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The ProcrastiN8r Podcast
Lvl 7: Top 5 Ways to Save Money as a Spendthrift

The ProcrastiN8r Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 53:12


**Today we dive into how to save money while you're shopping. These are the Top 5 for our Lazy Lives. CREDIT & DEBIT REWARDS easy automatic cash back and savings, just swipe or insert your card some banks do require you to redeem points Debit Card Cash Back Kasasa Bank Reward Checking up to 4% cash back, no fees -  at least 12 transactions sign up for online banking (paperless) statement login to dashboard max of $7 per month cash back rewards -  find your local bank or credit union requirements and reqrds vary by location PayPal Debit MasterCard the DEBIT card, NOT the Reloadable one 1% cash back in your Paypal account no fees Green Dot -5% cash back up to $100 per year (spend $2,000) Bank AmeriDeals grab offer up to 15% cash back Credit Card Cash Back requires good credit Citi Double Cash Back 1% instantly and 1% when you pay Chase Freedom 1% cash back everything You get $150 bonus if you spend $500 using the card within the first 3 months after being approved. I get $100. You also get your own ref link and can earn up to $500 per year with referrals. cash back is UNLIMITED 4. RECEIPT REBATE APPS - take pics of your receipts or find local deals -quality pictures (good lighting, flat (no wrinkles) -multiple if it's too long -must include store name, prices, and total. the full receipt basically -upload it within 2 weeks -no duplicates Receipt Hog earn coins for uploading receipts win streak bonuses for each week you upload enter sweepstakes for big prizes or redeem for Visa, Amazon, or PayPal. Must fill out survey, verify device -connect amazon adn e-mail to earn a one time bonus Level up by uploading receipts each week. Earn slot spins Slot spins to win a “daily trip” vacation or extra coins for rewards or sweepstakes entries -no longer has referral system Fetch Rewards (Ref Code: M7VEE) grocery receipts with certain brands (AI, Aunt Jemima, Aquafina, Brisk, Amp, Breyers, Bagel bites, Blue Moon, Boca, SPIKED Arnold Palmer) Redeen points for gift cards (Groupon, Guitar Center, Best Buy, Dell, Panera bread, Applebee's, Xbox, AMC, Facebook Visa or Charity) -  “Plan” tab lets you make a shopping list. You can manually add items or look at recipe “inspiration” to add items to your list $2 sign up bonus plus $2 for each ref TruNow Use Ref Code:D7KUF6 find cheapest gas -save 1% cash back all gas station and 2% at Turnow partners -spin the wheel to win ($1, snacks, etc.) Coin Out upload receipts -coins are rewarded on RNG, not on amount spent ANY receipt works, even a cafeteria at a hotel or the strip club SavingStar -activate rebates -add stores use loyalty number at check out or upload receipt you can add automatic saving stores by linking loyalty cards stacks Ibotta (Ref Code: tblnauo) sometimes certain stores sometimes certain products, sometimes certain products in certain stores must earn $10 within a month to qualify for $10 welcome bonus refer 5 firends and geta $25 bonus plus a $50 “mystery bonus” (not sure if it's a gift card, discount or what) Receipt Pal rewards and rebates for receipts much like hog no more new users right now sign up for waiting list AUTO CASH BACK APPS like credit/ rewards without needing a high credit score. does require you to link a bank/debit card though. Drop (Ref Code: b3wv0) • Power offers choose 5 popular stores where you'll earn cash back (automatically) at as soon as you shop at them (both online or in store). • Walmart, Macy's, Dunkin Donuts, Target, Whole Foods, Walgreens, Starbucks, Uber, McDonalds, and my personal favorite, Chipotle •about 20-30 stores you can pick from for your perm. • a weekly limit of $5 in cash back (5,000 “drops”) • start with $1 (1,00 drop points) using my referral •  Mobile offers (DraftKings, Groupon) Spent -very similar to Drop -  1% cash back at all of the stores they offer, so you don't need to pick just your favorites. Starbucks, Netflix, Walgreens, Uber, Costco, iTunes, ExxonMobil, 7-Eleven, McDonalds,Kroger, The Home Depot, Chick-Fil-A, Whole Foods, Shell PayPal cash outs.     -  Manage transactions in the app. LOW Cash out minimum $0.01 w/ Gift Card Discount -    HIGH $20 Minimum for PayPal cash out (at 1% cash back, it would take$2000 in spending to reach the $20 minimum cash out.) - takes up to 30 days for approval of cash back Dosh link card choose stores to add $5 for $5 ref sign up bonus most popular. The one “everybody” is using Cash App by Square • get a”cash” debit card • withdraw to bank or Bitcoin • BOOSTS - get discounts restaurants & coffee shops once every 2 hours (Panera, Shake Shack, Subway, Chick-fil-a, Chipotle) • the cash back is instant, more like a discount. If the total is $5 and you save 10%, then you only need $4.50 in your account to make the purchase. • you can switch boosts but only can do one at a time, one every 2 hrs • you can link the card to Apple or Samsung Pay • $5 sign up bonus and $5 per referral Other Empyr apps: Yelp Dining Mogl Coupons.com only ONE Empyr app at a time. As soon as you link up with another Empyr app, you'll be disqualified from another until you link back up. You can switch the link between apps though or use different cards on different apps. •  temporarily link my card to that just for the transaction and then link back to another app. •  or stick with a favorite  Swagbucks Local cash back with linked card at local businesses & restaurants Swagbucks Shop earn “Swagbucks" from shopping online like ebates redeem SB for gift cards or PayPal passive apps and games, surveys instant SB,  faster cash out. Also fill up the Swaggo board E-bates -cash back certain stores -constantly updating “featured stores with DOUBLE cash back bonus cash back in app (as opposed to site) referral: spend $25 and you get $10 cash back. You also get $25 for each ref that spends $25. InboxDollar cash back and offers -e-mail earns you 2 cent per open Others... CashCrate ExtraBux ROBO NEGOTIATORS • bots, software that automatically finds rebates and discounts you're elligible for based on your purchases and bills you already pay. Paribus • will automatically track your shopping • If an item you buy somewhere goes on sale shortly after or if there's any other discounts/promotions, they'll get you a rebate • they do take a cut of your savings. I believe it is 30% for all new users, but for each member you refer you can cut the cut by 5%. Sift • similar site to Paribus, and its key focus is on enforcing credit card benefits, but also monitors price drops • does NOT stack price drop rebates w/ Pairibus • For every purchase we let you know what benefits you are eligible for. • link Amazon and e-mail Trim bill negotiations Submit Your Bill: Submit your most recent cell phone, cable or internet bill to get started. Trim Negotiates: Trim negotiates with your provider to get you discounts on your bill. You Save Money: Trim takes 25% of annualized savings, but only on success—otherwise, it's free! • Text/e-mail alerts on account changes you set (deposits or withdraws of $xxx) • $2 for you and $2 for me Amazon gift card referral 1.  Discount & Coupon Apps Groupon huge discounted items, tickets to events, and even vacations -  Concerts I've gone to off Groupon: Van Halen, Michael Jackson tribute (Who's Bad), Sublime (With Rome) & The OffSpring, Events I've been to through Groupong: Philly Wing Festival, Philadelphia Renaissance Faire, Stratosphere Trampoline Park & Ninja Warrior course, Wizard World Comicon Products: Destiny for PS4, PS4 controllers combine with Ebates, Swagbucks  Inbox dollars, etc. make a purchase within 7 days of signup and we both get $10 Living Social -Groupon copy cat a lot of the same deals in Groupon, so if you hit max, you can buy more here. no ref program :( Wish (Ref Code: MWGMBWY) cheap goods -you get what you pay for -slow shipping, cheap quality. good for frugal budget and patient people Up 50% off (random) when you sign up with my ref link. I get $2 and up to $20 per month with refs Google Search “(whatever store you're shopping at online) discount code.” SHOUT OUT Brandon Selby AKA PassiveTools met on Passive-Earner forums. my passive income brother always commenting, liking, sharing _ Don't forget to relax, Thank you ProcrastiN8r for reminding me to breathe. For the past week, I've been somewhat happier. Happy people, make happy tools._ It's messages like this that encourages me to keep doing what I'm doing or not doing depending on how you look at it. I'm glad some of you not only hear my voice and the crashing of the waves or whatever sound, but can see the Lazy Island, in your mind's eye, and feel like you're really here. You can be here on Lazy Island. I hope I can make you feel more relaxed, more lazy. Happiness isn't something you should have to work for It is isn't something that you have to grind for hours and make sacrifices for. Happiness. It is something that should come naturally, with no effort at all Happiness is easy to get. You just have to feel it and want it Laziness, total relaxation and calmness in your mind is what you use to get there. You can read more about the principles of  L.A.Z.Y. mindset in my free e-book. RANDOM EVENT: We join Captain Lazy Bones on board the Slackin' Kraken ship as he shares the tale of his quest for the 5k Rum. SING-A-LONG LAZY PIRATE SONG/SEA SHANTY: _Well we sail far across the sea Nap on the dock daily We lay out in the sun drinkin' rum Yarr! We be  lazy_ TEASER FOR NEXT WEEK: -  so you know how automatically put money into savings you know how to easily earn cash back what if you don't have an extra money at all. you're broke and certainly don't have money to just spend wildly. well, we're gonna go into some easy ways you can start making money right away from your computer or smartphone, without a 9-5 job, and without needing to start a whole business** Music: The Buccaneer's Haul by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Captain Scurvy by Kevin MacLeod - http://incompetech.com

The Fabric
Ezz Fayek, CEO and co-founder of WaffarX | Episode 4

The Fabric

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 46:39


In our fourth episode of The Fabric, I have the good fortune of sitting down with Ezz Fayek, the founder and CEO of our portfolio company WaffarX. WaffarX is Lobby Capital's first international investment: a cash-back rewards platform serving Egypt and eventually the entire MENA region (basically the eBates of MENA), and Ezz is boundless optimism and intelligence. During our conversation Ezz shares what it was like growing up in Cairo Egypt, his time working in the UAE, and his return to Cairo right before the Arab Spring. He also talks about his unique path in starting WaffarX, and the opportunities and challenges for early-stage tech startups in MENA. Please join me for this fascinating conversation! 

Chain Reaction
Bitcoin rewards and NFTs are helping its ecosystem (w/ Alex Adelman)

Chain Reaction

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 29:54


Welcome to Chain Reaction. A show that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news with some of the biggest names in crypto breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week's episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Alex Adelman, the co-founder and CEO of Lolli. Founded in 2018, Lolli is a bitcoin rewards app that lets people earn bitcoin or cash back when they shop online or in-person at over 10,000 stores like McDonalds, Starbucks, Dunkin, CVS, Costco and so on. Adelman previously was on the team that built a commerce gateway Cosmic that was acquired by PopSugar in 2015 then Ebates and Rakuten in 2017. And similar to Jacquelyn, Adelman also went to UNC-Chapel Hill – go Tar Heels! The platform has grown significantly over the past few years from partnerships with less than 1,000 stores and to over 10,000 stores, to date. Adelman dived into the rewards system in the crypto ecosystem and how it has evolved over the years – and what the future holds for Lolli. We also dived deep into the topic of Bitcoin NFTs and Ordinals, which is the latest craze for the community. We discussed whether Bitcoin NFTs are good for the ecosystem, how the technology can grow long term and possibilities for these digital inscriptions to potentially fit into Lolli's business model. Chain Reaction comes out every other Thursday at 12:00 p.m. PT, so be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite pod platform to keep up with the action. TechCrunch is coming to Boston for our Early Stage event. You can use code CHAIN for 40% off founder and investor passes, we'll see you there! 

