Java John Z's : 2013-07-07

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Create Your Story Blogger Opp

Here's a giveaway I'm hosting with Randi's help over at the M.O.O.N. group / A Lucky Ladybug. There will be multiple winners for these personalized children's books and the giveaway will run the first three weeks of August. One thing not mentioned below is a fifth prize, for a blogger. If you participate in the giveaway, you can report your promotional links for entries in a giveaway to win your own book. Hope to see you there.

Prize:

I See Me Books Gift Certificate

4 Winners
ARV $42.90 each

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Thanks to a campaign at SVERVE, I got to try out the monthly subscription service for men from Bespoke Post. Arriving just in time for the 4th of July, they sent me their 'Cue box, short for barbecue. This regularly goes for a subscription price of $45 / month, though the box is now featured as a past favorite and you can buy for $60. It contains over $70 worth of goodies, with their goal of you liking something and wanting to buy more from them. The items are what you might consider gourmet, or limited, or small batch where they aren't regularly available in stores. Perhaps online, but you won't be able to go to your regular grocery store to buy these, usually. The subscription service gets the items out to the masses to try out, items that wouldn't regularly be available to you.

Back to GiftHulk Giveaway

Here we have a giveaway that is almost worldwide. Check out the set of countries before entering. You can win one of four $50 Amazon gift cards. With entries accepted until 7/29. If you miss out on the win, you can always try to earn one at the giveaway's sponsor.

At GiftHulk users can earn gift cards, electronics and other cool rewards by doing things they already do online – searching, answering surveys, watching TV ads and more!

GiftHulk offers users different ways to earn Hulk Coins! These include Offer Walls / EZ Coins, Surveys, Invite your friends, GiftHulk TV, Search, Tasks, Guess the card, Sweepstakes and Fountain of Youth and more!

Currently GiftHulk is open to users from USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and Ireland.

Why GiftHulk?

“Time Is Money.” However, when it comes to surfing on the Internet we totally forget about it and spend our time refreshing Facebook and Twitter to see if there is a fresh update. We all do it.

GiftHulk established a way to make it possible to gain from surfing the web and your online daily activities! The main goal is to allow people the things that they really want and need – for absolutely FREE!

That is the main reason they offer such a huge selection of gifts, from department and fashion stores to online shopping cards to premium game account cards and even cool gadgets! The idea is that every person will be able to enjoy GiftHulk!

Featured on CBS, at GiftHulk you can earn Rewards The EZ Way! To date over $500,000 in prizes given out to users!

The GiftHulk Giveaway Event was organized by Mom Powered Media.

Please take a moment to also visit our lovely co-hosts, whom without them great things such as these would not be possible: Mom Knows It All, Keeping Your Cents, The Write Mama, Mew Review and Secret Southern Couture.

Four lucky winners will each receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

Giveaway ends July 29th at 11:59pm, open to USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and Ireland residents, ages 18+. To enter please use the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
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Disclosure: Java John Z's is not responsible for sponsor prize shipment. Please contact teri@mompoweredmedia.com with questions or to see your business or blog featured on the next big event!

Social Media Giving Day! Givver Giveaway

Update: Sponsor required me to change end date to 7/17. Sorry

Enter to win an Official Social Media Giving Day Prize Pack {US, 18+, 7/20}

Social Media Giving Day is the same day as Twitter’s birthday: July 15!

#Give with Givver to help set a world record for the most donations given in one day through social media!

Givver.com is amazing. It enables you to donate quickly and easily to your favorite causes with a single tweet! Whether a non-profit, educational, or political organization you want to support, Givver is here to help you fund and raise awareness for the issues that matter, all by simply using Twitter.

Givver is a great way to show your friends, family, and followers on Twitter that you care in a tech-savvy way! Let's all tweet to #give to at least one organization that needs our help by using Givver and make social giving go viral this Social Media Giving Day on July 15!

Stacey Rourke Book Blast Blogger Opp

We hosted another Stacey Rourke book blast in the past and she's back with her next novel. Sign up soon for the 7/19 start. One totally free link or two with announcement. Come back once it starts to win a $25 Amazon GC among other goodies.

