WHAT IS THE BLASTOFF NETWORK???

MY BLASTOFF EXPERIENCE

A months ago, I posted a blog entry about Gifts For One Gifts For All joining the Blastoff Network and I wanted to provide an update on my experience. I happened to check my rewards or commission earned on previous purchases made. My Rewards total was $48.58 and of this total, $23.12 had been approved for payment and $25.46 was still pending for approval.

The purchases I made were for airline tickets and a rental car for the Thanksgiving holiday and luggage I purchased just before the Christmas holiday. The airline tickets and rental car purchase was not credited to my account until the services were provided. Purchases for luggage appeared as expected on the account. Just as I began to wonder when the purchases would go from “PENDING” to “APPROVED” a portion of the purchases status change.

Today I signed on to the Blastoff Network community, which is a customer support message board. I decided to post a question to find out when I would receive the check for the purchases approved. Within about 20 minutes, someone had responded to my question. I was informed I would receive a check when the next cycle of checks are issued in mid-February. The online approach to receiving cash rebates makes it possible to track the progress of your cash rebate and I think this could be the new alternative to mailing in receipts to claim a rebate and the worry of missing the deadline to receive your cash back reward.

Another good thing is that my purchases where made through online retailers I’m familiar with and have used before like Priceline.com and Budget and I discovered a new store, Luggage Online. I simply had to accessed their sites from the FREE Blastoff Network website I created that combines news and information, music and video players, games and social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook in one place. I also have access to 400+ online retailers that are part of the Blastoff Network that provide notices of specials, promotions or electronic coupons available for extra savings in addition to the cash back rebates.

I see the Blastoff Network as a tool Gifts For One Gifts For All Too can use to help people save money when they shop online as well as help them earn extra money. I also see the potential for this to be a way not-for-profits can raise money. In fact, I’ll be donating the income generated from my Blastoff Network to help Haitian earthquake victims and you can help me if you decide to join my network or shop through my site. 
 
To learn more about the Blastoff Network, CLICK HERE to visit my Gifts For One Gifts For All Mall and if you like what you see, please join my network.  Don't forget to keep following my blog as I continue to share my BLASTOFF experience.

HELP FOR HAITI

Through January 21, 2010, several bloggers have united under the direction of Crystal at Money Saving Mom who has written a blog titled "Help for Haiti: Everyone Can Do Something - Comment or Link Up and We'll Donate!"  Crystal has asked the bloggers and their readers to do one or more of the following:

     -  PRAY for Haitian earthquake victims,

    -  GIVE to help Haitian earthquake victims and offers a numbers of ways to donate, and

    -  BLOG about what you've done to help Haitian earthquake victims

In addition, Crystal  and her husband have pledged to donate $10 to Compassion's outreach in Haiti for every person who blogs about what they specifically did to help those in Haiti and leaves their link by January 21, 2010.  Many bloggers have followed Crystal's lead by making similar donations between $0.10 to $5.00 per comment or link left on their blog to charities of their choice and Gifts For One Gifts For All Too is going to follow suit.

In addition to my previous blog entry that rewards people that have donated to organizations helping Haitian earthquake victims with a $10 eCOUPON to the online gift store Gifts For One Gifts For All, this blog will step up its efforts to do more by:

    -  Follow Gifts For One Gifts For All on Twitter - we'll donate $0.50/Follower

   -  Follow the Gifts For One Gifts For All Too Blog - we'll donate $0.50/Follower

    -  Link up to this blog entry using the widget below - we'll donate $0.50/Link

    -  Leave a comment for this blog entry - we'll donate $0.25/Comment

When you become a Twitter follower, Facebook fan, blog follower, leave a link or comment on this blog entry, you will receive a $5.00 eCOUPON to Gifts For One Gifts For All.  A minimim purchase of $15.00 is required to redeem the eCOUPON and with a purchase of $20.00 or more, 10% of your purchase will be donated to Haitian earthquake victims.

I will make donations as described above up to $500.00 to Save the Children.  I have selected this organization because my wife has been involved with this organization and for several years has sponsored a child that lives in Haiti.  In addition, over 90% of the funds donated to Save the Children go towards the programs as opposed to administrative and fundraising expenses, ensuring money donated benefits thoses it was donated to benefit.  My wife has set a goal of raising $3.000.00 for Save the Children so your help will help me and if you're interested in donating to this organization, I encourage you to make a donation to her page as well or set up your own site.  

