racoma.com.phJ. Angelo Racoma on technology, economics, writing, problogging, and getting things done

Apparently, Max’s isn’t just about fried chicken and pinoy food. These days, they’re into buzz marketing, too. And they’re aware of the power of blogs and bloggers when it comes to spreading the word.

I recently wrote about Max’s new breakfast line on Pinoy Urban Blog. Max’s PR agent sent me a handful of free passes to try out the breakfast meals myself. This is for tomorrow, Monday March 19th anytime from 7 to 10 a.m.

From my email exchanges with Blooey Singson, it appears they decided to get in touch with bloggers according to their apparent reach and readership. I guess they wanted to take advantage of the influence factor, and in different fields/niches at that.

My mother also got a handful of passes, but I guess that’s just enough for the big family, eh?

I have a few more I can share. If you’d like a couple of coupons, please send me a message at 0927-5360123. Remember, it’s for tomorrow morning only, so you must have a way of picking up the passes here from my place anytime from today to tomorrow a.m.

Image borrowed from yugatech.

First, it was free incoming calls using US and UK numbers. Now let’s talk about calling the US and Canada for free. From anywhere!

SkypeOut has this promo until year-end that allows anyone within the US and Canada to call landline and mobile phones from these countries free. But what if you’re located outside of North America?

Simple. Use a VPN. I outlined the steps over at ForeverGeek, as follows:

• Download and install iPIG.
• Connect to iPIG (you will be then tunneling thru iPIG’s US server.
• Run Skype
• Call the US and Canada free!

Simple, huh? Now go call your friends and relatives in North America!

If you like this cool piece of information, then DIGG it!

I’ve been using this nifty feature for quite some time now, and I think people will be interested, especially those who want to save up on telephone costs. Do you know you can sign up for a US and/or UK-based number that will route calls to your computer thru VoIP?

It’s as simple as signing up for an account with FWD, downloading a SIP-enabled VoIP client, and signing up for a DID (direct international dialling) account with IPKall or CallUK.

Wasn’t that a catchy title?

Okay, so we have the initial details. And I’ve half a dozen people on our list already. As usual, the perfectionists we are, we’re still sorting out some fine details, but we’re just about ready to register the free domains for those who have signified interest and who made it to the list.

Half a dozen seems a mighty small number, don’t you think? We think so, too. And we’re just waiting for more people to signify interest in what we have to offer.

So if you’d like your very own free .COM.PH domain, one year blog hosting, and a bunch of other stuff (mostly free tech support and SEO assistance), do send me an email with the following:

• Your real name
• Your existing blog address
• Your existing blog’s traffic levels for the past couple of months (screenshots would be great)
• Passport-sized pic (Okay, kidding here! But my Man-Blog co-bloggers might just feature you and it could be your shot at fame!)
• Your desired .com.ph domain name
• A short note on why you think you should blog over at a .COM.PH site (a free one at that).

My email addy’s jangelo (at) gmail (dot) com.

I might have missed a few emails the past days (either buried in my inbox or my host did not redirect to Gmail), so in the rare case I haven’t been getting back to you lately, do drop me a line.

We’ll be waiting.

Okay, so there were some questions on the free . com . ph offer, and I got to provide a few generic answers to some of the inquiries. Sorry I have to add to the “conditions” (but we still don’t ask for any big thing in return). Giving something for free isn’t all that easy, I’ve come to realize.

Here are more specifics on the deal.