Welcome back! I have been off briefly for the holidays and to rest my broken hand. This weeks blog is all about getting FREE subscriptions to trade magazines, FREE subscriptions to family/baby magazines, and other various FREE magazine content.
More than 100 FREE trade magazines are found at FreeTradeMagazines.com. There are also a few paid or trial issues available. According to Free Trade Magazines.com, "Free Trade Magazines is the quick and easy way to receive free magazines for busy trade professionals. Subscriptions are available to professionals in the trade marketplace who reside in the United States. Using our service to subscribe to magazines is the best way to obtain the industry news, trends, tips, techniques and information you need to get the job done. Choose from well over 100 free magazines as well as a few magazines that offer paid or trial subscriptions. Any magazines that are not free are clearly marked in red as a paid or trial subscription. All the rest are free! Using one simple form, you can subscribe to a variety of industry magazines. "
NASA offers Free subscriptions here.
If you are expecting or a new parent you can get the following magazines FREE: Gerber Baby, BabyTalk, American Baby, and Very Best Toddler
Get a Free subscription to Maxim Magazine.
Most magazines will offer at least one Free trial copy. Just grab the subscribe postcard from inside the magazine and send it in. Most say - if you do not like the magazine, after the first issue write cancel on the bill and keep the first issue as a gift.
Almost all magazines have entered the internet age and publish a website. You can access some to all articles from your favorite magazines online. Online your favorite magazines will have special offers, magazine archives, and the latest articles sooner.
Finally, you can always go to your local library and read any of the magazines you are interested in -- FREE.
Future blog topics will include: Free gaming, Finding Free household items in your community, Free business help, Free software, Free lessons in something, Free topic requests...
Thank you for visiting me this week. I hope you found many magazines you can sign up for "At No Charge". If you want to receive notification of my next blog please subscribe using the link at the bottom of this page.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
FREE Household Items, Free Clothing, Free Musical Instruments, Free Furniture, & More
Welcome once again to the "At No Charge" blog that shows you how to get the best things for FREE!
This week I will discuss Free items in the classifieds. I am only going to discuss the two locations I check regularly because many of the others are not as consistently satisfying. Please feel free to post others in the comments section.
I am sure most of you have heard of Criagslist (www.craigslist.org), but did you know that there are tons of great free items on Craigslist? I have discovered new and used items, including clothing, computers, pianos, mobile homes, vehicles, furniture, books, kids items, construction materials, landscaping materials, and just about anything else you could imagine. When you are looking on Craigslist to find free items you will first need to select the state or country in which you want to find items. Usually near your residence is the easiest for free item pick-up, but if you are interested in making a road trip to collect freebies then have fun looking all over the country or even worldwide. Once you have chosen your state of interest you need to select a city. I tend to look in all of the cities in my state. Not all cities have a section. Many people posting in a city section may be in a different city. Finally, choose the free link under the for sale section and have fun browsing.
Here's a quick recap: 1. Visit Criagslist (www.craigslist.org) , 2. Select a state or country (if you are looking in a major city you can skip this step), 3. Select a city , 4. Select Free link under the for sale area of the page , 5. Have Fun finding free items....
The other classifieds I regularly peruse are in my local paper. Most cities have a free section in the classifieds. There is no need the subscribe to the paper because almost all of the local papers are now online and have all of the classified listings available on the internet.
Free Classifieds Hunting Tip: Look early, Look often!
ENJOY your Free classifieds search and talk to you at the next "At No Charge" posting.
Don't forget to sign up for email reminders at each new posting by clicking on the subscribe link at the bottom of this page.
This week I will discuss Free items in the classifieds. I am only going to discuss the two locations I check regularly because many of the others are not as consistently satisfying. Please feel free to post others in the comments section.
