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Upgrade Your Web Browser: Be More Productive; Save Time, Be Safe on the Internet

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Your viewing experience on the internet is dictated by two things: which web browser you use and which version of it’s installed on your computer. In upgraded versions of web browsers, new features are added, bugs are fixed and security holes are patched.

If you’re having trouble viewing websites, you may need to upgrade to the newest version of your browser. Installing upgrades is easy; just go to your browser company’s website and look for their download/upgrade info or click on the links below. No matter which browser you prefer – Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, Google Chrome – using the latest version ensures that you’ll have the safest and best viewing experience in two ways:

1. By preventing malicious viruses from infecting your computer

2. By allowing you to view websites – by properly interpreting the code used to build them – the way their owner meant for you to view them

There’s no better time than now to upgrade your browser and be safe, more productive and save time.

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Follow MILLER ORGANIZING On Twitter!

Monday, October 5th, 2009

For more great information and tips, MILLER ORGANIZING is pleased to announce that you can now follow us on Twitter. In addition to this blog and the column I write for a local newspaper, I am delighted to have a new forum in which to spread the word about how getting organized can help you to reduce your stress, increase your productivity and save you time and money. Click here to visit us on Twitter!

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Another Reason To Love Costco…

Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Costco has teamed up with Gazelle to offer its members a Trade-In & Recycle Program. Members receive a cash card for their trade-ins good for anything at Costco warehouses or online. Laptops, cell phones, LCD monitors, external hard drives, digital cameras, camcorders, MP3 players, movies, camera lenses, streaming media, projectors, Blue-Ray players, home audio, calculators, PDAs, GPS devices, gaming consoles, satellite radios and video games are all welcome. Trade in your old computer through 10/15/09 and get a 10% bonus.

Every item gets an offer and personal data will be wiped from all items. There’s no limit on the number of items you can sell; the more you sell, the more cash you make. Gazelle even offers free shipping and packaging, within the continental U. S., on all qualifying items. They’ll send you a prepaid shipping box or label and insure packages up to the value they offered you for their contents. Cash card payments normally arrive within 10 business days after an item has been received, inspected and approved.

Gazelle has also built a network of local recyclers to help you with some items that are not currently accepted online: televisions, CRT monitors, printers and fax machines. You can search by zip code to find the drop off location nearest to you.

If you’re a Costco member, it couldn’t be any easier to declutter and get rid of unwanted or unused electronic items so act now!

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The Joy – And Convenience – Of Clipless Coupons. New Ways To Save Money In Tough Economic Times.

Saturday, August 29th, 2009
So, I’m in The Container Store recently working on a client project with a very lovely salesperson. He notices my bag from the Apple store and asks me what I bought. I tell him a new iPhone. Then comes the life-changing revelation. (OK, maybe it’s only life-changing if you’re a Professional Organizer because we love, love, love The Container Store!) The salesperson tells me about Yowza!, a FREE mobile coupon application. Loading it onto my iPhone (or iPod Touch, if you have one of those) and showing the coupon to the cashier at checkout – who will scan the bar code off of the iPhone screen – will give me a 15% discount at The Container Store. Wow, I’m stunned.  Recently, the Container Store started offering discounts to Professional Organizers like me who are members of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers). The discount they offer is 10% on non-Elfa purchases and 20% on Elfa. While organizers and their clients were pretty pleased with that, hearing about Yowza!’s 15% discount is music to my ears! It gives me – and my clients – an additional 5% off everything that isn’t Elfa or on already sale. It gives everyone else 15% off all of their non-sale purchases.
For more about mobile coupons, see today’s (August 29) article in the N. Y. Times technology section. It’s called Coupons You Don’t Clip, Sent to Your Cellphone.  Click here for more about Yowza!

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