How to get extra 10% on your 2007 Economic Stimulus check?

Sears is pretty desperate for that stimulus check money. They're offering a bonus to anyone who converts their stimulus check into a Sears Gift Card. Note that the Stimulus Rebate is NOT an advance on next year's refund.

Sears plans on offering a 10% bonus to anyone who converts their fiscal-stimulus checks into a Sears or Kmart gift card.

The announcement came as many scrambled to turn in their taxes, which are due at midnight. The Internal Revenue Service will begin sending the checks in early May.

Customers can present their checks at a cash register at Sears and Kmart to convert it into a gift card at the full value of the check, and to receive a bonus gift card worth 10% of the check.

The details for shoppers who elect to receive the fiscal-stimulus check by direct deposit are still being worked out, but they will likely be able to register online to receive a coupon to bring to stores.

To be eligible, the amount of gift cards purchased must be equal to the full value of the stimulus check.

The promotion is scheduled to last between May 14 and July 19. The gift cards have no expiration and no fees.

Does this tempt you? Or will your rebate check go towards paying off some debt?

FREE Microsoft Office Accounting Express

Microsoft is offering Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008 for free.

Just go to Microsoft Office Online and click on “Download Accounting Express 2008 for free”.

Note that this is not a free trial or an evaluation version. You’re getting the full version and a free license.

Here is the link to the offer:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx

Complimentary movie theatre & museum tickets

American Express and Del Taco are running a joint promotion. Use your AMEX card three times between 04/02/08 and 05/20/08 and you’re eligible to receive 4 complimentary movie theatre tickets or museum tickets. You can choose whichever you prefer.

Link to Offer

GETTING 4 COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO YOUR CHOICE OF MOVIE THEATRE OR MUSEUM IS EASY.

Use any American Express Card at a participating merchant between April 1, 2008 - May 31, 2008*…and follow the simple steps below

Enter your zip code for a list of participating museums, AMC Theatres®, Cinemark & Regal Cinemas in your area**.

To receive 4 complimentary museum or movie tickets from American Express, send in the entry form with American Express Card receipts. You can find a form at any merchant participating in the program. Receipts must be for American Express Card purchases made at participating merchants between 4/1/08 - 5/31/08 and postmarked by 6/30/08. Copies of receipts acceptable. Limit one offer per Cardmember. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Card terms and conditions apply.

After we verify that the purchase requirement was met, you will receive 4 complimentary tickets to either a movie or a museum via first class mail.

IzeaFest - Blogger Takeover day at Universal Orlando

The most amazing thing about IzeaFest is the price - just $50 for the first 50 people. It goes up to a still very affordable $65 after the first 50. Not only does this fee cover all the sessions, it also includes the opening party with open bar and a bag full of swag! Bloggers wishing to continue the party can join for a Blogger Takeover day at Universal Orlando for another $79.12

Wining lottery number now available

Dream & Win.com is the No. 1 online prize draws, sweepstakes and competition in the world to get your own Wining lottery number. Discover the first online prize draws Game at Dream & Win.com with the best super car competitions, online sweepstakes and prize draws. Choose from their amazing prize draws options! Get the best odds ever and increase your chances to win great prizes at Dream & Win.com. Ready to feel the thrill of winning the lottery? Choose your prizes, enter the draw, sit back and watch how you can be a Lottery numbers winner. It’s time to get real chances to win prizes!

1. Join: Join the amazingly simple draw and treat yourself to one of many once-in-a-lifetime adventures!

2. Bet: Choose your desired prize and enter our draw to win your prize. Its easy as it sounds to get Wining lottery numbers

3. Win Prizes: With the amaizing odds, your dreams can come true. You can find the prizes list on the site

4. Benefits: With the best odds over the net, you get upto 100% on your deposits and that helps to fulfill your dreams.

Google AdSense April Payment Proof

This is my payment proof for Google AdSense. I want to show the latest proof, hence it took me much time for posting this proof. Hence I would totally recommend you to join Google AdSense. If you have not heard about this site before just read my post on my referrals that make you over $5,000. In short, all you need is a 3 months old blog with frequent updates. Join now.

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RevolutionMoneyExchange offers $25

RevolutionMoneyExchange offers $25 to new customers who open an account by May 15, 2008. This deadline keeps getting extended. It also offers $10 per successful referral of new customers. Those referrals can be accomplished by your causing RevolutionMoneyExchange to send an email to the new customer, or by putting a banner on your website on which your readers may click. Thus I hope you will click on mine. You still get the free $25 and the opprotunity to earn referral bonuses, and I get my $10. Thanks.

