$25 free from Amex - Bargains from Chaya!

Active Poster Joined: Jul 05 2011 Posts: 96

Thank you, Yael, for permission to post this. Very Happy

Thank you, Jawscience, for explaining how we can get $25 of free money with our Amex cards here: http://imamother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=166439

In honor of November 26, which American Express is calling "Small Business Saturday" I have put together 3 great bargains specifically for you!

PLEASE DO NOT spread these around the Internet, as they are unbelievable bargains and will devalue the perception my products' value if spread around freely. Thank you.

You can purchase these bargains on my new blog here: http://helpellen.com/25-credit-amex-small-business-saturday-november-26

You can receive a one-time $25 statement credit when you register any eligible American Express� Card and use that Card to make a purchase of $25 or more at a small business on November 26, 2011.

Simply fill out the form here to get started: https://sync.americanexpress.com/sbs2011

My business (RaisingSmallSouls.com, or RSS Enterprises) is registered as a small business. Here are a few bargains I�ve put together for you to buy on November 26, so you can receive your $25 statement credit � essentially making your purchase free! Choose Bargain A, B, or C... or even all 3 if you can't resist a bargain Wink

There's no need to run around on a cold Motzai Shabbos to find a bargain! Just visit my blog for more details from the comfort of your warm home: http://helpellen.com/25-credit-amex-small-business-saturday-november-26

Bargain A: Massive Bundle of Educational & Parenting Materials!

I�ve bundled my most popular digital products together and am selling them for an ultra-low price. (You won�t believe this deal!)

With this bundle you get�

1. Animal School video (English and Spanish versions): Great for staff development days, open house, PTA meetings and more.

2. Animal School workshop Presentation Guide: Present the Animal School video & lesson to your staff, parents and co-workers.

3. Peer Pressure eBook: Get the lowdown on peer pressure and how to help your child manage it in a positive way.

4. Creating Hours eBook and Audio Book: Create more time in your day without making major changes. Tips book gives you more hours every day.

5. From Awkward Solitude To Blessed Friendship eBook: Learn how to empower your child to overcome social challenges so they can make friends and improve their social skills.

6. Parenting Retreat: 30 hours of practical parenting advice, training and more from expert coaches, counselors and educators. Original event page with bios of all 30 speakers: http://parentingretreat.com/

7. Connection Parenting Workshop: Audio � over five hours of practical tips from Ellen Braun�s 2010 workshop to improve your emotional connection with your child � at every age and stage.

8. Educational Wisdom Movie: Breathtaking educational images and famous quotes about the wisdom of education, this movie is perfect for conferences, waiting rooms, PTA�s, and more.

9. What a Teacher Makes Movie: An insightful story about the awesome power a teacher has to touch young lives. A lovely story presentation for teachers and school staff. Plus a �Talking Points� worksheet accompaniment.

Everything is downloadable � no shipping required � so you get it all instantly!

To buy all of this separately, it would cost you over $450 but for ONE WEEK ONLY, I�m giving it to you for $25! No need to rub your eyes or clean your monitor screen, you read that right.

From now through Nov 26th, you can buy this entire package for ONLY $25 by clicking the link below:

http://bit.ly/hJR1Vd

Use this material for your own self-development, for PTA, for professional development, at staff meetings, and much more!

That�s over $450 of materials that can be yours for only $25! And it�s free if you buy it on your registered Amex card on Nov 26!

Bargain B: Get OnlineGelt: 201 for only $25!

Learn how to make money online from the comfort of your home from my vast experience in this new industry in the Online Gelt 201 course!

Regular price is $47.00, so that�s nearly 50% off!

You will use coupon code: november26 when you purchase Online Gelt 201 here:
http://onlinegelt.com/online-gelt-201/

Bargain C: Join the Online Gelt Private Coaching Community for just $25 per month!

Get one-on-one private coaching and all your business questions answered in this private forum!

Details and sign up here: http://onlinegelt.com/amember/signup.php
Use coupon code: 529F88088

Please note: When you sign up for monthly coaching, you will get $9 off your first month (normally, $34, now $25) and it will appear that you will be billed $68 a month for the subsequent months ($9 off the normal price of $77 a month). I could not change this because Paula & Wanda of http://affiliateblogonline.com are currently running a promotion for my coaching forum. THEREFORE, I will manually edit your rate of payment for your 2nd month and onward (as long as you decide to remain a member) to be $25. (Just to clarify: This is not a refund, just a manual adjustment of your rate, so you will never be charged that $68 rate with this promotion.)

If you have any questions about this, post here, and I will respond, or contact me directly here: http://helpellen.com/contact

Enjoy your free money from Amex!

QUESTIONS? Post below! Please don't PM a general question:)

Warmly,

Chaya

P.S. Put a big post-it note on your fridge as a reminder to buy one of these bargains on November 26th!

