Money Saving Blogs: The Top 5 Websites to Help You Live Life Frugally
83More and more people are becoming frugal these days in an attempt to make the most of each check that comes through the door. Many are frugal by necessity as jobs are scarce and some are experiencing pay cuts, layoffs, and even total job loss.
Starting out on this journey can be somewhat difficult if you have never worried about saving money before, and it can be a hard lesson to learn on your own. Where can one find the best deals? When is the best time to do shopping? How do you save money on groceries? Can you purchase nice gifts without spending a lot of money? These are all questions for which a new bargainista may not have answers.
Thankfully, with the power of the Internet at our fingertips, a few who are well versed in the area of saving money have come to our aid. Here are my top five picks for online blogs that make saving money easier for us all!
Hip2save
This is a rather addicting blog that many find themselves checking more than once each day. Run by a mother who learned the lesson of over-spending the hard way, Hip is very dedicated to bringing her readers lots of new and exciting posts each day. You can expect to be updated on the hottest of Internet deals to be had each day, as well as freebies and links to great printable coupons that you would not know about otherwise. This site is great for anyone trying to live life on a budget and make each dollar stretch to its furthest potential!
One of the things that I love about Hip is that she keeps her material so fresh and interesting. Each Monday a new video about saving money is posted, and there are frequent reader contests and great giveaways. This site boasts an unbelievable number of followers, and once you visit, it will not be hard to see why!
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Christian PF
Anything from budgeting to getting out of debt and making extra money online is discussed on his site that is a must for anyone needing a little direction in the area of finances. The posts are oh-so-helpful, building around topics that are meant to help the average individual with financial questions. There are also some helpful articles on banking and insurance to help you get the most for your money. One of my favorite posts on this site is "6 Things You Can Buy That Will Pay For Themselves In A Year" .
She Saved
This site is quite similar to Hip to Save, but seems to offer a different set of deals. I would recommend becoming a subscriber to both, as this will ensure that you are aware of all the deals to be had.
Southern Savers
If you live anywhere in the southern area of the United States and are interested in grocery shopping with coupons, Southern Savers can be very beneficial in that it does all the hard work for you for free! You could spend hours trying to match store sales with coupons, or you could pay a coupon service to do this for you each week; however, this site offers the inside scoop on drugstore shopping, deals, and coupon matchups for a long list of grocery stores. One of the advantages to this site is that you can often become informed about unadvertised deals and sales. There are so many people who comment on the posts and give tips about what they found on their recent shopping trip.
Money Saving Methods
This site is somewhat different from the others but still offers valuable insight on various topics. This blog offers a lot of general information for those seeking to take advantage of things such as bank offers, mystery shopping, online surveys and focus groups, freebies, and rebates. If you are interested in these topics, this is the best source of information I have found. She is very up-front and easily lays out clear directions and instructions that could only come from someone with experience.
It seems like the best plan is to subscribe to these sites RSS feed so that you are sent a daily email with all the latest deals and can check them easily from your email account. Hip 2 Save does offer a lot of limited time deals, so you may find it better to check throughout the day if you are interested in getting in on them.
Another fun aspect of being involved with these sites is that there are great giveaways posted often. It adds a fun factor to the seriousness of living a thrifty lifestyle…and you might just win something really nice!
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Great list of helpful sites.
In the Uk there is Martin's Money Saving tips - not the exact web address, but that phrase on Google will get you to the website.
Great advice for our UK readers ~ Thanks so much 2patricias!
If I do say so myself I am kind of fond of Beauty4Moms.blogspot.com. :) Thanks for letting me share my blog.
Ashley
Great savings tips and really entrepreneurial too!
I just wanted to say I really like your blog! Keep up the great work!!
Steve
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My all time favorite is hip2save but I also regularly check:
dealseekingmom.com,babygoodbuys.com, pocketyourdollars.com and afullcup.com
Just started my own Blog on money saving tips on groceries and other retail items!! I tend to find some great deals and it's so much easier to grab your list on my site then scouring through the ads, websites & coupons on your own!!