The SavvyCast
How I Earn Cash Back Shopping Online and In Stores with Rakuten

The SavvyCast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 14:37


I have been using Rakuten (formerly known as Ebates) to save money shopping for over three years now. In this episode, I share my best tips on how to make the most of Rakuten to maximize your savings!  Episode At A Glance:  This week on The SavvyCast, I am sharing about one of my all-time favorite "savvy" shopping hacks,  Rakuten. I love using Rakuten year-round, but it especially comes in handy during the holidays. I have been using Rakuten for three years now, and in the process, I have saved over $1,800! In this episode, I share how to use Rakuten as well as a referral code to get you started.  What Is Rakuten and How Does It Work?  Rakuten is a program that pays cash back to shoppers who make purchases online at affiliate stores that are listed on the Rakuten website. There are myriad stores, but a few faves are Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Athleta, Bloomingdales, and Macy's. Affiliates also include restaurants, hotels, and delivery services (i.e. Shari's Berries). Each time you visit an online shop, you will get a pop-up reminder that shows how much cash back the store you are shopping at offers. Once you click the activate savings button, you will get confirmation that you are getting savings with the "Congratulations" button. It really is that easy! How to Start Earning Cash Back With Rakuten: Sign Up: You can sign up here for Rakuten and start earning cashback immediately! When you use my referral code, you support Family Savvy and also get a $30 bonus when you spend $30!  Install the Rakuten button on your browser: Once you are signed up for Rakuten, you'll need to install the cash back button on your browser. Instructions for how to do this are here. Download the Rakuten app on your phone: This allows you to use Rakuten for shopping online and in stores with your phone. If you use the Rakuten app to shop in an actual store, you will need to "link" a credit card within the app. Questions Answered In This Episode:  Why is Rakuten a savvy way to shop? How do I download Rakuten? How does Rakuten work?  What are some of the items you have saved on by using Rakuten?  Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Check out this blog post for more tips on how to use Rakuten to save big! Use this referral code to get started I hope this has been helpful. I can't recommend this Rakuten shopping hack highly enough. I'd love to hear from any of you who have comments. If you have it, share your tips in the comments below! I hope you enjoyed this episode! As always, if you have time to rate, review, and subscribe to The SavvyCast on Apple Podcasts, it would be SO appreciated!!! If you like this podcast, be sure to check these out: Tips, Tricks, And Tools For Making Holiday Cooking Easier  Jamie's Christmas Gift Ideas for 2022

Easy Prey
Protecting Your Identity with Patrick Glennon

Easy Prey

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 35:05


Taking online quizzes can be fun and entertaining. Clicking on links in emails and DMs is just plain convenient. Unfortunately, both of these can put your identity at risk for theft. Today's guest is Patrick Glennon. Patrick has over 20 years of experience in banking and consumer identity protection with roles at companies including JP Morgan Chase, Core Logic, Arthur Anderson, and eBates. He has built software and infrastructure teams from the ground up, managed not only data center cloud migrations, but also managed transitions from legacy to modern engineering standards. Show Notes: [0:55] - Patrick shares his background and his current role at IdentityIQ. [2:15] - We are putting more and more of our personal information online. [4:06] - Credit card numbers can be used for more than purchasing things with your funds. [6:06] - There is a wide variety of ways people can use your identity and every day there seem to be new ones. [8:06] - When something happens once, the same information can be used across platforms and accounts. [9:26] - Online quizzes can be used in surprising ways. [10:52] - There is some organization to the ways scammers take information. [14:56] - There's nothing we can do to prevent people from trying. But there are many things we can do to help prevent them from being successful. [16:08] - Mix it up and use different security questions on different sites. [17:48] - Don't click on links in emails or texts. [19:09] - Shred personal mail and credit card offers from the mail. [21:44] - Your information is probably out there. [23:12] - There are so many ways people can get information and then have full access to tons of things. [24:47] - If one thing is compromised, assume that everything is and take the steps to stop access. [26:54] - Depending on what happens, it could take weeks or even months to have this resolved. [28:57] - Time is a big loss for many victims, but there is also an emotional toll. [30:53] - Move to authenticator apps rather than text message two factor authentication. [32:12] - Young people will have a harder time recovering from identity theft. [33:13] - You don't just want to be educated for your sake. Thanks for joining us on Easy Prey. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave a nice review.  Links and Resources: Podcast Web Page Facebook Page whatismyipaddress.com Easy Prey on Instagram Easy Prey on Twitter Easy Prey on LinkedIn Easy Prey on YouTube Easy Prey on Pinterest IdentityIQ Website IdentityIQ Facebook IdentityIQ on Instagram

Regie Collects
Is Comic Collecting Dying?

Regie Collects

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 46:03


SHOW: Ready, Set, Go Preview Show (Ep. 181) TOPICS: In this live stream we discuss with John's Comics with Kids (https://www.instagram.com/johnscomics... X-Men Theme Song Has Been Purchased BCW 10% Discount Code: Regie https://www.bcwsupplies.com/?acc=Regie Become a COMIC SWOLDIER to get exclusive content and other things! https://www.patreon.com/regiecollects Join Discord: https://discord.gg/sDmGvRX Need to send books to CGC or to be graded? Check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Crypto Hipster Podcast
Earning Bitcoin by Shopping Your Favorite Brands, and the Future of Crypto Mergers and Acquisitions, with Alex Adelman and Lolli

Crypto Hipster Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 29:49


Alex Adelman is the CEO & Co-founder of Lolli, a rewards application that lets people earn bitcoin when they shop online from 1,000+ top merchants. Alex was previously the CEO & Co-founder of Cosmic, the leading e-commerce gateway, which was acquired by PopSugar in '15 and then by Ebates in '17. Alex positioned Cosmic and Lolli as high growth, high value, and industry-leading technology companies, establishing strategic partnerships with key partners in e-commerce. Alex was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Retail & E-Commerce. His work has been featured on WSJ, Forbes, Fortune, Wired, TechCrunch, Cheddar, MarketWatch, and Digiday and he's presented at Advertising Week, Fashion Tech Forum, TechCrunch Disrupt, Tech Cocktail, Money 20/20, and Technori. Alex holds a BA in Economics from UNC-Chapel Hill. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

Regie Collects
Internet Thuggery

Regie Collects

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 31:12


SHOW: Ready, Set, Go Preview Show    TOPICS: In this live stream we discuss two topics primarily, a recent CGC submissions by Dani Girl Comics and Internet Thuggery & Keyboard Finger Jacking.    Dani Girl Comics: https://youtu.be/M1JhqWe97eU Morpheus' Multiverse: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSGMpHM47c/ BCW 10% Discount Code: Regie https://www.bcwsupplies.com/?acc=Regie Become a COMIC SWOLDIER to get exclusive content and other things! https://www.patreon.com/regiecollects Join Discord: https://discord.gg/sDmGvRX Need to send books to CGC or to be graded? Check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Crypto Hipster Podcast
From fiat to Bitcoin, the transition of analog to digital, Matt Senter, Lolli

Crypto Hipster Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 30:30


Transitioning global payments from fiat to Bitcoin, and the transition of analog to digital, with Matt Senter and Lolli Matt Senter is the CTO & Co-founder of Lolli, a rewards application that gives people bitcoin when they shop online from 1,000+ top merchants. Matt was previously the CTO & Co-founder of Cosmic, the leading e-commerce gateway, which was acquired by PopSugar in 2015 and then by Ebates in 2017. Prior to Cosmic, Matt was the CTO & Co-founder of SeedMatrix, a groundbreaking agricultural data analysis tool used by Fortune 100 and Fortune Global 500 companies to identify their best performing seeds in various planting conditions, acquired by Context Network in 2010. During the dotcom boom, Matt was the CEO and Founder of Senternet, one of the world's first Java-based web hosting companies, sold in 2002. He is an advocate for online privacy and security and considers those foundational tenets of a free society. Matt is also a father of three. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

The Important Part: Investing with Liz Young
The Impact on Investing Through Consumer Activity With Kristen Gall

The Important Part: Investing with Liz Young

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 41:56


Given the recent rates of inflation, it makes sense to think that consumer spending is down. However, in many ways it's quite the opposite. Kristen Gall, president of Rakuten (formerly Ebates), sits down with Liz to talk about what's she seen in consumer trends in the first few months of the year, what sectors in retail could see a downturn, and what "the great trade down" has to do with consumer spending. Lix offers her take on why “revenge spending” is still relevant, how choices about spending will change, and why the middle is what gets squeezed. For more, read Liz's weekly column every Thursday on SoFi's blog at https://www.sofi.com/blog/category/investment-strategy/ or follow her on Twitter @LizYoungStrat

Regie Collects
Manga Out Sales Comics In North America

Regie Collects

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 53:20


SHOW: Ready, Set, Go Preview Show  TOPICS: Let's talk about sales data associated with the comic/manga market Links: https://www.comichron.com/yearlycomic... and https://icv2.com/image/48728/2 Become a COMIC SWOLDIER to get exclusive content and other things! https://www.patreon.com/regiecollects BCW 10% Discount Code: Regie https://www.bcwsupplies.com/?acc=Regie Become a COMIC SWOLDIER to get exclusive content and other things! https://www.patreon.com/regiecollects Join Discord: https://discord.gg/sDmGvRX Need to send books to CGC or to be graded? Check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Vacation Mavens
208: Best Travel Credit Cards for Families

