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First off let me say that I will never drink a Monster Energy Drink ever again. I will even take this step further and will never drink any beverage from the Hansen Beverage Company, their parent company.

Yesterday I received a Cease & Desist letter from Hansen Beverage Company demanding I remove a “Monster Energy Drink Myspace Layout” from my site. At first I was a bit confused. They dont want people having monster energy drink layouts on their social networking profiles? This company couldn’t be this ignorant to the kind of increased brand recognition their company receives from social networking layout sites featuring myspace layouts with their beverages on it.

But then again, maybe Im just the ignorant one. I went ahead and complied with them. I removed the layout and I apologized. I am sorry for creating a myspace layout for people who enjoy your beverage, I am sorry for listening to my site visitors who wanted to show off your product on their page. I am sorry for using my creative resources to promote your product.

Heres a quick image of the mini-fridge in our office.

And there you have it. RedBull is the official drink of BankonThat.com and its parent network.

I’m sure everyone has some plastic in their wallet or purse. Does your plastic credit card offer you a spectacular bonus points program? Well if it doesn’t you might want to consider getting a credit card that does, especially if you pay your balances off monthly!

The other day I logged into my Bank of America & Citi Card online accounts and was browsing my accumulated bonus points for the past few months. I went ahead and used a small fraction of my points to get a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card, a $50 Chiles Gift Card, and a $50 Home Depot gift card. I got all of this for FREE. Its even sweeter because I pay my credit card bills in full when I get them so I’ve never paid any interest to these credit card companys. They literally throw things at me to spend my own money! And if you want to look at it this way, by using a credit card, you get yourself 30 extra days of interest on the money you already have because its sitting in your bank account.

This next information is even ridiculously sweeter. I have a friend who works at EB Games/GameStop and he gets a 40% holiday discount at Barnes and Noble. I went with him and spent the whole gift card getting books I would have bought anyways. I got a very nice selection of Finance, Travel, Self-Improvement, and a Comic book. Oh thats right, I enjoy my comics! So with his 40% off, I turned my free $50 Barnes and Noble gift card into $83.33. Add that to my other 2 gift cards, and thats $183.33 I got for free within a few days.

Check out the books below!

A lot of people are afraid of credit cards because they can get you in serious debt, but if you use them wisely instead of putting you in debt they can actually put money in your pocket.

So if you are financially savvy, you should be enjoying some free gift cards or checks on behalf of your credit card company!

Ready for my 2008 new years goals? These are strictly concerning my online/offline business ventures and my financial well being, not my personal life.

1.) Make More Money
I’d like to increase revenue across the board on all fronts. I want to double my current monthly income and create more streams of passive income.

2.) Real Estate Investments
A lot of people talk the talk but they don’t walk the walk. I read everywhere about people saying how great it is to get into the real estate investing but they never do it. Is it just because they cant afford it? Or are they just being lazy? Either way I think its being a bit misleading. If you think its a great thing to do, have the means, and dont do it, it must not be that great after all huh? Enough ranting though, I’d like to pickup a nice condo rental property.

3.) Save those receipts!!
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please save those receipts. In 2007 I did not keep that great of a record as far as my business expenses go and I will be paying for it when it comes time to pay my taxes. I need to get all of my expenses/receipts in order at the end of each month and have them filed. (i probably should buy a filing cabinet for my office)

4.) Save more Money
It doesn’t matter how much money you make, if you blow it all. I’d like to start saving a larger % of my monthly income, more so than I do now. Being the self-employed bum that I am, I also need to get around to setting up a Roth IRA this year for my retirement.

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year!

I’ve decided to kick off the new year by blogging at least a few times a week. It helps me wind down after a long (or not so long) day of internet work. Hopefully throughout all of my ramblings someone will learn a new technique, join a new advertising company, or strike it rich. Its the least I can hope for. So please feel free to read and drop me a comment every now and then.

Onto some New Years resolutions. Its that time of the year where you should have already written down your resolutions/goals or at least have started thinking of them. Around this time I like to reflect on the past year financially and figure out where I would like to be this time next year. One year from now will I be relaxing on a beach? Still working hard on the internet? Be focused more on my offline ventures? Hopefully I will find time for all of those things and take my businesses to the next level.

I dont want to bore all of you just yet so I will just mention one of my goals for the new year and will post the rest tomorrow (once I finish writing them).

One of my goals will be to blog at least a few times a week right here on BankonThat.com, Id like to think of this blog as a written journal to help me gauge my progress.

While I head off and ponder the rest of my goals, all of you should be thinking of your own goals and please write them down! Dont keep them in the back of your mind where you are likely to lose them!