Reader hacks
My apologies for being so slow in sharing these. Some of you have fantastic ideas that others are sure to benefit from. Here are a few from the inbox:
- Free Peanut Butter in the Sunday paper! This one is time sensitive: Michele shared that Peter Pan Peanut Butter can be had for free this week. Participating stores will mark down the 18 oz. jars to $1 (or less) and your Sunday paper will have a $1 off coupon. Stock up! (Michele, what's the link to your blog? Maybe you have other deals to share...)
- Boltbabe solves storage problems: Need storage containers? Don't spend money on them, when you likely have the materials in your home to make your own. So don't throw them out!!!
- Boltbabe also tells us how to have healthy plants with FREE plant food and writes More on Food Budgeting.
- poetloverrebelspy says: There are many frugal benefits to nearby excursions vs. far-flung vacations. If you’re a traveler at heart but can’t pull yourself away from work or family for any number of reasons, consider planning a few days out to feed your travel bug. This post walks you through the brainstorming and planning stages. Read more here.
- Lori offers some great publicity tips for your blog: Looking for publicity for your blog or website locally? Call your local newspaper and ask them if you can write an article on bargain shopping. This is how I got the nickname of The Bargain Shopper Lady in the small town of Duncanville, TX. I wrote two articles which were published and the paper allowed me to include my website and email addres in my article. So far I have written articles on Saving money by Shopping Online and The Ins and Outs of Using Coupons and how to organize them, just to give you a few ideas!
You don't have to be a great writer, the editor will add the finishing touches to make your article sound fabulous. If one person learns more about being a good steward, then it's worth it to me!
Thanks for sharing your frugal hacks. Keep them coming and I'll help you share them with the world!
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4 Responses to “Reader hacks”
January 5th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Something else to consider on publicity: Find out if your local newspaper has a blog site and what linkage possibilities exist for your blog.
For example, the newspaper where I work hosts “sponsored” blogs, which are a mix of employee and community blogs. See http://www.blogsmonroe.com
Other newspapers sponsor only in-house bloggers on their sites. But the newspaper or its individual bloggers sometimes include links to off-site local bloggers in their blogrolls.
January 5th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
That is a great tip Paula! Thanks!
January 5th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
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January 6th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Okay – it’s time I come out of the closet -
I love everyone’s blog – I’ve been stealing all of your wonderous ideas – I tell everyone of this fine place you’ve established on the web – I haven’t come out of the closet b/c of the following reasons:
1- i’m the sole bread winner in my household with a darling hubby and two littles -
2- i make over 100k annually in my career
3- my hubby lost his job last year and i give this site credit for saving me money/time/energy in pulling together meal plans,coupons,and happiness for my way of life now – I love that old-fashioned appeal ya’ll bring – i’m a domesticated female at heart, although my life is in high-heels most of the day.
4- i’m a christian woman and i love everyone’s blog – b/c when i’m having a bad day from a bill rolling in – i hack on the blogs and i grin from the simplicity of seeing a mom on another coast shout out about how she’s made her husband’s secretaries gifts for only 5 bucks with homeade treats because she’s clipped coupons for the ingredients all night -
i’m a working college-educated mama and loving wife and i want to know if there are more closeted sisters out there who are like me and haven’t come out yet -
I have some ideas of my own of how I keep it together in a challenging corporate environment, while meeting demands of home and my small biz while voluteering at the kids’ christian private school –
Can someone holler at me please? Love ya’ll and keep up the great blogs – my sweet life depends on your blessed words… working mama in the NW
god bless!
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