This company is direct competition to PayPal. So far as I can tell, it does pretty much the same thing. Though you must sign up by May 15, 2008, to get the $25 bonus (unless they extend this offer), you have 30 days from signup to link to a checking account and retrieve the bonus. I have successfully moved my $25 and some referral money to my checking account.

After you open your account, you could then refer you spouse for another $10 to you and an additional $25 to your family. Hmm... that's $60 so far...

From the bottom of the page you get: "Revolution MoneyExchange Account issued by First Bank and Trust, Brookings, SD, Member FDIC and part of the Fishback Financial Corporation."

Recently I found some links to articles and discussions that convince me that this is a legitimate business intending to compete with PayPal.

Northwest and Delta Airlines Post Merger Rewards

Northwest and Delta Airlines will be merging soon. So you want to get offers from both airlines now, before half of them disappear. Some examples that come to mind:

1. There are offers for both Northwest and Delta credit cards. One type will probably disappear.

2. American Express Membership Rewards point are convertible to Delta, but not Northwest miles. It is not known if that conversion will be available after the merger.

3. TD Ameritrade, Fidelity Investments, and Sharebulider have an offers for Delta, but not for Northwest. The Delta offers may disappear.

4. Comerica Bank has a Northwest offer that may disappear.

5. U.S. Bank has a debit card offer for Northwest that may disappear.

6. Delta and Northwest have different partners in the Home Building section of my Finance page. Some may disappear.

7. Chase offers Delta miles for student loans, but not Northwest miles.

8. Ameriprise Auto Insurance offers Delta, but not Northwest miles for getting a quote.

9. Ameriprise Financial Advisor offers Delta, but not Northwest miles for getting a consultation.

10. More Northwest than Delta miles are offered for cell phone deals.

11. T-Mobile HotSpot offers Delta, but not Northwest miles.

12. Various shopping portals, including those of Delta and Northwest, offer different miles deals for purchases. Get the better ones now.

13. There are Delta offers for newspaper subscriptions, that are not offered by Northwest.

14. The Netflix/Delta offer is better than that for Northwest. It is not known which will survive.

15. e-counters.com offers Delta, but not Northwest miles.

16. Delta has a drycleaning program with and up front bonus for signing up. Northwest does not.

17. Vinesse Wine Clubs currently has a better offer for Northwest miles than for Delta miles.

DoClix ContextGain Review

I first started using DoClix ContextGain on my blog, http://ghostrider30.blogspot.com since February 11th.

I discontinued it due to the low revenue being generated from it.

Here is another quick review survey I got from them :

1) Do you remember where you heard about us/how you found us?
Google AdSense Ads

2) How is the system working for you?
Not serving good ads. DoClix generating very litte income

3) Is there anything you would like to see added to the system that you feel would be really useful for you?
I would like more dynamic ads and hybrid ads like Kontera, and also I would like to see open statement that these ads are not violating Google Adsense TOS due to the popup kind of behavior.

Exclusive Package with the Blue ProjectSM

American Express has partnered with Kerzner International to offer Blue from American Express®, Blue Cash from American Express®, Blue Sky from American Express and Clear from American Express® Cardmembers an exclusive travel experience at The Reef. This offering provides Cardmembers with a number of exclusive and additional educational experiences.

Exclusively available to these Cardmembers are:

1. A 15% discount1 on a minimum of 3-night/4-day accommodations at The Reef starting at $749 with the American Express discount (regularly priced packages begin at $899)
2. Behind-the-scenes access to the marine lab with a reef specialist and a tour of the fish nursery
3. A chance to plant coral sprouts with your own two hands
4. A Blue Welcome Gift upon arrival and a Blue Orientation tour with an Adventure Planner

The experience also includes two Blue Reef AdventuresSM and airport transportation to and from the Reef. In addition, for each room booked, a donation will be made to Kerzner Marine Foundation on behalf of The Blue ProjectSM. In order for Cardmembers to take advantage of the exclusive offer, the booking must be made directly at www.atlantis.com/blue or by calling 1-800-ATLANTIS.

How to Check Scam Online Money-Makers?

If you're new to online money-making, perhaps you're not yet aware of those scam online programs. The internet offers a wide variety of online money-making sites, thus it is important to know which programs are legitimate and fraud.

So, how are you going to verify if the program you are joining is LEGIT?

