Baby Food from Babies "R" Us

Last week I told you how to get free baby food from Babies “R” Us by becoming their fan on Facebook. I was able to get three $5 e-gift certificates through this offer. This weekend I took them in to our local Babies “R” Us and I was able to get a lot of baby food for less than $2. All of this will be sent to Haiti through a donation drive that my church organized. The Gerber two-packs were on sale for $1 each when you buy ten, regularly $1.29 to $1.69. The Revolution Mashups were buy one, get one half off. My total came to $16.73 which meant I only owed $1.73 after my e-gift certificates. Regular price, this baby food would have cost $23.58.

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There are lots of great freebies this week to add to your own stash and to donate to others. First stop, Walgreens.

Great Freebies This Week

This week score a bunch of great freebies at Walgreens. Pick up a Colgate Max White or Max Fresh Toothbrush and you’ll get $3.49 in Register Rewards to use on your next purchase. While you’re there grab an 18-pack of Scunci elastics for $2 and you’ll get $2 in Register Rewards.

Next stop CVS for some more freebies. Grab a bottle of Softsoap Spa Radiant body wash and take this$1 off coupon with you and you’ll receive $4.99 in Extra Care Bucks.

You can also get a tube of Colgate Enamel Protect or Sensitive Whitening Toothpaste and you’ll receive $3.99 in Extra Care Bucks. Take this coupon with you for another $1 off to make this deal a money maker.

Get free Sobe Water

Finally, get four bottles of free Sobe water at CVS. They are buy one get one free this week and if you take two of these buy one get one free coupons you’ll get them completely free. Be sure to hit your browser’s back button to get two coupons. It’s regularly $1.79 per bottle which means you’re getting $7.16 worth of beverages for free!

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Are you on Twitter? Perhaps pretty much all day? Try putting your Tweets to work for you with a company called Magpie. Here’s how it works: You create an account (it’s a painless process that takes less than two minutes.) You determine the frequency that ads will be automatically distributed through your Twitter account. You can have an ad displayed every time you send out a Tweet of your own, or after every 50 Tweets. But the more ads you allow to be distributed through your account the more money you will make. You must make at least 50 Euros (about $75) before they’ll give you a payment through Paypal.

You can also try getting advertisers to sign up through the Magpie referral program. For instance, if an advertiser clicked on this ad and signed up for an account, I would then earn 30% of commission fees for the whole first year of the advertisers’ account.

For companies looking for affordable viral marketing, it seems like a neat tool. You set the cost by defining daily and total budgets for the campaigns. Your ad is matched up with a Twitterer that is using keywords you’ve determined. Pretty cool, huh? I’d love to hear from anyone who is using this service as an advertiser or as Twitter user. How do you like it?

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Here at Do More With Your Money we are all about making your money go further so you can have a bigger impact, even when it comes to little purchases like Christmas cards. The concept behind Christmas cards is great, isn’t it? It’s a tradition with a simple purpose: keeping in touch. For many of our long-distance relationships it may be the only contact we make during the year. But your Christmas card can do more than touch base, share news or spread love. It can make a difference.

Charity Christmas Card

These Christmas cards from Etsy shop Stamp Not Included are the perfect example. For every purchase, $2 goes directly to an after school program for underprivileged children. Another way to purchase Christmas cards that support non-profits is through the website Cards That Give. Every organization featured on Cards That Give is a certified 501(c)3 and monitored by Charity Navigator. So not only can your written words spread Christmas spirit, your actions can, too.

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Let me tell you a little story about my life after college. I had dreams of being a big city news reporter, but I knew that it would take a lot of work to get there. I started my career in my hometown of Sioux City, Iowa. There were no full-time jobs available so I took a part-time job at KTIV, the number one station in town. I was thrilled. I would be reporting some days and anchoring the weather other days. Even though I was living at home with my parents a part-time news salary does not go very far so I got a job at a bagel shop working early mornings. I actually made more money at the bagel shop.

I finally got promoted to a full-time position, but the money still wasn’t good. I remember getting the courage together to ask for a raise. A couple of days later my boss called me into her office with the good news. “I talked to the higher-ups and I am proud to say I got you a seven cent raise!” she announced excitedly. “Seven percent?” I said with a small smile. That didn’t seem like much, but it was better t han nothing. “No, seven CENTS,” she clarified. Wow. Now I could finally buy that candy bar I had my eye on.

ABC anchor Charles Gibson and I at the Billy Graham Library dedication

As I moved up into another, larger television market the pay got better, but the bills got bigger. I was living out on my own and money was tight. All of these years of struggling to get by taught me to be creative with my money.  I have sacrificed in some ways in order to achieve goals, experience adventure and live out my dreams. All of these years of living this way have taught me how to Do More with My Money. And now I want to share that knowledge with you.  So welcome to DoMoreWithYourMoney.com where the goal is to Spend Less, Do More and Give Abundantly.

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