In addition to the $500.00 donation, I will also donate 100% the income generated through this blog to organizations helping Haitian earthquake victims.  This blog earns income through the following sites:

    -  Gifts For One Gifts For All (100% of income generated from links on this blog will be donated)

    -  Gifts For One Gifts For All's Online Shopping Mall (100% of income generated from 400+ online retail stores)

    - Featured Online Retail Stores on this blog (100% of income generated from featured online retail stores - see banners below)

If you're interested generating income through Gifts For One Gifts For All or creating your own online shopping mall, click on the links below for more information on how you can help.

    -  Click here to learn how you can earn money for yourself and help us raise money for Haitian earthquake victims, and

    -  Click here to learn how you can have your own online mall and help others save money while you earn money and help us raise money for Haitian earthquake victims (watch the videos for more information),

If you have a website or blog, don't forget to leave your link here.

Thank you in advance for helping me raise money for Haitian earthquake victims and please share this blog with others and come back to see other ways I'm raising money for those affected.

DONATE TO HELP HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS – GET A $10 eCOUPON TO GIFTS FOR ONE GIFTS FOR ALL

HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS NEED OUR HELP! Gifts For One Gifts For All Too is asking everyone that can to donate to help the earthquake victims of Haiti. More importantly, make sure you donate to reputable organizations like the Red Cross to ensure your donation will benefit those in need. 

Gifts For One Gifts For All Too has made a donation, but feels there is more it can do through its online gift store Gifts For One Gifts For All to encourage others to donate and increase its giving efforts.  To thank those that make a donation, Gifts For One Gifts For All will give donors a $10 eCOUPON to use at its online gift store. A minimum purchase of $20.00 will be required to redeem the eCOUPON and with a purchase of $25.00 or more, we’ll donate 10% of the net proceeds to organizations helping Haiti earthquake victims.

To receive your eCOUPON after making your donation:

1. Follow Gifts For One Gifts For All on Twitter (www.twitter.com/Gift41Gifts4All) or search for us as Gift41Gifts4All or email us at info@giftsforonegiftsforall.com and type "DONATE2HAITI in the subject line),
2. In your message or email state that you made a donation, and
3. We’ll send you a direct message with the eCOUPON Code and instructions for its use.

Please share this blog with your family, friends, co-workers, anyone in your social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in making a positive contribution to help Haitian earthquake victims.

Gifts For One Gifts For All Too is interested in learning about other efforts taking place to help Haitian earthquake victims. Please leave a comment and share what others are doing. In conjunction with National Thank You Month, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR HELPING THE HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS.

Support the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life

Over the past couple of years, Gifts For One Gifts For All has offered promotions geared at raising money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life events and these efforts will continue in 2010.

There are two great ways you can support your local Relay For Life event and help raise money and awareness for finding a cure for cancer.

1. Make a donation to support your local Relay For Life event, a Relay For Life event team, or a Relay For Life event individual participant and receive a $10.00 OFF eCOUPON to Gifts For One Gifts For All. Spend $30.00 or more and you can designate 10% of the net proceeds* donated to your local Relay For Life event**. Email proof of your donation to info@giftsforonegiftsforall.com and type “RELAY” in the subject line and an eCOUPON for $10.00 will be emailed to you.


2. Make a purchase without a Gifts For One Gifts For All eCOUPON and you can designate 20% of the net proceeds* donated to your local Relay For Life event**.

To learn more about the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, ways you can help, or find a local event in your area visit http://www.relayforlife.org/. Please share this promotion with your family, friends, co-workers. Don’t forget to visit our online gift store at http://www.giftsforonegiftsforall.com/.

Here’s a list of links to the Relay For Life events that have added our $10.00 eCOUPON offer to their fundraising site. Want to add a Relay For Life event, CLICK HERE and we’ll contact that Relay For Life chairperson to have this fundraiser listed on their site and listed on this blog post or Relay For Life participants can add an event by entering the Relay For Life event name and their website address below.  Any Relay For Life event chairpersons or team leaders interested in receiving the eCOUPON code they can provide to supporters and donors, please contact me at info@giftsforonegiftsforall.com.






RELAY FOR LIFE EVENTS TO BE ADDED SOON!!!









* Net Proceeds equals the Suggested Retail Price less discounts from sales and eCOUPONS and does not include shipping fees.
** Type the name of the local Relay For Life event you designate to have 10% donated to in the donation box at checkout.

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January is National Blood Donor Month

January is National Blood Donor Month. Donate blood during January as well as throughout the year and receive a $10.00 eCOUPON from Gifts For One Gifts For All. Just send an email to info@giftsforonegiftsforall.com and type “I GAVE BLOOD” in the subject line to receive your eCOUPON. Minimum purchase to redeem the coupon is $20.00. Spend $30.00 or more and 10% will be donated to the American Red Cross.


