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March 12, 2007

Chatting For Cash: Sierra Club & Others Get Your Instant Messaging Ad Revenue

Microsoft Instant Messenger (aka Windows Liveâ„¢ Messenger) has started a new program with its latest version that allows chatters to apportion a percentage of the ad revenue generated by their conversations (those little ads at the bottom of the window, etc.) to a cause of their choice. All you have to do is put a space and the one of the text codes below in your Instant Messenger Display name and a part of the ad revenue from your conversations will go to the cause of your choice. The program is ongoing and each organization participating is guarateed a minimum donation of $100,000.

i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live™ Messenger. Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. We've set no cap on the amount we'll donate to each organization. The sky's the limit. There's no charge, so join now and put our money where your mouth is.

More At: Windows Live Messenger: The Causes: Sierra Club

So now all you have to do is choose a cause. Some great causes you could choose are:

*red+u American Red Cross
*bgca Boys & Girls Clubs of America
*naf National AIDS Fund
*mssoc National Multiple Sclerosis Society
*9mil ninemillion.org
*sierra Sierra Club
*help StopGlobalWarming.org
*komen Susan G. Komen for the Cure
*unicef The US fund for UNICEF

E.G. Display Name: Laurie *sierra

Posted by sorsha at March 12, 2007 7:05 PM