Stacey Rourke is back with another novella in the Gryphon series.

The Sidekick Chronicles Volume II Book Cover

The call of the sea.

The promise of adventure.

For Rowan Wade, the need to return to his swashbuckling ways is enough to betray the only woman he’s cared for in over three hundred years.

With vengeance in his heart, he’s determined to exact his revenge on those that mutinied against his father.

The arrival of an unlikely ally challenges Rowan’s plans. Her goal isn’t to stop him, but to lead him on a journey of self-discovery to unravel the mysteries of the twisted path that led him to the Dark Army.

Will it be enough to make the pirate shift course? Or will he be lost forever in a rum-induced haze? Hoist ye colors and prepare to set sail with the Gryphon Series’ favorite pirate!

Enter to win a GameDay Scoreboard for driveway #basketball. {US, 18+, 8/3}

Along with the review for the GameDay Scoreboard, we have a giveaway open to US-only, 18+, that ends on 8/3. S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night. Don't want to wait to get one? Save $5.00 off the regular web price of $34.95 and get GameDay Scoreboards for $29.95.

The short version of the review is: attach scoreboard to basketball pole, press buttons to keep score or play one of several games like H-O-R-S-E. Fouled? Press the Ref button to find out whose side won. Watch the time tick down to end of game and that buzzer shot.

Giveaway runs until 8/3/2013 11:59 EDT. It is open to US-only, 18+.

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Disclosure: I received the above mentioned product for the purpose of the review. No other compensation was received. All opinions stated are my own and may differ from yours. See my disclosure policy for more information.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Java John Z's: GameDay Scoreboards Review @SMGurusNetwork @JavaJohnZ

Great gift idea for that driveway basketball player! All for just $29.99 at GameDay Scoreboards.

Do your kids (and friends) play driveway basketball and get into prolonged arguments during the game about possible fouls or what the real score is? Have you ever wanted a referee they could rely on to keep score and decide if there really was a foul, even if just to flip a coin to decide who gets to say they were right? The GameDay Scoreboards offers just that along with a timer and several games to better manage play time.

College Bound Giveaway Blogger Opp

Come join in to the latest free blogger opportunity I found. Bloggers get a free Twitter, Pinterest, or Bloglovin link with announcement. Prizes are yet to be determined but include a handful of $25 gift cards. With the giveaway not starting until September, we're hoping the prize pool increases a bit. Do please tell them Java John Z's sent you if you sign on. Thanks.

Love from Elle has a great Blogger Sign Up Event that will also be Coming Soon to Our Readers!!

We’re looking for bloggers to join and help promote our latest giveaway event.

Sign-up for free or choose from any of our paid options below!

Blogger Opp: The College Bound Giveaway Event

Hosted by: Love from Elle

Enter to win one of six prizes including two Michael Kors handbags. Ends 7/19 at 12 noon.

Enter to win one of two Michael Kors handbags or one of four Wantable boxes. Giveaway ends 7/19 at 12 noon. Good luck.

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Be sure to check out our other giveaways while visiting.

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Sanus TV Wall Mount Blogger Opp

Giveaway: Sanus TV Wall Mount (TV NOT INCLUDED)

Hosted By: Money Saving Deals

Prize: Sanus TV Wall Mount Valued at $100

Event Dates: July 17– July 28

This event is free for bloggers to join. Bloggers can join this giveaway through July 16, 2013. Each blogger receives 1 free link in exchange for promoting this giveaway on their site and via their social media. Extra links are available. The person who refers the most people will get a total of 4 FREE links!!!

Click Here to sign up!!!

Please tell them Java John Z's sent you.

Thanks.

Book'em Danno Book Hop

Looking for some new reading material? Check out the ~~over 50~~ 36 bloggers participating in this book blog hop. Everyone has something to help you on your reading adventure. Here, we're giving away a $25 Amazon GC. And, the giveaway is open worldwide. Be sure to visit others to see what they have offering, too. Good luck.

