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July 31, 2008 • Posted by Erica Adams

Friends And Family Catching On

Everyday our customers' stories amaze us. The unique ways peolple are saving is truly using SmartyPig as the social network it was designed to be. We thought we'd share a few of their stories.

Lisa Kelly, a three time cancer fighter found that medical bills were adding up after being laid off from her job. She added the SmartyPig widget to her blog so that her freinds, family and readers can contribute money to her medical expenses goal and she can focus on getting well. View Lisa's site here.

We also heard about Andrew and Liz Sherburne. Moving into a new house can be stressful and it turned into somewhat of a nightmare for them. Less than thirty days after moving in, the floods of 2008 hit their home hard. Without flood insurance the cost to clean up and fix their home skyrocketed. Friends and family wanted to know how they could help. The Shurburnes set up a goal for their home improvement and are watching their goal grow in part to others generosity. View the Sherburne's site here.

This is what SmartyPig is all about. It's the piggy bank of the 21st century. Social networking is playing a tremendous role in day to day life and that's something SmartyPig wants to be a part of. By making goals public, cancer fighters and flood victims, newly engaged couples and recent graduates can all benefit from the contributions of others. SmartyPig can be much more than saving.

Tags: smartypig

• saving

• gifts

• widget

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July 15, 2008 • Posted by Erica Adams

Third Times a Charm (hopefully for you): Monthly Twitter Contest

For the third time, SmartyPig will be giving away three $100 gift cards through our monthly Twitter contest. We will tweet a question and give our followers 15 minutes to reply to us. We had so much fun doing June's contest that we're going to follow the same format.

After 15 minutes, we will be picking 20 random people with a number generator from the pool of correct answers.
We will then pin those 20 names onto our board.
While blindfolded, we will throw darts and three lucky winners of a $100 SmartyPig gift card will be chosen.
We'll post the process here on our blog, so everyone can follow along!

$100 gift card

Make sure:

You're following us on Twitter
We'll ask the $100 question on Thursday, July 17th at 10am CST
Answer the question correctly for your chance to win!

Remember: if you don't already have a SmartyPig account, it's Free to set one up! Winner must be in the US.

Good Luck!

Tags: twitter

• contests

• smartypig

• saving

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July 10, 2008 • Posted by Erica Adams

SmartyPig Customer On The Tube!

The Des Moines, Iowa CBS affiliate recently featured SmartyPig on its weekly special, "Money Monday," interviewing gung-ho teenage SmartyPig user Katie Githens. Katie is the perfect example of a perfect SmartyPig customer. As you'll see in the clip, Katie explains what she's saving for and how she benefits from the site. And by making her goal public so that her friends and family can help, Katie is able to receive contributions toward her goals. Katie also discusses keeping a goal open over her eight semesters at school and when she graduates, she'll have cash saved, making her venture into the real world a little bit less scary. That's smart thinking. Check it out!

Tags: smartypig

• saving

• teens

• finances

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July 9, 2008 • Posted by Erica Adams

Home Improvement Done The SmartyPig Way

Does your kitchen remind you of something out of an 80's sitcom? Or has your living room become a little too "lived in"? You'd like to update things, maybe go for a new look, but the thought of home improvement can be daunting. The time, the labor, not to mention the cost, it all adds up.

During these sour economic times, the idea of making improvements makes most people wince. But it doesn't have to if you do it the smart way. Instead of racking up huge credit card bills, save first with SmartyPig instead. Creating and putting extra cash in a "home improvement" goal with SmartyPig means that in just a matter of months you could have the savings socked away for a kitchen that would make the most seasoned chef jealous. Add to it a cash boost from the likes of Home Depot®, Lowe's®, Restoration Hardware® and Sears®, and you can really get cooking.

So whichever project you decide to tackle, SmartyPig can help you get there. You decide what to save for, how much you want to save and when you want to reach your savings goal - you can even invite your friends and family to pitch in. You set the pace, and the amount you decide will be automatically deposited into your SmartyPig account from your existing checking or savings account every month. And while in this world of instant gratification the idea of saving before buying has become nearly foreign, think of it this way: you could save up first, or spend years paying off high-interest credit cards. The difference with SmartyPig is that when the dust has settled, what you have is yours free and clear.

Tags: smartypig

• home improvement

• saving

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May 5, 2008 • Posted by Jon Gaskell

What's In Your Wallet May Be Wiping You Out

We talk a lot about what people are saving for using SmartyPig. Almost all of the time these stories involve a very optimistic individual or family looking forward to a wedding or a vacation or a baby on the way. But there are other stories. They are no less optimistic, mind you. But they are tempered with some despair. They are about people who have been, or currently are, being held hostage by their credit cards, and are using SmartyPig as a way to get out from under.

To be honest, we have only heard from a few people who are using SmartyPig to actually help pay off high credit card bills. Mainly, we have heard from, and read about, people who are using SmartyPig to help reverse the mindset of "buy now, pay later." Many are using SmartyPig as a way to save up for the next holiday season, while (OUCH!) still paying off last year's shopping binge. In fact, December 2008 is our most popular month for scheduled redemptions in the next year - by 3 to 1.

Tags: debt reduction

• credit card debt

• savings account

• saving

• budgeting

• budget

• credit card rates

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