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You Made Me #1, I Want To Say Gracias With a Little Something!

Oct 30, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Cositas Latinas, Giveaway, Los Metiches 24 Comments Tags: #mexistyle, championship, giveaway, gracias, Juan Alanis, Juan of Words, Juanofwords, lifestyle, mexican, mexican lifestyle, number one, thank you, yahoo en espanol

you made me number one yahoo en espanol i want to say thank you juanofwords

This was almost literally my reaction!

How are you all liking Anjelica‘s Halloween series? I’m so inspired by all of her crafty creations. ¡Qué mujer! I wish I could do that.

Today, though, I wanted to write to you about something else. A couple of weeks ago, for about 10 weeks, I was participating in an international competition with Yahoo En Español. Basically, I was sharing their content with you all through all of my social media networks, and they were measuring the clickthroughs on my shares to determine how many points I scored each day. Low and behold, at the end of it all, I came out as the first place winner in the United States!

Woo-hoo! It was quite the achievement for my ego - jajaja, un poquito nomás – and well, of course I want to share this triunfo with you all too! So in appreciation for clicking on my links and putting up with the extra shares from my accounts, I want to send one of you a $100 Amazon Gift Card. In reality, I would love to send all of you a gift, but you know… we can’t afford that!

So instead I hope you’ll all accept this as my token of appreciation for everyone of you. All you have to do to enter for a chance to win this gift card is leave me a comment with your email address on this post on or before Friday, November 2, 2012. I will pull the winner and make an announcement here as well by the end of next week at the latest.

Gracias & Good Luck!

It’s Time! 2nd Annual Online Halloween Costume Contest!

Oct 12, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Cositas Latinas, Giveaway, Los Metiches 1 Comment Tags: #mexistyle, 2nd annual, 2nd annual online halloween costume contest, contest, costume, entries, entry, Ford, Ford en español, halloween, Halloween contest, Juan Alanis, Juan of Words Online Halloween Costume Contest, Juanofwords, lifestyle, mexican, mexican lifestyle, online costume contest, online halloween costume contest

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Here we go folks… ¡Buena Suerte!

So it’s here! It’s here! The day is finally here! I have been wanting to announce this 2nd Annual Juan of Words Online Halloween Costume Contest for a very long time… and today, I finally can! Last year was such a huge success that, of course, we had to bring this fun online costume contest back. It is also a huge pleasure to once again welcome back my dear friends at Ford! They didn’t even wink when I asked them if they wanted partner up again for this contest. I am so grateful for that. So please do me a favor and go Like them on Facebook now please!

Coincidentally that is also where you can upload your costume contest pictures starting right now! Here are the rules and all that other good stuff:

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Submit your best costume photo, past or present, ask your friends to VOTE, VOTE, VOTE! And that’s it. Good Luck!

THE PRIZE

The top 3 winners (top three entrants with the most votes by midnight on November 6, 2012) get Gift cards:

1st Place – $250

2nd Place – $175

3rd Place – $75

To submit your entry, vote, and share your entry Click Here.

¡Buena Suerte!

Verizon Wireless Wants You To “Live Your Dreams” – #Contest

Sep 14, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Cositas Latinas, Giveaway, Los Metiches No Comments Tags: #latism, #mexistyle, celebrity, Día de tus Sueños, dream, dreams, featured, giveaway, hhm, hispanic heritage month, Juan Alanis, Juan of Words, Juanofwords, lifestyle, mexican, mexican lifestyle, sweepstakes, verizon, verizon wireless

¡Nombre! These days it seems like “living my dreams” is all about puro how work! If you can relate, say it! This week I’ve been pretty tied up with too many projects to name, but the good thing is I think – at least I hope – you are going to like what’s coming next for this site. But you know what, that’s what I’m learning about dreams too. That they are a lot of hard work, and that it is only when you truly love what you are doing that you can look past all of the exhaustion to keep going, ha! Okay, you’re right… now I’m starting to sound very over dramatic.

