13 posts tagged “internet”
Travel
- Ready to start seeing the world? It's smaller than you think, when you go via the COUCHSURFING Project. Use this site to find people who are willing to host you on their couches!
- YAPTA sends you price drop alerts on flights and hotels. If the price of your airline ticket drops below what you paid, Yapta will alert you when you're eligible for a refund from the airline!
Movies/Music/Entertainment
- Find the cheapest prices for hard-to-get sports, concert and theater tickets at TICKETPREDATOR.COM. The site compares prices on tickets from hundreds of ticket brokers in the U.S. and Canada.
- Get free movie rentals from Redbox using their CODES.
- Want to re-live those classic rock concerts from the 60’s and 70’s for free? Then go to WOLFGANG”S VAULT where you’ll find streaming audio from over 50 artists.
- RADIOLOVERS offers hundreds of vintage radio shows all for free.
- Learn how to get all the free music you ever wanted at MYMUSIC.
- Trade your used books, music, DVD's, & video games for like items at SWAPTREE.COM. Simply set up an account and find other users willing to receive - and all for the price of postage.
Credit/Credit Cards
- SIMPLEDOLLAR hasa step-by-step guide to getting your credit card interest lowered.
- Clark Howard has the ultimate guide to credit at everything you need to know about your credit.
- Hassled by debt collectors? Know your rights by reading the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.
- How long will it take to pay off that credit card? Find out with this CALCULATOR.
Housing/Renting
- Are you renting? This neat tool lets you see if you are paying too much. It is called RENTOMETER and is so simple to use!
- Want to cut back on your household expenses? THISOLDHOUSE.COM has a list of 50 DIY tips for your house, each of which can save you between $50 and $500 apiece.
- If you need help avoiding foreclosure, head to DOUGHROLLER.NET. The website has links to government and other websites with information on how to keep your home.
- Need to cut the cost of moving into a new residence? FREECARDBOARDBOXES.COM .
- Should I rent or buy? Find out with a detailed analysis at REALTOR.COM.
Solar
- Power virtually all your electronic devices with SOLAR POWER CHARGERS.
- Does solar power make sense for you? Find out with this quote at SUNGEVITY.
Money/Budgeting
- Get all you accounts in one place with powerful budgeting tools using MINT.COM.
- CHECKINGFINDER is a website where you can search by zip code for high-interest checking account offers.
- MONEYAISLE forces banks to bid on the highest interest rate.
Autos
- Search for new and used autos at ALLAUTOSITES. The site lets you pick search parameters including make, model, price and location. I have also found great information about vehicles at WIKICARS and NADA.
- Tired of paying a mechanic for every minor tune-up or repair to your automobile? VEHICLEFIXER.COM offers video guides to let you fix your automobile yourself and stretch your dollar.
- FRUGALMECHANIC.COM lets you comparison shop for auto parts from more than 50 different retailers.
Speak to a real person
- GETHUMAN has the direct customer service numbers for more than a hundred businesses, ranging from Avis to Time Warner Cable.
- VOIP-NEWS.COM has a list of 50 tips to get a real voice at any corporation in 10 seconds or less.
- Also check out NO PHONE TREES and DIAL A HUMAN.
Education/College
- Intellectually curious but can't afford tuition? ACADEMICEARTH.ORG has free lectures from some of America's most learned professors online.
- Check out my free education post and 4 Sites That Teach You How to Do Anything.
Shopping
- TINY MASSIVE
is an online search engine that combs the Web to find you the best deals on
just about any product you can think of. Simply tweet a search query to
@TinyMassive. It will then reply to your tweet with the number of results
matching your query. If you follow the link in the TinyMassive tweet, you'll be
brought to the results page.
When is the best time to buy …? Learn the day at the cheapest day to buy certain items. - FREE
SHIPPING offers coupons & coupon codes to over 800 Stores!
Tired of buying toys only to see your kids get bored with them? Try RENTAL TOYS for a low monthly membership fee. - SAVVYCIRCLE alerts members when the price drops on a "wish listed" item. The site supports most major retailers, so after adding products to your shopping list, the site "watches" the price and sends an email when the price drops.
- Discount women's, men's, and kid's shoes, plus clothing, handbags, & accessories can be found at 6PM.COM.
- WOOT is an online store that offers one product each day at substantial savings.
- DAILY STEALS and NEWATNOON are WOOT clones.
- Head on over to FROOGLES for bargains, free stuff, deals, closeouts, clearance, and overstocks.
- Find expert and user reviews on just about any product at PRICERUNNER.COM. The website is a shopper's delight that aggregates info on everything, from laptops to espresso makers, to help you make an informed shopping decision.
- SHORTCUTS coupons attach electronically to your participating grocery store loyalty card, so they are always with you when you shop!
Cell Phones
- Free comparison-shopping with your cell phone when you're in a store! How cool is that?
- Hunt for coupons on your cell phone with CELLFIRE.COM. The site lets you scour for discounts at your favorite stores and download them to your mobile phone.
- Send free text message using FREEETEXTSEND.
Giving to Charity
- GOODSEARCH.COM is a search engine that donates half its revenues to the charities its users designate. Yahoo powers it, so results are pretty good. Just 500 people searching 4 times a day can raise about $7,300 in a year!
- THEHUNGERSITE is another great way to give to charity just by clicking.
Making Extra Money
- Look for money a relative left you or perhaps an account you simply forgot about at MISSINGMONEY & UNCLAIMED
- Got stuff? Rent it out and make a little extra cash at CROWDRENT.
- If you have gift cards collecting dust, turn them into money at GIFTCARDRESCUE.COM. The website is a shopper's delight that lets you sell or exchange unused cards.