1. Search. The first thing you should do, which I personally do, is to search the Internet thru your favorite search engine like Google or Yahoo for reviews or forums about the earning site you are planning to join. Read what other people say and think about the program. Remember: do not just rely on only one review or forum. Gather information about the program as many as possible taking in consideration the good and bad side of the program. Note that if there are people who are unsatisfied with the said program, then it is better to think twice before signing up.

2. Ask. If you are a member to a forum site, then I advise you to post a discussion asking other members for their personal experiences about the said program. As stated earlier, don’t just look at the good side. Focus more on the bad side of the program. If you think it is not worthy to join, then don’t. But if you think it is worth a try, then go for it.

3. Assess. The third and last thing you should do is to review how the site earns. If the offer sounds too good to be true, then don’t join. Just forget about it and don’t waste your time and money over something that is uncertain. Remember that the Internet is a place of online scammers, so beware. Better be aware from the start rather than regretting in the end.

Advantages of FREE Blogger Platform

You may ask me if why I am using a free Blogger platform, not Wordpress or any other self hosted platform. You may even question me "If you really make money online, why are you using a free blogspot account?" Well, I do make money online, but it’s not because I am using a free hosted blog, it means I can’t afford to have one. Well, I got my own reasons why I choose Blogger, just like any bloggers do.

In my opinion, choosing a suitable blogging platform depends on the blogger himself. His technical expertise must be taken into consideration before deciding if he should go for Blogger, Wordpress, or any self hosted platform.

I use the free Blogger platform because, obviously, aside from being free, it's easier to use and user friendly - which is a big factor to newbie bloggers like me. Some average bloggers, even professionals, says in forums that Wordpress is better than Blogger. I admit, one blogger even advised me to switch to Wordpress and offered help.

Sound great. But, honestly I am not yet ready for Wordpress or any other platform. I am satisfied with Blogger and everything is great with me. I like my template. I am now familiar with almost everything about Blogger. I am not very proficient with HTML especially PHP so I think I have to stick using Blogger for now. If time comes that a need for switching to another platform arise well let's see. As of now, I will keep myself with Blogger.

I know different bloggers who became successful in blogging using the Blogger platform so I think I can be like them too. I also heard that Google prioritizes Blogger blogs... so since there are a lot of benefits in using Blogger in my case, why should I switch? Not yet :D

Now you know why I am using the Blogger platform, can you also share which platform are you using and why?

Privacy Policy for ghostrider30.blogspot.com

I respect your privacy and I am committed to safeguarding your privacy while online at http://ghostrider30.blogspot.com. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this blog/site.

Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers, I use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.

E-mail Subscription
If a user wishes to subscribe to my posts via e-mail (powered by Feedburner), I ask for contact information such as name and email address. Out of respect for my users’ privacy, a way to opt-out of these communications is provided.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user. My blog uses cookies for tracking visitors’ activity. Some of my business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, I have no access to or control over these cookies, once I have given permission for them to set cookies for advertising. You can choose not to accept cookies by modifying your browser settings. At any time, you may remove any cookie stored on your hard drive by deleting them in your browser’s settings section.

Links
This blog contains links to other sites. Please be aware that I am not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. I encourage my users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Advertisers
I use outside ad companies to display ads on my site. These ads may contain cookies and are collected by the ad companies, and I do not have access to these information. I work with the ad companies like Google Adsense, Kontera, and Bidvertiser. Please check their websites for respective privacy policies.

Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding my privacy policy, please contact me by sending your email at cschwabs@yahoo.com.

Privacy Policy For Google Adsense Publishers

Recently, Google Adsense updated their Terms of Service. That's why when you logged in to your account, their Terms of Service policy will be displayed requiring you to re-read and click "I agree".

Their new TOS popped up after I logged in my account later last month but honestly, I did not read it. I thought it was a technical issue so I just clicked on "I agree" and continued checking my Adsense earnings.

But after reading from several blogs saying it's a must to create a Privacy Policy for each Google Adsense publishers and post it on their blogs or websites, I felt obliqued. I thought I should post a Privacy Policy in all of my blogs using Adsense ads. I've created - I mean copied and edited- my own and posted next.

If you are an Adsense publisher, you should know that it's a must to have a Privacy Policy on all your AdSense sites. This is not optional. When you agreed to the new terms, you agreed to do this too.

Better do it rather than be sorry in the future. We all know that Google Adsense are strict in terms of complying with their policies. I am starting to post Privacy Policy in all my blogs using Adsense.

I think you should too.