There’s times where I don’t care how cheesy I sound because I’m really that enthusiastic about a product: Diet Coke (you’ve heard of my addiction). Gold Peak Tea (it’s the only bottled tea that actually tastes like real tea). Hot & Sour Soup (hot AND sour, how can you lose!?). I have a new one.
Endorse! is a cool brand-new Facebook app that basically pays you to be a brand ambassador for your favorite products. The idea for Endorse is to connect brands to their most loyal and most influential customers. Purchase products, mail in your receipts and receive 10% cashback. If you add “followers” who also buy the same products, they get 10% and you can increase your cashback percentage to 100%.
Here’s how it works:
1. Visit www.endorse.com and login with your Facebook account.
2. Type in your favorite products such as Diet Coke or stores such as CVS or Target as I did, and click Endorse. Just like other referral programs on Groupon and Gilt, it’s good karma to join using your friends’ links. That way they get some credit for simply telling you about the program.
3. Now just save your receipts from your favorite stores and mail them in the free postage-paid envelope. For example, I purchased Diet Cokes at CVS yesterday. Before I shopped, I endorsed both on Endorse, so when I mail in my receipt, I’ll receive 10% back for shopping at CVS and 10% back for purchasing Diet Coke.
Why does it work? With cashback shopping sites, big brands have ways to connect with their most loyal online shoppers, but bricks-and-mortar shoppers are more difficult. Endorse connects those big brands with their most loyal customers and rewards them.
Can I editorialize a little bit here? I really really hope people don’t find a way to take advantage of the system. Currently, there’s no limit to the number of brands you can endorse and no deadline to submit your receipts. I’m sure these and other policies will adjust accordingly. But I’m so impressed by how the CEO, Steven Carpenter, personally signed the welcome card as shown below. And how he went on Deal Seeking Mom’s blog to personally address every reader’s question. I’m impressed that the envelopes are sent to you free and postage-paid, whereas many other companies would find it cost prohibitive. Finally, I’m impressed to the attention to detail that Endorse! provides. I’m so excited to get started!
Here’s a list of the products I endorse. Click to receive 10% cashback for every purchase of these items and more:
Arby’s
Bath & Body Works
Best Buy
Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables
Bud Light Chelada (seriously, these things are awesome!)
Campbell’s Soup
Cheerios
CVS
Diet Coke
Target
TJMaxx
Yoplait
Wal-Mart
I’m not embarrassed to admit my local CVS sent me a Christmas card. Ploy number one to gain my loyalty. It worked. Now, CVS has a new way to lure me into the store. You can earn free extra bucks when you join the new CVS 
It’s embarrassing that my two-year-old son can spot a CVS from a mile away. He gets it from his mother. So he was excited to spot this new valuable coupon from CVS (Well, not really. More for illustrative purposes.)
MyCokeRewards Double Points Days have been mighty few and far between but alas! Thursday, Sept. 16 is a Double Points Day for Fresca products only.
This one will probably go quick. On 
Here’s a cool freebie. Get two FREE Crystal Light On the Go Singles at CVS (usually near the bottled water or on the cooler doors) when you use a tearpad coupon for $1/2 Crystal Light or Kool-Aid Products.
One great thing about 
If you’re new to drugstore shopping, the best way to get your stuff free or almost free is using store-issued “dollar amount off total purchase” coupons whenever they pop up, however so infrequently they arise. Then, stack them with sale items and manufacturer’s coupons found in the Sunday newspaper for the best value. Here’s a “how to” for combining store coupons, manufacturer’s coupons and a store’s cashback or loyalty program, like CVS Extra Care:
