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Fridays are Now Mobile Swag Bucks Day plus 100 FREE Swag Bucks for New Members

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What is Mobile Swag Bucks Day

What is Mobile Swag Bucks Friday?

Fridays on Swagbucks.com have always been a day for big wins with MSBD — but now, the site is taking their wins to mobile! Starting today, Jan 17th, Mega Swag Bucks Day is now Mobile Swag Bucks Day!

What is Mobile Swag Bucks Day? It is a day filled with opportunities to win bonus Swag Bucks for sharing images of your Swag Buck wins on your mobile phone. To win, share any SB award from a mobile device, such as:

  • Search win from the mobile app
  • Answering the Daily Poll on the mobile app
  • Discover awards on the mobile app
  • Awards for watching SBTV Mobile
  • Awards for watching EntertaiNOW app
  • Redeeming a Swag Code on the mobile app

Just take a screenshot of your win and share it on Swagbucks Facebook or Swagbucks Twitter including #MSBD and your swag name. Throughout the day Swagbucks will randomly choose members and award them 25 SB!

One way to get your next mobile win from Swagbucks is this Swag Code for 3 SB: MobileSBDay through 10 am EST.

New to Swagbucks?

Enter my exclusive code CHACHING70 to start off with 70 Swag Bucks in addition to the 30 you normally get when you sign up here and complete your profile. (Just look for the text that reads “I have a sign up code”.)

That will get you almost a quarter of way to earning your first $5 Amazon gift card!

Not familiar with Swag Bucks yet?  Click here to read all my favorite way to earn FREE stuff!

Swag Code Alert for 12/2/13 – Hurry!

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Swag Code Alert! 

Enter code Survival for 7 FREE Swag Bucks before Noon EST.  Simply sign into your account and click on the Swag Code icon in the top right to enter your code.

New to Swagbucks?  Find out how you can score up to 600 FREE Bonus Swagbucks this month when you sign up now!

Swag Codes are a nice way to add to your Swagbucks earnings in addition to using the Search engine, playing Games, Watching videos, taking Surveys & more.

I’ve used Swagbucks for over four years and have earned hundreds of dollars in gift cards and you can too.  It’s the number one way I save money on Christmas.

 

Hot! 500 Bonus Swagbucks for New Members + 100 Swagbucks Code!

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If you’ve been around here long, you know I am a BIG fan of Swagbucks.  Well, I have some exciting news for you if you haven’t signed up yet.  The awesome people over at Swagbucks are offering an exclusive opportunity for my readers.

Sign up for Swagbucks through this link between Tues, Nov 19th & Sat, Dec 21st and earn 1500 Swagbucks before Jan 1, 2014 and you will automatically get a bonus of 500 SBs!

Even better, use my exclusive code CHACHING70 to start off with 100 FREE swag bucks!  Just look for the text, “I have a sign up code.” to earn 70 SBs and then complete your profile to earn an additional 30.  These will count toward your 1500 SB goal, so be sure to snag them right away.   You’ll also automatically be entered in my $50 Target.com Gift Card giveaway when you reach your first 50 Swagbucks in the month of November.

Then earn the rest of your 1500 SB goal through Search, Watching Videos, Playing Games, Taking Surveys, Shopping and more – as you do these activities, you’ll earn Swag Bucks that you can redeem for all sorts of gift cards in the Rewards Store.

I’ve used Swagbucks for over four years now and have earned hundreds of dollars in FREE gift cards.  You can do the same!

To sign up for Swagbucks, click this link to sign up and start earning!

Giveaway: $50 Target.com Gift Card plus 100 FREE Swag Bucks for New Members (Through November 30th)

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$50 Target.com Gift Card Giveaway:

Great news! Anyone who has signed up for Swagbucks through my site (old or new) and earns at least 50 Swag Bucks in total this month will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Target.com gift card!

You can earn from any combination of Shop, Search, Watch, Play, Answer or Discover and just by doing so, you will automatically be entered into the drawing once you reach 50 SB’s earned in the month of November.

PLUS I have 100 FREE Swag Bucks for new members:

100 FREE Swag Bucks:

Through November 30th, new members start off with 100 FREE Swag Bucks by entering code CHACHING70 when you complete your profile here.  (Just look for the text that reads “I have a sign up code”.)  Since my favorite reward is a $5 Amazon gift card for 450 Swag Bucks, this will get you almost a quarter of the way to your first reward!

