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We’ve scoured around for some great Holiday Deals and coupons for you. A lot of these sites provide great deals year round, but make sure you don’t miss out on the extra great savings for the Christmas season!

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Amazon.com – Great deals on Electronics for the Holidays!
Amazon.com has lots of great prices on electronics, toys, books, and more! Can’t decide what gifts to get people? Everyone loves getting Gift Cards! They are the perfect gift!

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Orange Onions - Products You Love at Prices You Can’t Resist!

Orange Onions is popular for their daily deal in which they pick one of their already low-priced items and mark it down ridiculously low for one day. In addition to that, they are currently having the 12 Deals of Christmas that you don’t want to miss out on! Go check it out!

Deal of the Day – When One Item Gets Blown-Out At A Ridiculously Low Price!

Do your Holiday Shopping at Orange Onions. Buy Toys, Gifts, Electronics and more!

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VistaPrint Holiday Cards

For a limited time Vistaprint is offering 20 Holiday Photo Cards for only $1.99 with Free Shipping! My wife and I have already ordered these to send to family and friends, they are great quality. But hurry up because this offer is only going on through Monday, December 21st. Also until 12/21 you can get Photo Calendars for 50% OFF.

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Coupons.com

Coupons.com has coupons for everything! You can print free coupons for your local groceries and save tons! They constantly update their coupons and have over $100 of savings per day!

Like playing addicting online games? Like getting paid money?

How about getting paid money to play games? If you like that idea, you are going to love Moola.com! The big advertising point with Moola is that could technically win $10,000 by winning 30 games. The catch? It’s pretty darn hard to win that many times in a row, and it’s all a gamble…this is how it works:

First you need to get an invite!

Once you’re signed up, Moola starts you off with a big whopping….1 penny. But hey, it’s free!

Then the idea is to wager that penny that you can win a game against someone also risking their penny.

If you win….you doubled your money, you’re now at a gratifying 2 cents!  But if you lose, well….they give you another penny to start over!

Each time you play and win you double your money, so it doesn’t take too long to get out of the cents! At any point you can choose to put some of your money into savings so that you don’t risk it. The downside of this is that you cannot get the money back out of savings, it cannot be used to play with…it can only be cashed out.

They have such games as Goldrush, Hi-Low, Ro-Sham-Bo-Fu, Sports Betting and a Dice game called Farkle. They also provide other ways of getting more money on Moola, such as using their search engine to win money and providing cash back when you buy things through their sponsors.

FriendSell.com is a new site in the works where you can find good deals on items, as well as sell your own stuff. Unlink eBay, FriendSell.com is not an auction site, but more like classifieds. However, it isn’t quite your typical classifieds…it’s social. It is currently in the beta stages and is by invitation only, but it should soon be open to the masses. Once it opens up you will be allowed to list items for sell as either a private listing or public listing.

Private listings are great because you can limit your listings to people you know, so that you can help the people you know first. If no one you know needs the item you are listing, you could just as easily create a public listing for the item. Here is what FriendSell.com has to say about their service:

Private Listings:

• Easy to Use + Flexible options, update your items anytime.
• Limit listings to friends, family, or both.
• No more wondering if you can trust the other party.
• Let your friends have first dibs on your stuff!

Public listings:

• Increase your items exposure to a wider audience.
• Your posts remain anonymous to the public.
• Great if you’re still building your network or are new to friendsell.
• Mix and match your public and private posts – you’re in control!

Besides the great ways to get your items sold, you can also find some pretty awesome deals on stuff. For example, there is an 32GB iPod Touch listed for $275, brand new, while they usually go for $299.

You can go ahead and request an invitation and if they have any beta spots open, they will email you back. Happy Deal finding!

**UPDATE 11/30 9:05pm: While it is supposed to be by invitation only, we’ve found a way to register. Just head to friendsell.com/r/logo There is no guarantee if this link will stay open, but nevertheless it should be open to everyone soon anyways, but if you want a head start, click that link!

Whether you need branded supplies for your home business or personalized mail labels or Christmas cards to send to family, VistaPrint is the one-stop shop. They constantly have Free products to choose from, such as 250 Free Business Cards, and you only pay the small shipping cost! On top of all the free options offered by VistaPrint, they have top notch products that are very cheap. Every product allows for a great degree of personalization.

