Posts tagged quidco
Save money with Twitter this Christmas
Nov 27th
I started the Holiday season early recently with my ‘What makes your Christmas playlist?’ post detailing my festive top 10, so thoughts now turn to presents – what to buy everyone?
As I get older, the excitement of Christmas is dwindling as the danger of the overdraft looms more and more each year. There is no getting away from it, Christmas is expensive. However, there are certain Twitter accounts you can use yourself a pretty penny (if not pound).
1. @quidcodeals – http://www.quidco.com
Quidco is a cashback site. I’ve gone through them to buy CDs, signup for gas, buy home insurance – and I’ve earned back over £300! Well, @quidcodeals is their Twitter that alerts you to their time-sensitve deals, such as free £12 chocolates from Thortons,50% cashback on Hallmark cards and £125 cashback on 02 mobile broadband.
2. @playcom – http://www.play.com
Play.com is one of the leading entertainment retail sites and it one of my first stops for CDs, DVDs, games and books. their Twitter feed is running a new deal every day at the moment. Over the past few days there have been headphones, TV boxsets, clothing and today’s special offer is the Godfather Trilogy for just £14.95 delivered, so they are well worth following.
3. @MoneySavingExp – http://www.moneysavingexpert.com
Money Saving Expert has become synonymous with claiming back bank charges over the past year or so, but it does still have a great community that alerts everyone to great deals on all sorts of things from cashback, sales, loopholes and just ways in which to cut everyday costs.
4. @netvouchercodes – http://www.netvouchercodes.co.uk/
Net Voucher Codes is a new one to my radar, but they have been posting codes and sales to places like Argos, Kurt Geiger, Boots and Marks + Spencer. Most are referral codes that give you a percentage off, but they also alert you to any one-day sales.
I’m still trying to find a UK version of Cheap Tweet…
Have you got any Twitter accounts or websites you keep an eye on to save money? Let me know, leave a comment!
Follow Friday – 27th November
Nov 27th
Last week I made my first post here about a new way to post your recommendations for the Twitter trend ‘Follow Friday’. I also mentioned that it was a method I might pick up, so, thanks to @efficiencycoach, here are my Follow Friday recommendations for this week:
I’d first like to suggest @GradwellTweets. I’ll come clean. I work for Bath-based Gradwell, but they have great offers with other companies, innovative telephony products and were recently named as one of the fastest growing tech companies in the UK.
My second reccomendation is really a double-header. @BryonyThomas and @CherylCrichton. I worked with Bryony and Cheryl on a year-long project for Gradwell. They are now both Clear Thinkers at Clear Thought Consulting and are producing fantastic blogs, the most recent being about writing a thorough brief to suppliers, as well as being generally excellent marketing consultants!
Next up is @quidcodeals. From the cashback site Quidco, this feed gives you the best of time-sensitive deals from participating retailers. For example, yesterday there was free £12 chocolates from Thortons and an extra 20% off at Burton – well worth following in the build-up to Christmas.
Penultimately, my work colleague @Chutzpah84, or Rob Weeks as I know him. An all-round nice guy, Rob’s tweets provide an insight into the ‘everyman’ life and findings on the Interwebs of a new dad in and around Bath/Bristol – although he does like talking about ‘The Restaurant‘. Also helps out at Freelance Supermarket, which showcases the best of freelance services in the UK.
Lastly, @efficiencycoach, because I can’t steal her idea without giving her a mention!