Vacation Mavens

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 51:08


Wondering how to earn more points towards travel? Trying to decide which travel credit card is the best fit for your family? This week we chat with points and miles expert Jennifer Yellin about the best travel credit cards for families. Kim and Tamara also talk about the changing travel restrictions in Europe, the Caribbean, and cruises. Note that since this podcast was recorded, Italy has also dropped its testing requirement for fully vaccinated travelers. About Jennifer Yellin Jennifer Yellin is the founder of Deals We Like, where she helps her readers travel on a deal. She writes about everything travel related, such as travel credit cards, travel rewards (points and miles) and travel destinations. Jennifer is also a freelance writer for CNN Underscored and The Points Guy where she writes on similar travel topics. Jennifer loves traveling to beach destinations and embracing ski trips with her family. How to Pick the Best Travel Credit Card for your Family For family travel, you need to book early if you are looking to use points since they are popular times to travel and you need more seats than if you are traveling solo When choosing a credit card to start using points there are some that are very easy to redeem points, like Capital One which allows you to earn points and then use the points eraser to erase the travel charge on your credit card. Others, like Chase Ultimate Rewards, you transfer your points to airline or hotel programs to use your points. You can get better value that way but it takes a little more work There are also airline or hotel specific cards that provide certain perks, like a free night certificate or free baggage, that can be valuable if you are able to fully utilize it Also look at the annual fees and make sure you are getting more value than you are paying in annual fees The Hyatt card will help you earn Globalist status, which will provide nice perks like room upgrades. See our episode about the best hotel loyalty programs Southwest is a popular card for Southwest fliers that can earn the Companion Pass (see our episode about flying families for free) The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great card but wait to sign up until they have a very good sign up bonus. Points transfer easily on a one-to-one basis and you can even book through their travel portal. They have a partnership with Southwest and OneWorld Alliance members like American and British Airways If you transfer 1-to-1 to Hyatt, you will get more value out of your points then transferring to Marriott If you do decide to have multiple cards, make a note of which cards give more points for specific categories (e.g. gas, travel, supermarket) and put a piece of tape or label on each card and write on it which category to use that card for If you have a specific trip in mind, find out what hotel you want to stay at and then look at signing up for that hotel brand credit card and sign up when there is a good bonus (unless a card like Chase has a better welcome offer) You can also sign up for credit cards in you and your partner's name or a personal and business card to get multiple sign up offers if you have a specific trip in mind When you want to use points for a family, it can be hard to find enough free seats for everyone. Just keep in mind that if you book separately you may end up separated if they reshuffle the flights but you can try to get the itineraries linked to avoid this If you have status, you probably want to buy a ticket for the person with status and use points for the rest Expert Flyer is a membership website that helps you find special award availability For international airlines, it also helps to use an award booking service to help find flights to a specific destination, these usually cost about $150-200. Usually you don't pay unless you can book You can use Point.me (used to be Juicy Miles) where you put in your itinerary and the system will provide you with options that you can book and that is a less expensive service because it is automated When you transfer points, it can take 24-48 hours for the points to show up in your account and you can't book until they are available. You can Google how long it takes to transfer points between specific programs Once you transfer points from your credit card to an airline or hotel program, you can switch them back to the credit card so be sure you want to use them To earn additional points, sign up for every shopping portal available such as eBates/Rakuten (for cash back or points), some have Chrome Extensions to remind you to purchase through the portal. Most mainstream ecommerce sites will earn you points There are also a lot of sign up bonuses around big shopping weekends Cashbackholic will show you which shopping portals offer the best rates/points offers EV Rewards will also compare for you Always look at the targeted offers that are sent to you from your credit card companies to earn extra points or cash back Buy gift cards through shopping portals, put purchases on credit card and have others pay you back for group dinners, class gifts, etc. Never sign up for a credit card without a sign up offer Southwest currently has a good offer for earning a Southwest Companion Pass Make sure you can always easily meet the minimum spend requirements when signing up for a new card If you are applying for a mortgage or a loan soon, don't apply for a new credit card, but otherwise it won't hurt your credit score Cancel cards when you are no longer getting value, but you can also call and see if you can get a fee waived or reduced If you have applied for 5 or more Chase cards in 24 months, you can't get approved for a new card and Amex offers are usually once in a lifetime but you may be able to get it once they roll off your credit card in seven years or so Full Episode Transcript [00:00:00.190] - Kim Tate Stay tuned to find out how you can charge your way to free travel. [00:00:15.450] - Announcer Welcome to Vacation Mavens, a family travel podcast with ideas for your next vacation and tips to get you out the door. Here are your hosts, Kim from Stuffed Suitcase and Tamara from We 3 Travel. [00:00:29.890] - Kim Tate Tamara. It's kind of a fun intro today because I feel like we're going to share some happy news for a change that's happening. Do you want to kick us off and start talking about some changes that are happening in the travel space lately? [00:00:41.710] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, just overall, I think everyone feels a whole lot better than they did a month ago, for sure. And I know traffic to my website showing that people are more interested in international travel than they have been, for obvious reasons. But it's just so nice to be on the side of things where it's like things are getting better. [00:00:58.670] - Kim Tate We have good news. Yeah. [00:01:00.680] - Tamara Gruber But as you guys know, we're planning a spring break trip coming up very quickly, and we've been keeping everything crossed that everything goes okay. But we saw just actually, I just saw very recently, I think it was on February 12 that France has lifted their testing requirement to get into the country. So it's just like one of these hurdles that I can check. I can just cross off like, okay, the day before, how am I going to get the test that I need? And is it going to come back in time depending on how things are there or they're going to shut now that things are better, they're closing some testing centers. What's the best way to get this test that they need? So it's just like one of those hurdles that I don't have to go through now. And it's just it's such a relief. And also because Hannah had COVID in early January, I was actually going to get her tested to see if she's still testing positive. Do I need to get the doctor's note and go through that whole thing? And so as restrictions are lifted, it's just so nice to have one less thing that you have to do as you're getting out the door, and then one less thing that could kind of screw up the road. [00:02:11.860] - Tamara Gruber Obviously, you could still get sick, but hopefully you would know that versus like, oh, no, you're actually asymptomatic. Not that we want to be traveling asymptomatically, but you know what I mean? So I'm just encouraged that there are a number of European countries that are lifting their testing requirements at the same time, though, I should say that is for people that are fully vaccinated and different countries have different rules about full vaccination. Like, for example, for France, you need to also be boosted if it's been more than seven months since your second shot or your only shot if you're like me when it was Johnson, Johnson. So you need to follow still those kind of guidelines and all of the rest. But at least on the testing front, it's one thing. So, yeah, so France lifted it. The UK has lifted that, Ireland has lifted it. Spain lifted it. And I've seen that both Portugal and Greece have lifted it for the EU. And so my matter of time before they lift it for the US as well. And part of it might be like the US still has the requirement that people need to test, including US citizens, on entry into the US. [00:03:24.420] - Tamara Gruber So it might be one of those things where it's like, well, if you lift it for us, we'll have it for you kind of thing. But yeah, at least I mean, right now we're still going to have to get tested in France to go into Italy. But at least we know that that's pretty easy to do. Like, there's tons of pharmacies around and it's cheap and readily available and fast turn around. So I'm not as worried about that. And then I actually just ordered some testing kits from EMED, which is what you and I used when we were in Portugal because it's the proctored self testing that is accepted for return to the US. [00:04:00.540] - Kim Tate And it's instant. Yeah, it's really good. [00:04:02.170] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. [00:04:03.870] - Kim Tate That horrible one day window that the US enacted, which I hope they're going to reedit that now that Omicron is calming down because that one day is a big ask. [00:04:13.080] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, it's definitely and I was worried about like, oh, if we're in Italy, I know I can get tested, but will the turnaround be in time? So I just felt like bringing these along is going to be the easiest scenario. We just do that in the room and we'll be all set. So positive news on my friend. And I know you've been paying attention to some other stuff going on, so you have some positive news, too. [00:04:34.640] - Kim Tate Yeah. Well, we're headed out on a cruise for spring break, and we're getting numerous emails that keep coming in because cruises are really volatile right now with the way they're changing. A lot of them went back into even a lockdown. They canceled a lot of cruises in January. And now I think things are loosening up, and so that's kind of opening up options. And so I think that for cruising, just know that cruising is back. Cruises in general have always been, as we talked about in that episode a while back, they're pretty obsessed with cleanliness and germs because of other things like norovirus that they've had issues with. So just know that cruising is back. And so if that's an option. The other thing that I like about cruising is because we're doing a Caribbean cruise and because you come in and out of a US Port, you are waived from a lot of those testing requirements that if you were just flying directly into a Caribbean Island. So there is some benefit to that. Just know that some of the Caribbean Islands also are editing what they're requiring. And I know that, for example, I believe it's the Bahamas and maybe even Aruba, if you're vaccinated, you no longer have to submit a PCR test. [00:05:41.530] - Kim Tate You can take a rapid test. Of course, it has to be a proven rapid test. You can't just take one of the Amazon ones and take a picture of it. It has to be like the EMED ones that you're talking about. But I think for some travelers, those are way easier than, like you said, making appointments and going in through a drive through or some kind of testing site. And then that stress over. Will I get the results in time, especially if for us out here, the Sundays really throw us off because they don't run the results on Sundays and do the testing. So if you need it, you kind of have to either wait for Monday or you have to go Saturday and hope that process works. So I just know that for us, it's kind of a big thing to keep an eye on. And I do think, like you that things are relaxing, and I think everybody's ready to get back to travel. So I feel like a lot of us traveled over the past year anyways, but it's becoming more accessible for people who maybe don't want the cost or the stress of testing. [00:06:35.070] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, I've talked to a couple of people recently. They were like, oh, I just paid $100 for a test, and then they dropped it the next day. The cost for a family to have to deal with that kind of testing is considerable. It's huge. [00:06:51.000] - Kim Tate Well, our in laws won't come visit us from Canada because they're a family of five and they didn't come last summer because even after the border opened, they can't pay for five test times $150 or whatever. It just was cost prohibitive. [00:07:06.880] - Tamara Gruber So, yeah, I like to be an optimist, and it's been hard for a couple of years. And I know things can change and all of that, but it is just nice to see positive news, positive things happening. And I'm excited. I'm excited for where all of our travels are going to take us this year. [00:07:26.130] - Kim Tate I definitely think that it's exciting and I think that it's people I mean, governments are seeing that the travel restrictions and the testing isn't necessarily catching it. It's still spreading like wildfire all throughout the country. I think that's a bigger thing. Like, I'm fully into watching things, but the fact that obviously Omicron moved through multiple countries, it really shows that we kind of all just need to get back to living and do our responsible parts. [00:07:54.940] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. Well, speaking of getting back to living, I think everyone has been thinking of the trips that they want to take. And so we've been trying to have some episodes that addressed some of that, like some of that inspirational dream travel and today we're going to talk to really a credit card expert, and she's going to help us figure out ways to earn our way to those dream trips using credit cards. So I'm very excited to kind of find some new strategies after talking to her today. [00:08:26.090] - Kim Tate Yeah, definitely. Jennifer is a true expert. So let's get talking to her. [00:08:38.270] - Tamara Gruber We are here this week with Jennifer Yellin. She's a travel and credit card expert, founder of travel site Deals We Like, and a freelance writer for The Points Guy and CNN Underscored. So, Jennifer, I feel a little bit odd to have such an expert here today, but welcome. [00:08:52.970] - Jennifer Yellin Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. [00:08:55.340] - Tamara Gruber Well, we get a lot of questions about credit cards and strategies. And there are always some of our favorite episodes, and people always have different advice. So it's really nice to talk to, like, people with different viewpoints and experience. But before we get into really talking about what credit cards families should be using to earn points, I was hoping you could inspire us a little bit with some of the trips or flights that you've been able to book using miles and points. Sure. [00:09:21.790] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. So this past two years, like many of you, probably has been a little bit of a pause in staying at home. But just more recently, my family was actually able to take our first trip since the Pandemic started to Aruba, and we were able to book that fully on points, utilize our JetBlue points. And with JetBlue, it's really cool that if the flight goes down in price, you can cancel now with your points and rebook it. So I was able to do that a few times and really get that price down really low. Booking with points, even during the Christmas time period, it was pretty awesome. And then we stayed at the Hyatt Regency there right on Palm Beach and used points as well. And my husband actually has global status, which is their top tier status. So we are able to apply a suite upgrade. And we're confirmed into a two bedroom suite. And my kids had their own bunkbed room, which I thought was so cool. [00:10:11.020] - Kim Tate That's amazing. That's definitely like a dream. Good job on that, because I know those suite rewards are kind of difficulties sometimes. I hear they are. [00:10:19.280] - Jennifer Yellin I mean, it wasn't available right away. I had a check online daily, maybe hourly leading up to it. And probably about two weeks before our trip. [00:10:26.930] - Kim Tate It opened up nice. [00:10:28.700] - Jennifer Yellin That was good. [00:10:29.960] - Kim Tate That definitely sounds good. I know Tamara was in Aruba, too, but I think those are the dream trips that everybody thinks about when they can do points on Airlines and hotels. So Unfortunately, I get overwhelmed at that aspect of, like, how to redeem. And so I have a whole bunch of points, but they're all just sitting in my account doing nothing for me. So I had a friend who's in the point space once say to me, what do you hate free money? Because you're not using your points. So I know that that's a good thing when you can use them. [00:10:57.520] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. Family travel, specifically points kind of early because we always are booking during the popular Christmas break, spring break time frame. And that's when everyone books early. So right now I have a bunch of trips planned for December break. Clearly, I'm not taking them all, but booking them right when the war calendar opens up has allowed like a word availability to be booked and it's easier to come by. [00:11:22.660] - Tamara Gruber That's a good tip. [00:11:23.840] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. As long as I can cancel them, I'm good. I probably have like four different trips. [00:11:28.850] - Kim Tate Yeah. It becomes you have to have a spreadsheet to manage it sometimes. [00:11:33.110] - Kim Tate Well, what do you think is some of the so let's start off by talking about what you think some of the criteria is for people to look for when they're choosing a credit card to start earning points because there are a lot of options and I know kind of what I'm thinking and what other people have said. So in your opinion, what should people look at? [00:11:50.580] - Jennifer Yellin I think it kind of depends. There's two types of credit cards out there in the points space. Forget about cash back, but there's those that allow you to easily redeem your points. Like capital One is the first one that comes to mind. You book your flight and you can kind of use your points to wipe away the charge. [00:12:10.730] - Kim Tate Like the eraser or something. [00:12:12.510] - Jennifer Yellin Exactly. Like at a very easy rate. You don't have to worry about award availability. Like you were saying that you don't want to deal with if the flight is available. The hotel is available on points. As long as you can book it with cash, you can use your points. Then there's one like the Chase Ultimate Rewards, which kind of has a few different programs, actually. But those are where you can redeem your points to various hotel and airline programs by transferring your points. But that takes kind of some motivation, I guess it takes some effort and work and you need to kind of learn the programs, but then you could actually get something of better value. So it kind of depends on what your personality is. [00:12:53.540] - Kim Tate Right. And then, of course, there's also, like specific airline credit cards, like Delta or I have an Alaska card just because it gives me some perks. But it's funny because on Alaska I still book with my Amex because Alaska pays three times, but Amex pays five times. So it's kind of funny how you have to think about that stuff. [00:13:10.330] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. Other things I look for is I try to keep my annual fees low because I have a decent amount of credit cards. But are there perks that come with a credit card, like a free night certificate? So like Hyatt offers a free night certificate. It's capped at a category four, but I always find that that helps pay for the annual fee and actually allows me to come out ahead. So are there any of those other bonuses or perks that you'll utilize? [00:13:35.210] - Tamara Gruber I used to have a Marriott card, and I felt like sometimes I ended up not always using that voucher for the free night because then you would look at it and when I wanted to book, it was only like $100, $150. And you're like, oh, I'm going to save it for something else. And then it never ended up happening with all these things you definitely have