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Use the Web to S-t-r-e-t-c-h your Dollar$

In Part 1 (Upgrade Your Career) of my series on Conquering the Recession Using Technology, I talked about finding a higher paying job. Until you start making the big bucks, you’ll need to make your money go further.

Christmas season is upon us and money is tight. You can still take care of all of your gadget gift giving with cash to spare. There are a bunch of sites on the internet that will help you save a boatload of loot.

I’m going to show you how to do the following:

• Save a Fortune at Amazon.com
• Get Paid to Buy Stuff
• Find the Best Price on Anything
• Have Bargains Come to You

Save a Fortune at Amazon.com

Amazon has an product line that goes on forever. There is always something on super-terrific clearance sale. You can find giant discounts on products at Amazon.com. The links below list products that are at least 75% OFF in their respective categories.

75% Off Books

75% Off Cameras and Accessories

75% Off Computers and Accessories

75% Off Video Games

75% Off Electronics and Gadgets

You can use their Search options to weed through the haystack of bargains to find your needle.

Get Paid to Shop at Live.com

Microsoft’s Live.com search engine is so hard up for users that they’ll actually PAY YOU  to search for things to buy. This is obviously a long-term plan to capture market share and drum up affiliate sales. Guess what, who cares? You still get paid.

You can use Live.com to Search For and Get CashBack savings on the products you want from the stores that you know and trust.

Find the Best Price on Anything with Price Comparison Engines

Are you looking for something that hundreds of sites carry? Well, there are a number of Price Comparison Engines that will show you who sells an item for the best price. I always check these before I buy.

Google Products

Yahoo Shopping

C-Net Shopper  

Pricegrabber.com

If those were not enough, here is a huge list of price comparison sites on ProBargainHunter.com.

Let the Bargains Come to You

There are a few sites where great deals are being posted all day long. The deals are posted by members who find them online.

 

SlickDeals.net

TechBargains.com

ResellerRatings.com

FatWallet.com Forums

Woot.com

All of these sites have RSS feeds that will send you regular updates as they are posted.

Christmas Gadget Gift Ideas

OK, so you know HOW to save big bucks, but what are you going to buy? Here is a list of Great Gadget Gift Ideas for the tech lover in your life.

Stay tuned for the finally of the three part series “Getting Great Stuff for Free”.

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Use Software, the Web, and Social Networking to Ace your Job Search

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last month or so, you’re probably worried about your job. Blue chip companies are falling into the deadpool or getting taken over on a daily basis.

You either just got laid off or you’re worried that you could be. If that’s not the problem, then you probably just need more money (welcome to the club). with the job market so tight, how do you compete?.

Let Technology be your not-so secret weapon to find all of the best jobs even in a tough market.

You can use software, social networking, and dead-simple techniques to make the whole process painless and successful.

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Live Large in a Small Economy

 

Are you sick of this floundering economy? Is your 401k looking more like a 201K? Well, I for one have had enough of this crap. I’ve decided to do something about it.

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I’m unleashing my own bailout package. A 3 part series aimed at surviving conquering this recession. The series will focus on a few areas:

1. Get More Money – If your job is shaky or just plain gone, I’m going to show you how to use technology to quickly and easily find a better one.
2. Get Stuff for Less Money – It’s not just making more, you need to spend less. I’ll show you how to find incredible bargains on things that you need every day.
3. Get Great Freebies – What’s better than getting things for less? FREE of course. I’m going to show you where you can score some valuable free stuff.

 

Stay tuned for the first article: See How to Upgrade Your Career in a Recession Using Technology.

 

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