Welcome to the Book'em Danno Book Hop

This event is hosted by The Review Wire and is dedicated to book lovers everywhere. Whether it's hardback, paperback, eBooks or gift cards to buy a book each blog participating is offering you some kind of reading adventure! After you enter my giveaway make sure to hop on down the list to see what each blogger has to offer. Also, you can enter The Grand Prize over at The Review Wire. Two prize packs will be offered to two winners that include all children's titles and both valued at over $110 dollars!

Fricaine Duchess Bag Secret Word Page

Today is 7/11 so it is 7-11 day. Stop by a participating store to pickup your own free small Slurpee drink from 11 am to 7 pm.

MyCouponKeeper Giveaway

A trio of prizes for the winner here including a coupon organizer, a video course on couponing, and my favorite a $50 Wal-mart GC. You have until 7/30 to enter to win so good luck and try to get as many entries as you can.

Enter to win the My-Coupon-Keeper Giveawy. Ends 7/30 with prizes of a coupon organizer, Walmart GC, and couponing video course.

Its time to get organized with your coupons and save some cash this summer! At to that end, Stay a Stay at Home Mom has teamed up with blogger cohosts Coupons in Motion, Capris Coupons, Mom to Bed by 8, and a lot of other really great bloggers, to put together a fantastic set of resources.

The sponsor of our giveaway event is MyCouponKeeper, makers of a fabulous coupon organizing system. This coupon file box is the perfect size to fit in the front seat of your grocery cart, is durable enough to last you for years, and comes with an organization system that can't be beat! You can read the full review on the MyCouponKeeper coupon box here.

Buzzworthy Books of Summer iPad Mini Blogger Opp

Sign up for this blogger opportunity if you like the black iPad Mini prize. You get a free Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram link if you sign up. No announcement post is required but there are two prizes for the bloggers who sign up. Read on to find out about the prizes. If you sign on, please tell them Java John Z's sent you. Thanks.

Welcome to the Buzzworthy Books of Summer iPad Mini Giveaway Event sponsored by Reader Spoils. This giveaway will begin on Wednesday, July 24th at 12:01am and ends on Wednesday, August 14th at 11:59pm. One winner will be randomly selected from all valid entries to receive a 16GB black iPad Mini valued at $329.99!

Click Here To Sign Up!

Friendly Customer Service by Vera Kratochvil

In this day and age, customer relationship managing (CRM) requires more than just tracking phone calls. Your relationship with your customers relies on knowing everything that has taken place in the past and applying it to your present communications. It doesn’t do you or your business any good to call a customer and ask them if they want your newest product if that customer already has it. Likewise, it doesn’t do any good to call and ask how the business likes the new product if the customer has not yet purchased it. The problem is that communications are so diverse that it is hard to keep track off all of the phone calls, emails, text messages, Facebook posts, tweets, and however else your customers choose to communicate. That is where a CRM contact center comes in handy.

Costs of Contact

Jodie Foster might have a different view of this, but in the business world, the cost of contact may be greater than the reward, especially if you are doing it wrong. The problem with the cost assessment of customer service and the way that business is run is that customer service needs time to build for a payoff, and businesses are run on a quarterly model. If your relationship with your customer hasn’t paid off within three months, it is time to cut bait because that noncustomer is hurting your bottom line. Here is the important thing to remember – it can cost infinitely more to get a new customer than to keep an old one. That is because your loyal customers may come to you before you solicit them while getting a new customer will always cost you something in time or advertising.

Knowledge is Power

Tracking your contacts with your customer base may seem like it is too time-consuming to be cost effective. However, as Google and Facebook will tell you, the more you know about the people you serve, the more likely you are to be able to meet their needs. That transforms your business into one that is in the business of printing money, figuratively speaking, of course. A CRM contact center can make it happen.

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IT Hosting for the Small Business

Computer Keyboard by George Hodan

Every business needs to be on the Internet, but not every business has a budget to deal with the amount of memory required to be on the web. Not every business can afford an IT department, and not every business can do what is required to maintain the integrity and security of its website. If your business is just starting out, there is a solution that can fit your needs for web hosting and data security. Hivelocity hosting services is among the many companies that supply virtual space and security for your data needs.

