>My Top 10 List for Saving…

by Keri Lyn on April 23, 2009

in Great Online Offer

>Alot of you will think this is all old news…but I am getting quite a few new visitors to my blog (thanks for all the referrals everyone ~ keep ‘em comin’! I love it!) … so I wanted to rehash some old favorites: that are all FREE and combined they save me and earn me quite a bit every month!

First of all…. Print your coupons and print them OFTEN! CLICK HERE to browse coupons and you can always come back to my site and use my coupon printer. Most of the time you can print them TWICE…(sometimes more, sometimes less) … but print them when you can because a lot of the times the manufacturers will reset them which means twice as many coupons! Usually coupons match up with sales…so this is where you can save the most! I refer to these often and will try to alert you to high dollar ones!

Second would have to be subscriptions to your Sunday Paper. I am not a big fan of getting 10 Sunday papers (I truly believe that NO manufacturer intends for you to save this much … at the most I try to keep my couponing to the numer of people in my home. So I get 2 Sundays and of course pick up scraps here and there as I see them. And this is totally off course…but if you are getting 10+ Sundays…please recycle.) More on my Coupon Opinions HERE. Ok…back on track here … get the Sunday papers and save every last scrap of the coupon inserts… get a good coupon binder (more on that later) and tuck those babies away. I will refer to them from time to time and when you stumble upon a golden clearance rack at the back of a store…you will be oh so glad you saved that coupon for that thing you swore you would never pay real cash for, lol! …see how I organize/store and tote my coupons in my post HERE.

ThirdRebate and Cash Back Sites! My two favorites are Ebates and ShopatHome …..I get cash back checks every month now, and they grow quicker than you think! Each site gives you a $5 bonus to your account when you make your first purchase… and if you shop online at all … it is just a smart way to go! Even eBay has a cash back program!! Make your money work for you, right?

Numbers Four and Five… Now that you are a Cashbaq Member you should purchase AN ENTERTAINMENT BOOK ( CLICK HERE to learn more ) and buy your Restaurant.com coupons (CLICK HERE to learn more ). These two things are the reason that

a) I get cash back checks every month and
b) The reason that we get to go out a couple times a week.
Take for example … after my sons Tball game we opted to try Qdoba Mexican Restaurant rather then come home and make a meal… with the 50% off coupon in there, a $18 meal became a $9.00 meal … for 4 people! Honestly…this book pays for itself over and over (and right now they are only $15 with free shipping with $6 cashback…making them $9!)
Sixth … I am going to have to say Swagbucks!! I know this one seems silly… but get a few friends to join, and you win when they win … and before you know it your total goes up and up! Around 45 swagbucks will score you $5 on Amazon. Over 200 is a Target $20 gift card, and I have literally cashed out over $600 worth of swag. In fact, it pretty much paid for Chrismtas in our home this year … so start NOW and use it as your search engine … they pay you to search. duh!!?? right?
Number 7 … I would have to say ShopItToMe here … this is an email notification site that lets you know when your favorite brands have big sales (seriously…they will send you some killer markdowns) … you just go fill in your information: fav. brands, sizes, stores, kids sizes, etc and then you will get email alerts when these stores have clearance sales. I have found some amazing bargains doing this. To top it off … go to ShopatHome or Ebates to see if they give cash back for the retailer that you found good deals at… gettin’ my drift here?
Oh gosh…tie for numbers Eight and Nine : HauteLook ( click HERE ) and Gilt Groupe ( click HERE ) … These are both designer clearance sites that post some pretty neat stuff…pretty cheap. You will get credits when you send email referrals to your friends, and this could score you some free stuff!…ok…so as I am doing this, I am thinking of a MILLION more ways that I have saved money and scored cool stuff, deals and more…so maybe I will continue this list…but this is a good place to start!! Honestly…once you get going…it just all starts snowballing and before you know it your mailbox is full of goodies, rebate checks, and more!!
…and I guess number Ten on my list for ways that I rock the online deals would have to be all of the awesome photo sites and the killer deals they have! I LOVE sharing, saving, storing, hanging … gazing … at PHOTOS… but it gets spendy. I cannot believe how much I have saved over the years with online photo deals (and YES…I would have spent this money on photos anyway … it is my one true addiction, lol) click HERE to check out all the latest photo deals and my favorite spots for finds great deals!
Just a few more of my very favorites, in case you are still reading this….lol….
Disney Movie Rebate Program ~ if you kids have Disney DVDs check this out HERE you could be getting FREE STUFF! Click and Go Coupons ~ another source for Great Printables Click HERE (Free, of course)
To be honest with you… this list could go on an on… (I could go on and on…) but hopefully it will give you a good idea about what all this saving stuff is all about. Mostly… have fun…it’s a ball!
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG?

…if you do…then you might want to check this out. Logical Media is a company that provides you with deals and offers…and you post them on your blog (so easy!) and earn money when people view, print, read … and sometimes purchase these offers. The thing that I love about Logical Media is that more of their deals are offering your readers SOMETHING… so it is a win/win for everyone. Quite often, they are just offering coupons and when your readers print the coupons or sign up to receive newsletters then you will receive a commission. They screen their deals really carefully and they seem to tarket a mommy blogger type audience… PLUS you get a $25 bonus just for signing up (and it’s FREE!)

… you can check it all out, just Click Here .

…another GREAT company that offers you commission for sharing great deals with your readers is called MySavingsMedia…you can apply to their affiliate program by clicking HERE.

I have an entire list of programs that I use to make and save money every month … including all of the companies listed above …. and I try to stay away from any companies that don’t “save” or offer great deals (the ones that make you purchase things or jump through hoops, etc) so all of these programs are ones that I really find consumer friends and non-scammish (if that’s a word)

I also have several survey companies that I work with. Again…individually these won’t make you rich … but you start getting checks from different sources every month and it really does start making an impact … plus it’s fun. I ONLY work with survey companies that a) PAY and b) require NO payment or obligation (other than opinion). You can find my list of survey companies HERE.

Please contact me with any questions… I am happy to help another blogger… I have been so blessed to have lots of help from others and I am happy to pay it forward!!


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1 winterbabe98 March 7, 2010 at 11:59 pm

>Keri Lyn, Hi! I'm new to blogging and put your button on my blog!!! I'm planning to come back and read your blog some more soon!
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