Here are some of the products offered by VistaPrint:

Business Cards

Postcards

Holiday Cards

Return Address Labels

Stamp

These are just a few of the great products at VistaPrint. For a home business solution, this is great because it provides free, or at least very cheap, product/business branding. You can easily get 250 FREE business cards for the cost of shipping and spread the word about your business or product or create more traffic to your website.

Have you ever wanted to manage your personal finances but didn’t want to pay the price for some expensive software? Mint.com was made just for you. Mint.com is many things….personal finance software, budget software, online money management, and a budget planner, but best of all…it’s FREE!

The best things about Mint.com:

Easy to Set up: Unlike some other sites, Mint.com only needs you to input your information once. It takes about 5 minutes to give Mint.com access to your bank accounts, credit cards, loans, etc. And from then on, Mint.com will automatically update as things change. Now, I know what you are thinking…”Give access to my bank account, online? I don’t think so!” But that brings me to the next point…

Safe & Secure: Mint.com prides itself in having the same encryption and data security that banks use. On top of that, while Mint.com automatically updates your accounts using your log-in information, it never knows your account numbers, SSN, or other personal information. In the super rare chance that someone could get through to your Mint.com account, they still could do no harm, as there is no moving of money at all in Mint.com.

Simple Budgeting: Whatever type of life you might lead, Mint.com makes it super easy to create a budget that works for you. It calculates your average spending in all different categories (car related, groceries, entertainment, etc.) so that you can see what you typically have been spending. You can then set a budget for each category and get updates on how you are meeting that budget as each month progresses. It even shows you a predicted amount that you will save each month by sticking to your budget.

Awesome Graphs: Mint.com uses great, easy-to-read graphs to show you the big pictures, such as a pie graph showing what percentage of your money is spent where. Other graphs let you compare your spending from one month to another, or from one year to another. Mint.com also shows you in real time how your net worth is growing or shrinking.

Find Savings: You might even find that Mint.com will show you places where you could save even more money than you are! It might find a better credit card for you, or make a suggestion on a savings account that you save you more money than your current one. Word of Warning here…I’ve noticed that if you already have a great thing going, it might suggest something that is actually worse, but it’s easy to spot. Just make sure to read over everything before making any such decision.

New Features: Now Mint.com has some even newer features such as an iPhone app so you can access your account right from your phone. If you use Yahoo! a lot, you can also add Mint to Yahoo! so that you can access your information straight from your Yahoo! home page.

Check Out some videos from Mint.com:
Budget Tips, Security

For those looking to make a little money without leaving the house, Amazon provides a way to earn some cash with their Mechanical Turk program ( a.k.a Mturk). While this gig is definitely not going to bring you the big money, it can be one source of a few extra bucks here and there.

So what exactly is Mechanical Turk?

Mechanical Turk allows various companies to post certain tasks that they need done that are not easy for machines to do. That’s where you come in. You choose an assignment that you think you like, complete it, and get credited to your Amazon account. Once you reach a measly $10 in your account, you can cash out!

The payout for tasks (or HITs as Mechanical Turk calls them) ranges from just cents up to $7. While this may seem like a low number, most of the jobs are really simple to do and unlike some Survey sites, you can qualify for hundreds of jobs. Rainy weekend? The moolah will add up pretty fast!

However, if you’re the type of person that doesn’t have a lot of free or gets bored pretty easily, then this is probably not for you. But my advice to you is to just give it a shot, and if after 6 hours of hard work you are going crazy and have only made one buck, give up and try something else!

Check out Mturk now!

If there is a subject that you love talking about, then you owe it to yourself to find an audience for it through podcasting.

     Although this is still a fairly new medium as far as making money is concerned, it is clear already that there is money to be had, as some people have latched on to several ways that they can do just that with it.

     The key is to find a subject that people are interested in and reach that audience in as many ways as you can by making your podcast available to them – and then it’s just a case of waiting for the money to start rolling in.

     Okay, so you have a subject you love and you could talk about for hours. Does that make a podcast? No – you need to work on it to make sure you can create podcasts that everyone will want to listen to. You need to script each one at least roughly so that you know what to expect. Otherwise there will be a degree of umming and aahing and you don’t want that. Short podcasts – let’s say fifteen to twenty minutes for example – do very well, so you don’t want to be waffling on for hours at a time. Keep the structure tight and well planned.

     The next step is to work out how you will make money from them. It is possible to treat podcasts in much the same way as you would treat e-books, CDs or DVDs – release them in a program that you can charge money for. Perhaps one or two a week on a specific subject, revealing information that people would be prepared to pay for.

     Be wary of this though – you can’t do this unless you have really good information that people cannot get elsewhere without paying anything.

     Another good way to make money from podcasting is to use it as a way to promote an existing business. Let’s say for example that your business sells e-books. You could start a podcast on e-books in general and mention the name of your website, or perhaps some of the books you sell, once or twice during the podcast itself. This can provide very good publicity and your sales should start to go up as a result.

     You can even make special offers to those people listening; offer them a bundle of books on a specific subject, or a special package deal that lasts for a limited time. Direct them to your website to buy it and see what revenue you get from that. If it works well you can extend it to take place with each podcast you make. This in turn should get you more listeners as well.

     If your podcast becomes very successful you can also sell advertising space on it. Businesses are always looking for new ways to find new customers, and if your podcast can connect them with their ideal target audience then you can make extra money in this way too.

     Some people have even started creating special promotional items that feature the podcast itself, and sold them to their listeners. Not only does this fill a need if your podcast is that successful, it also means that you get some additional publicity yourself.

     There are plenty of ways to make money from podcasting, but as always you will get the best results from researching your subject and finding out what people want first. Once you can do this you stand a better chance of starting a podcast that will run for a long time, and pick up more and more listeners as you go.

     And don’t forget YouTube. If you aren’t charging anything for the podcast itself, you could film yourself doing it and put it on YouTube for some valuable extra publicity.

Written By: 101WaysToMakeMoney.com

No, I’m not endorsing prostitution. However, you can definitely make some money selling your expertise with Ether’s help. Ether is the key to the next step in online commerce. Using a combination of the web and the telephone, they enable you to sell your services online. Most importantly, Ether provides a phone number with a rate, that you set, for people to pay to talk to you. Your phone only rings when you’re earning money, and only during the hours you choose. Ether also provides all the online tools you need to sell your digital content – written documents, photographs, tax returns, videos, podcasts. You can now sell what you have to say – on your website, blog, business card, radio show, or wherever customers for your services may be found!

So how’s it work exactly?

1. Get your free Ether Phone Number - You will get your own number, 1-888-MY-ETHER with an 8-digit extension that is unique to YOU. Set it to forward calls to your actual phone number – cell, home, work, or any number you want. It takes 2 minutes to set up and it’s free!

2. Set your rate - How much is your time worth? $75 an hour? $15 for 15 minutes? $30 per call? Whatever you like. People will only be able to call you when they’ve prepaid your rate, just be reasonable if you want customers!

3. Take calls on your schedule – Your phone will never ring when you don’t want it to. Just set the hours when you want to take calls by adjusting the automatic schedule – currently set so you don’t get calls at night. Or, turn your Ether Phone Number on or off with the click of a mouse or by using your phone.

4. Market Yourself – Put your Ether Phone Number on your business card, website, blog or wherever people can find you. Your actual phone number is kept private. You can also get an Ether Button for your blog or website that lets customers know whether you’re available to take calls. Clicking on your button guides them through the payment process with a simple web form.

5. Phone Me The Money – Your phone only rings when people prepay your rate. Ether bills their credit or debit cards and sends you your money via direct deposit or check. Ether ‘s commission is only 15%, with no monthly fees, no setup fees, and no connection fees.

You can also earn money via Email and selling digital content on the Web!

E-books are big business online – especially if they teach other people how to do things. How to earn more money, how to sell on e-Bay, how to write a bestseller… the possibilities are endless if you have the knowledge and the perseverance to actually write a book and then get out there and sell it.

What’s more, you can apply exactly the same principle to creating a course too. By splitting it up into sections you are creating more value – and you can charge more as a result.

If it’s done properly it can be a real money spinner.

You don’t need to be an expert on e-books to know they sell extremely well if you pick the right subject. “How to…” e-books and courses are particularly good at shifting lots of virtual copies, since they reveal the answers to things that people want to know.

The first thing to remember is that you need to pick a topic that isn’t going to suddenly become unpopular. The topics are obvious here – money, sex or health. Those are the three biggest selling topics around. If you look at all the e-books and courses online, you’ll see that they all revolve around one of those topics in some way. The successful ones do, anyway.

But it’s not just a case of picking a good topic. You need to pick a great title and get the best information to go in it as well. If you want to write a whole course then you need to ensure you’ve got plenty of material and you can divide it naturally into separate sections.