So let’s start swagging everybody!

New to Swagbucks? Click here to learn more about my favorite way to save money on Christmas with FREE gift cards!

Swagbucks: Ways to Earn More

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Did you know that Swagbucks has a blog?  I did, but what I didn’t realize is that I have been missing out on the latest swagbuck-earning opportunities by not reading it.  For example, today you can earn points by playing trivia on their Facebook page.

So, here’s an idea.  How about we work together?  I am going to attempt to read the Swagbucks blog more often to alert you all to the latest point-earning possibilities.  But, in case I slack off, feel free to do the same!  I figure if we work together, the world will be a happier place.

Aren’t familiar with Swagbucks?  Read my post about it here.

Youdata.com: Free money

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Kaley and I are big fans of free money, so when I learned about YouData.com, I couldn’t pass it up.  And all I have to say is:

“Dang, FREE MONEY doesn’t get any easier than this, folks!”

YouData.com is  a company that actually pays you to look at advertisements with no strings attached. I made $2.38 for about 1 minute of time and already have money in my PayPal account.  Here is how it works.

The initial time investment is about 20 minutes.

1. Sign up for a Pay-Pal account at http://www.paypal.com/ if you haven’t yet.

2. Go here to sign up for YouData.

  • Once you register you will receive 1 text with a 4 digit confirmation number that you’ll need to confirm your account. YouData does not solicit or “spam” you with text messages; you’ll only receive ONE text. If you don’t have a cell phone you can always use a friend’s phone (assuming they don’t want free money too!)
  • You will immediately receive an e-mail confirmation word that you need for registering.
  • You plug in your text # and e-mail confirmation in and that is basically it for signing up!

The other details are as follows:

  1. You can check your account by logging into it or use their handy desk option once a day or once a week to access your ads.
  2. You will need to take a little time filling out your profile (15 minutes). 
  3. The next step is to spend about a minute “collecting your free money” by clicking on an ad and immediately closing it (unless of course you are bored and really want to read about the new AXE shampoo ads.)
  4. Every Friday the money you earned during the week will automatically be tossed right into your PayPal account.

Estimated daily time investment: Less than a minute
Estimated earnings in  a year with no referrals: $25-$50
Referrals incentive: Up to $1 for each referral ($.01 each time your referral is paid)

eMeals: Meal Planning

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I have a confession to make.

I am not a fan of meal planning.

I wish it were not so.  You may get your thrills over planning your weekly meals down to the last calorie and cent.  I envy your passion, but I do not share it.

It’s not that I haven’t tried to enjoy meal planning.  I have a folder full of cute little meal planning calendars, creative ideas from magazines, and a whole lot of other fun stuff intended to motivate me to become a meal planning guru.

And yet, I still approach this task with dread.

That’s why when my Mom introduced me to eMeals, I felt my heart skip a beat.  Imagine having a maid who plans your meals around weekly deals, creates your grocery list, and only charges you as low as $5 a month…and you are imagining eMeals.

I LOVE IT!!!!!!

We are using the ALDI plan for two people since our kids don’t eat enough yet to use the bigger meal plans.  We spend approximately $50 a week for the ingredients for five meals.  That’s $10 a meal! Not bad.  And considering the fact that we typically have enough leftovers for another meal or two, it’s actually less than that! (Update: Since writing this post, our boys have become much bigger eaters, so we’ve graduated to the family plan!)

There are a variety of stores to choose from including Kroger, Wal-Mart, and Publix; and a nice selection of specialty meal plans, including Vegetarian, Low Fat, and Low Carb.

I have LOVED simply printing out my list each week, and heading to the store with little to no planning.  It saves me so much time, which is very important to me as a busy mom.

We have also really enjoyed their meals.  They are simple, yet delicious.  The perfect combination in my eyes.  Our favorite meal  so far has been the Open Face Ranch and Chicken BLT’s.  mmmmmmm….

If this sounds interesting to you, simply go here to check it out.  If you choose to sign up, you will automatically receive the latest meal plan in your account and you can opt to receive it by email weekly.  Download it, print it out, and head to the store.  It’s that easy!

OR if you have a Smartphone, find out more about the eMeals app here.  It’s awesome!

And if you are wondering if this is a wise choice for frugal families, I will add that Dave Ramsey endorses the site.  Enough said.

Sign up now for a FREE 2 week trial to see if you’ll love eMeals as much as I do!