I am sure most of you have heard of Criagslist (www.craigslist.org), but did you know that there are tons of great free items on Craigslist? I have discovered new and used items, including clothing, computers, pianos, mobile homes, vehicles, furniture, books, kids items, construction materials, landscaping materials, and just about anything else you could imagine. When you are looking on Craigslist to find free items you will first need to select the state or country in which you want to find items. Usually near your residence is the easiest for free item pick-up, but if you are interested in making a road trip to collect freebies then have fun looking all over the country or even worldwide. Once you have chosen your state of interest you need to select a city. I tend to look in all of the cities in my state. Not all cities have a section. Many people posting in a city section may be in a different city. Finally, choose the free link under the for sale section and have fun browsing.
Here's a quick recap: 1. Visit Criagslist (www.craigslist.org) , 2. Select a state or country (if you are looking in a major city you can skip this step), 3. Select a city , 4. Select Free link under the for sale area of the page , 5. Have Fun finding free items....
The other classifieds I regularly peruse are in my local paper. Most cities have a free section in the classifieds. There is no need the subscribe to the paper because almost all of the local papers are now online and have all of the classified listings available on the internet.
Free Classifieds Hunting Tip: Look early, Look often!
ENJOY your Free classifieds search and talk to you at the next "At No Charge" posting.
Don't forget to sign up for email reminders at each new posting by clicking on the subscribe link at the bottom of this page.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
FREE On-Demand Book & Video Downloads, Free Movie Rentals, and More
This week I will be talking to you about all of the seemingly untapped resources of FREE items at your local library, as well as the libraries online.
Many of you may not be aware that your local library stocks all of the movies that you can find at you local video store (probably more movies than your video store - my local library boasts a collection of 14,000+). All of the movies can be checked out "At No Charge" to you. The only requirement is a library card, which is also FREE. Most libraries allow you to keep the movies for a week or more at a time and have minimal late fees (i.e. I have a 3 day grace period and then my late fee is $0.10 a day). One drawback to the collection at my library is that they only have a few copies of each movie. But, if there is one I want I can place it on hold and they will call me when it is returned (this takes, at most, a week or two).
Your local library is also a great source for books, books on tape/DVD, music cds, Free classes/storytimes for your children, Free wi-fi, Free internet access on the library computers, Free gaming (my library has gaming systems for use at the library, as well as competition nights) and I am sure that I am probably forgetting something.
Okay, so you don't want to have go anywhere, but still want to read a book or watch a movie from the library. There is a myriad of online library resources. I am only going to be able to brush the surface in this blog by covering a few of my favorites.
First I will discuss MyLibrarydv. This is a newer service available from your local library. You can access it through you local library's homepage. What is it? "MyLibrarydv is a unique on-demand video service created by Recorded Books in partnership with your local library. You can access 100's of hours of DVD quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel, and health as well as classic movies, documentaries and more. Best of all this service is FREE to you as part of your library account." My library is also partnered with a digital media library where you can download books to play on your electronic devices, such as i-pods and laptops OR download the text to read the old way;)
Next I will tell you about the internet archive organization at www.archive.org. Here you will find they have archived moving images (videos), Live music, other audio, web page archives (for previous versions of web pages), and texts. This is a pretty robust site and I feel like I still have more to explore in what they have to offer. "The Archive's Moving Images section is a library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to videos of every genre uploaded by Archive users. Most of the movies are available for download. The Archive's audio and MP3 library contains over a hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of the audios and MP3s are available for free download. They also have a full-text library. Texts are Free to read, download, print, and enjoy. Some have restrictions on bulk re-use and commercial use, please see the collection or the sponsor of a book. By providing near-unrestricted access to these texts, the Archive hopes to encourage widespread use of texts in new contexts by people who might not have used them before."
Finally I will end with the online books page. This index includes more than 25,000 English works in various formats. All should be free for personal, noncommercial use.
I hope that you will find some great knowledge and entertainment "At No Charge" from what you have learned from this weeks blog. I will continue my search for great free items and we will blog again next week.
