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Yesterday andami nyong nagsabi ng "I'm in!"

And you probably know why already. It's because of Black Friday coming next week.

It’s the day when the internet goes crazy on deals and when entrepreneurs slash their prices like there’s no tomorrow. It's also a time for me to give back to my audience by giving away lifetime deals naman.

But wait, do you even know why it’s called Black Friday pala? 

Okay, so time for some backstory muna. 

Black Friday is the name given to the busiest shopping day of the year in the US. It is the day after Thanksgiving (which always falls on the 4th Thursday of November) and marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. 

This year, it's November 24.

Ganito kasi yon.

Before the internet kasi, you could get a black eye sa pakikipag-suntukan over a big discounted item. 

Kaya Black (eye) Friday, naks. (betcha didn’t know that, lol) 

Joke lang hahaha.

Pero not really, kasi may store na nagpa-uso sa kanya in the 1950s in Philadelphia, and because traffic and congestion only kept getting worse every year, people began to describe it as a black day. 

A Black, uhmm.. Friday. ^_^

Seryoso nga. 

It actually has some dark connotations.

As recent as 2008, there was a stampede at a Wal-Mart in Long Island, New York, which left one employee dead and several shoppers injured.

In 2013, a fight broke out at a mall in Los Angeles, California, over a pair of shoes.

In 2014, a woman in New Jersey was arrested for pepper-spraying other shoppers in order to get a better deal on a TV set. (yikes)

You can fact-check this guys. And there are numerous more news reports about this.

Pero, despite reports of violence and chaos, Black Friday remains a highly anticipated event for both shoppers and retailers alike. It's only grown bigger if anything.

Thank goodness meron na tayo online shopping, whew.

There’s simply something about huge discounts that makes our lizard brains go nuts.

Buti na lang, (if you’re local and in the PH) we’re only experiencing it through our screens. 

So ano pakialam natin sa Black Friday?

Well, software companies also actually run massive discounts on their products. And this is the time when we can save money on tools that we use as freelancers!

And that's why I'm giving away some tools that I know Pinoy Freelancers will find useful!

Pero before I do that, I need more people to reply to my email uli. Reply lang with the apps that you think are useful for you. Go to Appsumo.com and hanap ka ng app that falls within the CCPOF Framework.

Then copy the link to the app you want and comment mo sya here sa post ko.

Last year I also gave away around 35k++ worth of apps and courses, kaso this year wala pa ako maisip. Tidycal and Pixmo siguro, and Probably Txt Sniper and Vento, and Client Manager din. But di pa ako sure.

Here's what I raffled away last year. I need one na audience-driven. Hehe

That''s it for now. We'll figure it out kung good idea ba talaga sya or ako na lang pumili agad, lol.

Cuddle weather is also great email weather,

Shoden

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