$2 in Free MP3′s from Amazon.com MP3 Store

Through the end of today, Amazon.com is giving away $2 worth of MP3′s to anyone that wants it.

To receive this bonus, all you need to do is open the following link: Free MP3′s

Click the “Enter your Code” button, and then enter “FALLMP3S” (without the quotes). You should then see a $2 credit appear in your account.

Amazon.com’s MP3 store has been around a while and the nice thing about it is that it is DRM free, meaning once you buy the MP3 and download it, you can put it on any device that you have. It is not like iTunes, where you can only put it on yout iPhone or iPod. You can add MP3′s purchased from Amazon to your iTunes just by dragging it into iTunes, but you always keep the original MP3 file, so you can still use it anywhere you like.

Amazon.com MP3′s also work very nicely with their cloud player. Meaning that you can keep your music stored in the clound and stream it over the net to any of your devices that can run the player. In this case you don’t even need the file anymore, just the app.

Thanks to Amazon.com, I haven’t bought a CD in years!!!

Free Microsoft Office

If you are like my family, a computer really isn’t a computer without Microsoft Office. Let’s face it, purchasing Office, even the student version, is not cheap. Well in response to Google Docs, Microsoft has released a free version of Microsoft Office that is available online. This version is not as full featured as the standard version you purchase, but it does offer basic functionality for Word, Office and PowerPoint. If you are not a power user of any of these apps, the functionality you need should be available.

To access the free version on MS Office, you need a Windows Live account. It is free and you can register for one with your current email address. If you already have an Xbox live account, or you have a Hotmail email account, then you already have one. Go to www.live.com and log in. At the top of the screen you will see a link for “Office”. Once you click on that you will have the option to choose which application you want to run.

When you start a new document you will see the familiar Word, Office or PowerPoint interface that you are used to seeing. This online version is based off of Office 2010, so if you are still using an older version, the interface may look a little bit different to you.

You can do more than just start new documents, if you receive a document from someone, you can upload it to your documents folder. You can then open it and make changes to it. All documents created via the online version of MS Office are available to download to your PC.

Sure this isn’t as great as having the full version of MS Office, but if you are in a household with many computers and don’t want to spring for an Office license for each one, the online version of MS Office should more than suffice for those in school or need a quick way to create a document or spreadsheet.

Instant Hilton HHonors Gold Status

If you have a Visa Signature Card in your wallet, you can get instant Hilton HHonors gold status until August 31st 2011. All you need to do is go to the Hilton HHonors Promo Page and enter the credit card number of any Visa Signature card that you have, then enter your Hilton Hhonors account user name and password. Once you do that you will receive a confirmation message saying that you have received Gold Status.

I did this and them immediatly logged into my Hhonors account and verified that the gold status was reflected in my account.

Your Gold status will expire on 8/31/2011. If you stay at a Hilton family hotel 3 times by then, your Gold status will be extended until March 2013.

If you’re already a Gold or Diamond, there is still something here for you, by entering in your Visa Signature card, you will receive 5000 free Hilton points.

This deal is totally free and pretty sweet if you are going to travel within the next few months. Not exactly sure why they are offering this, unless it is a way to get you to stay at one of their hotels and experience the benefits of a frequent traveler. HHonors gold status gets you a 25% bonus on points earned when staying at a Hilton family hotel, as well as other benefits.

You need to have a Hilton HHonors accout first for this promo. If you don’t have one, then sign up here first, then come back and sign up for the promo.

$20 Amazon.com Gift Card for $10

Ok, this is a simple one. Living Social, a group discount retailer similiar to Groupon, is offering a $20 Amazon gift card for $10. All you have to do is buy it with no hoops to jump through. Free money doesn’t get any more free than this, unless of course it was just given to you!!!

Another perk is that if you get 3 friends to buy, the the card then becomes free for you.

I am sure this deal won’t last long, so get in while you still can!

Hostgator.com 50% Off All Hosting Packages

Hostgator.com is having a black friday promo where you can get 50% off of all hosting packages for 1 year. This is a pretty good deal since it covers the whole year. I love Hostgator. All my sites, including this one, are hosted by them and I have never had any problems with their service.

Here are the details to get the 50% off:

Add a hosting plan to your cart

Then use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY2010 when checking out

State Farm To Offer Free TurboTax for 2009 Taxes

As it has done for the past 2 years, State Farm is giving away Intuit’s Online TurboTax Free to its customers. Like last year, must have a banking product with them such as a credit card or checking/savings account. Just having insurance isn’t good enough to have access to the free Turbo Tax.

They are giving you free access to TurboTax Basic and Deluxe along with free eFilie. If you need to use the Premeri of Home & Business version you must pay $20 and $40 respectively.

To get access to the free versions, you need to log into your StateFarm.com account. Once you are on your account summary page, you should see the following icon below:

Click on it and it will then take you to the TurboTax.com home page.

Since the discount is based on the URL that you use to get to TurboTax.com I beleive you only need to click on that link the day you are actually filing, but to be sure, I reccomend you go through the State Farm link each time you need to access your returns just in case.

Since I have a State Farm Visa card, I qualify for this. I really think this is a nice perk since filing my taxes would have cost around $45 normally, so this can be considered a State Farm Visa Bonus that keeps giving every year!!

If you are not a State Farm customer, check out TurboTax.com to file your taxes as their prices are still very reasonable.

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