Office Desk In Paradise: Creative Writing And Blogging Contest

For you writers and bloggers out there, you might be interested in participating in the Office Desk in Paradise; Creative Writing / Blogging Contest at Office1000.com where the prize is a reversible laminate top computer desk by Safco Products with a retail value of $282.00.

All you need to do is create a scenario on where you picture yourself working. If you could dream big and you have all the time and resources in the world, then what kind of place do you imagine your self working in? Some people imagine working on the beach with a cool glass of Piña Colada beside them. Others like to dream of working in Googleplex where employees are treated to excellent cuisine for lunch and to the best and most comfortable furniture to work in.

Be creative! Think outside of the box! The most unique and compelling story wins the prize.

Your post should have a minimum of 300 words. The Office1000 staff will evaluate your work based on how creative and amazing your story is. They will also look into the readability of your blog, like the size and type of font you used. Of course, this is the web and the contest sponsor is a website, it is natural that they will require at least some SEO done on your blog, such as no nofollow links and no excessive widgets or javascript.

You must include a link back at the contest announcement page using this URL: http://www.office1000.com/contest/march-2010.html. Once you are done, submit the URL of your post to the form on the site’s contest announcement page. The contest deadline is on March 31, 2010, and the participants are limited to US residents only because the company ships within the states only, and not outside of the United States.

The winner will be announced on the first week of April and will be contacted by email for shipping instructions for their prize. If the winner has already purchased a Safco 1930 desk, the company will refund the cost of the desk, or ship another type of desk. As usual, employees of Office1000, Inc. and their families are excluded from the contest.

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Get Paid Up To $125 For A Logo In An Online Logo Design Contest

For freelance designers everywhere, an online logo design contest is happening at 48HoursLogo. Buyers send out their requests and any creative designer who comes up with the best logo chosen by the buyer wins and gets the prize money. Prizes are in cash and can reach as high as $125 for a winning logo.

Each logo contest does not literally take 48 hours to finish; there are contests that last up to 6 days. As a designer, you have to do the project fast. From the dashboard, after you log in, you will see how many entries have been submitted. You can also see the works of the other designers when you see the project’s page and scroll down the screen.

The projects can either be in fast track or not. Fast track projects only take a few hours to end, while the rest can last up to a week. Each project may either have full payment or just initial payment for the prize money. Each project’s page have a discussion feature where designers can ask questions to the site’s admins.

Using International Phone Cards During Vacation And Travel

Vacationing in Mexico or traveling to Europe may be one of your plans for either spring break or for summer. With the proliferation of mobile phone use, communicating with your family and friends has become easier. However, cellphone signals are not reliable everywhere. This is the moment when the use of International Phone Cards comes in. Cellphone signals may be low in some far off areas, but landlines are very much found everywhere. Buying Calling Cards ahead of time for your trip will save you the headache and may get you out of a tight spot quickly.

The best thing about Phone Cards is that you won’t need to worry about carrier types and money to pay for a call. Each card already has the amount in the denomination of your destination country. Another good benefit is that you won’t need to spend precious coins at a phone booth. Each card is as good as equal to paid calls once it is bought.

Phone cards are usually disposable commodities, but some people have been known to collect these cards because of their designs and the countries they serve. Sometimes, the cards come in limited designs to commemorate something. These limited phone cards are more expensive than their ordinary counterparts.

Buying A Home In Mexico?

Mexico is just beside the United States, so near that the two countries’ borders are connected as one. It is easy for Americans to come down to Mexico for a visit either for business or for a vacation. But what if you can buy a vacation home in Mexico and save on hotel costs and get your own private place? You can do that easily with the help of the Internet.

You can do a Mexico Real Estate search using Baja123, which a search engine for real estate listings in different regions in Mexico, including beaches. Baja123 is a Mexico Real Estate Website. They have been rated Number 1 for the last three years among 200,000 worldwide real estate websites in the Point2Agent community. As a professional real estate company located in Mexico, they take pride in educating the world on how to purchase and live in Mexico safely and securely, especially when purchasing Oceanfront and Ocean View properties.

Search For Car Parts Online

I did a post on buying used cars as an alternative to buying a brand new car. yes, you can save on the much needed moolah for other stuff, but you still need to consider the parts of the car, whether they are available in your are or not. Good thing for the old models, there is probably a surplus of those parts in the market today.

In fact, you can find these New Auto Parts easily through the Internet. One way is to use a search engine for parts available for your car’s model and make. Parts Gorilla is one example of this website. We have done a sample search for used cars before with the car’s model and make as BMW 3-Series. Now we will do the same with Parts Gorilla by selecting BMW 3-Series and leaving the last two options for year and parts type as is. The search turns up a myriad of parts from corner lamps, fog lights, tail lights, and side mirrors.

The basic information that buyers needed to find is all there in the results. The list is divided according to parts type, and then each item is listed with its retail price, the type of vehicle it goes to, and the make, model and year of the car. It also links to the single product page for each part.

It is very easy to use, even for non technical people who do not use the computer and the Internet every day.