Shop Spotting with SMART MONEY

  

I had the coolest day with my "blog twin" JEN who invited me to go with her to the SMART Money Gathering Event. It was held at SM Megamall, Cyberzone at the SMART Jump Experience Center. 

I had no idea that there was such a place like this -- a techie "playground." I'm pretty much sure most of the guys out there will have fun checking JUMP out while their sisters, girlfriends, moms, or wives are doing some serious shopping at the mall. LOL.

Anyway I really enjoyed the time I had at the event coz I learned a lot! PinoyExchange owner Mike Palacios  gave a small talk on Creating Rich Customer Engagement for the online shop owners and bloggers who attended the event.

The advent of technology and the evolution of social media has indeed shaped and defined the unique world that we currently "shop" in. Social online media also played a role in influencing shoppers. With the power of "word of mouth" advertising through twitter, facebook, and blogs -- companies can reach out to their consumers faster! 

I for one appreciate the word of mouth recommendations which helped me overcome my fear of shopping online and getting scammed from online shops.  I was really skeptic and reluctant to buy at online shops before coz I was afraid to be scammed. But now thanks to social networking and social media, I can now buy online with no fear coz I now can gauge who or what shop I can trust based on their customer comments and testimonials. 

But I learned something more awesome! With SMART Money, I don't have to worry about any online transactions.

The trend nowadays is not only online payments but mobile payments as well! As the "texting" capital of the world, it is only natural that mobile payments will grow due to the increase of mobile phones here in our country. The same can be said worldwide. In the Asia Pacific Mobile Trend, the Philippines is now becoming a model for mobile money. And SMART Money has anticipated the needs of  Filipinos and so created this awesome way of easier mobile and online transactions.

So what is SMART Money? Well its an easy and safe way to do bank account transactions with your SMART Mobile Phone and with this you can also get your very own SMART MONEY Card  which is a Mastercard, letting you do ATM and debit card transactions, both in-store and online! 

Using your SMART MONEY CARD is very easy! Adding funds is easy breezy with these four options.

Consumers and online shops will both benefit from the SMART Money program. With SMART  Money's 2.5 Million Cardholders, online shop's can have their customer base expand.

So don't miss out the benefits you can enjoy with SMART Money card. I already have one and it was sent to me through mail this week. Get yours as well! Kindly visit their SMART Money website online.

Of course the event would not have been complete without a raffle. I didn't win but JEN did! Congrats Jen for winning 1 Thousand Pesos to be sent to your SMART Money Card. They also gave away 2 SMART Netphones. I would have loved to share to all of you the awesome news that I won a netphone -- but I didn't. hehe. Congrats to the winners of the new Smart Netphones.

Of course what is an event without meeting up with blogger friends Bec and Kei.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't wait to use my new SMART Money Card! Its useful and definitely help me by leaps and bounds whenever I shop online or even use it as a debit card. Thanks SMART for giving me my own SMART Money card! You guys should get yours too. I plan to use mine when I buy at Asian Vogue soon. Hehe. By the way congrats to them for winning in the Shop Spotting Contest for Online Shops.

So Coffeeholics! Hope you have a happy Christmas shopping soon with your own Smart Money Card!!!

Tech Alert - Canon Pixma's From Print to Sprint!

Isn't it amazing how fashion can also extend to one's techie stuff? 

Well guess what dears, YOU can be a winner with Cannon Pixma!

Canon PIXMA is giving away fashionable Rudy Project Sprint Sets (sports watch + arm band) through its Print, Imprint, Sprint, promotion that will run from October to December this year.

It started last October 15. Do you know that for every purchase of a Canon PIXMA printer plus a corresponding ink or 4 Canon Genuine inks or a Canon PIXMA E500, one can get a free Rudy Project Sprint set worth PhP4,300!

Claiming your free sprint set is easy. Just submit a photocopy of the sales invoice of the printer and ink, with the genuine ink box bearing Canon Marketing Philippines’ clear-to-cyan sticker or the serial number cut-out from the printer box, to Canon’s head office or any authorized promoter, regional office, or service center within the promo period.

