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We received an email supposedly from Asia Domain Name Registrar (ADNR), a domain registration company specializing in .asia domains, regarding an application they received for the registration of pinoymoneytalk.asia.

It’s not us who submitted the application so it appears someone wants to own the domain pinoymoneytalk.asia and ADNR wants to discuss this issue with us since we own the .com version of the name.

It would have been nice, though, if the ADNR email was clear and free of grammar errors so we’ll know exactly what to do. For all we know, the email may actually be a phishing or scam email.

Has any of you received something like this before? What does this email mean exactly?

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If you don’t notice it yet, the PMT Blog is now sporting a new look. We’re currently using Brian Gardner’s Revolution Tech Theme, a premium theme that costs $79.95 for a single site installation and $199.95 for installation in multiple sites.

Nope, we didn’t pay anything to acquire this theme. Back in February, McBilly hosted a Wordpress Theme Giveaway Contest and, luckily, we won!

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Sing when you’re happy!

That’s what Pinoy Money Talk (PMT) members are about to do when they meet this Saturday for PMT’s 3rd Anniversary Party and EB.

Here are the details:

What: PMT’s 3rd Year Anniversary Party and EB
When: April 5 (Saturday), 3-7 p.m.
Where: RedBox Greenbelt (3rd Flr, Greenbelt 3, Ayala, Makati)

Join us even if you don’t want to sing! You can play billiards, chit-chat with other members, or just plain have fun with new friends.

On this day, we are also launching the PinoyMoneyTalk Cooperative and jumpstarting the PMT Charity Fund Drive.

Come and be part of PMT’s 3rd Year celebration! More details here: PMT 3rd Anniv Party and EB: APRIL 5 (Sat) @ RedBox Greenbelt

We’re open to sponsorships or donations of any kind! Visit the Donors and Sponsors thread for details.

Give and you shall receive.

Here at Pinoy Money Talk, we recognize that true financial success is not just about acquiring but also sharing material things. And so, we pay it forward by launching our very own Charity Fund Drive where we share blessings with our kababayans who are in need.

The initial beneficiary of the PMT Charity Fund Drive will be the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). For this round, our final collection date is on April 5 (Saturday), the day of the PMT Aniversary EB.

We have now collected P7,800 in donations as of this date. You can still contribute by contacting us for the details of the bank accounts where you can make a deposit. No amount is small, even a cent can go a long way in helping our less-fortunate brothers and sisters.

If you intend to make a donation, please contact us or drop by the PMT Charity Fund Drive thread.

And the winner of our $75 Pinoy Money Talk SEO contest is…

Bleuken!

The final ranking for the keyword pinoy money talk as of 9 p.m. is:

Congratulations, Bleuken! Please email me at futuregizmo @ gmail.com how you want to receive your prize. To receive $75 Paypal, send me your Paypal email address. To receive P3,000, email me your bank details, bank account name, and account number.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd runner-ups will receive a consolation prize of P100 cellphone load each. PinoyBanda, ShannonXJ, and Pinoy-Compuworld, please email me the cellphone number where you want to receive the cellphone load.

The remaining entries on the first page will each receive P50 cellphone load. Niessuh, Pinoylandia, Babyface, and It’s on my TV, please email me the cellphone number where you want to receive the load.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the 40+ people who joined this contest. ‘Till our next SEO contest!

Easily win $50 or P2,000 simply by guessing the closing price of a PMT-related stock!

Countdown #2: PMT Stock Price Guessing Game

Parametric Technology Corp. is a stock traded at the US NASDAQ with a stock code of PMTC. As of February 15, its trading price is $16.26.

What do you think is the closing price of this stock on March 5, Wednesday? $10.75? $25.15? $18.50?

No need to do any research or solve formulas, just have a hunch about the closing price of PMTC!

Post your guess in this Contest Thread. Comments to this article are NOT valid entries.

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To all loved, lovestruck, lovely, lovable, loving, in love… Happy Valentine’s Day!

Share the love because what the world needs now is love, sweet love!

And to Breeze, congrats for winning the $25 Valentine’s Day Message contest! The message was chosen among 50+ entries because of the simplicity and sincerity of the post.

Lek, I will never forget the love you have showered me and the children the twenty-odd years of our time together.

Though trees may wither and flowers may fade, our love will always remain.

Though you are now in a faraway place, you will always be in my heart.

While you have left me forever, your lingering presence is always a pillar of strength to me in all that I do.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The rest of the entries are also good, but some are either too generic or too Hallmark-y. To win a contest such as this, the message has to be fresh and unique.

Having said that, we also recognize three other entries which stood out from the pack. Each of them will receive P100 cellphone load or P100 cash to be deposited to their bank account.

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In celebration of our upcoming 3rd Year Anniversary this March, here’s our Countdown #3 Contest: The ‘Google my PMT’ $75 SEO contest.If you have a blog, just make any post from February 4 onwards and if that post lands on the top spot of Google’s search results for the phrase pinoy money talk (3 words), then you win $75!

Who can join?

Anyone with a blog who can optimize it so that it becomes the top-ranked search result in Google.com.

How to start?

On your blog, simply create an article about Pinoy Money Talk, our Countdown to 3 Contest, or just about anything, but optimize it so that it becomes the top Google search result for the keywords “pinoy money talk“.

Of course, the article must contain at least one link back to our site (www.pinoymoneytalk.com) or to any page on the PinoyMoneyTalk.com domain.

There is NO limit on the number of articles you may make and submit but only articles posted on or after February 4, 2008 are valid.

Again, the keyword is “pinoy money talk” (3 words, all in lower case, no quotes).

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Update: This contest has ended. The winners are announced here.

Before we turn 3 years old this March, we’d first want to celebrate Valentine’s Day with you, our dear Pinoy Money Talk readers and visitors.

And to commemorate the event, we’re launching our $25 Valentine’s Day Message Contest!

How to join?

1. Post a short Valentine’s Day message as a comment to this post. Make it as sweet, romantic, or heartwarming as possible. It may be written either in English or Filipino but the entire message should be no longer than 5 sentences.

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Our good friend McBilly recently won a premium Wordpress theme at a contest but instead of using it, he decided to give it away as prize in his very own contest!

The theme prize is called Revolution Tech Theme created by Brian Gardner. The theme sells for $79.95 for a single site installation and $199.95 for installation in multiple sites. I know Brian to be an excellent maker of Wordpress themes. In fact, the current theme of PinoyMoneyTalk.com is a customized version of Brian’s Vertigo Blue theme which he offers for free.

Last month, Brian offered a 10% Christmas discount on all his premium themes. I was already about to buy one but decided instead to use the money to gift myself with a Palm Pilot. Hehe…

Now, if McBilly will award me this premium theme, I definitely will take it!

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