By WiscoVixen
at 4:14PM Tuesday October 27, 2009
under
Contest
It's time to end the suspense and
to let you all know who we've chosen to attend the first ever Save
Up. These lucky ladies and gentlemen will be joining us in San
Francisco on November 5th for a day of savings-oriented panels and
fun. We received many, many amazing entries, and it was very
difficult to pick just a few.
Without further ado, here are the
names of the DealPros who will be attending the Save Up next
month:
By WiscoVixen
at 5:23PM Friday October 16, 2009
under
Contest
Today's the day, folks. Today's
the day we announce which two of our lucky contest entrants win The
North Face backpacks we have to give away. We had 97 comments
posted on our contest
announcement blog post, and we counted over 200 tweets with our
#freepack hash tag in them. We ended up choosing one winner at
random from each of the entry sources.
(Drumroll, please!) And
the winners are...
By WiscoVixen
at 5:27PM Monday October 12, 2009
under
Odds and Ends
We here at Savings.com are
devoted to working hard so that you always have easy access to all
the best online coupons and
deals. And as much as we know and understand the value of a dollar,
we also see the value in taking time to enjoy some of the finer
things in life.
This past Friday was one of those
times. We invited our significant others, some business partners,
and a few friends to celebrate a successful and exciting third
quarter.
By WiscoVixen
at 4:48PM Friday October 2, 2009
under
Contest
It's time to announce the winner
of the $250 Woodwind & Brasswind gift card! We asked our
members to submit their "One time at band camp..." stories in the
comments section of our the contest
announcement blog post, and the comments we got were all very
entertaining. Thanks to everyone that shared a fond band/orchestra
memory with us.
Now, down to business.
Drumroll, please.
By WiscoVixen
at 12:54PM Tuesday September 29, 2009
under
Contest
One of the coolest parts of
working here at Savings.com is watching our elite community of deal
experts find, post and share the best deals on the Web. From the
mom who knows where to get diapers on the cheap to the tech-guru
who shows us where to find the best deals on laptops and gadgets,
many Savings.com users are the Web's true coupon connoisseurs. We
like to call these savvy savers DealPros™.
By WiscoVixen
at 10:40AM Friday September 11, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
Band geeks. Every high school has them. You all
know who they were in your school, and there's a pretty good chance
a lot of you were band geeks yourselves. And if you were, I'm sure
you've got a story or two that begins, "One time at band
camp..."
When we told Woodwind &
Brasswind (one of the stores on Savings.com) about this
post, they decided to ask their Facebook fans to share their band
camp stories with us.
Here are a couple of snippets:
By WiscoVixen
at 12:10PM Friday September 4, 2009
under
Spotlight Deals
Even though Labor Day originated
in Canada, Americans have taken the concept and run with it ever
since it became a federal holiday in 1884. While its original
intent was to recognize the labor workers with a day of parades and
celebrations, Labor Day weekend has now become synonymous with
barbecues, beach days, and major sales.
In the spirit of the latter, here are our top 10 Labor Day
coupons. These deals are good this weekend only, so be sure to jump
on it!
By WiscoVixen
at 12:07PM Tuesday September 1, 2009
under
Special Events
On August 20th, we announced
a contest on our blog in which we planned to give away a copy
of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 for Windows to a person randomly selected
from our list of entrants. After about two weeks of receiving blog
comments, Facebook wall posts, and RTs on Twitter, we received a
total of 167 entries.
When I asked random.org to
choose a number between 1 and 167, our winner emerged.
And the winner is...
By WiscoVixen
at 6:02PM Friday August 21, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
No matter what your musical taste, there's no
doubt that somewhere in the world there's a music festival planned
that's right up your alley. Whether you're one of the thousands of
people that descend upon Rhinelander, Wisconsin (my
hometown) each summer to see Reba, Sugarland, and Neal McCoy at
the Hodag Country
Festival or you prefer the more rocking lineup of the Sunset
Strip Music Festival, there's music being played for you. And
if you're an indie music fan, there are more festival options than
you know.
By WiscoVixen
at 5:38PM Tuesday August 18, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
As a fairly avid music fan on a budget, I often
struggle with spending lots of money on concert tickets, downloads
and music magazine subscriptions. I want to stay connected to
what's going on and to what's new, but it's rough with all the
TicketMaster fees and with the ever-present temptation to pirate
music instead of legitimately paying for it.
I have, however, found a few ways to maintain my
music knowledgeability without spending all my monies on music and
music-related purchases.
Here are a few tips to help you stay hip without
breaking the bank...
By WiscoVixen
at 2:16PM Friday August 14, 2009
under
Odds and Ends
We've all heard it before..."The best things in
life are free." If you really think about it, you'll find that
statement to be pretty true. I've polled my co-workers here at Savings.com to see what kinds of
free things they consider to be priceless. Yeah, I'm going for
something along the same lines as the g'zillion MasterCard
commercials we've seen over the years. You know...two tickets to a
baseball game - $24. Two hotdogs and sodas - $30. An afternoon
ballgame with your kid - priceless.
In any case, here's what I heard back from the team...