What Smart People Do

You cannot know everything. Unfortunately, in a small business, you are expected to be the master of all trades when it comes to many different areas. You need to be an expert in hiring and human resource laws. You need to be an expert in tax law and preparation. You need to be an expert in the actual thing that you got into business to do. You need to be an expert in customer service. You need to be… Well, let’s just say that the list is long and laborious to read and contemplate. In order to get by, smart business owners find others who are experts in those fields and hire them to do the job that needs to be done.

Choosing Wisely

The biggest obstacle to getting the right services for your needs is money. That means that as a small business owner, you need to prioritize those things that you do poorly and get someone who can do them better. If you are no good at numbers, you might want to hire an accounting service to do your taxes at the very least. Maybe you will need to hire a full time accountant to take care of the books. If customer service isn’t your thing, hire someone who can be the face of your business – maybe make them a partner. For your web hosting needs, consider a company that offers services like Hivelocity hosting services. Delegating the work load will help put your small business on the road to success.

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The Four Types of Garage Door Openers

White Building by Emilie Hendryx

Choosing a garage door for your home might end up being a more difficult choice than you first imagined. There are many options to choose from including single panel doors, sectional doors, roller doors, and many more. In addition to choosing the type of door you want, you’ll also need to choose a garage door remote. There are a variety of options to choose from including belt drive, chain drive, and screw drive. Continue reading to learn more about these garage door openers in Fishers.

Screw Drive Openers

The screw drive opener was the first type of garage door open. It used to be very popular, but is less common these days. This opener consists of a threaded steel rod that raises and lowers the door. While screw drive openers are fairly low maintenance and very powerful, they tend to be noisy and slow. For this reason, it seems they are being phased out of the industry.

Chain Drive Openers

Chain drive garage door openers function through the use of a chain which is attached to a metal trolley which opens the door. Because they are the most economical and fairly dependable, these openers are among the most common in the industry. However, keep in mind that they can be somewhat noisy. Additionally, some users report that some of the parts break or fall apart more easily making these openers less reliable than some of their counterparts.

Belt Drive Openers

Belt drive openers are often chosen because they are the quietest garage door openers around. The belt drive uses rubber belts to function which eliminates the sound created by the metal-on-metal contact that happens with other garage door openers. The rubber belts also result in reduced vibration and fewer moving parts. Keep in mind that while these openers are powerful and quite, they are also the most expensive.

Direct Drive Openers

What is a direct drive garage door opener? That is a hard question to address because any opener that does not fall into the above three categories can be considered a direct drive garage door opener. If none of the above garage door openers from Fishers appeal to you, you might want to look into some of these alternative options.

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The Outdoorsman Giveaway with Verilux! ~ Facebook Visits #4

Check out WGBH’s first Craft Beer Festival featuring the finest local brews and live music, Saturday, July 13, from 7pm to 10pm at their studios in Boston. WGBH members save $10 on tickets. ($40 vs. $50)

Sample selections from 16 of the best New England breweries — more than 50 flavors of beer in all — while enjoying performances from area musicians.

Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

The bounce house giveaways are winding down and the tech giveaways seem to be starting up again. Here we have a Kindle Fire HD up for grabs. It is actually open worldwide. You have until the end of July 30th to try to win. Good luck and come back and let me know if you win.

Java John Z's

Welcomes you to the Kindle Fire HD Giveaway

July 10 - July 30

Hosted by: So Sew Mama

A special thanks to our co-hosts - Yesterday on Tuesday, Romania and Missions, This N That With Olivia, Dragon Blogger, Life's Cheap Thrills, My Devotional Thoughts, SuperMomSurveys

Desiree from So Sew Mama is getting Married this August! What better way to celebrate than to have an awesome giveaway!!

Orlando Giveaway

Java John Z's

is excited to bring you this
Orlando, Florida Destination Giveaway!

Winner will Receive:

3 days and 2 nights of accommodations for 2 in beautiful Orlando, Florida!

