Julie Gumm - Author

Taking advantage of Christmas as an Amazon affiliate

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When I got my mail the day before Thanksgiving and saw that I had a Christmas card I thought 2 things:

“Already, REALLY people?”

and

“Oh no, I better get going on our Christmas cards!”

But I loved what I saw when I opened it up and I will totally forgive Stacy Kennedy for sending her cards BEFORE Thanksgiving because it is pure brillance. Several months ago Stacy set up an Amazon Affiliates link and has faithfully been spreading the word. Every time someone enters Amazon via their link and buys something, a percentage goes to the Kennedy’s and they put it directly in their adoption fund.

And of course it’s the biggest shopping season of the year. So tucked inside their card was their letter sharing the news of their adoption and then 4 of these cute little business cards (see front and back below). One for me, 3 to give away.

I’ve been doing all my Amazon shopping through the Kennedy link for months now. I just put a bookmark on my bookmark bar where I can always see it – it’s pretty much become habit.

The Kennedy’s set up the link in August and so far have made $597. Not bad huh?

 


For more info on Amazon’s affiliate program, go here.

 

 

Seasonal earnings

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Want some quick cash and have some free time?

Now is the perfect time to pick up a seasonal job. Many companies are hiring workers right now to work through the New Year.

Retail shops, UPS, Amazon warehouses – they all need extra workers right now.

Obviously not everyone has time to pick up an extra job but if you can manage a busier schedule for a couple of months you may be able to save $1,000 or more for your adoption fund.

Super cute shirts

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I’m always watching for super cute adoption shirts.

But I stumbled upon this families blog (because they linked here) and I love this shirt! Besides the super cool colors I love that it is not adoption specific and, in fact, not even country specific. There are a lot of people who have a heart for Africa in general so this shirt has really wide appeal. The shirt was designed by Factory 43 which is owned by their friend.

In the book I mention thinking “outside the box” when it comes to shirts and this family has definitely done that with several other cute shirts, like this one:

Good job Kautzis! Ordering one now….just have to decide 🙂