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Last week we launched a contest on this site sponsored by Snubbr.com to give away a $25 Visa gift card. All you had to do to win was leave a comment with your favorite money saving tip – and the good folks at Snubbr would choose a winner.
After considering all our entries they have now picked a winner!
Congratulations to David – You have been chosen as the winner for your money saving tip! Read it here. David, the folks from Snubbr.com should be in contact soon.
Stay tuned for more contests in the near future!
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Professional Blogging Roundup - Don't Get Sloppy This Season Instead Get Busy! This list is full of dynamite bloggers. Every link is worth investigating. Get to it! Corporate Investors.com writes Blogging Up A Storm For Customers' Sake. Centers on two corporate giants Dell and Southwest Airlines. Business Week intones Blogs Keep a Company Death Watch. Daily Blogging Tips says 70% Think That...... -
Use Forex To Reduce Your Debt And Gain Financial Independence This article will show you the steps that you can take to safely become a professional forex trader. It is not a get-rich-quick scheme or other such thing. This technique requires you to apply yourself and be dedicated to being successful. The steps are outlined below. It is assumed that......
It’s been a while since we did a giveaway of any kind on the site. I love giving stuff away, so this weekend when a giveaway opportunity was presented to me by the folks over at Snubbr.com, I jumped at it!
Snubbr.com is a site that offers buying advice for pretty much anything you might want to buy. Let’s say you wanna buy a new digital camera. Just hop on to Snubbr.com, post your question about which one they recommend, and they’ll forward it to experts to answer it for you, saving you time and stress.
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Buying Car Insurance – Some Tips Many people may not realize it at the time, but they are being overcharged for their car insurance. There are a few easy ways to get a great deal on your car insurance without a lot of effort. It may not seem like it at first glance, but the difference...... -
0% Apr Balance Transfer Credit Card For 12 Months From HSBC? I've had a high yield, online savings account at HSBC for a number of years now, and I've had my share of 0% APR balance transfer offers from credit card companies but this is my first from HSBC. It turns out that it isn't really just for me, no matter......
Spring is here again, and so is Free Money Finance’s March Madness! Last year I was lucky enough to come out on top as the winner, and this year one of my posts has somehow found itself in the running for top personal finance post of the year again! There have already been 2 rounds of voting, and we were able to advance against stiff competition.
Round 3, or the Sweet Sixteen, launched today! If you feel so inclined, please head on over to Free Money Finance and vote for me, and help put me over the top! Just vote for my article, Managing Your Money Is An Exercise In Both Mathematics And Psychology (Psych) in the comments.
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Free Microsoft Money Download Now Available As I pointed out over a year ago, Microsoft has decided to quit producing Money Plus, its personal-finance software. At that time, I suggested sixteen powerful alternatives to Microsoft Money, but GRS reader Lijacka dropped a line the other day to point out that Money Plus is still available. For...... -
Sunday Money Roundup: Prepping For Another Cross Country Drive Edition. Well, it's the holidays and that means it's time to travel. When you live 2000 miles away from everyone else in your family, guess what? You have to go to them as they all won't be coming to you. And because I was planning on bringing my sick cat back......
It’s time to start the new year off with a bang! Bible Money Matters has partnered with Money Crashers and a host of other sites to bring together a contest that will give away over $5,600 in cash and prizes to some extremely lucky winners!
We’ve partnered with various finance companies and bloggers to put together over $5,600 in sweet prizes – including $1,510 in cash, $855 in gift cards, the entire line of Apple iPod mp3 players, 2 Amazon Kindles, a whole bunch of popular finance books, and much much more.
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Freddie and Fannie are Slow Learners Freddie Mac announced that, come this September, it will no longer back interest-only mortgage loans. This is good news but raises two questions. First, what took Freddie took so long to pull the switch? Second, when is Fannie Mae going to follow suit? Let's recall that taxpayers bailed out Freddie...... -
HP's Back to School: Better Together Giveaway Starts Tommorrow I wanted to remind you that starting tomorrow, HP is having the Back to School: Better Together Giveaway. I'm a part of it and I'm really excited about the whole contest. I know there will be 25 very happy people after the contest is over. This is a massive event......
UPDATE: The contest has closed. Our $25 gift card winner was chosen at 12pm on Tuesday. Our winner is Matt Jabs over at http://www.debtfreeadventure for comment #53 – for subscribing to the site! Thanks to everyone else who entered!


Last year the nice folks at Marshalls and T.J. Maxx were nice enough to send us some $25 gift cards so that I could go and do some last minute Christmas shopping and then write about my”frugal shopping trip“. I went on my shopping trip the day before Christmas, and I got a ton of stuff for $25. I was impressed with just how much stuff you could get at their stores for such a minimal amount.
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Win a $100 Home Depot Gift Card for Father's Day! Looking for that perfect gift for your hard-working Dad? If you're like most people, you can never think of something to give Dad for Father's Day. I will admit, Dads are not as easy to shop for as Moms. You can't go out and buy perfume, makeup, or jewelry for...... -
How To Get The Most From Your Gift Cards This time of year, lots of people have gift cards for various stores. This can lead to losing the cards, not using them for a year, or using them, but buying something that exceeds the amount on the gift card. Here are some easy ways to get the most out......
Why I Love My Credit Card
If you’re read my site for a while you may be a bit surprised to find out that I actually do use a credit card. I’m usually the one that’s first to tell people that they shouldn’t use credit, and that they should save up for things that they buy.
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Heading Overseas? Time to Think About Your Credit Card If you are planning on travelling abroad any time soon, then getting a new credit card may not be the first thing that you think about, but the first section of this article will tell you why it should be. Research conducted by Moneysupermarket.com found that over half of Britainâs...... -
I have a new 0% credit card Before you close your browser and stop reading, let me explain... I have my credit card payments set-up for auto-bill pay. I make sure all of my payments go out on time and even provide a "buffer" just in case something goes wrong. About 6-months ago, I received my......







A Great Way To Get Free Gadgets, Cash And Other Free Stuff
One thing that has never made sense to me is playing the lottery. The odds against you are astronomical, and it’s nearly impossible to win. So why even bother?
Instead of playing the lottery I’ve started doing something with slightly better odds. In my free time I like to enter online contests – usually ones found on smaller sites and blogs. Instead of having odds of 300 million to 1, your odds are often closer to anywhere from 200:1, down to 50:1.
In the past year or so I’ve won the following things through blog contests: Read more... (793 words, 12 images, estimated 3:10 mins reading time)
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