Verizon Wireless

Suffice it to say I am happy where I am. I love writing and blogging on this website, and I am very hopeful for what is yet to come. Y por eso mismo, también I wanted to share this giveaway Verizon Wireless is doing to make your own dreams come true!

I’m participating in partnership with Latinos In Social Media (LATISM).

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, Verizon Wireless is hosting an exciting sweepstakes to win a day with celebrities that inspire Latinos to keep thinking BIG and keep you on the path that fulfills your dreams. Uhm, me pueden mandar a pasar el día con JLO? That would definitely make me happy, LOL!

From NOW until October 15, 2012, enter to win the Día de tus Sueños (Dream Day) Sweepstakes at www.verizoninsider.com/dreamday and you might get a dream-come-true experience! You and a friend could:

Spend a day with Iron Chef @chefjosegarces and learn about his career path and what inspires him. Brainstorm ideas on how to channel your passion for food over lunch at his popular restaurant JD Domestic Restaurant.
Hang out with @Adrienne_Bailon and @JulissaB from the hit show Empire Girls and get a firsthand look at how these clever Latinas are making it big in NYC and the entertainment world.
Get into the passenger seat with pro racer @H3lio and take a very fast ride around the track, stopping along the way to discuss his career path and advice for aspiring professional drivers.
Start a day with television celebrity chef @SimplyIngrid at the market, picking fresh ingredients and then head for the kitchen for a private lesson on ways to spice up your cooking style and market your skills.
Spend a day with @GabyEspino and experience what it’s like to juggle the demands of a successful career with the busy family life.

Adding to the excitement, and making it a little easier to reach your goals, the winner will also receive a cash prize of $1,000 and a Verizon Wireless 4G Tablet to help record your fabulous day, or thoughts and plans through a video diary.

If you’re in the Northeast or Southeast of the country, go to www.verizoninsider.com/dreamday and check for complete rules including eligible zip codes. If the sweepstakes isn’t available in your area, tell your friends, and have them invite you if they win!

¡Buena Suerte!

This is a sponsored post. Verizon Wireless is administering the giveaway, and is also the sponsor for this post on Juan of Words.

Bodygrooming For Men, With Philips Norelco – #Giveaway

Aug 17, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Giveaway, Los Metiches 13 Comments Tags: #Bodygroom, #mexistyle, @ShaveExperts, body groomer, body grooming, body grooming for men, Juan Alanis, Juan of Words, Juanofwords, lifestyle, men, men body grooming, mexican, mexican lifestyle, norelco, philips, philips norelco, philips norelco body groomer, review, shaving, shaving your body

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You could win this same package!

I’ll be honest, when I first received the Philips Norelco BG2040 body groomer, there were a lot of red flags going off in my head. What do they mean body groomer? Umm… what exactly am I supposed to shave? A poco, people shave that?! You can use your imagination to fill in the blanks, on these, some of my thoughts during that initial introduction to this unique product. Though you should also know you’re talking to a guy who generally only shaves his face… y eso ni mucho.

Shaving other parts of my body is kind of foreign to me, to say the least. Si no me creen just ask Anjelica. She has been trying to pluck the hairs between my thick eyebrows – my unibrow apparently – for years now, without any success. Even when I’m asleep I can feel here hovering over me with the tweezers and I’ll jump up. This is like our never ending grooming battle.

Still, for this experience, I figured I’d be a good sport and experiment a little with the body groomer. Lo bueno is that I can still grow hair, and so I figured if it comes off, it should hopefully grow back soon. Todavía ando en eso, but I’ll tell you… I’m not really all that shy about body grooming anymore! Claro, my body grooming is significantly more conservative than that of other guys I’ve been talking to, both on and offline. They shave things that make me cringe, jajaja!

Pero bueno, that’s neither here nor there.

The Philips Norelco body groomer makes shaving very simple and painless. There aren’t any hairs getting caught up anywhere and that’s a huge plus. Ask your guys, they’ll tell you.

Shaving Tip: When using a razor to shave, shave only in a downward direction, avoiding going up and sideways, to avoid bumps on your skin. I heard this on the radio the other day, and have been doing it since. It really has done away with my facial bumps from shaving.

