Swagbucks

Alright. Here's the scoop. I'm sure if nothing else you've at least heard the word Swagbucks. Maybe you've even looked into it. But I'm here to tell you it's TOTALLY worth it, and fun!

There's some misconceptions about Swagbucks, the one most often heard is "you have to purchase items online to earn." -- False.

You CAN purchase items online to increase your amount of Swagbucks. But you definitely don't have to. So of course, if you're an online shopper, I would look there first to see if you could grab some extra bucks. For me though, this is about "saving" money and getting things for free....not spending more.

What Swagbucks CAN do for you, is earn some freebies by doing what you already do. Which is, searching for stuff on the internet.

If you're like me, I use "Google" multiple times every single day. Now though, I use the Swagbucks search engine (which is powered by Google) and I earn at least a $5 Amazon gift card each month.

There are quite a few things you can "purchase" using your Swagbucks - various gift cards including Starbucks, PayPal and Target online, and even things like iPods, cameras and video games....TONS!...but my personal choice is always the $5 Amazon gift card. You load the money directly to your account and you can get just about anything through Amazon--with no taxes (and often times they have free shipping promos).

Look at this way, if you earn an extra $5 a month toward Amazon (which is 450 Swagbucks), by the end of the year, you will have $60 in your account and you can get something(s) pretty nice! And honestly, if you're consistent about using this as your primary search engine, you'll earn them much faster. Truly free stuff, by doing what you already do.

They even have a toolbar you can download so the search box is easily right in front of you every time you need it. I just have it set as my homepage so every time I open a new window, it's up and ready to go.

To make things simple, just do this:

• sign up for Swagbucks
• download the toolbar or make it your homepage (or at least bookmark it for easy access)
• use Swagbucks as your search engine any time you need it

That's it.

Forget about your total swagbucks it shows you. Forget about making enough to get an Amazon gift card. Forget about it completely. But use it - don't forget that! And within a month, you'll have enough "bucks" to score you something for free. And then you'll understand what I'm talking about and will be just as thrilled as I am.

When signing up today, you will get 30 bucks just for joining.

The hardest thing about Swagbucks? Just REMEMBER TO USE IT! Retrain yourself to go to Swagbucks (or use the toolbar you can download) instead of your regular search engine and you are good to go.

Enjoy!