to stay on top of make sure you're using the perks and the bonuses that you get. Right. [00:13:58.270] - Jennifer Yellin Definitely. Because if not, you could be spending a good amount on just fees where you're really not worth it. [00:14:04.160] - Tamara Gruber I mean, I totally admit that we've had the Capital One venture card for years and years, and the Holy Racer thing is just super simple. [00:14:12.670] - Kim Tate Yeah. That's what Paul likes. He loves that one. Just for the ease of it. [00:14:16.910] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. And we've also been using a higher credit card. And even though we're not getting the best value every time you make a purchase, it helps us earn global status, which, as I've mentioned before, is like their top tier status. So by earning that status, because every time you spend, I think $5,000 on the card, you get two nights towards status. So that, combined with staying at hotels, allows us to use that and then kind of get these awesome perks. So you kind of got to look at the pros and cons of every car and see what works best for you. Whenever anyone asks me, my simple answer sometimes is it depends. [00:14:51.780] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. We talked to who is Ed Pizza, right. A few months ago, Kim, and he was really recommending Hyatt as a great program for families. So I'm glad that you brought that one up and like ways to kind of maximize that because their point redemption is certainly much more generous than, as I mentioned, the Marriott card. [00:15:11.380] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. Ed and I are big Hyatt people for sure. [00:15:15.100] - Tamara Gruber Well, it sounds like you gave a couple of good starter cards for someone that's interested in travel but maybe doesn't have any particular destination in mind, or they just want to be able to use it, like travel generally. I know some people are like, really into Southwest, do everything Southwest. We had somebody on that talked about that in the past. But are there any other kind of starter cards that you would recommend for someone that doesn't want to be loyal to a particular brand or a particular airline? [00:15:43.570] - Jennifer Yellin Sure. Yes. If you don't want to be loyal and you kind of want to be agnostic and have to diversify your portfolio, I guess the Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great card. I wouldn't say the sign up bonus is as high as it has been over the past year. So if you're not in a rush, you might want to hold off. But that is a good program where it's simple. They have really good transfer partners such as Hyatt, United, JetBlue, and then once you get more into it, you can explore some of the international airline partners as well. But it's simple. Everything transfers as one to one, and you can kind of figure out what your needs are and then transfer to the program. Or you can book through their travel portal. I think it's run by Expedia. It's the exact same process as booking as any other Expedia hotel you would or Air flight. And you can utilize your points that way, too. It's at a fixed value, so they offer a good amount of opportunities. [00:16:37.550] - Tamara Gruber And are they one that has a really broad portfolio of Airlines? I remember I used to do that a lot with Amex, and then they had gotten rid of a lot of their partners and we kind of dropped Amex for a while. Some still have limited partnerships with the one to one transfers. [00:16:55.310] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, I think they have a broad number of transfer partners. It's on the airline front, off the top of my head. United JetBlue, British Airways, which a lot of people will book domestically. You can book their British Airways points using on American Airlines, so they're a partner. So it's really easy to travel domestically even with an international airline. And then there are some other international carriers, too, in Southwest actually is one of them as well. So I think they have a good amount. There are definitely ones that are better than others just because of not all points are pretty equal. So if you transfer one to one to Hyatt versus one to one to Marriott, Hyatt points are 20,000 Hyatt points is probably equivalent to 60,000 Marriott points. So it's slightly different when you're transferring in a one to one rate. You want to get the best value. I'd say. [00:17:45.920] - Kim Tate Yeah. I think that it's good to mention that you do have to be mindful of the transfer partners because that is where you can get into. There's a whole it's kind of like couponing, right? Where the people who are like those extreme couponers, they knew everything and they could stack stuff. And I think that people who really get into this are good at stacking stuff because it's like, oh, I know for a fact that British Airways has really high taxes. So maybe you want to fly Air Lingus into Ireland and then get to there's little things like that that you learn over time. But it is nice to have the multiple transfer partners knowing that you can kind of optimize the way the credit cards work for you. Do you have any tips? Because I know this is a big thing in the point space about deciding if you do decide to have multiple cards, how do you decide what expenses to put on each card? [00:18:29.730] - Jennifer Yellin So I have many cards, probably too many, but I kind of look at category bonuses. So some credit cards will give increased payout for gas, some will for restaurants, some for travel, supermarkets, your common purchases. And so I kind of lay it out and I actually have what's it called tape with Sharpie written on which one to use for various types of purchases. And that has helped, but that can definitely get overwhelming. I'd say if you don't want to be overwhelmed, you're probably better off with a credit card like the Capital Adventure that just offers you two points for every dollar you spent. It doesn't matter what you're purchasing. If you're buying a toy for your child, purchasing travel, going to grocery store, anything, it's the same return. So it really depends on maybe your personality and how much you want to spend on this. But if you're willing to put in the effort, you can definitely maximize every single purchase you make. But it will require a few different credit cards. [00:19:35.410] - Tamara Gruber I like that tip, though, of like putting a little note on them in some way because I have a terrible memory when it comes to numbers. And so I could see myself having a spreadsheet somewhere that says use this one for gas and this one for that. But until it becomes like routine and a habit, I would be like which 01:00 a.m. I supposed to use again. So like a little tip, right? [00:19:56.480] - Kim Tate So many people in the point space on the groups, a new quarter comes around and they change out and they have those label makers like the Dymo label makers, and they put them on their cards, which card to use? And they do it for their spouses too. That maybe aren't into it as much because sure enough, I think of that. I'm like, which one do I want to use for dining? What do I want to pay here? [00:20:24.450] - Tamara Gruber I'm thinking like when you use Apple Pay or you do online and your card saved, you can name them. Usually just name it like Amex or Visa. You could name it like grocery store, dining, gas. [00:20:36.650] - Kim Tate All the gas probably isn't needed online. [00:20:39.090] - Tamara Gruber So that kind of covers some of the general travel. I know some people have some dream trips in mind. Like say, okay, I want to go to the Maldives or I want to go to Tokyo. Like what is a good strategy to get me to a particular destination? Is that better to then look at a specific card for the airline? That might be best for that? What would your approach to that kind of scenario be? [00:21:05.080] - Kim Tate Absolutely. [00:21:05.600] - Jennifer Yellin Whenever I give anyone advice, I always actually find it's easier for me to help them when they have a specific trip in mind, because then you can have a strategy for that particular destination. So I know it was a few years back, but a friend of mine wanted to go on our honeymoon to the Maldives. Like you had mentioned, it's definitely a quite extensive adventure. So this is a prime opportunity to use your points and miles. And I said, well, the Hyatt actually has a great property there get the highest credit card. I can't remember what the actual bonus was at the time, but right off the bat, it was either two or three nights free at the Maldives. This was many years ago when before the point rates went up a little bit. But that was probably a $3,000 in savings. So I think if you know exactly where you want to stay, let's say it's the Hyatt, then look to see what the Hyatt credit card is offering at the time. Look to see what maybe the Chase Sapphire Preferred is offering at the time, since you can transfer the Hyatt and see which one is going to give you a better welcome offer for that particular destination in mind. [00:22:07.650] - Kim Tate Yeah, I know we were planning a trip to Tokyo, and Japan Airlines is a partner with Alaska, and Alaska is my airline of choice here in Seattle. And so that was easy for me because I was kind of banking those miles and I got the Alaska card because my status gives me free bags, but I was able to get free bags for my kids as well. And all that. And those points really helped in the way get us our Tokyo flights that we didn't get to use, but still there. [00:22:32.320] - Tamara Gruber You got them? [00:22:33.530] - Kim Tate Yeah. [00:22:33.910] - Jennifer Yellin I did something similar last year about probably eleven months ago. I knew I wanted to go to Hawaii over this past December break. We didn't go, therefore, we went to Aruba. But I purposely just got the Alaska credit card purely for them, based in Boston. Boston. I don't think I've actually ever flown Alaskan Airlines in my life, actually. But there was a points available I saw. So I immediately applied for the credit card and both my name and my husband's name. And actually I applied for the personal credit card and the business credit card in both of us. And I knew that immediately would give us both a one way flight there. And I already had American Airlines booked on the way home with points. So I applied for that card for that one specific destination. I now have all these Alaska airline miles, and I know that I'll just use them at another point of time to hopefully go to Hawaii again. [00:23:21.250] - Kim Tate Yeah. [00:23:22.350] - Jennifer Yellin So I did that myself, too. [00:23:24.870] - Kim Tate So let's talk about we talked about booking flights and using points because this is something that I've struggled with a lot. When you are for a family, when you are wanting to use points, do you think it's easier to just always search for four tickets? Say you're a family four. Tamara is a family, three, whatever you are, your whole family search for tickets with those points? Or do you think it's better to be willing to pay for some and get tickets for some? Because I know that I've struggled with that, especially because as a status person, I almost want to buy my ticket, which is what I did for our spring break. I bought my ticket and I use points on my family's three tickets because now I'll earn miles on that trip and they don't care about anything else. So do you have any tips about that for using points with a family? [00:24:10.340] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, we actually do the same. We fly JetBlue a lot now. And my husband had status and actually they extended his status. So he still has his status, which actually isn't worth as much anymore. But we'll pay for his ticket and then use the points to purchase tickets for myself and my two kids. And then Jeff, who allows you if you call them and the tickets are booked within a few minutes of one another, they'll kind of link them kind of for you. So that's a strategy we use with JetBlue and Southwest. There's no capacity control. So as long as there's a paid ticket available, you can go ahead and use your points. It doesn't matter, unlike some other Airlines. But with other Airlines, sometimes I do recommend just looking at one ticket at a time, because if there's one or two tickets, you could do that. The only problem is when you're booking with multiple itineraries. And sometimes if there's schedule changes, the Airlines aren't as helpful, I guess is the right term to keep families together, necessarily if they are booked on separate itineraries. So that's just one thing to keep in mind if you're booking under multiple reservations. [00:25:15.090] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, we've actually had that happen to us a number of times. We used to travel on points much more often and we were separated. And it's one of those things that especially when you book far out in advance, they tend to reshuffle flights fairly often and equipment, and so you can easily get moved around. And it's something I'm sensitive to because I have a child who is now older, but when she was younger was also a nervous liar. So there's, like, no way I would have wanted her separated from me. I think it's a good tip to say call, tell them to link the PNR numbers on the itinerary, but it's definitely not foolproof. So if it's something that you're concerned about, definitely something to keep in mind. [00:25:59.070] - Jennifer Yellin Right. And my thought is if I'm willing to pay for two or three of the passengers and I'm probably willing to pay for all of them and then use the points at another time, I personally like to book with everything either paid or points just to keep everything clean. [00:26:15.750] - Kim Tate And I know that when you do talk about just for people who are maybe a little more intermediate or advanced well, if they're advanced they already know this. But I know that a lot of people use Expert Flyer, which is a website. You can actually pay a yearly membership fee. I think it's like $49 a year. $99 a year. I don't remember what it is. And they somehow have some magic API that looks for special award availability that's coded a certain way. And so if you are trying to play a game, I know some people set up like alerts so that if they're watching a specific flight or a specific destination, they can kind of if an award ticket becomes available, they can hurry and log in and book it. [00:26:57.950] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, absolutely. That is one good technique. And another thing I've kind of found helpful at times is using an award booking service. I know that seems silly from someone who kind of knows as well, but specifically with international Airlines, it can be beyond overwhelming. And they have all the tools and they have the same API's. And I don't know what they do in the background, but sometimes they're able to find ways that you didn't think of to go ahead and book an award internationally using partner programs. And it can actually save you points. So if you have points on one Airlines, but then also points in a flexible program like the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card, which awards you ultimate reward points, you actually could potentially transfer your points to a program and then book your itinerary for less points than booking with another program. So there's so many different things to know, I guess, when it comes to that. But there are services out there. [00:27:53.490] - Kim Tate Yeah. Do you have any? Because I know a friend that I kind of met once that's in the space. And at one point when we were looking at Japan and I was trying to decide if I was going to do it myself and he charged like 150 or something to do it for you. But do you know what those typically charge or what? Is there a top one or two that you know by name that you could mention? Sure. [00:28:15.120] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. That price point sounds about right. But then there are other services that have kind of come out over the past few years. So one is Point me, it used to be called Juicy Miles, and instead of them actually booking it for you, you can kind of like Expert Flyer in a sense, somewhat. You put in your itinerary and it kind of lists out all these different options for you. So it's all system process. There's no one physically doing it for you. And that's a much less expensive option. I think that you can charge a monthly fee or maybe just you can do it a one time or even a seven day trial period. I think so. Those are some good options, too, because it's less expensive. But it will give you all these international Airlines that you do in point programs that you probably didn't even know existed. And how to book. The only problem is some of them are a little bit more challenging to actually transfer to and book. But by quick Google searching, there's, like everything out there that you can figure out on how to transfer points and everything. It's time consuming. [00:29:16.410] - Jennifer Yellin It's really time consuming. And sometimes, I don't know, it might be easier. [00:29:19.740] - Kim Tate That's what I'm saying at this point. I would pay someone $250 to do it for me because I do know how time consuming. [00:29:26.970] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. And usually you don't pay unless it works. Right. [00:29:30.550] - Kim Tate Unless they get it for you. [00:29:31.880] - Jennifer Yellin Right. If you're not happy with it, no harm. [00:29:34.500] - Kim Tate Yeah, that's good tip. And I think also just a heads up for some people realize that a lot of these, like, I know Amex and Ultimate Rewards, a lot of their transfer partners take 24 to 72 hours for the points to kick into your account, which can be a big issue, especially if you're like, oh, this airfare just became available. Now I have to transfer the points, but then you're waiting there two, three days. I'm hoping that they hit your account so you can buy that award ticket. It's very stressful. I actually did that for Alaska to get our Japan tickets. I needed like 50,000 more and I had to transfer some. And I was like, oh, my gosh, please get in my account before these disappear. [00:30:09.750] - Tamara Gruber That's a really good point. [00:30:11.620] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. If you like Google also, I don't know why has it, but if you Google, like, time to transfer points from one program to another, there's so many experts out there, points people that have kind of taken all the data and put it all together. So some of them are instant. Some of them could even take seven days. But you could probably get a good inkling based on what these other people have put together. [00:30:35.190] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. Well, it's one of these spaces where there are so many experts, but trying to sort through it all on your own is definitely confusing. That idea of being able to hire someone to help you. And thinking about that, I'm such an advanced planner, you kind of want to be like, oh, well, I'm probably going to use this. I'll just switch the points over now, but then you can't switch them back. [00:30:58.030] - Jennifer Yellin That is a good tip. Once you transfer points out of, like, Capital One or City or American Express Chase, I think those are the three main ones. They're in that program of choice. They are not going back in. So once flexible, points are no longer flexible. [00:31:12.770] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. One way. [00:31:14.020] - Jennifer Yellin Yes. [00:31:15.690] - Tamara Gruber Well, we talked a little bit about some ways that you can maximize kind of your earning potential through these. But maybe we can just touch on that a little bit more deeply because I feel like it gets challenging for families that don't have someone that's like a real road warrior that's traveling a lot to kind of build up points simply from travel. So obviously you need to find other ways to earn those points. So maybe you can just touch on a few of those strategies. [00:31:41.670] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. So one major way is to sign up for every single shopping portal. Ebates is one that's always advertised and that will give you cash back, although you can now have those points go into American Express. But similar to ebay, you can sign up and receive points to American Airlines or United Alaska. All the Airlines have their own shopping portal. So all you have to do is Google Alaska Airlines shopping portal and it'll bring you up. And a lot of them even have those widgets on your computer where every time you go to a site, if you were to Gap.com, it'll pop up and say kind of give you a reminder, remember to shop through the Alaska Port. I don't know if that. [00:32:22.620] - Kim Tate Yeah, the extensions. Like the Chrome extensions. Yeah, exactly. And I think Ebates, just so everyone knows it's called Racketon. Now, if you're confused about that. No, it's okay. You're good. I still think of them as ebay. So I wanted everyone to yes. [00:32:35.800] - Jennifer Yellin Ebay was definitely a softer name. So every time you make a purchase