Now that things have finally settled down after the new year, it’s time to bring back The Jenny Pincher tweetchat! This week’s chat will be held Sunday January 29th at 7 pm CST. I’m going to have a special guest, Robbie Edwards from One Price Taxes join us to answer all your questions about filing your taxes online!

If you’ve never participated in a tweetchat, here is some information to get the most out of it:

The Basics:

Here’s the basic info you need to know about participating in a Tweet chat from (Manta.com):

1. To participate  in a Tweet chat, you must be a Twitter user. If you aren’t a Twitter user, sign  up at www.twitter.com.
2. Tweet chats use hashtags. A hashtag is a way to track a specific topic or event on Twitter. Hashtags  begin with the hashmark (or pound) symbol (#) and incorporate a word or series of words with no spaces. Examples of hashtags are #smallbusiness,  #smb, etc. In the case of our tweetchat, the hashtag is #jpchat.
3. Tweet chats are  scheduled on specific days and times.
4. Tweet chats are  run by moderators who keep the conversation moving forward. In the typical  tweet chat, a moderator asks questions for the group to answer during  the chat. For this chat, the Twitter handle @thejennypincher will be the moderator.
5. Tweet chats  thrive on conversation. In order to get the most from a chat, one must participate!

How to Participate:

1. At the scheduled chat time, log onto www.tweetchat.com (or use tweetdeck, hootsuite or your favorite twitter tool) using your twitter name and password. Enter the hashtag at the top of the screen. Our chat is on Sunday January 29th  at 7 pm CST and the hashtag is #jpchat. It will last approximately 1 hour.
2. I will be moderating the chat and asking Robbie from One Price Taxes the questions. My twitter id is @thejennypincher and Robbie’s is @OnePriceTaxes. I will begin by asking Robbie questions. Each question will have Q1, Q2, Q3 etc. in front of it so you can easily find the question. At the end, I will place the hashtag #jpchat. So the first question will look something like this: Q1 – WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR #jpchat. Obviously that isn’t going to be one of the questions, but you get the idea what to look for.
3. When Robbie answers, he will put the question number with his answer. For example:A1 – My favorite color is Blue & Purple – depending on my mood!  #jpchat.
4. You can participating by asking Robbie more questions and/or commenting on his answers. It’s going to be a great chat and a great way to learn more about filing taxes online!
5. Don’t forget to add the hashtag #jpchat at the end of your tweets so you stay in the conversation! If you are using Tweetchat, this will automatically add the hashtag for you.
6. Be you! Now is the time to ask questions and give your input (as long as they are on topic).
7. This tweetchat is meant to be informative and fun. We are planning to do a giveaway on the chat so you will definitely want to be included in that!

 Details on The Jenny Pincher’s Tweet Chat:

When: Sunday January 29th at 7 pm-8pm CST
Topic: Special Guest – Robbie from One Price Taxes. To learn more about Robbie and One Price Taxes, click here.
Hashtag: #jpchat

What questions do you you have about filing your taxes online? Leave a comment and let me know so we can answer it on the chat!

To make it easier for me to keep track of attendees and pick the winners, please RSVP below with your twitter ID (put that in the “Link Title” field), email address, and your twitter URL (put that in the “URL” field, do not put your blog’s url in there). Winners will be selected at random from RSVPs. If a winner is chosen who RSVPed but did not attend a 2nd winner will be chosen.

We had a wonderful tweetchat tonight! In case you are not familiar with what a tweetchat is and how it works, you can read about it here. Tonight’s topic was frugality gone bad – which was basically share your story about how you were trying to be frugal and it backfired on you! Here are some highlights from the chat:

Probably the best response to that question was:

And then the response to that was priceless:

From there we went on to discuss our favorite frugal tips. Some of those tips include:

I think the comment that topped the night was as follows. @STLSocialGroup provided this great tip:

and then out of no where, @Kevin_Hebert provided this awesome comment to that:

LOL I’m still laughing about that! In case you don’t know what Peggy means, he is referring to the Capitol One credit card commercial where the guy answers the phone as “Peggy”.

You never know what is going to happen on #jpchat!! Join us on November 27th at 7 pm CST for the next #jpchat!!