When starting your own business, sometimes it takes a little while to get things off the ground. During that time, you might go out to eat a little less, not buy certain things that you would like, or vacation less, just until things pick up.
One way to get a little something extra with just a few minutes of work is by joining MyPoints. They give you points in exchange for reading and clicking on their emails, which have offers from different advertisers. You can also shop through them, but even just by getting and clicking on their emails, the points add up. Once you get a certain amount of points, you can exchange them for gift cards to many, many places, such as Barnes & Noble, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Circuit City, Olive Garden, and so many more.
It’s really a great way to be able to “splurge” a little while things are tight. While you might not go out to dinner often, when you get a $25.00 gift card, you can go out one night without thinking about it…or you can go buy a nice book about starting a business. You can even use the points towards a vacation, such as Hilton HHonors points, or Hyatt or Marriott certificates.Â
It only takes a few seconds of reading an email and clicking on it to get the points, but MyPoints does add up, and I’ve gotten quite a few gift cards in the past few years through them. It does take a little while to add up, but I would say I get at least 2-3 $25.00 gift certificates a year, and love it!
