How nice of you to visit the Talkster blog today. I can see by your choice of websites, that you are an intelligent person. I love the way you read our posts on your computer or your phone. How wise you are. I bet you smell good too.

Yes, it’s Compliment Day.

Compliment Day offers the perfect opportunity to say something complimentary and positive to all the people you come into contact with. Go out of your way today to reach out to the people you know who have good attributes (hint: everyone has at least a few good attributes, even if you have to dig. Get creative!).

It’s a cinch to find compliments for friends; after all, friends are friends because you like something about them. Here’s an idea. Make a list of each of your friends (near or far). Call each one of them to personally share a compliment today. An easy compliment to a friend might be: “Wow, you’re very intelligent… you choose your friends wisely”.

It can be more challenging to come up with compliments for long lost family members or people you “have to like” (like your mother in law). But, today IS compliment day, so take the challenge head-on and come up with a compliment to share with them too.

To make your job easier today Talkster has partnered with Rebtel to give you $5 worth of free calls all over the world. That’s a lot of time to share a lot of compliments. Don’t think you can come up with enough compliments? No need to worry. ComplimentDay.com offers a nice list of compliment suggestions to start you on your way: http://www.complimentday.com/ComplimentsPage.htm

So pick up the phone and start dishing the compliments as soon as you can!

Thanks again for coming by the blog to read this post. You make writing this post worth the effort. And gosh darn it, people like you.

On this day in 1706 Benjamin Franklin was born. He would become famous as a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. Today, we honor Benjamin Franklin as one of our Founding Fathers whose ideas are still very much alive.

Ben Franklin’s personal ideas about economics helped to shape our country’s economy, including an idea that would become the soul of the “American Dream” – - the idea that all people are created equal and through hard work each person has the same opportunity to achieve success.

Ben used his printing skills to print paper money, helping to establish the paper currency system in America. Today, we honor Ben’s contribution to the economy every time we drop a $100 bill: Ben’s face appears on it.

It’s all about the Benjamins baby.

In partnership with Rebtel, Talkster celebrates Benjamin Franklin’s birthday today by offering callers $5 in free calls (we wanted to give you $100, but that’s just not good economics now is it? Ben was a good business man too).

Happy Birthday Ben.

It’s that time of year again… the holiday season! Talkster loves to give the gift of gab to all our loyal customers, especially since we can save you money and help you to stay connected to friends and family all around the world.

In honor of the season we announced a new limited time promotional offer today. In partnership with Rebtel we are awarding callers $5 in free credits to place ultra low-cost long distance and international calls all around the world.

This is a limited offer for the first 10,000 people who sign up, so hurry over to www.Talkster.com to get in on the fun. Callers should use the promo code “TALKSTER” to get their $5 in free calling credit.

$5 goes a long way with these rock bottom calling rates! With $5 in free calling credits, you can talk for more than 2 hours to India, more than 4 hours to China and 5 hours to Mexico (time based on calling rates from the United States).

In addition, because we’ve partnered with Rebtel on this promotion, callers get access to 50 countries with the lowest calling rates in the industry, including new calling areas like Brazil, Japan, South Africa, and Pakistan.

We understand the holidays are the time of year when connecting with friends and family, especially those far away from home, is important to you all. We hope this special holiday offer gives you even more to celebrate.

Happiest Holidays from the whole team at Talkster!