By WiscoVixen
at 6:36PM Friday August 7, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
Think back to the crappiest car you've ever
driven. Now think of how nice it would have been to get $4500 to
trade in your hooptie for a sweet new ride. $4500...that's more
than my last car was worth! Our favorite blog posts and articles
from the past week are themed around the Cash for Clunkers bill
that was passed by the Senate last night. So, without further ado,
here are our favorite clunker-related posts of the week.
By WiscoVixen
at 3:24PM Friday July 31, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
Our favorite blog posts and articles this week
span a wide range of topics from the pros and cons of carrying cash
to Apple's plan to boost iTunes sales. So, if you're looking for a
potpourri of reading delights, you've found it.
By WiscoVixen
at 3:25PM Monday July 27, 2009
under
Company
Despite the sweltering summer heat in the San
Fernando Valley yesterday afternoon, almost 300 people showed up to
attend BargainBabe's
Frugal Fe$tival. The Fe$tival took place in Woodley Park in Van
Nuys, and the park's little picnic area was filled to the brim with
expert and amateur coupon hunters alike who were looking for tips,
tricks and ways to save a buck or two.
By WiscoVixen
at 6:28PM Friday July 24, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
It's Friday, and that means it's blog round-up
time! Our favorite blog posts and articles this week have to do
with jobs...finding a job, quitting a job, secret jobs, etc. So if
you're in on the job market, thinking of changing your line of
work, or if you just want some good reading, check out the links
below.
By WiscoVixen
at 1:44PM Monday July 20, 2009
under
Company
Well everyone, it's nearly time. BargainBabe's Frugal Fe$tival is upon
us. This Sunday, July 26th, the frugal folks of Los Angeles will
flock to Woodley Park in Van Nuys to meet up and converse about
saving money and about, well, being frugal.
By WiscoVixen
at 3:38PM Friday July 17, 2009
under
Money Saving Tips
Wingardium Leviosa! Furnunculus!
Expelliarmus!
If you're looking to learn charms to make
things float, to inflict boils on an enemy, and/or to disarm your
dueling opponent, the Harry Potter books and movies are certainly a
good place to look. I'll bet, though, that you didn't realize you
could learn some sound financial advice from the wizards of
Hogwarts. Well, it's true.
Here are five financial tips from the magical world of Harry
Potter.
By WiscoVixen
at 5:31PM Monday July 13, 2009
under
Newsworthy
The economy sucks. No big secret there, right?
And it's no secret that the federal and state governments are
feeling similar economic pressures as their residents. I don't
think this could be any more evident than it is for those of us who
live here in California.
By WiscoVixen
at 4:05PM Friday July 10, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
This week's financial blog roundup defies
categorization. The posts we've pulled together for this week deal
with topics ranging from recession lingo and financial zen to tips
on organizing a yard sale for the ages. We hope you enjoy this
week's blog roundup: The Eclectic Edition.
By WiscoVixen
at 4:46PM Tuesday July 7, 2009
under
Newsworthy
Last week, KABC-TV in LA ran a story
called Online
Coupons: Beware of the Bargain that tells the story of a woman
that was scammed by an online coupon service. Via a popup on their
site, this service promised her a great deal in exchange for some
of her personal information. She ended up with a load of phony
charges on her credit card statement, and she's still in the
process of straightening out her finances.
By WiscoVixen
at 9:02AM Friday July 3, 2009
under
Newsworthy
It's that time of the week again, time for the
Savings.com blog round up for the week of June 28th. We've picked
some of our favorite blog posts from the past week and compiled
them into a concise list for your reading pleasure. This week's
theme: Financial Crimes.
By WiscoVixen
at 1:58PM Thursday July 2, 2009
under
Company
For the past two weeks, we've been running a Twitter
Roomba contest. Everyone that followed our new Twitter account
@savings and everyone
that RTed (retweeted, for those of you who are not Twitter lingo
savvy) one of our posts has been entered into the drawing to
win a brand new iRobot
Roomba 530 robot vacuum cleaner.
We amassed 382 followers at our new Twitter account, and many of
those followers RTed us during the course of the contest. When all
was said and done, we had 529 entries. We used random.org to choose a winner from our
list of entries. And the winner is...
By WiscoVixen
at 5:42PM Tuesday June 30, 2009
under
Odds and Ends
This past week, a big group of us from
Savings.com headed to New York City on a couple of different
missions. One team attended the LinkShare Symposium East, which Tom
talked about in his post
a couple weeks ago. I was part of a second team that was in the
city to meet with some great people who are interested in getting
the word out about our company. Loren and I met with people from
all sorts of publications, and they all seemed stoked to hear about
Savings.com, the great things we're doing and the exciting things
we're working on.
By WiscoVixen
at 6:18PM Friday June 19, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
This week's blog round-up features articles and
posts on the theme of transportation...air transportation, mainly.
These posts cover a little bit of everything, from major airline
blunders to ways to fly hassle-free with your kids. Not all of it
is money/savings-oriented, but it's all interesting and certainly
worth knowing.
By WiscoVixen
at 12:13PM Friday June 12, 2009
under
Stuff We Like
This week's roundup of our favorite blog posts is
centered around the topics of money and friendship. From paying for
friends to staying within your budget when entertaining your
friends, there's a load of interesting opinions and ideas out there
on these topics. Below you'll find a few of our favorite pieces
from this week.