Get a Smarty Pig savings account ($100 giveaway)

It has been a long time since we got this excited about the release of an online savings account in Australia, but ANZ has definitely re-invented the wheel and made a fantastic method of helping people save money with the release of Smarty Pig, an online savings account that makes saving money fun and social.

Quick note: Are you interested in winning $100 to kick start your Smarty Pig savings account? Well after you finish reading what this account does and how it may help you, please see the competition details at the bottom of this article and get involved! Someone has to win it!

What is Smarty Pig?

In summary, it is an online savings account but with a twist. There will always be something that you need to save for, whether it is the next holiday you want to go on, that flat screen TV you have been eyeing in Harvey Norman or that designer handbag in David Jones. Smarty Pig can help you get there.

In the past people were quick to just put items like this on their credit card, but that will leave you in large amounts of debt and before you know it, you are maxed out and the fun of buying things is gone. If you want to be a big spender, be a big saver also!

Using Smarty Pig is actually very fun. Not only do you get a high interest savings account with a fantastically competitive interest rate, but you also get the key ingredient to saving money – motivation. Before you realise, the thing you are saving for will be yours and you will have earnt it by saving!

How does Smarty Pig work?

Opening an account is simple, rewarding and fun. In a few clicks your account can be setup and running, fast tracking your savings goals and instantly giving you motivation. But how does it work you ask? Well it is simple; here are the steps for you to get going.

1. Create your profile/account

Setting up your Smarty Pig account is very safe, secure and as easy as creating a Facebook account. Once you create your profile, link up your existing bank account with Smarty Pig and begin defining your savings goals. Smarty Pig will automatically suggest a contribution amount that will help you get there.

2. Establish your saving goals and objectives

A holiday? A new kitchen? Christmas presents? Choose your goals you wish to save for. I am personally saving for a holiday to Scotland with my family in the coming year so am very excited to have opened myself a Smarty Pig account.

3. Meeting your goal

Tell Smarty Pig how much you need, when you need it and it will do all the math for you and your saving objectives.

4. Friends and family can help you save money

If you want to, add the SmartyPig widget to your MySpace or Facebook page and invite your family and friends to help out. We call it “giving the gift of savings”. Any time they chip in cash, Smarty Pig will drop you an email. Alternatively, you can keep it all private. Either way, your information will be safe and secure at all times.

5. Let the savings begin!

You’re safely and securely on the road to reaching the goals you sensibly set for yourself. Smarty Pig will also help you along with monthly e-mails (and e-mails when friends and family members chip in) showing you where you stand and encouraging you to keep up the good work.

6. What happens when you reach your goals?

• You now have a choice of receiving your savings + interest + value boost on a gift card from one of the Smarty Pig retailers, or savings + interest back into your bank account.
• You get a huge sense of accomplishment (don’t underestimate this bit, it’s seriously good).
• Yes it’s all guilt-free spending.

***Now for the good part!***

SavingsGuide Exclusive!! Win $100 for your account

That’s right! SavingsGuide.com.au and ANZ’s Smarty Pig have teamed up to offer one of our lucky readers the chance to win a $100 gift card for Smarty Pig – this is as good as cash!

All you need to do is have a Smarty Pig account – it costs you nothing so why not sign up right now?

How to enter:

1. Sign up for your own Smarty Pig account by CLICKING HERE 0r on one of the banners.
2. Leave a comment on this article (below) and tell us what you would do with $100. Don’t forget to leave your email address so that we can contact you.

This exclusive will run for only a few more weeks so hurry up and enter – someone has to win the money and it could easily be you!

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