Many of you may not be aware that your local library stocks all of the movies that you can find at you local video store (probably more movies than your video store - my local library boasts a collection of 14,000+). All of the movies can be checked out "At No Charge" to you. The only requirement is a library card, which is also FREE. Most libraries allow you to keep the movies for a week or more at a time and have minimal late fees (i.e. I have a 3 day grace period and then my late fee is $0.10 a day). One drawback to the collection at my library is that they only have a few copies of each movie. But, if there is one I want I can place it on hold and they will call me when it is returned (this takes, at most, a week or two).
Your local library is also a great source for books, books on tape/DVD, music cds, Free classes/storytimes for your children, Free wi-fi, Free internet access on the library computers, Free gaming (my library has gaming systems for use at the library, as well as competition nights) and I am sure that I am probably forgetting something.
Okay, so you don't want to have go anywhere, but still want to read a book or watch a movie from the library. There is a myriad of online library resources. I am only going to be able to brush the surface in this blog by covering a few of my favorites.
First I will discuss MyLibrarydv. This is a newer service available from your local library. You can access it through you local library's homepage. What is it? "MyLibrarydv is a unique on-demand video service created by Recorded Books in partnership with your local library. You can access 100's of hours of DVD quality programming on topics such as cooking, travel, and health as well as classic movies, documentaries and more. Best of all this service is FREE to you as part of your library account." My library is also partnered with a digital media library where you can download books to play on your electronic devices, such as i-pods and laptops OR download the text to read the old way;)
Next I will tell you about the internet archive organization at www.archive.org. Here you will find they have archived moving images (videos), Live music, other audio, web page archives (for previous versions of web pages), and texts. This is a pretty robust site and I feel like I still have more to explore in what they have to offer. "The Archive's Moving Images section is a library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to videos of every genre uploaded by Archive users. Most of the movies are available for download. The Archive's audio and MP3 library contains over a hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of the audios and MP3s are available for free download. They also have a full-text library. Texts are Free to read, download, print, and enjoy. Some have restrictions on bulk re-use and commercial use, please see the collection or the sponsor of a book. By providing near-unrestricted access to these texts, the Archive hopes to encourage widespread use of texts in new contexts by people who might not have used them before."
Finally I will end with the online books page. This index includes more than 25,000 English works in various formats. All should be free for personal, noncommercial use.
I hope that you will find some great knowledge and entertainment "At No Charge" from what you have learned from this weeks blog. I will continue my search for great free items and we will blog again next week.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Out of the office - Check out FREE Stuff links
I apologize to those of you waiting for my next blog. I have had an injury and will not be posting until next week.
FYI - The next blog will cover some untapped resources where you can get video and DVD rentals "At No Charge", as well as many other great free items.
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate and have a great week to everyone!
Don't forget - "The best things in life are free!"
FYI - The next blog will cover some untapped resources where you can get video and DVD rentals "At No Charge", as well as many other great free items.
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate and have a great week to everyone!
Don't forget - "The best things in life are free!"
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Welcome to the "At No Charge" Blog....
In this first blog I just want to cover some of the things that we will blog about. If the name, "At No Charge", isn't obvious - We will discuss how to get anything and everything "At No Charge". In other words...FREE.
We will discuss how to get anything "At No Charge", online or not. I will share many of my personal experiences and discuss what I have acquired "At No Charge" and how you can do the same.
Please notice that I will be adding links to great FREE online sites on the right side of the page. These will be updated regularly. If you have a request for something that you would like "At No Charge" or would like to discuss a particular topic please e-mail me or add it in the comments section of this blog.
Thank you for visiting the "At No Charge" blog - Talk to you at the next posting ;)
We will discuss how to get anything "At No Charge", online or not. I will share many of my personal experiences and discuss what I have acquired "At No Charge" and how you can do the same.
Please notice that I will be adding links to great FREE online sites on the right side of the page. These will be updated regularly. If you have a request for something that you would like "At No Charge" or would like to discuss a particular topic please e-mail me or add it in the comments section of this blog.
Thank you for visiting the "At No Charge" blog - Talk to you at the next posting ;)
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