ING Direct is running a promotion over the last days of December (and, by extension, 2011) where you can enter to win prizes of $1000 or a grand prize of $5000. Make any transaction with your mobile device between December 19th and December 30th for 12 chances to win $1,000 (or a $5,000 grand prize). [...]

Passive Income is a bit of a myth.  Not so much in that it doesn’t exist (it does), but in what it really is, and why we should all be striving to attain as much passive income as possible.  I’ve written before about what passive income is.  But, in that article, I only wrote a [...]

I’ve been using Swagbucks’ toolbar and search for a while now.  Each time you search, you have a chance to randomly be awarded a number of swagbucks.  It’s usually not a ton, but somewhere between 10 and 20.  As you build your balance, you can redeem them for prizes.  I usually go for the Amazon.com [...]

ING Direct, the online savings account giant, is running a bit of a special, when you sign up for an Orange Checking account, and use the debit card that is associated with that account 3 times within 45 days.  I don’t see anything about when the offer will be pulled, but these generally don’t last [...]

Prosper.com, the P2P lending site that started it all is turning 5 today.  And, to celebrate, they’re giving everybody a payment refund.  Well, OK, not everybody.  But, everybody that lists a loan today (Feb. 17th 2011) and gets it funded will get a refund of their second loan payment. The details (A.K.A. fine print) * [...]

For the past three years, I have participated in the ND Technology Occupations Student Loan Forgiveness program.  The rules were pretty simple.  You had to have a College Degree in a technology related field, and have a job in North Dakota in a technology related field.  If you met the rules and got your application [...]

If you’re  looking to pickup a copy of QuickBooks Pro 2009 for your home business or your small business, today (December 22, 2008) is the day to do it.  Intuit has announced that for one day only, you can get a free copy of the program at your local Staples. The way it works is [...]

ING Direct is still pushing their Electric Orange checking with check card in December. Last month, they pushed it but everyone who used their check card before the end of November 5 times for over $10 got a free $20 deposited in their account. (There’s still time to take advantage of that!) For December, they’ve [...]

ING Direct is pushing their Electric Orange Checking Accounts this month and you could be the recipient of a nice $20 bonus.  And it’s pretty simple to do too! If you have an Electric Orange checking account, you’re already enrolled.  You then only need to use your EO debit card to make at least 5 [...]