The BG2040.

The other cool thing about experimenting with the body groomer, is that Philips Norelco is letting me offer you all one as a giveaway too! If you’re a guy who likes to keep your body very well groomed, or perhaps you have a pareja who you think would enjoy this product, or hell, even if you would just like to experiment with a top of the line grooming product, here’s what you need to do to enter this giveaway:

1) Leave a comment here, with your email address so I can contact you, on or before Monday, August 20, 2012.

That’s it! I’ll contact you by the end of next week to let you know if you’re the fortunate winner. In the meantime, I’ll keep experimenting with my own body groomer. So if you hear a horrible shrieking grito coming from Texas, you’ll know it’s me.

I kid. But seriously though!

This is not a sponsored post. Philips Norelco provided the body groomer for my review. I was not compensated for this review and was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own.

Of Course I’m Going To See Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias – You Can Too!

Aug 14, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Giveaway, Lifestyle, Los Metiches 2 Comments Tags: #mexistyle, concert ticket, enrique iglesias, giveaway, Jennifer Lopez, JLo, Juan Alanis, juan alanis. mexican lifestyle, Juan of Words, Juanofwords, latina bloggers connect, lifestyle, mexican, state farm, state farm jennifer lopez enrique iglesias sweepstakes, sweepstakes

First off, y’all know I’m excited about going to see my Jenny from the Block live and in concert! You can roll your eyes now. Ya sé that many of you already are. Is okei! Last time she came – yes, I paid to see her then too – she was prego with the twins, and well, she just couldn’t dance around as much as I’m assuming she will this time. So to some degree, I’m a little more excited about seeing her this time, than before.

I’m going to see JLO and what’s his face too!

She is looking better than ever you know!

Además, who can complain when State Farm and Latina Bloggers Connect are treating one to this concert, totalmente free, here in my hometown! The price is definitely right, jaja! Pero bueno, that’s not the only good news. You all can enter for a chance to win the “State Farm® JLO & Enrique Sweepstakes” también! What is that? You might ask. Only the chance to meet both super estrellas in person at their Miami concert, and to obviously see them in concert there also. State Farm will fly you there y toda la cosa. Not too shabby, eh?

Bueno, but before this starts sounding more like another one of my crazed fan posts in worship to La Lopez – if you know me, you know there are lots of those on this blog – here’s all you have to do to enter. Just go to the State Farm Latino Facebook Page and enter before August 20, 2012. You can also enter for this sweepstakes in person at your local JLO-Enrique concert this summer.

Nomás look for the State Farm booths there.

Latino music has always been a huge influence in my life. From the classic artists of yesteryear to the urban and hip hop sounds of today, there really aren’t many artists en español that I can’t appreciate. JLO and Enrique Iglesias are among my favorites.

A ver si nos vemos en el concierto!

Mark It Off Your Bucket List: World Travel

Jul 13, 2012 By Juan Alanis in Cositas Latinas, Giveaway, Los Metiches No Comments Tags: #mexistyle, giveaway, hilton garden inn, hilton garden inn giveaway, hilton garden inn ultimate to do list, Juan Alanis, Juan of Words, Juanofwords, life ultimate to do list, life ultimate to do list giveaway, life's ultimate to do list giveaway, lifestyle, mexican, mexican lifestyle, national geographic traveler, ultimate to do list, world travel, world travel giveaway

La vida, hay que saber vivirla. And this giveaway, which the folks over at the Hilton Garden Inns have put together, in partnership with National Geographic Traveler, was just too good not to share with all of you.

They’re administering it through their Facebook page, but here’s what you get if you’re one of the 10 lucky winners: 3 day/2-night stay at any Hilton Garden Inn around the globe, roundtrip airfare for yourself and a guest (wherever you choose to travel), plus $2,000 in cash to put towards your activities. Now your listening, verdad?! So to enter for a chance to win you have to submit your Ultimate To Do List (sort of like a Bucket List) between now and August 5th!

Which brings us to some of the kind of interesting information the Hilton Garden Inn found in their Life’s Ultimate To Do List survey.