Canon will ship the Rudy Project sprint set to the buyer’s address free-of-charge.

A globally renowned brand, Rudy Project is one of the leaders in manufacturing technical sunglasses, goggles and sports accessories that is uniquely known for its quality, owing to its meticulous quality control and attention given in making the product. 

Equally trusted in quality and durability, Canon PIXMA printers are affordable, easy-to-use, and loaded with useful features. They are perfect for every home or home office that needs professional looking documents printed in the shortest time with the sharpest texts and images.

The MP287 (Php3,495) makes an excellent printer/scanner for the home: it is compact and stylish, ready to operate mere seconds from start-up, with a hassle-free self-opening paper output tray when printing and copying.

The PIXMA Ink Efficient E500 (Php4,495) on the other hand has the highest print yield in the market as it is capable to produce up to 1,200 prints with one set of cartridges.

Designed to work best with your Canon PIXMA Printer and marked with a Canon Marketing Philippines’ clear-to-cyan sticker, Canon Genuine Ink comes with the patented Chromalife 100+ technology that ensures long life of every photo printed on Canon PIXMA printers.

So my dear Coffeeholics, planning on getting a new printer? Then why not try Cannon's Pixma E500 and get this awesome free fashionable Sprint set as well? Hurry! Promo ends on December 31. For more information, call 884-9090 or log on to www.canon.com.ph

My Android Phone

I know it has been months and I apologize horribly. I have sorely neglected my blog which I regret dearly. This on-off relationship with blogging should really stop! LOL. So yes, with the encouragement of my dear real life friends, shopgirljen and fashionistarchitect, I'm back in the blogging world! Yay!

Anyway, there are so many things that I want to blog about.. especially about my major highlight moments of 2010! But that would take up a lot of time to share all about that. Right now before I go to sleep, I just wanted to share you one awesome 2010 highlight that improved my life right now.

I BOUGHT AN ANDROID PHONE!!!

Its a  Samsung Galaxy 5 I5503 (read specs here!) and its using OS Android 2.1 Eclair.
I LOVE IT! Its affordable. Its easy to use. Its an ANDROID phone.. what else can I say?
the only issues that i have with my G5 is BATTERY LIFE (I'm a heavy net/game/ebook user) which is only less than a day with me and LIMITED MEMORY (phone memory I mean.. coz you can only store apps in phone memory and well it limits the phone's potential.. ).

Its one of the cheapest android phones I could get my hands on last December 2010 (bought it for 10, 650 php). And yes, obviously, thats where most of my Christmas money was spent on.. getting my hands on a new phone! Would you believe that the last phone that I got was in 2004. It was NOKIA 6600.. the "latest" colored nokia phone at that time.. and just remembering how much I spent on it tears me up coz I bought it with a postpaid line attached to it and its even MORE expensive than my brand new awesome android samsung phone! (It cost me 19,500 php on mobile phone only.. excluding 2 year plan that i have to pay Php 500 monthly!) Anyhow, I think a new phone was long overdue. Coz when my N6600 conked out I got a hand-me-down phone from my dad (N70 Music Edition) and well its great and all but I wanted a WIFI phone bad! So I promised myself this and I think I made the best decision ever when I got my G5 phone. :)

I was supposed to buy Samsung Wave but I'm glad I made the right decision and bought the galaxy phone with the android os. I swear, it really changed my life! I found myself more "online" active than before (twitter, facebook, updated with the news, etc!) and having this new phone has also helped me to be a bit more "tech savvy" than before. Not that I'm a techie now but it has helped widen my knowledge and understanding and yes.. indeed its a galaxy of fun! I mean, FREE EVERYTHING!!!! (apps, games, mp3 access, wifi access, ebooks, etc)!!!!

So what am I saying here? Well, if you are planning to get a phone anytime soon... GET AN ANDROID PHONE! And yes, I would highly recommend Samsung. :) Transferring from Nokia to Samsung (and to a touchphone at that!) was one of the best moves that I made last 2010! So grab an android phone now.. its amazing!