Visit the American Red Cross at www.redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment to donate blood and find blood donation locations as well as get information on other ways you can help.

Thank you for visiting the blog, Gifts For One Gifts For All Too.  CLICK HERE to return to Gifts For One Gifts For All.

January is National Thank You Month - Give a FREE $10.00 THANK YOU eCOUPON

Looking for blog topics for Gifts For One Gifts For All Too and a cause to support for Gifts For One Gifts For All's Cause of the Month, I discovered that January is National Thank You Month.  This is a great opportunity to thank the people you may have overlooked.

Start by making a list of people you want to thank.  Now think of how you want to thank them.  Some ideas include:

• Send a Thank You card,
• Bake a cake or cookies,

But these are just a couple of ideas and I'm sure there are plenty other good ideas.  As for myself, I'll be sending Thank You cards with a Gifts For One Gifts For All "Thank You" eCOUPON worth $10.00 of at Gifts For One Gifts For All. 

If you want to give Gifts For One Gifts For All "Thank You" eCOUPONs to the people you want to thank during National Thank You Month, you can create your own eCOUPONs.  The eCOUPON Code to use at checkout at www.giftsforonegiftsforall.com is "THANKS".  You can print 8 - 12 "Thank You" eCOUPONs on a 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper, cut them out and insert in Thank You cards, or email Thank You eCards to family and friends and include the Gifts For One Gifts For All "Thank You" eCOUPON Code.  As an added bonus, when the eCOUPON is redeemed for a purchase of $30.00 or more, 10% of the purchase will be donated to the cause they designate at checkout as part of our "Cause of the Month" and "Shop For A Cause" Programs. 

I look forward to celebrating National Thank You Month and raising money for worthwhile causes.

CAUGHT YA CARDS

There have been movements like "Pay It Forward" and "29 Gifts in 29 Days Giving Challenge" that encourage people to help one another.  The good deeds can range from something as small as giving your spare change to someone in need to something that will have a life-changing impact on the lives of others.

This has inspired me to come up with a way I can use this blog and my online gift store, Gifts For One Gifts For All to encourage and reward people for doing something positive.  Then I remembered a course I took geared at recognizing people doing something nice for someone else that was above and beyond the call of duty.  As part of the course, we had a homework assignment, where we were given "Caught Ya!!!" Cards.  What are Caught Ya Cards, you ask?  The cards provided in the course where cards given to individuals that had performed an act of kindness or went to extra mile to help someone.  The person observing the act of kindness would fill out the card providing the name of the person performing the act of kindness and describe the act and give the card to that individual.  The purpose of the cards was to recognize people doing something positive and encouraging them to continue their acts of kindness.   

I've decided to build on this concept as part of my commitment to encourage and reward people to perform acts of kindness by creating my own Gifts For One Gifts For All "Caught Ya" Cards.  The Gifts For One Gifts For All "Caught Ya" Cards commend the recipient for doing something nice and rewards them with a $10.00 OFF eCOUPON to the online gift store.  A minimum purchase of $20.00 is required to redeem the coupon and if the recipient spends $30.00 or more, then 10% of their purchase is donated to cause supported by Gifts For One Gifts For All in its Shop For A Cause Program. It's a great way to recognize and reward someone for commiting acts of kindness and give them an opportunity to continue to do something positive when they shop.

My goal is to distribute as many "Caught Ya" Cards as possible and raise money for worthwhile causes.  But I don't want to have all the fun, so anyone looking to join in on the fun can reproduce or request Gifts For One Gifts For All "Caught Ya" Cards to distribute themselves to people they see performing acts of kindness.  If you're interested in receiving Gifts For One Gifts For All "Caught Ya" Cards, just email me at info@giftsforonegiftsforall.com and type "Caught Ya Cards" in the subject line.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Another year and decade is behind us and a new year and decade has started.  With the start of the new year, comes the opportunity to renew our commitments to ourselves, our friends and family, and our community and country. 

As the author of the blog Gifts For One Gifts For All Too and the owner of the online gift store Gifts For One Gifts For All, I pledge to use them to help make a positive difference by:

• Raising funds and awareness for worthwhile causes,
• Sharing inspirational stories about good people doing good things,
• Encourage others make a difference, and
• Reward people making positive contributions.  

I look forward sharing with you the efforts to make 2010 a GREAT YEAR. 

And on a final note, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!