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Posted by Candice on September 1, 2010 at 21:56 pm
New York Dreaming
For most of us owning a home in the big apple is a dream that will most likely never become a reality. Famously one of the world’s most expensive real estate markets, even the tiniest apartment is well beyond the means of most. If you’ve ever aspired to be a New York City local then you must check out the latest giveaway from HGTV – a furnished apartment located in the heart of the Financial District with sweeping views of the NYC skyline. HGTV has partnered with The Residences at W in the $$1.5 million giveaway that includes an Acura ZDX.
Custom-designed by popular HGTV designer Vern Yip, the living room is a celebration of city life in muted tones with an eclectic collection of unique accessories and art pieces. As with most homes in NYC the use of space often needs to fulfill multiple functions so the kitchen can accommodate the usual meal preparation but also accommodates a home office. A welcoming entrance and bedroom retreat complete the apartment.
If you want to get a first hand look at the apartment watch the HGTV Urban Oasis 2010 special on Monday, September 6, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The website opened today for entries and until October 20 you can enter twice per day, once at HGTV.com and once at HGTV’s FrontDoor.com.
If you’re lucky you just may be able to live in NYC or at the very least have a big apple getaway whenever you feel like it.
Posted by Candice on February 3, 2010 at 15:50 pm
Bidmycleaning's Twitter-ific Giveaway
February is Twitter-ific Time at Bidmycleaning.com. We are giving away a $150 gift certificate for maid service to one of our twitter followers!
February is also Valentine’s Month which is why we are giving away a gift certificate for maid service The gift of house cleaning is the perfect Valentine’s Day gift … or Mother’s Day gift or Birthday gift or just away to say Thank You!
How do you enter our Twitter-ific Giveaway?
- Follow @bidmycleaning on Twitter.
- Tweet the following message to your followers:
Win $150 gift certificate for maid service! Follow @bidmycleaning.com – Contest details – http://ow.ly/13wpI
Click Here to Tweet Now
Prizes will be awarded subject to the following:
- The winner will be announced by March 1, 2010 or as soon as we hit 1,000 Twitter followers whichever comes first.
- The winner will receive a $150 Gift Card for maid service on http://www.bidmycleaning.com. The gift certificate will be valid for 2 months from receipt.
- Only one contest entry is allowed for each Twitter user account.
- This is a spam-free zone. Spam tweets will be disqualified.
We look forward to meeting all our new twitter friends!
Posted by Candice on April 15, 2009 at 00:38 am
House Cleaning As A Dating Strategy
It’s your third date, you’ve impressed her with your sharp outfits, nice clean car and sparkling conversation and now it it time to invite her back to your place. Is your house, apartment or condo in a fit state for female company or is it a obstacle course of dirty laundy, empty pizza boxes and beer bottles? Even if you’re not a complete slob chances are you haven’t kept up with the house cleaning because you’re working 60 hour weeks or just can’t tear yourself away from Grand Theft Auto.
So, what’s the solution? Every single guy should have a reliable maid service on speed dial … or these days, a few clicks away. It is really easy to find and schedule house cleaning services online so just bookmark Bidmycleaning.com and the next time you know you’ll be inviting a lady home, have the maids come in and do a clean sweep. Make sure the trash has been taken out and there isn’t a layer of dust on everything. If she uses the bathroom make sure the countertops don’t have a thick film of crusty residue which will gross her out for sure.
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Posted by Candice on April 1, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Today, 1st April 2009, aside from being April Fools Day, is also the day that Jason of iwearyourshirt fame is wearing a Bidmycleaning.com shirt. Jason had a really interesting idea to sell the top half of his wardrobe to companies or other interested parties! You could get your logo and message displayed on Jason’s chest and/or back and see it in pictures, videos and a daily live stream! Watching Jason’s daily shirt has been lots of fun and we are very happy our day has arrived!
Check out the action at Jason’s blog – http://iwearyourshirt.com/blog/2009/04/01/i-will-clean-your-house-on-behalf-of-bidmycleaningcom/. Jason started the morning off by announcing a competition to win Jason himself to clean your house for you, with a fun pic of him holding a duster and some wipes. All you need to do to win is leave a comment on his blog post.
Ready for some house cleaning!
Jason scheduled some maid service to experience for himself how quick and easy it is to get instant bids and book an appointment on the real-time calendar at Bidmycleaning.com so this morning he could relax and watch some TV while a Bidmycleaning.com service provider, Alley Cat Cleaning, cleaned his home. His home was good and clean by the time the film crew from PBS arrived to interview him.
Watch later today at 3pm EST when Jason does his live stream show wearing the ‘Bidmycleaning.com – The new simple way to find and schedule cleaning services’ shirt.
If you like the idea and want to buy a day on Jason’s calendar, days are sold at “face value” so January 1 is $1 and December 31 is $365. You can also follow Jason on twitter – http://twitter.com/iwearyourshirt
Posted by Candice on March 20, 2009 at 15:38 pm
Today is the first official day of Spring 2009! In honor of the arrival of spring and the time honored tradition of spring cleaning, we are giving away a FREE deep cleaning on Bidmycleaning’s twitter profile.