online, there's no reason not to earn points unless it's more of a boutique store. But with your mainstream stores, even if you're only earning one point per dollar spent that's one point more than you would have earned otherwise. And sometimes if you sign up for their emails, if you spend $200, earn $1,000 bonus. They have these types of bonuses all the time, especially around the holidays, Black Friday, even randomly, the long holiday weekends, like Memorial Day, Labor Day, big shopping weekends, and just sometimes out of the blue. So there's ways to really accrue a lot of miles from home. [00:33:17.530] - Kim Tate Absolutely. [00:33:18.420] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. [00:33:18.790] - Kim Tate That's one of my favorite tips. I do that a lot and I really like it. And there's these websites now, the one I use the most is like Cashback Holic. And they'll compare. So if you're going to you're like, okay, I'm about ready to buy. I'm going to book this Marriott stay. You can type in Marriott and it'll show you like who, because I belong to Racketon and Top Cashback and I can compare those two. I try not to get into too many of them, so I mainly use those two. But I'm like, oh, Top Cashback is 6%. Racketon is only four. I'm going to go to Top Cashback so you can get really nerdy and kind of compare them also. [00:33:49.190] - Jennifer Yellin Oh, totally. Absolutely. And EV Rewards is another one that will also compare for you is great. [00:33:57.090] - Tamara Gruber I totally admit that. I completely suck at this. I don't use any of these. And every time you read about it, you're like, oh yeah, I should do that. And I just get excited if I actually learn how to use one of the bonuses on my credit card, like get $50, $50. [00:34:16.510] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah. And another thing you want to do, I mean, this is separate from the shopping portal is I remember I think it was the last time I received an email from Barclaycard. And they are the bank with JetBlue. And it was like ridiculous offer spent $2,000 on your card over three months and earn I think it was 40,000 points. It was a targeted offer. I got it. My husband didn't. I was like, all right, moving all my spent to my JetBlue card for the next few months. Right. And they're just paying attention just helps you earn these increased offers. So there's definitely ways from home without flying to earn points and miles. [00:34:55.990] - Kim Tate I've definitely been getting better about when I'm about ready to either go on a trip or go shopping with my girls or something along those lines. I log into my Chase and my Amex accounts online and I look because they have an offer section because you have to add them to your card. [00:35:09.740] - Jennifer Yellin Yes. [00:35:10.010] - Kim Tate And I don't think people always realize that. So if it's like, oh, Levi's is having a deal, I add it to my card because maybe they're going to want Levi's jeans while we're on back to school shopping or, oh, guess what? Hilton is doing this special. If you spend if you stay two nights, you get whatever the case may be. And I don't think people do that enough. But it's a good way to really I think if you want to get serious about it, you should log in often to the offers page because they reset every month. [00:35:34.850] Yeah. [00:35:35.740] - Jennifer Yellin Every day you're going to laugh. But American Express offers used to update every day at three in the morning. And I'm not joking. And so when my kids were small and I was up in the middle of the night non stop, I was like, so excited. And that was part of my daily routine. Some people have their morning coffee. I would look at my American Express offers. I'm not even kidding. That's awesome. Daily. But I will say it used to be you could add them to every single American Express credit card you have. I can't remember when, but a few years ago, it's now just one per account. So it's not as generous as it used to be. But I used to check them every single morning. And I'd saved thousands of dollars this way because it's not earning points. Well, actually, there are offers that you can earn points, but some of them are cashback. So now there's either cash back or increase point offers. So it depends on the offer and the type of card you have, because some cards might have it somewhere, but they're really great way to earn points or offset your purchases. [00:36:33.850] - Kim Tate And like you said, so many are targeted. Like Tamara got this offer for a Marriott offer at one point on her Amex and mine. I didn't have it and I'm convinced it's because I had the Amex Marriott card. [00:36:42.870] - Tamara Gruber I don't know. [00:36:44.830] - Jennifer Yellin You'll never know. And sometimes you can even I remember I can't remember the exact offer, but it was like grocery stores and I spend $500 getting $100 offer, something like that. And I wasn't going to make $500 purchase in once because sometimes it's on a single purchase. So I just bought a $500 gift card there and then just use the gift card over the course of my shopping fees. So there are ways to kind of I don't know if scheme the system is the right term, but play the game. [00:37:13.460] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, I do what you do, Kim, is when I'm shopping online, I'm like, wait, that might have an offer. Let me look. But the other thing with the gift cards is just simply like gifts, right. We give gifts and I buy gift cards for people all the time. And it's just like if it's something that you're spending anyway, just find a way to use to earn points on it, right? [00:37:34.430] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. Or be the one to pay the bill at the restaurant and have everyone to Mo you buy the class gifts or anything like that. Like everyone wonders why I'm always a class mom. It's to accrue all the money and then I can put all the purchases on her credit card. [00:37:49.320] - Tamara Gruber Love it. [00:37:49.910] - Jennifer Yellin Little things like that. [00:37:51.290] - Kim Tate Well, I know another big way to maximize points is with sign up bonuses. So could you give any final tips for people that are thinking of getting a new card, anything they should know about sign up bonuses or things to watch for, and then wrap it up with any final tips that you think people need to know about credit card points? [00:38:07.580] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. So one thing you want to make sure of is when you sign up for a credit card, make sure it doesn't have to be the best offer because you might be waiting around for a year for the best offer. But make sure it's a really good offer. I know we were speaking before and you said you apply for an offer that was like half of what it typically is. So when you see an offer, make sure it's a good value and it's going to provide you with enough points that you'll be happy with that. Even if a better offer comes along in a month or two. Pay attention to best offer. Some banks, actually, if you apply within a few weeks or maybe even a month, if you call them up and say this better offer just came out, will you match it? They may or may not match it for you, but it's always worth a try. You never know. Some banks have kind of different fools and they change every so often also. But if you're looking for a credit card right now and specifically for family travel. The Southwest Credit Card actually has one of the best offers where you'll earn the Southwest Companion Pass. [00:39:05.500] - Jennifer Yellin I don't know if you guys have discussed the Southwest Companion Pass much on the podcast, but it's definitely one of my favorite travel features. And it allows someone to fly with you for free in a limited number of times. I've been a passholder for the past 13 or 14 years at this point. And it's like the most amazing thing ever. So that's one of my favorite offers right now. If you live in a Southwest hub, if you don't live near Southwest, then it's not worth it. [00:39:33.520] - Kim Tate And I'll chime in and just say that we did cover quite extensively about that Southwest offer and stuff with Lynne and that's episode 181. If anybody wants to go back and listen to that awesome. [00:39:43.960] - Jennifer Yellin Yes, she's an expert and everything's Southwest as well. So that's one thing right now, credit card offers are changing all the time. I think Marriott just came out with something last week, United as well. So it's like hard to even keep track. But sometimes even just like Googling best credit card offers from the experts. You'll get pages, but make sure it's really the best and not just them pushing you on the best when it might not be. [00:40:11.950] - Kim Tate Yeah, I definitely think that I've done that where especially if I have a big purchase, like, oh, I'm buying a new camera or we're about ready to take a big trip and I'm going to be putting a lot of charges. I kind of go and I say, okay, best credit card offers for March 2022 or whatever. And of course, it's the points guy, nerd wallet, upgraded points. [00:40:31.310] - Tamara Gruber Like all those guys. [00:40:32.280] - Kim Tate And so it's kind of good to just read through those and kind of see which ones are popping up. And they definitely, you'll know, because it's not just an offer. Like they'll write a whole article about this amazing offer is one of the best we've seen lately, that sort of stuff. [00:40:45.640] - Jennifer Yellin Right? Absolutely. And also just another tip is make sure you can meet the minimum spend requirements. Some of the credit cards are 1000 $2,000 in three months, six months. But the Capital One Venture X card right now, for example, is like, I think it's $10,000. So that might not be obtainable for most families. [00:41:04.130] - Kim Tate Exactly. [00:41:04.910] - Jennifer Yellin So it just makes it something you can do. [00:41:07.420] - Kim Tate Those business cards can sometimes have really high spends. Because I've looked at doing a business card, sometimes I'm just like, there's just no way I can spend that right now. [00:41:15.240] - Jennifer Yellin Right. [00:41:16.170] - Kim Tate Although I know that's a whole other expert level of people who do credit or gift card buy and resell to do that. So that's a whole other level. [00:41:24.990] - Jennifer Yellin Yes, it is. If you're interested in that, go to Greg at the Frequent Mile or he is crazy when it comes to this. But awesome attitude. [00:41:32.530] - Tamara Gruber One of the things that I'm thinking about. As I'm listening to you guys, I'm thinking about what I have an upcoming trip where I'm going to be spending a lot of money and some of that's already on one of my credit cards. But maybe I should look into what bonuses are up right now. But it makes me think about when you want to churn your cards. And we obviously talked about signing up, you and your husband for a card and signing up for this card in that card. And it's like, at what point are too many cards? Like too many? Like, how long do you keep it before you get rid of it? Are there considerations to think about in terms of your credit or just eligibility for future cards? That just to make people aware of? [00:42:10.930] Sure. [00:42:11.520] - Jennifer Yellin So as long as you're responsible with your credit cards, for the most part, credit cards are not going to hurt your credit. I mean, you'll see people who have 50 credit cards and they still have these awesome 800 credit scores. If you're applying for a mortgage to get a house in a few weeks, don't apply for a credit card right now. Right. So there's definitely or even any loan I wouldn't recommend applying for a credit card. Wait. And then go and get it. In regards to when you should cancel, if you're not getting value out of your credit card, cancel it's not going to hurt you or downgrade to a no annual fee. For example, if you have the Chase Sapphire preferred card and you find that the $95 annual fee is not worth it anymore, first of all, call and see if they'll do something for you. A lot of times they might say, okay, if you spend $1,000, we'll give you a $95 credit. You just never hurt. I know. Last year I think I ended up getting about $500 back from American Express amongst a lot of my credit cards. I know COVID played a hand in that. [00:43:16.470] - Jennifer Yellin But always call and see. And if not, then see if there's a car that you can downgrade it to, and then there won't be a Ding on your credit report. I mean, it also depends on what your current credit score is. And sometimes you might get a Ding, but it will go back up in a few months. So there's a few factors depending on. [00:43:34.050] - Kim Tate Yeah, it's like ten point Ding, and it does pop right back up because we've had that opening up a credit card kind of opens up. [00:43:40.310] - Jennifer Yellin Gives you more credit, which creditors like, too. [00:43:43.520] - Kim Tate So opening up credit cards is not a bad thing unless you're applying for a big mortgage. They don't like to see your capital, your accessibility too high, right? [00:43:53.510] - Jennifer Yellin Absolutely. And then Chase also has Chase and American Express have different rules in place. So I'm not sure if you've discussed Chase is 524. [00:44:01.800] - Kim Tate Yeah, we talked about that. [00:44:03.530] - Jennifer Yellin So you've applied for five or more cards. Usually they're personal cards, but sometimes they throw business cards into it, too. Chase will automatically not approve you for another credit card. I've seen some reports that that might be changing, actually. So we'll kind of see what happens over the next few months. But that's one thing to keep in mind. It's five or more cards in 24 months, I think I said. And then American Express also doesn't allow you to get the welcome offer for I believe it's like once in a lifetime, but once it falls off your credit report, they might not know. So might be like seven years. So those are things to kind of keep in mind. That's why you want to apply when the offer is the best, because if it's not and you're going to be losing out on points if a new offer comes around and then you're not able to get it and you're no longer a card holder. [00:44:48.390] - Tamara Gruber I have one more question for you, because now I'm just going to use you as my personal source for information if you want to get an additional card for someone in your family. So, for example, I have a 17 year old that we've been waiting till she turns 18 to get a credit card for her. And we've been debating like, do you get her own credit card or do we put her on one of ours? Do we get another one of the capital one cards? Any tips for if you're adding somebody in your family, maybe a first card? Is there any advantage, like kind of getting points from them versus kind of setting them up on their own? [00:45:24.660] Sure. [00:45:25.100] - Jennifer Yellin So just remember, if someone is an authorized user, you're responsible for all of their credit card habits. So if the credit card bill is not paid or if anything happens, it kind of can hit you. So just something to keep in mind with teenagers. But I actually personally don't know a lot about the high school age and what credit cards you can and cannot apply for for that age. I'm not there yet, fortunately. But setting someone up as an authorized user, I think some credit cards you can maybe do as early as 13, you can add them on. And that actually helps them as well build their own credit score. So it's always a great thing to get add on authorized users if they're not eligible to get their own credit card. And then when they are to get them, there are various student credit cards, and a lot of times those comes with $300 spend limits or very low thresholds that you might want for your child. But yeah, definitely getting them set up will only help their credit score, which can then ultimately help them in their 20s to apply for a credit card. [00:46:26.470] - Jennifer Yellin That will be useful. But there are a lot of student credit cards out there that do give you points and miles. [00:46:32.810] - Kim Tate They do come with a really high annual fee or not annual fee interest rate. Normally, that's the only bad thing. We actually added my husband and my daughter, both as authorized users with my Amex Platinum Tamara, because of the lounge access. So now, especially if they're changing it, we're going to get Mia. And that'll be my maxed on three, because with Amex Platinum, you get three authorized users for $175 total. So you pay the $175 and then they get all the lounge benefits as well. Are they changing the lounge that you can no longer guests unless you spend like $75,000 starting in January of 2023? I think you don't get anywhere. Is that right, Jennifer? I think that's right. [00:47:15.840] - Jennifer Yellin That I don't know. [00:47:17.100] - Kim Tate Okay. [00:47:17.820] - Jennifer Yellin Sorry. [00:47:18.780] - Kim Tate No, you're fine. [00:47:19.580] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, but I will say that the expensive credit cards a lot of times you have to pay to add an authorized user, but no annual fee or low annual fee credit cards. Usually you can add a few authorized users for no fee. [00:47:33.380] - Kim Tate Great. Well, one of our questions that we ask all of our guests is what do you wear when you travel? So do you have any favorite brands that you want to tell us about when you travel? [00:47:41.020] - Jennifer Yellin Sure. I travel as comfortably as possibly. And I also wear my everyday clothes, which consists of black as leader pants, which is side pockets, like those leggings. And then you can put your cell phone or any cars. Side pockets are a necessity. Once I found them, like two years ago, I can never go back. And sneakers or flip flops, depending on the weather. Nothing fun and exciting. [00:48:05.480] - Tamara Gruber Well, you're brave wearing flip flops on the plane. [00:48:07.370] - Kim Tate My feet are always freezing. [00:48:09.230] - Jennifer Yellin Yeah, that is a good point. It depends on the length of it's. Just like an hour flight that's going to be different. But you're right. I used to travel for work every single week for many years. And I would always be traveling like those high heels and hated every second of it. I would get off the plane and go straight to the client site for the week. And now I just want to be comfortable. [00:48:28.770] - Kim Tate And everyone has those little packable ballet flats that you can just pop in and out. Yeah. [00:48:34.610] - Tamara Gruber I'm happy, though. So work travel days are behind me, too. And just like work dress in general has changed. [00:48:41.210] - Jennifer Yellin Oh, yeah. I got rid of all of my stuff, never going back. [00:48:44.640] - Kim Tate Good. [00:48:45.030] - Tamara Gruber Well, can you remind our listeners where they can find you online or learn more about points? [00:48:51.120] - Kim Tate Absolutely. [00:48:51.940] - Jennifer Yellin So you can find me at my blog Deals We Like. You can also find me on Twitter or Facebook. Everything is at Deals We Like. And then also I'm a freelance contributor at the Point Sky and CNN Underscore. So I have some great articles there as well. That where you can learn more about credit cards, family travel, anything in the points and miles world. [00:49:10.850] - Tamara Gruber Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with us. It's always really great when we can get an expert on and just kind of brainstorm some ideas. Hopefully people will have something new that they can try to get them a little bit closer to their next kind of dream trip. [00:49:25.130] - Kim Tate Thanks for having me. It was great chatting with you. [00:49:27.320] - Announcer Thanks. [00:49:27.630] - Tamara Gruber You too. [00:49:31.850] - Kim Tate Well, as always, thanks for joining us for another week here and I have a little request. Tamara, I was looking at our podcast page the other day and I noticed that we were almost at 100 reviews. We are really close so I'm going to do a little bag from all of our lovely listeners and ask you guys if you're willing if you love our show, if you would leave us a five star review on your favorite podcast app, the one I looked on was Apple podcast. But wherever you're at or listen to us, if you'd leave us a positive review, we'd love it. We love hearing from you guys and I'd love to see that switch to 100 reviews. [00:50:05.780] - Tamara Gruber That would be great. I know we've been at this for almost six years and actually by the time it comes out it will be six years and we're just really bad about asking for reviews. We definitely appreciate it. I know some podcasts every day it's like the first thing that you hear is like leave us a review but we would appreciate it. We'll give you shout outs online. We'll read them especially if they're nice, but even if they're not nice, we will read them mindful of it but otherwise stay tuned because next episode we're going to be talking about sustainable travel and I think that is also on a lot of people's minds as we're getting back out there and how to be responsible and thinking about things in a more sustainable way. So join us next time talk to you again soon. Bye.