- Get cash for old or unwanted gadgets at GAZELLE.COM. The site pays for any tech item, no matter how old, and provides free shipping.
Saving Extra Money
- The FREECYCLE Network is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Their goal is to reduce waste by connecting individuals who are throwing away goods with others who are seeking them. They use Yahoo groups as their conduit so you must have a Yahoo user ID.
- Research, compare and lower your monthly bills with LOWERMYBILLS.COM. The website, gives you the inside scoop on finding the cheapest rates on home loans, credit cards and auto and health insurance.
- BIRTHDAYFREEBIES is the premiere place for finding birthday freebies, birthday offers, birthday specials, birthday deals and even birthday party venues from local and national businesses.
- Don’t like my money saving tips? Try the 50 ways to trim your budget.
- Want to save tens of thousands of dollars? Read how you can save $20,000 In 1 Year.
- 88 ways to save money, and counting... I love the way this expands like the old windows explorer.
- Giveaways are real popular in a bad economy. How do you find them? Go to the big list of giveaways.
- Get you hands on all that CONTRABAND TSA has been collecting at airports, and be sure to visit the PROPERTYROOM for incredible savings from this police auction online.
Miscellaneous
- Get all the information you need on federal recalls at RECALLS.GOV. A joint project of several government agencies, the website lets you search for product recalls and sign up for email alerts.
- Looking for love? These dating sites are advertiser supported – PLENTYOFFISH and DOWNTOEARTH.
- Avoid speeding tickets by utilizing this cool DATABASE OF SPEED TRAPS.
- Looking for free wi-f? Check out WIFIFREESPOT.COM or WIFIFINDER or WEFI.COM.
- Lost an owner's manual? Find it at OWNERIQ. The site also has user forums to help you operate any gadget.
- Check out the E-Justice Blog at CRIMINALJUSTICEUSA. The website has a list of 100 free do-it-yourself legal resources that can be found on the web.
- Got empty milk jugs? 35+ uses for plastic milk jugs.
- Call your cable company to ask about both bare Internet, and Internet plus the cheapest cable TV service. The FCC requires them to have a basic tier of cable service that runs about $12/mo but you usually have to explicitly ask about it. I have WOW and its bare bones cable service is called Limited Basic Service
- Get shows directly from the network.
ABC Full Episode Player
NBC Video Rewind
CBS Innertube - Sign up for hulu or use joost
Turn your browser into a money saver!
- Retailmenot Never miss a bargain again. Automatically informs you of sites that retailmenot users have shared discount coupon codes for.
- Offers.com Notifies you when there are money-saving offers available for the site you're currently browsing. Click the notification to go directly to the merchant's page on Offers.com and view all the available offers, coupons and promotions!
- Coupons24.com Notifies you when coupon codes are available for popular shopping websites.
Many bloggers believe they can make money selling links and ads on their page. My research shows otherwise. Here are some examples:
- Yahoo announced it was shutting down last century's hot social-networking-esque service, GeoCities, for which it paid $3.5 billion in 1999.
- Credit Suisse puts YouTube's estimated 2009 losses at nearly half a billion dollars.
- Getting million of new users in the Third World sucks, because Facebook will never be able to monetize those eyeballs
- Proof of payment from an typical blogger - no revenues after February?
- Research found that the 6% of the online population accounting for most of the click-throughs skews toward male Internet users ages 25 to 44 with household income under $40,000. They were also more likely to visit auction, gambling and career sites.
- Competition – many bloggers are now using Google ads
- Annoying techniques (pop-up/under ads, ads that you must close to see web content, flash based entry points, and commercials prior to videos) are driving users crazy
- Consumers want less marketing – CANSPAM, Do Not Call List, Do Not Track List
Click my donate button and I'll show you more ways to end your unemployment/underemployment!
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I’m amazed at how many businesses, schools, and
individuals are wasting money on “name brand” software. The geeks do it better
and cheaper! Here is a list of free software that I have either tried or seen
in action.
- Operating System
- Microsoft Office Substitutes: Open Office, Zoho
- Adobe Substitutes: Web Based Graphics. Photoshop, Illustrator
- Anti virus
- Spy ware Removal
- Simple Photo Editor, Online Photo Editor
- Web Design Online
- Text to speech
- Record audio 1 & Record audio 2
- Convert HTML to PDF
- Make any file a PDF
- Windows Media Player Substitute
- Desktop Wallpaper
- Check this site for new/free/licensed software each and everyday
I just saved you about a thousand dollars, so feed my piggy bank!
The philosophy of this blog comes from scripture. I’d rather teach you how to fish for money, rather than give you a fish or give you money!
So in that vein, I’m posting the freebie sites I use all the time and I won’t post specific freebies on the blog.
These are all RSS feeds and should work nicely in Firefox
- http://feedproxy.google.com/FreebieFinderUSA
- http://feedproxy.google.com/FatwalletFreeStuff
- http://dealnews.com/rss/377
Here is an earlier post you should read. Then check out these sites:
I warned everyone in an earlier post, so here is what actually passed and gets no coverage in mainstream press or blogs:
- A provision to increase the national debt ceiling by $800 billion.
- While this bill is often referred to in the news as a “$25 billion” plan, the final amount will likely be much, much higher. The Treasury’s previously limited $2.5 billion line of credit to Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac has instead been increased to unlimited. The Treasury can now buy an unlimited amount of Fannie / Freddie housing securities and stock.
- In yet another example of persistent, big brother, big government, police state creep, anyone working in the mortgage industry will now be required to be fingerprinted.
- Finally, buried deep within the bill, is the provision that every credit card transaction will now be reported to the IRS. How this fits in to the housing crisis is anyone’s guess.
