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How To Survey Your Customers for Free Using Google Docs

18. February 2010

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Read this post, and in just 10 minutes, you’ll have created your own survey for your customers or readers! Better yet, you will save hundreds of dollars, as you will likely never pay for an online survey tool again… It used to be, if you wanted to survey your customers or readers, you would have [...]

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Five Steps to Freedom: How to Outsource Your Repetitive Tasks

20. January 2010

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Don’t enjoy cleaning your house, cooking, or mowing your lawn? How to outsource boring jobs in five easy steps.If you haven’t outsourced something like cooking or cleaning yet, and you’re still doing boring drudge work in your everyday life, read on. In one week or less, you will free up 10+ hours of your time [...]

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How To Negotiate Your Phone and Cable Bill and Save Thousands of Dollars

4. February 2009

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Six easy steps to negotiate your phone billand save thousands of dollars.A few days ago, my phone provider, Vonage, announced it was increasing my rate plan to $17.95/month from my current $14.95/month. $14.95/month was the lowest rate plan on Vonage’s website. The other choice was a $24.95/month “unlimited” plan, which I certainly didn’t need. It was [...]

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Programming

28. May 2008

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(written by me 6/6/2002 – shared for the first time here on erica.biz) Do you know that moment when you are programming something that really pushes the limits of the language you’re working in, and you just sit there and wonder, “Is this going to work?” And you draw out 50 possibilities and narrow it down [...]

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Save Thousands of Dollars In Five Minutes or Less With My "Secret" Coupon Hacks

23. May 2008

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Previously, I wrote a post about secret eBay and craigslist hacks that will save you thousands of dollars online. But what if eBay and craigslist don’t have the product you want, or you would really prefer to buy a new product? That’s when it is probably time to shop retail. How do you get ridiculous discounts [...]

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