The Exit - Presented By Flippa
Selling Snow Cones in a Blizzard with Paul Wasserman

The Exit - Presented By Flippa

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 32:52


What happens when you're ready to launch a business but receive an exit offer too good to refuse? Our next guest, Paul Wasserman, did just that. After trying various career paths, Paul decided to start his own company. He tossed around ideas with his friend for months, ultimately landing on Ebates.com, a business vision that finally came to him while on a long, mind-numbing drive. Although it had a slow start, Paul and his investors believed in it. As things began to gain momentum, the business founder was surprised to learn that 70% of users were still active after 15 years. With their future looking bright, the company decided to go public in 2013. However, that never happened because Rakuten would make them an offer they couldn't refuse. Exiting Ebates.com in 2014 to a sum of $1 billion was an irresistible dream come true. This is his story. -- The Exit - Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You'll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

The Logan Allec Show
Rakuten Review 2021: Is This Cash-Back Site Still Worth It?

The Logan Allec Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 13:15


Rakuten, formerly Ebates, is a well-established service that helps you get cash back on online and in-store purchases just about anywhere you shop.  But how does it stack up?  Is Rakuten legit?  And what's up with its weird payment schedule?  In this Rakuten review, I explain how Rakuten works, walk you through making a purchase and getting cash back through Rakuten, go over the Rakuten pros and cons, and tell you the kind of people Rakuten is good for (and not so good for).► My Rakuten Referral Bonus Link: http://go.moneydoneright.com/rakuten► My Personal Finance Course (Use Coupon Code YOUTUBE for 50% Off!): https://www.loganeducation.com/prosper

DrinksWithAVC (DWAVC)
DWAVC: David Hornik | Ep. 14

DrinksWithAVC (DWAVC)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 84:36


Episode fourteen of DrinksWithAVC welcomes the prophetic insights of David Hornik from Lobby Capital, dubbed the 'Nostradamus of Numbers' and 'soothsayer of SPACs.' Vik and Bree delve into David's evolution from a dedicated lawyer to a venture capital virtuoso, his ardor for the fine arts, his advocacy within the LGBTQIA+ community, and his reputed knack for forecasting market trends. Tune in for a glimpse into the journey and genius of a VC maestro. Plus, Tuvan throat singing!Links:www.lobby.vcwww.twitter.com/davidhornik

The Irish Tech News Podcast
From fiat to Bitcoin, the transition of analog to digital, Matt Sentee, Lolli

The Irish Tech News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021 31:08


Transitioning global payments from fiat to Bitcoin, and the transition of analog to digital, with Matt Senter and Lolli Matt Senter is the CTO & Co-founder of Lolli, a rewards application that gives people bitcoin when they shop online from 1,000+ top merchants. Matt was previously the CTO & Co-founder of Cosmic, the leading e-commerce gateway, which was acquired by PopSugar in 2015 and then by Ebates in 2017. Prior to Cosmic, Matt was the CTO & Co-founder of SeedMatrix, a groundbreaking agricultural data analysis tool used by Fortune 100 and Fortune Global 500 companies to identify their best performing seeds in various planting conditions, acquired by Context Network in 2010. During the dotcom boom, Matt was the CEO and Founder of Senternet, one of the world's first Java-based web hosting companies, sold in 2002. He is an advocate for online privacy and security and considers those foundational tenets of a free society. Matt is also a father of three. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil's experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over fifty podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil's primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast
229 The power of an experimental leadership mindset with Mike Normant

Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 42:28


The self-leadership principles of being a work in progress Leadership development expert Mike Normant is the founder of Coach Your Self Up and a big believer in identifying and re-writing the self-limiting stories we tell ourselves. A certified engineer who pivoted into the L&D and HR space, Mike's own journey of confronting his beliefs and the resulting behaviours  inspired him to create programs and resources to help people boost their self-awareness. Mike shares his self-leadership insights and explains why we need to take a step up the ‘experimental staircase' to reach our potential. Why you should listen: cultivate a learning leadership mindset The importance of scaling leadership development Why leaders need more people stuff skills Approaching leadership growth as an experiment  We explore the leadership responsibilities of self-development Limiting leadership behaviour patterns  Incremental leadership development The filters that blur our leadership perspectives

Inbox Besties With Kate Doster
What To Send Your List in July 2021 | 186

Inbox Besties With Kate Doster

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 13:50


et's talk about what to list your July. Don't want to wait for these episodes. Download my 2 Years Worth of Email Ideas Guide Tag me on Instagram @Kate_Doster to let me know you're listening. Ebates is now Rakuten - I actually just got $75 bucks back from buying my husband's cellphone from having this Google  Chrome Extension on. You can get $30 if you sign up and purchase anything using my link. Free Things: 30 days free of Convertkit Get a free audio from Audible   Freebies That Sell & Serve Mini Course  

The Irish Tech News Podcast
Earning Bitcoin by Shopping Your Favorite Brands, and the Future of Crypto Mergers and Acquisitions, with Alex Adelman and Lolli

The Irish Tech News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 30:24


Alex Adelman is the CEO & Co-founder of Lolli, a rewards application that lets people earn bitcoin when they shop online from 1,000+ top merchants. Alex was previously the CEO & Co-founder of Cosmic, the leading e-commerce gateway, which was acquired by PopSugar in '15 and then by Ebates in '17. Alex positioned Cosmic and Lolli as high growth, high value, and industry-leading technology companies, establishing strategic partnerships with key partners in e-commerce. Alex was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Retail & E-Commerce. His work has been featured on WSJ, Forbes, Fortune, Wired, TechCrunch, Cheddar, MarketWatch, and Digiday and he's presented at Advertising Week, Fashion Tech Forum, TechCrunch Disrupt, Tech Cocktail, Money 20/20, and Technori. Alex holds a BA in Economics from UNC-Chapel Hill. Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation's financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

Investor Connect Podcast
Investor Connect - 534 - David Hornik of Lobby Capital

Investor Connect Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 16:23


In this episode, Hall welcomes David Hornik, Founder and General Partner at Lobby Capital. Lobby Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. They join forces to collectively fund, advise, support, and mentor the next great innovators. Seven colleagues, confidants and friends have been building, advising, and funding startups for a collective 175 years and counting. Over those years their paths have crossed, at times converging and others diverging. But today they lock arms to bring you Lobby Capital — a venture capital firm that is all about the people. For the last 25 years, David has worked closely with technology entrepreneurs to help them build transformative businesses. Prior to founding Lobby Capital, David was a partner at August Capital for 20 years. David invests in a broad range of software companies, including enterprise application, infrastructure, and SaaS businesses (e.g, Splunk, Fastly, GitLab), financial technology companies (e.g., Bill.com, WePay, PayNearMe), and consumer services (e.g., Evite, Ebates, TopHatter). David has an eclectic educational background. He received a BA from Stanford in Computer Music, an M.Phil in Criminology from Cambridge University, and a JD from Harvard Law School. He teaches courses in entrepreneurship and venture capital at Stanford Business School and Harvard Law School and serves as a VC Partner at the Harvard Business School. David started the first venture capital blog, VentureBlog, and the first venture capital podcast, VentureCast, and is the host of LobbyTV. He has served as the Tech Curator for the TED Conference in Vancouver and was the co-creator and host of TEDxStanford. David has received Deloitte’s Venture Capitalist of the Year award and has been honored by Forbes Magazine as a member of its Midas List of top Venture Capitalists. David lives in Palo Alto with his wife Pamela, their four children, and their puppy Teddy. David serves on the board of GLAAD, a leading LGBTQ rights organization, and is a member of the board of the Stanford Alumni Association. David advises investors and entrepreneurs, discusses where he sees the industry going, and shares what excites him in the space. You can visit Lobby Capital at . David can be contacted via email at , and via LinkedIn at .  Music courtesy of .

Bound to be Rich
Creating Opportunities From Social Media - Josh Ordonez

Bound to be Rich

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 65:42


Listen to this conversation with Josh Ordonez packed with actionable and practical tips.Learn exactly how Josh used Instagram DMs to network with A players and land work with Gary Vaynerchuk, Big Baller Brand and the Ball family, NBA teams, etc.Show notes -  Find all resources mentioned in this episode at the Bound To Be Rich website (including a guide on how to network with Instagram DMs). Join my email newsletter! → https://bit.ly/BTBRnewsletterFollow me on Instagram and Twitter!Sign up for Celsius to earn 6.2% interest on your Bitcoin and 10% interest on your cash (over 1,000x what the big banks give you - see my blog post). Get $40 in free Bitcoin for signing up via my link. There are also usually other promo codes for even more bonuses so be sure to check for them here.Check here for links to other cool resources. For example, there are ways to earn Bitcoin back on your online purchases (like rakuten eBates but bitcoin back instead of cash back!).All links accessible here -> https://boundtoberich.com/my-links/

The Casey Adams Show
Alex Adelman - Earn Free Bitcoin When You Shop With Lolli.com

The Casey Adams Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 33:29


Alex Adelman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Lolli. Alex was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Cosmic (acquired by PopSugar, then Ebates). He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently resides in New York, New York. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Economics. Learn more at www.lolli.com Follow Alex on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexadelman/?hl=en

Bound to be Rich
Turning $1,000 Into $5 Million Day Trading Stocks (In Less Than A Year!) - Cameron Newell

Bound to be Rich

Play Episode Play 59 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 66:34


Listen in to this in-depth conversation with Cameron Newell, CEO of Noremac Newell Trading. Cameron shares:how he turned $1,000 into over $5 million in profits by day trading stocks (with no margin!)how he first had to overcome failure and blew his trading account a couple times how he generates market beating returns via tradingadvice for new traders entering the marketwhat separates him from other less successful traders and much much more!Show notes -  Find all resources mentioned in this episode at the Bound To Be Rich website -> https://boundtoberich.com/cameron-newell. Join my email newsletter! → https://bit.ly/BTBRnewsletterFollow me on Instagram and Twitter! -> https://www.instagram.com/mrhumet/Sign up for Celsius to earn 6.2% interest on your Bitcoin and 10% interest on your cash (over 1,000x what the big banks give you - see my blog post). Get $50 in free Bitcoin for signing up via my link -> https://celsiusnetwork.app.link/11858075cbSign up for the Fold debit card to earn Bitcoin back on all your purchases! Get $25 free with my link -> https://use.foldapp.com/r/YJ7TY7LK. (Here is a video where I explain how it works and show how I was earning up to 10% Bitcoin back on purchases -> https://bit.ly/3lGAdyd)Sign up for the BlockFi credit card to earn Bitcoin back on all your purchases! Get a free bonus with my link -> https://blockfi.com/?ref=549e837dSign up for a RobinHood account if you're interested in investing in stocks. If you sign up via my link, you and I both receive a free stock (no deposit required!) -> https://join.robinhood.com/ismailh14Sign up for a Coinbase account if you're interested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. If you sign up via my link, you and I both receive $10 of Bitcoin for free! -> https://www.coinbase.com/join/humet_qCheck here for links to other resources. For example, there are ways to earn Bitcoin back on your online purchases (like rakuten eBates but bitcoin back instead of cash back!). -> https://boundtoberich.com/my-links/

Authentic Avenue
Rakuten | Dana Marineau: How to Change Consumer Behavior

Authentic Avenue

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021


Rakuten | Dana Marineau, Chief Marketing Officer, Rakuten Rewards What if I told you there was a company out there that's basically Google plus Amazon plus Verizon plus Kaiser combined? Would you be surprised to learn it's right here in the US? Well it is -- just not in that form. Yet. Let's learn more about it on this Authentic Avenue. Rakuten. An ecommerce company that pays you cash back to do your usual shopping. Dana Marineau is the Chief Marketing Officer for Rakuten Rewards. In her first year at the newly rebranded company (it was previously eBates), she's committed her tenure to changing consumer shopping behavior. The task is a large one: make Rakuten the very first thing consumers think about when they shop for what they love. Today, we talk about how she plans to do that for the online retailer (with over 3000 stores, by the way! See everything you can get on Rakuten here). Dana also gives a book recommendation! Here's where you can find your own copy of Radical Candor by Kim Scott: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Revised-Kim-Scott/dp/1250235375. FOLLOW AUTHENTIC AVENUE, AND ADAM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA: LinkedIn (Authentic Avenue): https://www.linkedin.com/company/68049428/ LinkedIn (Adam Conner): https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjconner/ Adam is also on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authenticadam Email Adam: adam@authenticavenuemedia.com Learn more at https://authenticavenuemedia.com/. Theme Song: Extreme Energy (Music Today 80) Composed & Produced by Anwar Amr Video Link: https://youtu.be/8ZZbAkKNx7s

W talks: founders counsel
Ep4. How can VCs best help founders?

