The Count of Monte Cristo for 99c

You can get The Count of Monte Cristo for 99c from Big Fish Games until 27 April. To get your discount, just follow these steps: - Sign-In or create a new account - Click the 'BUY' button on the game page (Mac or PC) - Select the $19.99 price option - Cut and paste this coupon code into the box: COUNT99

Enjoy! ;)

MacHeist is back!

The MacHeist Bundle is back! It costs $39 and contains 10 applications plus an extra 3 that will be unlocked when a certain amount of money is raised for charity (25% of each sale goes to charity). Furthermore, if you refer a friend you will get an extra game, and if you refer 2 friends you will get the Koingo Utility Package which contains another 13 applications! There are only 5 days left, so don't miss out ;)

Get Spa Mania for 99 cents!

I have another coupon for you all from Big Fish Games! To get Spa Mania for only 99c, just follow these steps: - Sign-In or create a new account - Click the 'BUY' button on the game page (Mac or PC) - Select the $19.99 price option - Cut and paste this coupon code into the box: SPA99MANIA

The coupon expires on 30 March, so hurry or you'll be too late! ;)

50% off all Big Fish Games

Use the coupon springfever at checkout to get 50% off all Big Fish Games. Expires March 23rd, 2009. Enjoy! :)

Get 10+ commercial games FREE for Mac and Windows

Big Fish Games is a website that has many games for both Mac and Windows users, with an optional subscription service that lets you pay as little as $6.99 per game! At the moment they have quite a few sponsored promotions in which they are giving away games and giving 50% discounts on others. I got the following 9 games free for my Mac: Fairies, Magic Vines, Atlantis, Build-a-lot, Mahjong Towers Eternity, Mystic Inn, Mystery Case Files: Huntsville, Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate, and Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst. Some of the promotions let you choose from a selection of games, so you can get the games you like best (try the demos first if you're undecided).

HOW TO REDEEM YOUR FREE GAMES

1. Sign up for a free account and make sure you are logged in
2. Enter your info on the following Game Redemption Centers:
   - Verbatim (2 free games from a selection of 5)
   - Borders or 6pm (free Huntsville and Mahjong Towers)
   - Roush Fenway (1 free game from a selection of 4)
   - Barnes & Noble (free Haunted Hotel)
   
3. Send a Hallmark card: 1, 2, or 3 (free Sudoku and 1 game from selection of 3)
4. Complete this quiz (2 free games from a selection of 5)
5. Add your chosen games to your cart
6. Add Build-a-lot and Ravenhearst to your cart
7. In your cart, deselect the checkbox next to the backup CD that has been added (unless you want it of course, but it's not free)
8. Insert your coupon codes (check your email for them)
9. Coupons for Build-a-lot and Ravenhearst are FREEBUILD and HOLIDAYRAVEN
10. Once the total is $0, complete your order

Before completing your order you could also add any other games you would like to get, for example the discounted games that you received coupons for - the sequel to Ravenhearst is among them.
Once you have completed your order, you will receive an email with your registration licenses and download links. Enjoy!

P.S. Once you have signed up you can become an affiliate and earn rewards for referring friends and family! I think right now they only offer cash rewards, but soon there will also be an option to get free games if you prefer ;)

Please help Australian bushfire victims

SitePoint is holding a 3 day 5-for-1 book sale - that means you get $149.75 worth of books for $29.95! But more importantly, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the victims of the recent Australian bushfires.

The victims of the bushfires can only rely on donations to keep them going right now. Many have lost their homes, family, and friends, and have been burnt or otherwise injured while trying to escape or help others. Firefighters and emergency workers have also lost their homes while fighting to save the homes of others, and yet they continue to do all they can to help. Click here to read more, and please take this opportunity to make a donation and spread the word.

Earn $50 for writing just one post!

Did that title get your attention? :P It's true, but there are more reasons to sign up with RevResponse than just the $50. Read on as I tell you about my experience with them.

