Save 30% On Your Next Meal: Tip-of-the-Day #235

OPENTABLE MAKES DINING MORE AFFORDABLE

Right now OpenTable.com is offering 30% off of your dining experience at 45 restaurants in San Francisco.

Just go to OpenTable (register or sign in), then search for the date, time and number of people in your party to see real-time table availability for the special 30%-off reservations.

For just $10, you can reserve that table at the restaurant of your choice – the restaurant will be automatically notified of your purchase and when you dine at the restaurant the 30% discount on your meal will be discreetly deducted from your bill -- no coupons, certificates or paper tickets required. Nice! Your family, friends and/or colleagues won't know what a savvy shopper you are.

This is both a fun way to try a new restaurant or return to an old favorite and the 30% discount is good for the entire table no matter how many people are dining or how much you spend.

Try it - you have nothing to lose!

Share Skills For Cash & Cache: Tip-of-the-Day #234

LEARN OR TEACH, AND EVEN MAKE SOME MONEY!

I just discovered this fabulous site called Skillshare. In a nutshell, Skillshare is a community marketplace that enables you and me to learn anything from anyone (or, teach anything to anyone). You can learn more at skillshare.com. San Francisco was only just "unlocked", which means enough people showed interest in the city to get the microsite up and running and classes developed and shared.

The premise is that everyone has something they’ve always wanted to learn, and something that they can teach to others. Skillshare makes the exchange of knowledge easy, fun, and rewarding!

The best part is that classes can focus on just about any topic, from "how to get a job at a startup" to "how to live rent-free in NY." If you're interested in teaching, you can develop what they call a "pilot" so that you can post your idea and the proposed content and see what kind of reception you get before making it a live class. You can charge money for your class (or not) and during Skillshare's beta period they will only take 15% profit of each ticket sold. After beta they take 25%.

The classes are held live (i.e., not online). But that doesn't mean you have to invite people to your home or rent a meeting room - meet up at a cafe, at the library, in a restaurant, at the museum, or in an empty room in your office building!

I love this idea. I've already posted a pilot to see what people want to learn about (mine's about developing a blog quickly, expertly and affordably of course!).

Check it out - you may just learn something/teach something/earn some extra cash!