July 30, 2008
A home energy audit can identify ways to save up to hundreds of dollars a year on home heating (and air conditioning). Ask your electric or gas utility if they audit homes for free or for a reasonable charge. If they do not, ask them to refer you to a qualified professional.
Check your phone bill to see if you have optional calling features or additional services, such as inside wire maintenance, that you don’t need. Each option you drop could save you $40 or more each year.
If you make very few toll or long distance calls, avoid calling plans with monthly fees or minimums. Or consider disconnecting the service altogether and use dial around services such as 10-10 numbers or prepaid phone cards for your calls. When shopping for dial around service, look for fees, call minimum, and per minute rates. Treat prepaid cards as cash and find out if there is an expiration date.
Dial your long distance calls directly. Using an operator to place the call can cost you up to $10 extra. To save money on information calls, look the number up on the Internet, or in the directory.
If you use a cell phone, make sure your calling plan matches the pattern of calls you typically make. Understand peak calling periods, area coverage, roaming, and termination charges. Contracts offered by most carriers will provide you with a trial period of 14 days or more. Use that time to make sure the service provides coverage in all the places you will be using the phone (home, work etc.). Prepaid wireless plans tend to have higher per minute rates and fees but may be a better option if you use the phone only occasionally.
Posted in Money Savers, Some Tips 
No Comments »
July 29, 2008
From the site:
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
We provide various promotion tracking and marketing intelligence services for major national firms. They are interested in a number of things, such as the delivery date and condition of their advertising mail. From time to time, some sample merchandise to check on delivery of customer orders. We also protect their mailing lists against mis-use. In other cases, we track what other companies are doing in the way of advertising in the mail. These are essential services, many of which are also in the public interest.
WHAT’S INVOLVED?
All you have to do is mark the date received on each special piece as it comes in, enter it on our Web site, and save the mailings for a period of time. We may occasionally ask that you send us specific items.
WHAT DO YOU GET?
Participants are credited for each valid item accurately reported. Any mailing costs are reimbursed or, we may make use of UPS call tags, etc.
There may be extra potential opportunities. From time to time some participants get to keep test shipments of merchandise, or get free copies of magazines.
Honestly, you won’t get rich as a decoy agent, but many people are delighted to get some extra spending money doing something that’s fun with hardly any effort. (We cannot promise any particular amount as this depends on clients’ needs for your location and a number of other variables.)
WHAT TO DO NEXT?
If you are interested in being considered, please fill out and submit the Agent Application Request Form.
Posted in Other No Comments »
July 28, 2008
TIP WEEK, I know, but I came across this and thought I’d share. You can work from home and teach someone to speak your native language. Don’t believe it? Here’s the quote from the site:
Idapted’s mission is to revolutionize the way people learn spoken language. As an Idapted Trainer, you will be key in helping someone fulfill their dreams!
Subtract a year from your age. That is how much relevant experience you have! Everybody is an expert in their native tongue. We learn it from when we’re young. We learn through practice and environment - our parents, neighbors, friends etc. When learning a foreign language, we don’t get such exposure - as a matter of fact, due to distance there is often no opportunity whatsoever to practice with a native speaker.
Idapted is using proprietary technology and the latest advances in Internet technology to empower native speakers - YOU - to become effective language trainers to students worldwide. That is why we say that “We democratize language learning”.
As an Idapted Trainer and using our platform, you will guide your Student through a series of exercises developed by our experts to best fit the Student’s level of language proficiency. You will get a unique opportunity to train students around the globe as well as learn from them about their cultures and unique experiences!
So if you are ready to join us on this exciting journey in changing the way world speaks, apply online.
Interestin Job Opportunity, yes?
Posted in Other No Comments »
Digg It!
Stumble It!
del.icio.us