Happy bargaining!
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Diamond Member Joined: Dec 28 2005 Posts: 4654

Hi Chaya,
I was looking at your helpellen.com site. Not that I am a major amazon.com shopper, but I probably meet the $100/year average (or even more than that) that you estimate. What I want to know is what can you tell us, the frum woman of this site, about where a percentage of the million dollars (or whatever you make) will go? Will 10% go to our local chinuch institutions? 20%? All I see is that you would like to go traveling and have a lot of money and that "what goes around comes around." I don't mean to be harsh here. Imagine if you can get our whole community to buy through amazon because you promise a certain percentage to tzeddakah. Wouldn't that help your goal more?

~Tova

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Yes - we live a few blocks from each other - probably a 10 minute walk Very Happy

. Too bad we don't have kids the same age or we could make a Shabbos play date (at least I think we don't - looks like your kids are older. Mine are 4.5 and 3).

Oy- I was TOTALLY not questioning about whether you give tzeddakah. Please don't get me wrong. I was just questioning the specific Help Ellen campaign. I clicked searching to see what it would be funding - either yeshiva tuition, someone ill (r"l), if your husband was out of work (ch"v) etc. and could not find that. That was what surprised me. Your premise isn't that people will click on your site to support a specific cause other than doing the "good deed" of helping you earn money. OK, nothing wrong with that I guess, you just have an entreprenueral (sp?) spirit that is outside my realm of grasp.

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I totally respect it when you put it that way (ie - difficulty in tracking). Interesting.

This kind of stuff is TOTALLY not for me - for both practical and hashkafic reasons. Practically because I am not a second wage earner in my family - I am the main breadwinner supporting my husband in kollel. So I need a steady paycheck coming in. And I work full time (although half a day from home) so I have no extra time. Hashkafically because I hate commericalism, the advertising industry, enticing people to buy, etc. The culture is just not for me. And putting up blogs or sites with affiliate links or reviews of products or whatever is, essentially, advertising and enticing others to buy. I think this has caused large problems in the nation's consumerism at large and within the frum community. Does that make sense?

Not knocking what you do; just a totally 'nother perspective. We can totally respect each others' opinions on this (and BTW - yes, I'm a CPA and love numbers but I'm TERRIBLE at doing math in my head. My husband on the other hand is a genius at it!).

Whatever, I'll stop the two way dialogue and let others chime in (likely after Shabbos).

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Hmm - good question. Let me see how I can explain it (and I agree - good topic for another thread. BTW, I would never have posted this in a PAID AD thread; that wouldn't be fair.) I went into the services industry because a) I have no creative talent that I could make something that people would want to buy; b) I don't have the emunah/bitachon/personality to own a store or whatever. I like the security of a set paycheck coming in twice a month (of course our parnassah is completely dependent on H' and I fully am aware of that. I could surely lose my job any moment).

But essentially no. I have no problem with people who own/run clothing stores, bookstores, etc. or even advertise to that effect. I have nothing against buying to fulfill a need (obviously) or even a want that is affordable to you. I think, though, that internet shopping has brought consumerism to a whole new level. Yes, I do shop online occasionally. No sales tax, often free shipping, convenience of my home, often online only sales, reading reviews - all helpful. But it's really all a culture of encouraging us to buy. Amazon saves your recent searches, suggests products, etc. I just see it as a different culture of consumerism than brick and mortar stores (which of course also can get out of hand) and certainly home based businesses.

BTW, now my mind is running overtime with the thoughts that our local schools should set up affiliate link sites and have parents buy to earn percentages for the schools. Of course, the large problem with this is that some of the schools do not encourage internet and this would be hypocritical.

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I once brought up this idea of creating an affiliate site for my kids' school (TI), but the person whom I spoke to had a valid point:

If we encourage the parent body to shop at Store A (in this case, through TI's affilite link to Amazon) we may be encouraging the parent body to avoid shopping at local stores that are owned by the parent body, which is just plain rude. (Meaning, encouraging the parents to buy books on Amazon rather than buying books at the local bookstore whose owner sends his kids to TI, etc.)

Someone actually did this for my Shul as you can see here http://sponsors.baishaknesses.com/ but I don't think they did any marketing for it, and nobody seems to know about it! I do the email bulletin for the Shul every week, and this is not something they're actively trying to promote for whatever reason.

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Hi Chaya/Ellen,
I saw your post in the black pantiliner thread and clicked on your profile to find out if you had any business experience...and then I landed up on askellen.com.
What a great idea and lots of luck!

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This is a self-promotional BUMP! Laughing

http://helpellen.com/25-credit-amex-small-business-saturday-november-26

Gut Voch!

A Gutten Chodesh!

~CB

P.S. These 3 bargains are incredible bargains, even if you don't have an Amex card or have already spent $25 on your Amex today! These bargains will be live one more day and expire on midnight, 11/27.