You must be at least 21 years old to enter and win this giveaway. It is open to USA, Canada and Mexico, but does NOT include air fair. This giveaway is just for your Hotel. Winner is responsible for all other expenses, including taxes, purchases, plane, tickets, etc... You will be required to give the hotel a credit card, for possible purchases. This is very common. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or risk a new winner being chosen for this prize. We are not responsible for lost or stolen vacation vouchers. Use the giveaway to enter. Extra entries will increase the odds of winning.
Good Luck!

The Ergo Chef Cutlery Slice through the Summer Heat Giveaway! Co-Host Page

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iPad Mini Giveaway

Here we have a giveaway open worldwide for an iPad Mini. You have until the end of 8/4 to enter. Good luck and congrats to Bay Area Mommy for hitting their 2nd anniversary.

Welcome to Bay Area Mommy‘s 2nd anniversary iPad Mini Giveaway! Cohosted by Milk and Cuddles, Shortcut Saver, and Java John Z’s!

One lucky reader will win an iPad Mini (winner’s choice of color)! Giveaway runs from July 10, 2013 at 12:01am EST through August 4, 2013 at 11:59pm EST. Open worldwide. Void where prohibited. Must be at least 18 years old to be eligible. No purchase necessary. Please see full terms in the widget below. To enter, use the GiveawayTools widget below. Good luck!

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Summer Fun Gift Blogger Opp

Here is a great blogger opportunity as in addition to the giveaway prize, the blogger giveaway hosts have lots of prizes, too. Do please tell them Java John Z's sent you if you sign up. Thanks.

Bloggers Needed for Giveaway Event

Organized by: Branch Pro Promotions, LLC —–>Giveaway Booster and Baby Costcutters

Prize: Winner’s choice of a prize up to $150

Dates: July 19th – Aug 9th

Blogger Prizes:
Top referral will receive a free co-host spot.
Six bloggers will receive a $15 Starbucks AND a $15 iTunes Gift Cards for promoting.

Click here to Join this Free Event

Angelina Ballerina: Mousical Medleys

I received the below mentioned DVD for review purposes from HiT Entertainment and Lionsgate. All opinions are my own, or as otherwise indicated below. The Mousical Medleys is now available on DVD, Digital Download and Video on Demand as of July 9, 2013 from Lionsgate And HIT Entertainment.

Being the dad of a six-year old boy, this disc wasn't exactly appropriate for my son. With that said, I gave this to a cousin with a three-year old girl to watch and critique.

First, a description of the program and synopsis...

$200 Amazon Sweepstakes App Giveaway

I love giveaways with prizes like $200 Amazon GCs. We have several other existing giveaways going on for Amazon GCs and some more lined up for the not too distant future. So, plenty of chances to win some cash from Amazon. US only entries here and the giveaway runs until 8/9.

Love to win? Use a smartphone? Then you need to checkout Sweepstakes App.

The Sweepstakes App is available on Android and Apple iTunes. This is your chance to win big prizes ranging from electronics and event tickets to vacations and cash giveaways. Download the app today to start entering sweepstakes to win.

Sweepstakes App gives away hundreds of prizes every month! Prizes up for grabs include items such as gift cards, vacation packages, money, and much more! It's free to download and free to enter into all of our sweepstakes.

What are you waiting for? Download today and start winning some prizes!

Spice Stack with Measuring Tools Giveaway

Here's a simple giveaway for some kitchenalia. I'm not sure why this is called a Spice Stack and not a Spice RACK, but the price also includes some measuring tools so perhaps that is why. US folks can enter through 7/22. Good luck.

Spice Stack with Measuring Tools

Giveaway Details:

Enter to win a Spice Stack with Measuring Tools

Valued at $59.95

This event is open the US, 18+. Open through 7/22/2013

BottleHood Giveaway

We have here an interesting giveaway for some rather unique jewelry. If you like being green and finding new uses for old items, this is definitely for you. Don't miss out and watch the times as they're quoted in Central times. In other words, the giveaway runs until 10 PM on 7/22. US-only. Good luck.