It helps if you already have some knowledge of the subject you are writing about. One of the keys to success is to find your own unique angle, as this is what will sell copies. Don’t try and tread over the same old material that is already out there. It will only be a waste of time. If you have tried something yourself or come up with your own foolproof method of doing something, and other people you know have tried it and got the same results… now that is something worth writing about.

Along with writing the product itself, you’ll also need to write the sales page to go with it. If you’re no good at writing you can always hire a ghostwriter to do it for you; this will cost money but if it’s ghostwritten you can still put your name to it at the end.

Now you need to decide how much to charge for it. The more value it has the more you can charge, and it’s important not to price it too low otherwise it won’t be taken seriously. When it comes to pricing the course you can charge more; it’s up to you whether you supply the whole thing for a flat fee, or set up a payment model where you dispatch one part every month (perhaps via email) in exchange for a monthly payment. This can sometimes result in more people taking you up on the offer, since a smaller monthly amount is easier to pay than one large fee up front.

While you can and should do plenty of research and plan your book or course carefully before you even start to write it, there is still a degree of risk involved. Even ideas that you think will be guaranteed winners might flop, whereas other ones you’re not so sure about could sell massive amounts.

But you will learn plenty from your first effort, and you can use that knowledge to launch your second e-book. And your third, and your fourth…

Written by: 101WaysToMakeMoney.com

There are millions upon millions of dollars being earned in affiliate marketing with every year that goes by. It’s one of the best ways to get started making money online – you don’t need a website, you don’t need a blog, you don’t even need any cash to get started, since there are plenty of ways to reach your perfect audience and start selling to them.

But if you really want to achieve some success with affiliate marketing you need a plan that will get you the level of income you want. Read on to find out how to do just that.

Every time someone buys something online, the chances are that someone else is making a commission on it. That’s how affiliate marketing works.

But how do you get involved?

The best place to start is by going to a website that houses a wide range of affiliate products. This keeps everything together in one easy to access place and gives you plenty to explore. You can also get an idea of which particular areas you would like to concentrate on. The worst thing you can do in affiliate marketing is to use the scattergun approach.

This is when you try and promote a wide range of products that aren’t connected with each other, all from a single website. In essence it isn’t aimed at anyone – and you’ll make fewer sales as a result.

Instead, do some research and come up with a specific group of people that you can find a wide range of products for. Not only do you stand a much better chance of making a sale, you’ll probably make more to each person since they will automatically like what you are offering.

But if you don’t have a website, how can you promote your products?

There are several ways of doing this. One of the best is to use sites like Squidoo, which allow you to build web pages for free on pretty much any subject you like. Once these get indexed by Google you’ll start getting a steady stream of traffic – if you’ve picked a popular subject.

You can also write articles and distribute them to a number of article directories – but make sure you use ones which allow you to link to affiliate links. Not all of them do.

At the beginning I mentioned the need to have a plan to reach the level of income you want. Not many affiliates actually do this and it’s one of the main reasons why more people aren’t making a lot of money with affiliate marketing. It’s certainly not because the potential isn’t there – it’s because they don’t plan to take advantage of it in the right way.

You should always look at how much you will get by way of commission for each product. Obviously the less the commission, the more units you will need to sell to achieve your desired income. You’ll achieve this through a balance of products obviously, but it’s worth bearing in mind.

You also need to think about the type of people you are marketing to. What kind of income do they bring in? How much are they likely to want to spend on the products you’ll be offering? If you don’t match these two aspects up properly you will struggle to make any real sales.

It’s also helpful to set short, medium and long term goals to help keep things in perspective. A short term goal might be to sell five products a week continually, for example. A long term goal could be to make $100,000 a year from affiliate marketing. Goals will help you to decide where you want to go with your fledgling affiliate marketing business.

Another important point to be aware of is that it’s wise to protect your income wherever you can. What I mean by this is that affiliate links can be rather obvious at times, and some people will actually delete your link and go into the site and buy something while denying you the commission.

The easy way to prevent this is to use a link cloaking service. There are plenty of free versions of this online, and it’s really the safest way to protect your interests. It also changes a long ugly link into a nice short one – much nicer for the article directories!

In short, start slowly and keep those visions of a huge income in perspective to begin with. You’ll soon get to know your way around the business and with each new experience you can build your knowledge and earn even more in the months and years to come.

Written by: 101WaysToMakeMoney.com