Hello everyone and welcome to the new decade, 2010.  I am so excited and I know you are as we kick start this brand new decade.  It’s hard to believe 10 years of the new millennium has passed already and with that we have learned so much.  As the new decade begins, it’s hard to imagine what the forecast of the next 10 years will be and what will happen.

To get things started though, my friends at Money Crashers are hosting a huge giveaway full of tons of different prizes from many different sponsors (BudgetPulse joined in and added $100 for a Best Buy gift card to help sponsor).  There are so many different prizes ranging from gift cards, to software, to books.

Money Crashers 2010 New Year Giveaway

Head over to read more about the rules and the multiple ways you can enter and potentially could win a handful of prizes.  I think what they are doing is a great way to start off the new year and have some fun and everyone loves to win prizes.

So check it out and good luck!

Congratulations to Wendy who was selected at random to be the winner of the Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel book giveaway.  This is definitely an enjoyable book to read and timely as the holiday season is here.

I just want to thank everyone again who participated, there were some really smart and funny money grubbing tips that everyone left on our contest post as well as the Facebook Page.

There will be plenty of more book giveaways so make sure to stop by to find out when the next one kicks into  gear.  You can always make sure you get the latest posts by subscribing to the BudgetPulse  RSS Feed.

Last week I reviewed the hilarious and easy to read finance book Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel by Phil Villarreal.  The book gives readers dirty little money grubbing secrets to help them save money in their everyday lives.

We are having a book giveaway for 1 lucky winner!

There are a few ways to enter, each one allowing you to have multiple entries in the contest for a chance to win this excellent book

1. 1. Leave a Comment (1 entry)

Leave a comment below with one of you many grubbing secrets to enter.

1. 2. Become a Facebook Fan of BudgetPulse (1 entry)

Join our facebook fan page NOW and leave a money grubbing secret to enter.

1. 3. Tweet the Contest

Tweet this message out

Just entered @budgetpulse book giveaway of Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel http://bit.ly/7drRfA+ -Plz RT

I will get notified when you tweet of this message and you will be entered into the contest.  At the end of the contest, I will select one winner at random and will contact you for your mailing address to send you the copy right away.

Rules

• Up to 3 entries per person (1 blog comment, 1 facebook page comment, 1 tweet)
• Contests ends Friday at 5 PM EST
• At the end of contest I will select at random 1 winner and contact

As always, please sign up for the BudgetPulse RSS Feed so you can get our articles and company update sent to you everyday.  Also feel free to contact me on Twitter and say hello.

So what is one of your money grubbing secrets?

I just want to thank everyone for participating in our book giveaway for “The Little Budget Travel Book” by David Ning.  It was great to have all the interactions with everyone on the BudgetPulse Facebook Fan Page hearing all the amazing places everyone would like to visit.  I have been fortunate to travel a lot and now after hearing your suggestions, have a whole new list of places I would like to travel to.

Wendy S. Dunst was selected as the winner of the book giveaway and I have contacted her about her prize.

I hope everyone enjoyed this contest and I want to let you know that there will be more book giveaways on the blog as well as Twitter and Facebook page in the future.  We would like the Facebook page to be an outlet where we can have fun interactions with one another as well as learn from each other about budgeting tips.  Feel free to let me know of any suggestions you may have on how we could build and improve the page for you.

More contests to come, so stay tuned.

I have been very fortunate to have done a lot of traveling both domestic and abroad.  Planning, traveling, site seeing and more can be stressful and expensive, but it leads to unbelievable memories and stories to last a life time.

David Ning (www.moneyning.com) wants for your next trip to be less stressful and less money.  He wrote a book called “The Little Budget Travel Book” to help you do so.  This book is pack full of great travel saving tips and you can read my review of “The Little Budget Travel Book.”

Now I want YOU to read it and benefit from it.  I have used several of the tips in the book and I can tell you they work.  I am giving away a copy of the book for free to a lucky winner.

Book Giveaway Contest:

All you have to do to enter is simply become a fan of the BudgetPulse Facebook Fan Page and answer the question “Where would you like to travel to?”

That’s it! The contest runs from now till Friday September 4^th at 12 PM EST which I will then pick a winner at random.

Please feel free to tell your friends about the contest as well.

Contest Rules:

• Become a fan of the BudgetPulse Facebook Fan Page
• Leave a comment on “Where would you like to travel to?” question
• One entry per person
• Winner will be selected at random after contest is over
• Contest ends Friday September 4^th at 12 PM EST

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me on Twitter or you can email me.  I look forward to hearing where everyone would like to travel to.

Ryan D’Agostino’s new book called “Rich Like Them” which is a very different finance book them some may have been expecting.  He took a unique approach of getting information directly from the source to bring their stories to you.  You can see my review of the book here.

We are having a giveaway contest of this book to one lucky reader who can enjoy the book and stories Ryan has shared with us as much as I enjoyed it.

To enter the contest, please leave a comment below or contact me on Twitter at BudgetPulse.  One entry per person and the contest will last a week until April 22nd where one person will be chosen at random to have the book.