W talks: founders counsel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 45:24


The fourth episode of the Founders Counsel podcast, “How can VCs best help founders?,” is out now. This episode examines what it means to be considered a “founder-friendly” venture capitalist and how VCs can best help founders. Host Doug Mandell is joined by two successful Silicon Valley VCs, David Hornik of August Capital and Jim Scheinman of Maven Ventures, who are both known for building strong relationships with founders and helping their companies scale. Jim and David share their advice to founders of early-stage companies, their unexpected career paths into venture capital, what characteristics and qualities they look for in new founders, and much more.Hear examples of entrepreneurs that our guests worked with from the early stages as their company successfully scaled up. What made these founders stand out? What led to their eventual success?We hope you enjoy and learn from episode 4 of the Founders Counsel. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment or rating the podcast!GuestsDavid Hornik – General Partner at August Capital. For the last 20 years, David has worked closely with technology companies to help them grow and prosper. Since then, has invested in dozens of companies across the software spectrum, including a number of enterprise software and SaaS (Splunk, Fastly, GitLab), consumer services (Evite, Ebates, Drop), and financial technology companies (WePay, Bill.com, PayNearMe). David has also served as the Tech Curator for the TED Conference in Vancouver and is the co-creator and host of TEDxStanford. He received Deloitte’s 2013 Venture Capitalist of the Year award and has been honored by Forbes Magazine as a member of its Midas List of top Venture Capitalists.Jim Scheinman – Founding Managing Partner at Maven Ventures, a leading seed stage venture firm for emerging consumer software and autonomous technology startups. Jim has been fortunate to have achieved five unicorn exits ($1B+ exits/valuations) in his career in roles ranging from founder, executive, and investor. His top performers include Zoom, Cruise and Bebo. Jim is one of the leading growth experts in Silicon Valley and has a TED talk. He’s now most well-known for naming Zoom.

Rise of the Data Cloud
Cash Back on Your Data Stack with Mark Stange-Tregear, VP of Analytics at Rakuten Rewards

Rise of the Data Cloud

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 50:59


This episode features an interview with Mark Stange-Tregear, Vice President of Analytics at Rakuten Rewards. Mark was previously the Director of Analytics at Ebates and the Director of Analytics Services at RealPage, Inc.In this episode, Mark talks about how to successfully communicate with both merchants and consumers, the nuances of analyzing consumer data, the future of cloud data analytics, and much more. Rise of the Data Cloud is brought to you by Snowflake. For more information about how you can benefit from the Data Cloud, join the Data Cloud Academy where you'll learn from an ecosystem of Snowflake customers, partners, data providers, and data service providers who will help you to derive value from all your rapidly growing data sets. Register today at snowflake.com/academy.

Insomnia Fuel
Bankruptcy Fuel Ep 6 - Printer Ink is a flat out scam

Insomnia Fuel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 11:34


Just listen to the episode, they are a scam ok its not that hard — Please rate/review on Apple Podcast. Use our Ebates link for free money! (basically) Twitter: @insomniafuelpod (https://twitter.com/InsomniaFuelPod) Instagram: @insomniafuel (https://www.instagram.com/insomniafuel/) Website: https://www.bit.ly/insomniafuelpodcast MERCH:https://teespring.com/stores/insomnia-fuel-podcast (Use code: FREESHIP for free standard shipping on most items) Ebates: bit.ly/insomniafuelebates (free $10 check when you spend $25 on any store they have)

Regie Collects
Are We Too Focused On Speculation?

Regie Collects

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 20:10


Become a COMIC SWOLDIER to get exclusive content and other things! https://www.patreon.com/regiecollectsConfused by comic terms? Check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_EXlz0p26tXCEF7lXtLE_VbgmTEFZsg-

The Kim and Kalee Show
064: How to Make Money Online

The Kim and Kalee Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 32:25


We're revealing our top ways to start earning money online based on your strengths and income goals.  Some of these ideas will help you see an influx in income pretty quickly while others may take some time to build. Highlights from this week's episode: We share how simple it is to make money from things you were just going to toss or donate If you're great at typing or a great writer, we've got an idea for you & how to use that skill Great at social media?  Learn how to help others who aren't and make a little money at the same time We also share how you could make money teaching others how to do a favorite hobby or skill of yours - grab a free guide to creating a profitable online course at https://dg101.isrefer.com/go/2020ccsk/SoreyFitness/   We also share our favorite cashback apps with you!! Get the Show Notes at: https://kimandkalee.com/podcast/ways-to-make-money-online/  We'd love for you to share your favorite ways to make money online, too! Did we mention them on the show? Share in our group the BFF Sisterhood! https://www.facebook.com/groups/887430534685771/  RESOURCES: Rakuten (formerly known as eBates) https://www.rakuten.com/r/SOREYK?eeid=28187&fbclid=IwAR0BnaVOMtz2eLKLW0CF5CDY873ZjwI4F_Sk4a49Ss4sto290DTSABIGZiY  Ibotta  https://ibotta.com/register?friend=agpejbb&fbclid=IwAR3psy2xLRgJ1DWLcCiAGiFDlZF5Q8M2dSXym9WrvR5uPR3_bA_U4Ao-P_M  4 Best Money Saving Apps (the two above are mentioned + 2 more that we didn't mention on the show) https://kimandkalee.com/money/best-money-saving-apps/  Poshmark:  https://poshmark.com/closet/kaleed3  Email on AutoPilot  https://kimandkalee.com/reviews/matt-molen-email-on-autopilot/  Amy Porterfield's Digital Course Academy https://kimandkalee.com/business/amy-porterfields-digital-course-academy/    *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com 

The Kim and Kalee Show
064: How to Make Money Online

The Kim and Kalee Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 32:25


We're revealing our top ways to start earning money online based on your strengths and income goals.  Some of these ideas will help you see an influx in income pretty quickly while others may take some time to build. Highlights from this week's episode: We share how simple it is to make money from things you were just going to toss or donate If you're great at typing or a great writer, we've got an idea for you & how to use that skill Great at social media?  Learn how to help others who aren't and make a little money at the same time We also share how you could make money teaching others how to do a favorite hobby or skill of yours - grab a free guide to creating a profitable online course at https://dg101.isrefer.com/go/2020ccsk/SoreyFitness/   We also share our favorite cashback apps with you!! Get the Show Notes at: https://kimandkalee.com/podcast/ways-to-make-money-online/  We'd love for you to share your favorite ways to make money online, too! Did we mention them on the show? Share in our group the BFF Sisterhood! https://www.facebook.com/groups/887430534685771/  RESOURCES: Rakuten (formerly known as eBates) https://www.rakuten.com/r/SOREYK?eeid=28187&fbclid=IwAR0BnaVOMtz2eLKLW0CF5CDY873ZjwI4F_Sk4a49Ss4sto290DTSABIGZiY  Ibotta  https://ibotta.com/register?friend=agpejbb&fbclid=IwAR3psy2xLRgJ1DWLcCiAGiFDlZF5Q8M2dSXym9WrvR5uPR3_bA_U4Ao-P_M  4 Best Money Saving Apps (the two above are mentioned + 2 more that we didn't mention on the show) https://kimandkalee.com/money/best-money-saving-apps/  Poshmark:  https://poshmark.com/closet/kaleed3  Email on AutoPilot  https://kimandkalee.com/reviews/matt-molen-email-on-autopilot/  Amy Porterfield's Digital Course Academy https://kimandkalee.com/business/amy-porterfields-digital-course-academy/    *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com 

Sincerely Angie
73 - Dear New Normal, ft. Ken

Sincerely Angie

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 57:08


Catching up with Kenn about what happens when or if things ever go back to normal. Follow Kenn @ https://vibezexpress.wordpress.com/2017/03/ Ebates linktr.ee/Sincerelyangiem Email: Sincerelyangiem@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Flip Flip Online Resellers
FREE Cash for you FlipFlip Podcast Session! I'm Back

Flip Flip Online Resellers

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 13:05


Thank you for listening today! Check me out on Instagram @FlipFlip if you need anything and here it is! eBates free cashback signup: https://www.rakuten.com/r/JOYSTO63? and TopCashback signup free cash: https://www.topcashback.com/ref/member720861583003 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reseller/support

Sincerely Angie
71 - Dear Mind,

Sincerely Angie

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 19:30


Take care of your mind. Ebates aka Rakuten: https://www.rakuten.com/r/BANANA2629?eeid=28187 Email: Sincerelyangiem@gmail.com www.sincerelyangiem.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sincerely Angie
70 - Dear BLM,

Sincerely Angie

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 26:18


Truth is I'm tired... Ebates aka Rakuten: https://www.rakuten.com/r/BANANA2629?eeid=28187 Email: Sincerelyangiem@gmail.com www.sincerelyangiem.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sincerely Angie
69 - Dear Update 2,

Sincerely Angie

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 6:51


Yeah, not much going on. YouTube: How I saved $10,000 in one year & Quarantine saving tips! Ebates aka Rakuten: https://www.rakuten.com/r/BANANA2629?eeid=28187 Email: Sincerelyangiem@gmail.com www.sincerelyangiem.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sincerely Angie
68 - Dear Education, ft. DJ

Sincerely Angie

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 37:39


It's graduation season and because of COVID-19, the graduates are experiencing a very rare time. DJ is back again and we are chatting about the importance of education. Ebates aka Rakuten: https://www.rakuten.com/r/BANANA2629?eeid=28187 Email: Sincerelyangiem@gmail.com www.sincerelyangiem.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline
Weekend of May 15, 2020 – Hour 2

Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 44:20


Tech News and Commentary Dave and the team discuss Comic Con at home, the growth of Venmo, Rakuten and Ebates, Grubhub and Uber, Spotify’s parental control features, reacting to text messages, and more. Jake in Colfax, Washington listens on K-MAX 840AM and asked: “Right now I’m calling on my phone that I’m using currently – […]

Behind the Renovation
006: Where to Shop for Home Renovation Materials During Coronavirus

Behind the Renovation

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 23:51


We are into the 9th week of shelter in place here in California. The State of California just lifted the ban on construction last week, so the City offices have reopened and inspections are back on the calendars. But, everything is not back to business as usual just yet.The biggest challenge, beyond getting inspections to move forward with renovation projects, is getting materials. Choices are limited as many businesses were closed for many weeks. All retail stores were closed. Some are starting to reopen and some are available on an appointment-only basis. Many were and still are only available on a delivery basis to limit interaction at their establishment.So, in today's episode, I'm sharing my top resources for shopping for your home renovation during this coronavirus pandemic. Listen to this episode to learn more. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE>>The Renovation Planner™ >>Shop for Your Home>>Sign Up for Rakuten (formerly eBates)>>How to Save Money Online Shopping Video>>Honey>>Amazon.com>>Overstock.com>>LampsPlus.comSOCIAL MEDIA LINKS>> Facebook>> Instagram>> YouTube

Sincerely Angie
67 - Dear Self-Love,

Sincerely Angie

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 25:29


This episode goes from "How Do I Learn to Love Myself" to "How Did We Get Here?!" Enjoy. The month late April fools joke is at the end. Ebates aka Rakuten: https://www.rakuten.com/r/BANANA2629?eeid=28187 Email: Sincerelyangiem@gmail.com www.sincerelyangiem.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Insomnia Fuel
People Are Not Social Distancing! (Season 4, Ep 1)

Insomnia Fuel

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 18:41


Please rate/review on Apple Podcast. Use our Ebates link for free money! (basically) Twitter: @insomniafuelpod (https://twitter.com/InsomniaFuelPod) Instagram: @insomniafuel (https://www.instagram.com/insomniafuel/) Website: bit.ly/insomniafuelpodcast MERCH:https://teespring.com/stores/insomnia-fuel-podcast Ebates: bit.ly/insomniafuelebates (free $10 check when you spend $25 on any store they have)

Sincerely Angie
66 - Dear D T M,

Sincerely Angie

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 26:39


When doing too much and doing the most goes wrong. Babyface vs. Teddy Riley. Say less. Less is more. Ebates aka Rakuten: https://www.ebates.com/r/BANANA2629?eeid=28187 Email: Sincerelyangiem@gmail.com www.sincerelyangiem.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A ReSellers Journey
S01 E04: How To Setup A Budget