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Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
My blog stuff4yall from Austin/Cedar Park TX
I started this blog for myself to post great deals but I also like to pass my deals to my friend. I like people to get the most for their money.
pinchingyourpennies.com is another great one! Thanks!
Great article! Thanks!
Jessica
great tips. cheers!
Great list, I hadn't seen any of them before. Heres another list, of the best bargain websites, that people might like too:
I also like a great money saving website www.mypricesavings.com its not just a blog its an entire savings community1
Thanks for all the great tips, guys!
All these blogs are great! Alot of useful information here. This subject is on everyone's mind these days. Great Job dear keep up the Good Work! http://hubpages.com/hub/Frugal-Granny
Check out my new money saving blog!
Love it. I check www.moneycents.net regularly but adding you to my daily list too. Thanks.
very useful webpages.
helpful blog!!
Nice hub & sites! Unfortunately, the first link doesn't work, oh well...guess the site is down. Hey, this is not a blog but this site really is fun and saves me a lot of money http://fr.ee
Great article, a lot of these sites are very good. It is always good to save money. www.CellBills.com is a great money savings site as well. We were just featured in Family Circle Magazine as the best way to reduce your cell phone cost. We allow people to upload their cell phone bills, and then we have our proprietary software that does a full audit on their cell phone bills in seconds. Then the CellBills.com website will give them a free savings evaluation to show you how much you can save on your current Wireless Carrier. Our average visitor saves 32%. It is an easy and fast way to save money on your cell phone bills. I thought your readers might like to know. Again, thanks for the list of great savings sites.
My site Family Friendly Frugality is a money saving site. I'm not super popular, but I have fun saving money and sharing about it!
www.familyfriendlyfrugality.com
I'm a new blog as well. I'm hoping to help people simplify the savings.
www.cleverlysimple.com
Great article, I am always looking for new advice on living simply and frugally!
Hi! This is such a great article and I am sure a lot of money saving enthusiasts are going to benefit from this. Keep it up! I am Diana Mathew, an Australian Entrepreneur, ebook author (The Money Tree by Diana Mathew) and a Saving Money guru.
A great list of sites that would help in frugal living. Thanks.
FreeStuff4Free posts freebies daily which obviously helps out those wanting to save oney. Moneysavingmom.com and dealseekingmom.com are the other 2 I would endorse as good money saving blogs.
Great blog, I love money saving ideas. I wanted to share a resource for your readers that I use on a daily basis.
free stuff I also use this other site to get FREE SAMPLES WITHOUT SURVEYS .
I have hyperlinked them for user ease.
Enjoy and thanks again for the terrific blog!
I'm so glad to see Money Saving Methods on here! She is a good friend and her site is an amazing resource!
I'd also invite you to check out the site, SavingsLifestyle.com. It's a combination of hot deals, weekly grocery and drugstore shopping mixed with general ways to save as well.
We need all of the help we can get. You might want to check out my $uper $aver site; www.jan-leasure.com I have been writing $uper $aver since 1980--even I can't believe I have been doing it this long. I think this is a testimony that saving money never goes out of style! -Jan Leasure
I just started one savvymomdeals.com . So check it out.
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Good list of useful sites. I found one that is pretty new, but I definitely see potential. A couple of the tips on there have already helped me out.
here is the URL:
Thanks for sharing these websites with everyone. It will help a lot of people.
Thanks for sharing these websites with everyone. It will help a lot of people.
Another good website is http://socialdealmap.com It is a very unique deal aggregation site with location awareness. When you open that site, it looks like open a
google map (and indeed it is made of google map). Instead of giving you directions, It pinpoints all local deals around.
For local restaurant, spa, gym, child care, show, museum, movie, 90% of the time, people are paying the full price. By checking Social Deal Map and plan ahead, You will save a lot on these bills.