The offer
I had signed up with RevResponse a long time ago, but I've been so busy lately that I hadn't gotten around to setting up my page (or mini-site) yet. I finally logged into my RevResponse account yesterday to set up my page, and saw that they're offering users $50 in the month of July just to write a post about them! For those of you who don't know what RevResponse is, it's a company that has a wide range of ebooks, whitepapers, software downloads, etc. to offer for free on your site, and you get paid every time someone downloads something.

To enroll or not to enroll - that is the question!

I'm not sure how it started, but these last few days I've been going from one "make money online" site to another, subscribing to newsletters and downloading a few dozen free ebooks. I've got so many now that I don't know where to start reading them!

I've also found quite a few offers for courses or software to make money online with affiliate marketing and niche stores, and they look so good! But with my recent experiences (that's not the only one, but I'm hoping the other will still work out before I post about it), I'm hesitating to enroll. It's also difficult to find honest reviews on the internet - everyone is promoting the products because they want their cut of affiliate sales!

The thing is, the 2 offers I'm most interested in are both on sales that are going to be ending soon (like in a few hours or less), and while I know many people say that and then don't actually put the prices up, these 2 seem to have a solid reputation, and so will probably keep their word.

I've decided to wait until my parents come home and talk it over with them; after all, if I do decide to go for it, it will be their money I'll be spending! :P And if the offers aren't available anymore by the time they get home, then it just wasn't meant to be.

Either way, I think it's a good idea to learn more about affiliate marketing and niche stores, and I've downloaded a lot of ebooks on these subjects now. If I find any good ones, I'll let you all know! ;)

Don't be fooled by free "bonuses"

I enjoy reading and listening to self-improvement and motivational books. I particularly enjoy reading and listening to Jim Rohn's books and CDs, and own several of them. One of his DVDs was of a seminar with many other motivational speakers, and I subscribed to several of their newsletters.

Yesterday I received an email from one of these speakers, announcing the release of his latest book. The email also stated that if I bought the book in the next few days, I would get over 20 bonuses! So I went to the website to see what  the bonuses were, and they included ebooks and mp3 recordings of other self-improvement and motivational speakers, all with a "valued at" amount beneath them. Some of these bonuses looked really good, and some were valued at quite high amounts, so even though I wasn't very interested in the guy's new book I decided to buy it anyway for the bonuses.

ZeusDraw on MacZot

ZeusDraw, a vector drawing application, is on special this weekend at MacZot. At first glance it didn't interest me much, but after watching the videos I was blown away by it's brush and colour controls! Stay tuned for a full review ;)

$10 discount on VectorDesigner for Mac

Tweakersoft is offering a $10 discount on VectorDesigner for all ScreenCastsOnline readers, subscribed or not. Just click here to got to the ScreenCastsOnline VectorDesigner page, and follow the link. The offer ends on 23rd May.

MacHeist- 12 apps for $49, plus great prizes to be won!

MacHeist will be selling a new bundle for $49 over the next month, containing 12 of the best applications from their previous Heist bundles. For those of you who missed the previous bundles, this is the perfect chance to get these great apps at a low price! The 12 included applications are:

• Awaken (valued at $12.95)
• Cha-Ching (valued at $40)
• CoverSutra (valued at $14.95)
• DEVONthink Personal (valued at $39.95)
• iClip (valued at $29)
• Overflow (valued at $14.95)
• Wallet (valued at $14.95)
• Writeroom (valued at $24.95)
• Xslimmer (valued at $11.95)
• Enigmo (valued at $19.95)
• Bugdom 2 (valued at $29.95)
• Nanosaur 2 (valued at $24.95)

That's $278.50 worth of Mac software for just $49! Furthermore, there is a referral system which could earn you great prizes, including iPods, iPhones, iMacs, etc. Of course those prizes will probably only be given to people with a great many referrals, but for those with a smaller amount there are also great prizes like VoodooPad (valued at $29.95) up for grabs. If anyone feels like helping me out, my referral URL is https://www.macheist.com/buy/referral/93198 ;)