It’s really easy to enter – all you need to do it visit our website http://www.bidmycleaning.com and enter your zip code, select deep cleaning in the calculator and get a bid for your home. See what the lowest bid price is and tweet your zip code and the bid price to @bidmycleaning
The winner will be selected randomly from all entries in chronological order received by 5pm on Friday 27th March 2009.
Each RT will receive an additional entry so go forth and RT!
Tweet This Now – Click Here!
The prize is one deep cleaning for your home so you can get fresh … and clean … for Spring!
Happy First Official Day of Spring!!
UPDATE: The Spring Cleaning was won my @MoodyMommy who blogs at Confessions Of a Moody Mommy. Congratulations – happy clean house to you!
Posted by Candice on January 9, 2009 at 13:17 pm
So we want to have some fun this year! We have lots of friends from twitter who are bloggers and so we were thinking of running a blogger challenge that would give our friends the opportunity to blog, vlog or tweet their way to the prize – a year of free house cleaning from one of the BidMyCleaning maid service providers!
To see how much interest there would be in something like this we created a poll using twtpoll which is a very cool service from twtapps! Here is a running view of the results!
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Posted by Candice on January 9, 2009 at 01:27 am
So even with a regular maid service you probably find that your floors still need some attention between cleanings. With a almost-three-year-old toddler in the house we always have snack crumbs around and she brings quite a bit of the sandpit home in her shoes each day. Our wood floors also just get really dusty.
Last Christmas I was given the Roomba as a gift and now a year later I can honestly say it is perfect to keep your floors dust and kid-debris free! We typically start the Roomba when we leave the house and come home to lovely clean floors. There are two virtual walls that come with the Roomba so you can contain him in the rooms of your house you want cleaned.
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Posted by Candice on December 8, 2008 at 13:25 pm
So there are these web awards called the Crunchies … I know it’s an odd name but I guess it comes from TechCrunch being one of the sponsors. This is the second year that TechCrunch along with co-hosts GigaOm, VentureBeat and Silicon Alley Insider are running the competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. Best of all, the internet community is invited to choose who wins.
Vote for us in the Best Bootstrapped Category – Click Here!
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Posted by Candice on November 25, 2008 at 17:12 pm
Hmmm I can almost smell the delicious aromas of roast turkey, smoked ham, buttery dinner rolls, full-bodied wines. Dont ya just love this time of year! Once the Thanksgiving dinner is over and we’ve acknowledged all that we have to be thankful for our thoughts turn naturally to … SHOPPING!
Yep, that’s right – two of the biggest shopping days of the year BLACK FRIDAY and CYBER MONDAY are just around the corner. For those who don’t know, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. One of the biggest shopping days, it kicks off the holiday shopping season. Rumor has it that it is called Black Friday because retailers saw it as the day their books went from being in the red to being in the black.
Where Black Friday is associated with traditional brick-and-mortar stores, “Cyber Monday” symbolizes a busy day for online retailers. Cyber Monday refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. The premise was that consumers would return to their offices after the Black Friday weekend, making purchases online that they were not able to make in stores. Although that idea has not survived the test of time, Cyber Monday has evolved into a significant marketing event [Wikipedia]. The term is credited to Shop.org who have their ‘official’ Cyber Monday website – http://www.cybermonday.com
Whether you’re going old school and heading out to brave the crowds at the mall or shopping from the comfort of your latop or home PC, there are deals to be had and coupons to be clipped. Don’t miss our deal and some of our favorites!
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Posted by Candice on October 23, 2008 at 22:10 pm
We’re cleaning up the east coast! Our first stop was in Philly, then we went to the big city; New York then down to Jacksonville and now we’re in the nation’s capitol. BidMyCleaning is now offering service in Washington DC. All house cleaning, window cleaning and carpet cleaning services are offered throughout the greater Washington area.
When you’re looking for reliable domestic cleaning services, maid service, carpet cleaning and window cleaning providers in Washington, District of Columbia look no further than BidMyCleaning. Whether you are an homeowners, renter, leasing or property manager or realtor, visit our online marketplace to find housekeeping or carpet, upholstery and window cleaning services.
The providers on the BidMyCleaning marketplace offer residential house cleaning services in Washington DC tailored to meet your needs based on the size and condition of your home or property, whether and apartment, Condo or Single Family Residence. The types of service include standard housekeeping for regular maintenance, deep cleaning for less frequent cleanings or jobs requiring a little more elbow grease, annual Cleaning for the once a year spring cleaning or holiday cleanings and move-out or move-in cleaning.
Our local Washington companies do all types of windows, doors and skylights. As an optional extra our window cleaning service providers can clean your mirrors to let the outside in. Window cleaning services will put the sparkle back in your home and let the sun shine in.
Carpet and upholstery cleaning services for the Washington area are also represented. Cleaning of Rugs and drapes is also a service offered by our carpet cleaning companies.
So, if you live in the Washington DC area of know someone who does try out BidMyCleaning.com to find an affordable, reliable service provider to clean your home, your windows or your carpets. We are offering an inaugural discount to our Washington customers. Just enter the coupon code WASHDC at checkout to receive a 5% discount.
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