People can simply move or zoom in the map to find some cool deals. You can view the deal on the info bubble on the map, or, if you prefer, the left hand side show all the deals within the map range and you can flip the pages or reduce the amount by zooming in the map. It
is also convenient for people who commute travel around to plan ahead and find deals on their way
Katiem2~ I'm glad you found the step-by-step guide helpful.
www.OurCouponHome.com is a great website dedicated to finding the best deals!!
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Thanks for the list of sites PM. They all seem to be offer good tips on saving money. It is always interesting to read them and realize how you can better manage your day-to-day expenses and increase your savings. In fact they kind of motivate all of us to save money.
All these website have great deals on them to save money. I am really intrested in buying electronic items.I hope these sites have more deals on that most of them are for holidays and restaurants.
This site was featured on CNN and is a great way to help save money!! Http://www.SmartCouponDeals.com
Thanks for the websites. Here is another website http://shebargains.com for Kohls coupons, Amazon coupons, Sears coupons, Kohls Deals, Walmart Coupons and more!
Kohls usually has 30% off coupons and deals and are featured on http://shebargains.com !
I have my own site thethriftymommasays.blogspot.com bu talso follow MoneySavingMom.com and love Hip2Save.
How about http://www.mrcheapstuff.com always a good read.
Thanks for the list! I also follow www.livingrichwithcoupons.com, www.moneysavingmom.com, and www.iamthatlady.com.
I started my own money saving and making money online blog so check it out!! http://earningmytwocents.com. Right now I am doing a series on Making Do With What You've Got. More to come too!
It is nice to see folks getting smarter with their money. Peer pressure makes many people buy things they could not possibly need. I have been looking at a new site called blastcoupons.com to see if they can help me save money on at least my daily staples. There are so many coupon sites out there I figure I should pick one and grow with it. maybe if I comment on what I need on the site, the owners will set up a coupon program with the businesses I frequent. It's worth a try. I will keep checking this site for more ideas. Thanks for you for your efforts to help others.
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Good to see that people are getting smarter with their money. Stress makes people buy things not needed. I see a new name blast coupons.com site if at least look me in my daily staples can help save money.
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Visit this site which contains coupon codes for all online stores and save your money by using
One of the best ways to live a full life is to save. Frugal parents have financial stability. Try to visit this link when you think of saving http://www.regives.com and you will enjoy really. God bless you always
Thedrugcloset.com
Everyone should check out Thedrugcloset.com. It's a great site where you can get free online coupons direct from the manufactures for most prescription drugs. I am saving $500 a year on one prescription. Check it out. You probably didn't know there were this many coupons out there.
Great post, and very informative. On my travels I also discovered www.moneysuperstar.co.uk - a slighlty different focus in that the blogger is sharing his own personal journey out of debt.
Thanks for the list! here's another one: http://frugalberry.com
You also left the folling blog from the list.
Check out my new blog greatdealsformoms.blogspot.com ..I am searching for the bestdeals
Try Clark Howard's ways to save a dollar in Money Digest
buy a peek phone, unlimited texts and emails for 10$ a month
shop item a day deal sites for electronics like dealnews.com
buy prescription glasses online for under 10$ includes Rx lenses at www.eyebuyexpress.com
join a hospital gym. cheap and pay by the month
let online pharmacies bid for our business at bidrx.com
I have used most of these and Clark Howard knows how to find a deal
Try Clark Howard's ways to save a dollar in Money Digest
buy a peek phone, unlimited texts and emails for 10$ a month
shop item a day deal sites for electronics like dealnews.com
buy prescription glasses online for under 10$ includes Rx lenses at www.eyebuyexpress.com
join a hospital gym. cheap and pay by the month
let online pharmacies bid for our business at bidrx.com
I have used most of these and Clark Howard knows how to find a deal
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