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My BOOK

Finding Your Frugal WayIf you’ve purchased my book, you know I have a lot of great tips in there for saving money! Plus, never paying for your holiday gifts, too!

If you haven’t purchased my book, and want to know if it’s truly a “good find”, head over to read a review by a blogger you can trust!

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MY EBOOK:

  • On eBookIt, you can download it in a variety of formats, such as PDF for PC or MAC; EPUB, which works for iPad, Nook and most eBook readers and; MOBI, which is the Kindle format.
  • Amazon.com



Now, to keep the book current, I couldn’t put all of the places I use each day. Instead, I’ve created this fabulous page to help you to further you along your path to Finding Your Frugal Way.

POINT EARNING WEBSITES

  • Swagbucks: It’s the premier website for earning points and redeeming for prizes like gift certificates! The amount of ways to earn points is astounding, here’s just a few: Watching Ads, watching SwagTV, answering a daily poll, downloading the toolbar, swag code hunts, completing tasks, taking surveys, playing games, redeeming printed coupons at the grocery store, trading in old electronics and cell phones, inviting friends, doing searches with their search engine, filling out no obligation offers (or just going through and skipping them to earn a couple of points at the end) and just more and more are added all the time! Once you have your points, you can redeem them for anything in the Swag Store you want and if you receive product, you can take a picture of yourself with the swag you bought and send it over to them and earn more Swag Bucks. All of my holiday shopping is done with the gift cards I redeem from Swag Bucks each year. It’s awesome.
  • RewardPort: A family owned and operated point earning website. You can earn points taking surveys, signing up to receive email offers that come each day and you just click on the link to earn the points, submitting recipes for them to post on the site, filling out offers. It takes a bit longer to earn points with them, but they have Target gift cards and many other gift cards you can redeem your points for. I love Target, so I use them and earn enough throughout the year to cash in for at least one Target card for the holidays. I became an affiliate so I could earn a few bucks for letting people know about RewardPort.
  • GiftHulk: Earning points is pretty easy on this site. You watch videos, there’s a daily poll, they have a tasks, surveys, contests, Fountain of Youth (follow them on Facebook and Twitter and they release a code each day to enter and earn coins), referral program (which is the link I’m using) and more. It’s not the prettiest site, nor is it the best laid out site, but it’s FREE to use and you earn free gift cards, paypal cash and I’ve only been on it for a little while. When you use my link, then enter novembersunflower in the Fountain of Youth section of the website, you’ll get an additional 10 Hulk Coins just for signing up. NICE!
  • SuperPoints: Earn points by using the SuperLucky button, completing offers and watching videos. You can also sometimes get a nice little surprise email that gives you some points for no reason. Love those emails. Again, you can redeem the points for gift cards. And when you invite people into your network, you earn more points. It’s a favorite of mine.
  • MyPoints: Earn points pretty much the same way as everyone else, plus I became a BzzAgent, which rewards you with MyPoints points. Redeem them for gift cards and enjoy! You can refer friends by email only. Kind of a downer, but hey, they’ll eventually change that I’m sure!
  • ExpoTV: Earn points for honest, unbiased opinions about the products you actually own, respond to consumer topics and take surveys. Then you redeem them for rewards, like Amazon Gift Cards and more! If you’re really good, you can also head over to their Tryology area to sample new products for FREE! Earn points when you refer friends!
  • Recycle Bank: Recycle and earn points, plus there are other ways to earn if you don’t have the recycling program in your area. Points can be redeemed for a ton of stuff, including gift cards to place like Gap and Panera Bread. Refer friends and earn points, too.
  • iRazoo: Earn points in a variety of ways, including treasure codes, watching videos, filling out surveys, playing games, searching the internet, completing offers and tasks. Then you redeem the pints for prizes like electronics and gift cards. You can earn points for referring friends.
  • ZoomBucks: Yup, you got it, just like all the others. Earn points with videos, searches, and tons of other things. Head over and check it out. It’s pretty cool. I’m enjoying it so far!
  • Viggle: I wrote about this new iPad app a few months ago. I was very jealous I couldn’t test it out. BUT THEN, I got an iPad and the first app I downloaded? You got it, VIGGLE! I’ve been checking into shows I watch, my husband watches, and we’re raking in the points. It’s fantastic, because there are gift cards to places like Old Navy, Starbucks, and even the movies. Love it. Totally addicted. I think you’ll enjoy it, too.

