flat $4.95 per order, no matter how many glasses in the order.
