Since it is Friday and every Friday is mega Swagbucks day, I thought this would be a great opportunity to introduce any of you who are not already familiar with this program to a great way to earn gift cards, cash and other prizes on a monthly basis.

So far, I have redeemed my Swagbucks (a virtual form of currency) for a $5 Amazon Gift Card, a Gift Card to Alice.com and I currently have over 1,300 SB that I am saving up to purchase a $25 Amazon Card. It isn't only gift cards that you can earn with Swagbucks though, they also have apparel, toys, electronics and a whole bunch of other items in the Swag Store. Sometimes they have sales on items and drop the price needed to redeem them as well!

How do you earn Swagbucks? There are a number of things you can do. First you have to sign up for a Swagbucks account, which is just a simple form and then verifying your email address. It doesn't ever cost you a thing. Once that is done, it is a great idea to download the free toolbar, as it will instant link you to the many different ways you can earn and makes the search to earn function a little easier.

The main way I earn Swagbucks is just by searching for anything that I would otherwise search Google for, but I go through the Swagbucks toolbar search box instead. Every so often when you are searching, you will receive a message that you have earned a certain amount of bucks. Sometimes it will only be a few and other times like on Mega Swagbucks Friday's, there are many many more given away at one time. Don't let the small amounts worry you though, they add up really fast. You can also earn bucks by redeeming codes that they send to your toolbar inbox or that they announce in the Swagbucks widget, blog and other locations. There are offers you can complete for bucks and even free no obligations offers that will earn you Swagbucks too.

After you sign up, it is a really good idea to go here for more detailed information and to see the many different ways you can earn bucks for free. Sign up today and you can still get in on Mega Swagbucks Friday and get a chance at some big bucks to start your account off.

Sign up by clicking here or clicking on the banner in this post and you will automatically start off with 30 Swagbucks in your account!