A ReSellers Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 18:16


 When you sign up and spend $25 you receive $10 from Ebates and enter the raffle for $50 gift card. Click link https://go.ebat.es/JOSEPH15558?eeid=44971 You can find host via Instagram @eBayJoey and co-host @stevie.d.reselling

The Hippocratic Hustle
062 Friends Talk Finance: End of Year Planning

The Hippocratic Hustle

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 34:44


In today's Friends Talk Finance episode, Carrie and Bonnie are back again discussing how you can start to prepare your finances for the end of the year.  Don't miss out hearing about how to fund all of your tax advantage accounts, using up your FSA Money, the best way to give Charitable Donations  and even great tips to get money back on Holiday Shopping! In this episode, you will hear: Some life updates from Bonnie and Carrie including Carrie's Thanksgiving Truck Stop Meal and Bonnie's Shrink Wrapped Turkey. Why you should max out your tax advantage accounts throughout the year so you are finished by the deadlines including: 401(k), 403(b), and 457(b), Roth IRA, HSA, Solo 401K and Sep-IRA. Don't forget to use the money in your Flexible Spending Accounts especially if you don't have the ability to roll over. How you can take advantage of Tax Loss Harvesting to capture losses in your taxable or regular brokerage accounts to reduce your tax burden. The best way to be smart about Charitable Donations and how the new tax law this year affects this. Why the end of the year or start of the new year is a good time to start thinking about rebalancing your portfolio for the year. How to start your Estate Plan and create a will if you don't have one already. Holiday Shopping Tips including accumulating the most points on your credit cards from your purchases and using Ebates for cash back. Links we discussed in the show: Check out Bonnie's blog for great financial advice at Miss Bonnie MD. Sign up to Carrie's email newsletter at: hippocratichustle.com/subscribe and Bonnie's at: www.missbonniemd.com/join. Learn more about Tax Loss Harvesting in Episode 56: Friends Talk Finance- Tax Loss Harvesting and Other Timely Financial Advice. Learn more about the Donor Advised Fund from Physician on Fire. Get cash back for your holiday purchases by using Ebates. Special thank you to this week's show sponsor: Set for Life Insurance! If you are in need of life or disability insurance, or if you need a second opinion to be sure you are insured appropriately, call Jamie Fleischner at Set for Life! Thank you for listening to the Hippocratic Hustle! I know that time is your most valuable resource so I really appreciate you spending some of it with me. If you enjoyed today's show, please share it! If you'd like to help me improve and grow the podcast, send your suggestions to: Carrie@HippocraticHustle.com Lastly, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you won't miss an episode!

Milenomics ² Podcast - No Annual Fee Edition
Episode 2: What Amex needs to do instead of 5x Fine Hotels & Resorts, Citi bungles refer-a-friend, Absurd Stacking, and Citi Sears alternatives. Milenomics² No Annual Fee Podcast

Milenomics ² Podcast - No Annual Fee Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 11:50


Welcome back to the Milenomics² No Annual Fee Podcast.  Episode 2 kicks off with news and then we dive into a listener question as well. Show Notes: Title: What Amex needs to do instead of 5x Fine Hotels & Resorts, Citi bungles refer-a-friend, Absurd Stacking, and Citi Sears alternatives Amex 5x on Fine Hotels & Resorts Bookings Citi refer-a-friend Absurd stacking opportunity $10 G-Money rebate on $100 Happy Card purchase at giftcards .com 11/2-11/8 5% cashback when shopping through RebatesMe (work with a friend’s referral for an additional 10% cashback for friend) Buy $200 MCGCs at Bed Bath Beyond for $25 Bed Bath GC rebate when buying 2 x $200 MCGCs (see DoC for promo terms, starts 11/23) Link Happy cards to airline portals to trigger holiday bonus (beware of contention with eBates in-store cashback) Liquidate MCGCs through Plastiq with FFDs from recent promo Listener question: What's a good alternative to the Citi Sears card? Link to the calculator we discuss to compare high end cards’ earning. In this week’s Premium (subscription required) version of the podcast we discuss a In store Cashback apps, Chase Pay 5x Freedom Q4 techniques, and much more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22571208 And don’t forget, the No Annual Fee podcast is unique as well, so be sure to subscribe to it: RSS feed for the free podcast Subscribe to the Free, No Annual Fee Milenomics² podcast on Apple Podcasts: Or on Google Play Music:

Drag Dungeon
#103: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Episode 5 Hot Mess Discussion

Drag Dungeon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2018 54:57


In this episode J. & John discuss the season 10 Episode 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race and some other crap. http://DragDungeon.com Earn cash back when you buy things online with Ebates: www.ebates.com/r/JOHNEL502?eeid=…m_medium=raf_link #DragDungeon facebook.com/dragdungeon —— Drag Dungeon Podcast with J. & John Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/drag-…eon/id1023641576 Listen & Follow on Soundcloud: @dragdungeon Follow @DragDungeon on Twitter, Instagram & Periscope facebook.com/dragdungeon twitter.com/dragdungeon dragdungeon.com The views and opinions expressed in this recording are for entertainment purposes only. © 2018 Drag Dungeon

Drag Dungeon
#102: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Episode 4 Drama + Discussion

Drag Dungeon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 73:49


In this episode J. & John discuss the season 10 Episode 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race and some other crap. http://DragDungeon.com Earn cash back when you buy things online with Ebates: www.ebates.com/r/JOHNEL502?eeid=…m_medium=raf_link #DragDungeon facebook.com/dragdungeon —— Drag Dungeon Podcast with J. & John Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/drag-…eon/id1023641576 Listen & Follow on Soundcloud: @dragdungeon Follow @DragDungeon on Twitter, Instagram & Periscope facebook.com/dragdungeon twitter.com/dragdungeon dragdungeon.com The views and opinions expressed in this recording are for entertainment purposes only. © 2018 Drag Dungeon

Drag Dungeon
#101: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Episode 3 Drama + Discussion

Drag Dungeon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2018 56:25


Earn cash back when you buy things online with Ebates: www.ebates.com/r/JOHNEL502?eeid=…m_medium=raf_link In this episode J. & John discuss the season 10 Episode 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race and some other crap. #DragDungeon facebook.com/dragdungeon —— Drag Dungeon Podcast with J. & John Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/drag-…eon/id1023641576 Listen & Follow on Soundcloud: @dragdungeon Follow @DragDungeon on Twitter, Instagram & Periscope facebook.com/dragdungeon twitter.com/dragdungeon dragdungeon.com The views and opinions expressed in this recording are for entertainment purposes only. © 2018 Drag Dungeon

Drag Dungeon
#100: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Episode 2 Discussion

Drag Dungeon

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2018 55:58


Earn cash back when you buy things online with Ebates: https://www.ebates.com/r/JOHNEL502?eeid=29041&utm_source=extension&utm_medium=raf_link In this episode J. & John discuss the season 10 Episode 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race and some other crap. #DragDungeon facebook.com/dragdungeon —— Drag Dungeon Podcast with J. & John Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ua/podcast/drag-…eon/id1023641576 Listen & Follow on Soundcloud: @dragdungeon Follow @DragDungeon on Twitter, Instagram & Periscope facebook.com/dragdungeon twitter.com/dragdungeon dragdungeon.com The views and opinions expressed in this recording are for entertainment purposes only. © 2018 Drag Dungeon

Boss Girl Creative Podcast | A Podcast for Female Creative Entrepreneurs
EPISODE 077 - AFFILIATE MARKETING TIPS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Boss Girl Creative Podcast | A Podcast for Female Creative Entrepreneurs

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2016 20:34


This is the perfect time of year to zero in on your affiliate marketing strategy! Do not miss out on the potential to make some extra money!! Take a listen to my affiliate marketing tips for the holiday season! BGC ANNOUNCEMENTS * Welcome to the 77th episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today, I'm giving you some quick tips on how to boost your affiliate income during the busiest time of the year. * Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL * Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew! * Join me in the Facebook Group on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram * Want a direct link to the podcast feed? Click here. * Use these Hashtags on Social Media: #bossgirlcreative #bossgirlchat INSIDE THIS EPISODE * Chance to win a BGC Boost Session (open through December 14, 2016 at 8:00pm CST) Winner will be selected at random at 9pm CST during my LIVE BGC chat in the BGC FB group. * It's really only November 30th (ha!) * Gift Guides (see an example on my blog: The Best Gifts for the Book Lover * Clarification on Amazon links: USE them (if you live in a state that allows you to be an Associate), however make sure they don't push out to RSS. Use this plugin (if you are on WP). * Create boards on Pinterest full of Affiliate links (Don't forget to disclose!!) * Communicate with your Affiliate Managers - ask for higher commissions during the holidays; ask for a custom coupon codes; ask if they will pay for a boost on social media (ie on your Gift Guide) * Create buying guides * Ask a Challenge Question * Sales Posts RESOURCES MENTIONED **Following links may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing/Signing up through them support this podcast at no further cost to you** * Remove Amazon Links from RSS Feed * Join CJ.com Use Referral Code: 4330813 * Join Shareasale Affiliate program * Join Affiliate Window * Join Shopstyle Collective* Don't forget about Ebates! Do your own shopping through ebates and earn $$ back! Join Ebates.com FIND TAYLOR ONLINE Blog - pinkheelspinktruck.com Instagram - @pnkheelspnktrk Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck Pinterest - pnkheelspnktrk Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk HELP SPREAD THE BOSS GIRL LOVE! It would be amazeballs if you shared Boss Girl Creative Podcast with your fellow Boss Girls on twitter. Click here to tweet some love! If you love this podcast, head on over to iTunes and kindly leave a rating, a review and subscribe! WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE BOSS GIRL CREATIVE PODCAST Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via Boss Girl Creative Newsletter Click here to subscribe via Stitcher FEEDBACK + PROMOTION You can ask your questions and leave your comments by either calling (707) BOSS-GIRL, emailing hello@bossgirlcreative.com or go to the Boss Girl Creative Facebook group!

Kinsella On Liberty
KOL197 | Tom Woods Show: The Central Rothbard Contribution I Overlooked, and Why It Matters: The Rothbard-Evers Title-Transfer Theory of Contract

Kinsella On Liberty

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 33:33


Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 197. I discussed Rothbardian/libertarian contract theory with Tom Woods on his show today. Update: See also Łukasz Dominiak & Tate Fegley, "Contract Theory, Title Transfer, and Libertarianism," Diametros (10 Sep. 2022; doi: 10.33392/diam.180) Transcript below. Ep. 547 The Central Rothbard Contribution I Overlooked, and Why It Matters Youtube: 3rd December 2015 Stephan Kinsella explains the importance of Rothbard's theory of contract — a point I myself did not appreciate until this episode — and contrasts it with mainstream theories, which most libertarians think are the same as their own. We need to get these fundamentals right, so listen in and learn with me! Articles Discussed “Toward a Reformulation of the Law of Contracts,” by Williamson M. Evers “A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, Inalienability,” by Stephan Kinsella Book Discussed The Ethics of Liberty, by Murray N. Rothbard For some more related posts/resources: A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, and Inalienability, Journal of Libertarian Studies 17, no. 2 (Spring 2003): 11-37 [based on paper presented at Law and Economics panel, Austrian Scholars Conference, Auburn, Alabama (April 17, 1999)] Justice and Property Rights: Rothbard on Scarcity, Property, Contracts… KOL020 | “Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society: Lecture 3: Applications I: Legal Systems, Contract, Fraud” (Mises Academy, 2011)  around Slide 16: slides here The Libertarian View on Fine Print, Shrinkwrap, Clickwrap KOL146 | Interview of Williamson Evers on the Title-Transfer Theory of Contract KOL004 | Interview with Walter Block on Voluntary Slavery Transcript The Central Rothbard Contribution I Overlooked, and Why It Matters: The Rothbard-Evers Title-Transfer Theory of Contract Stephan Kinsella, interviewed by Tom Woods The Tom Woods Show, Ep. 547, Dec. 3, 2015 Transcript 00:00:00 TOM WOODS: The Tom Woods Show, episode 547. 00:00:03 INTRO: Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.  Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show. 00:00:14 TOM WOODS: Hey everybody.  Christmas is coming, and chances are you're going to be doing a lot of online shopping.  Well, why not get cash back at virtually all the retailers you're going to be using anyway?  Sign up for Ebates and you'll get just that.  Check it out through tomwoods.com/ebates. 00:00:30 Hey everybody.  Welcome to another episode of the Tom Woods Show.  We're joined once again by Stephan Kinsella because today we're talking about foundational issues related to libertarianism, and I can think of no one better to help us clarify our thinking on questions like this than Stephan.  And ordinarily, as I would do in these episodes and as I've done in the past with Stephan, I would launch into a biographical discussion of the guest.  But instead, I'm going to turn things over to Stephan and say, Stephan, what do you think people should know about you? 00:01:02 STEPHAN KINSELLA: Well, I was born in a little town in Louisiana. 00:01:06 TOM WOODS: I knew I shouldn't have done this. 00:01:07 STEPHAN KINSELLA: I'm a libertarian patent attorney in Houston.  How about that? 00:01:12 TOM WOODS: Oh, but you've done so much more.  I want to know about your writings. 00:01:16 STEPHAN KINSELLA: Okay, so I am a practicing attorney, but I've written a lot on libertarian legal theory for the Journal of Libertarian Studies, and then I founded sort of a successor journal called Libertarian Papers, which is still ongoing, which I'm the managing editor of.  And I've written some books, and I've written on intellectual property, both the legal side and the libertarian theory side. 00:01:42 TOM WOODS: I am going to be linking to everything that we talk about today in terms of articles that you've writt...