CASH BACK/CASH REBATE WEBSITES

All of these sites allow you to shop through them and earn cash back. However, all of the stores I love aren’t on each of these sites, so I use all of them. Each of them allows you to earn by referring friends, too. Pretty much every single one of them offer great coupons and discounts that work WITH the cash rebates and do not cancel out the rebates. And many have a whole spot where you can find websites that have FREE SHIPPING. When you don’t have a lot of time to hunt for coupon codes and free shipping, head right to one of the below cash rebate sites, sign up and start your shopping. It’s the least aggravation and the best bang for your “buck”, which in this case is your “time”. ALSO, I like to earn on each of these sites so that I can “spread the cash back earnings around” throughout the year. I’ll just say it’s for reasons that come up on April 15th….and I’ll leave it at that!

  • Hoopla Doopla – When you refer people, you will earn 20% of their cash back earnings for the lifetime of their membership. They keep shopping and you always earn!
  • Zuuzs – When you refer people, you’ll earn 40% of the amount of your referrals’ base cash back reward AND you earn 25% off of your referrals’ referrals base cash back rewards. YES, talk about network marketing! LOVE IT!!!
  • Mr. Rebates – When you refer people, you get a bonus equal to 20% of their rebate. You benefit from EVERY purchase they make.
  • Ebates – When you refer people, you will earn $5. They also offer different contests for the most referrals in a given period of time. Things like refer 10 people, get a $150 gift card or cash. But it’s random through thte year. They are called BONUS PERIODS. But you always have the $5 referral bonus for those who sign up and make a purchase through Ebates.com.
  • Big Crumbs – this one is a bit more complicated and has various levels. It’s better if you head over and read it. Mainly because I have a hard time explaining it well enough!
  • Extrabux – You can earn $5 per referral. Then you earn additional cash when your friends shop (equal to 5% on the cash back your friends earn) AND your friends who sign up under you earn $5 in their account, too. Great way to start off a cash back earning fun-fest!!!
  • Shopscotch – Invite friends to join and they’ll give you 10% of what your referrals earn. Not too shabby.
  • Sunshine Rewards – When you refer people, you will get $2.00 as long as they become active members and earn at least $5.00. Referrals are unlimited. Also, if you have a blog, website, forum that allows links, etc. they sometimes give $1.00 and $5.00 credits if they happen to see you’ve got it posted someplace. It’s pretty cute. Not my go-to one, but you can earn with more than just shopping.
  • Bond Rewards – this one requires me to invite you, so if you’re interested, let me know in a comment!

DAILY DEAL WEBSITES

  • bloomspot: You can leave your email in order for me to invite you to the site. It’s a deal site that brings high end restaurants, spas, salons and destinations to people at a much more affordable rate so people can live life better.
  • BuyWithMe.com: It’s one of the country’s leading group buying and social commerce companies. The deals are handpicked for each city they’re in. The deals they run are available for 7 days, not just one day. But I still consider them a daily deal site, just because that’s what people generally think of these sites as.
  • CouponMob: Great place for daily deals. For a limited time they’ll also credit you $10 to use on your next purchase at CouponMob. SWEET! I even have a widget on my sidebar promoting the deals they have each day. That’s how much I like them!!
  • Daily Deelz: You can sign up for deals to be emailed to you, or just visit the site whenever you feel like looking for deals in your local area, throughout the country or for a nice getaway! Plus, they have a cash referral component. If you’re on FB, Twitter, or send emails – you’ll be able to refer people and earn 5% of the purchases they make. Then they send you a debit card with the money you’ve earned, then each month they’ll load up the card (so you have to keep that card).
  • The Daily Grommet – Again, I have to email you an invite so you’re in my group, but it’s so worth it. I love the deals that The Daily Grommet sends me. They are completely unique! They launch one inventive consumer product or service at NOON each day, then broadcast its story across the web. And then there are the daily deals that are totally unique and amazingly priced. Totally in love with this website.
  • DealOn.com : The site has deals that are limited with special pricing and only available on their website.
  • Deal Pulp: Fresh deals every day that are deeply discounted
  • Family Finds: Fantastic deal site that caters to finding family friendly deals.
  • Groupon: If you haven’t heard of Groupon yet, get out from under that rock, my friends. It’s the most well known group buying website/daily deal website around! Join in and get great discounts.
  • HomeRun: This is a unique one. Not only is it a daily deal website, but you can also earn points which then can unlock more offers for you at HomeRun.
  • Ideeli: This is a “marketplace” that offers limited-time sales that feature women’s, men’s, and kids’ apparel and accessories, home products, travel opportunities and more. It’s free to join. Every day at 12Pm EST, the latest sales launch and usually last about 40 hours and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • LivingSocial: Daily deals are selected that is one of my favorite. It’s got great deals for cities, families, going away and instant deals you can sign up to get on your LivingSocial phone application. If you share the deal with others, you can actually get the deal for free if the people you refer the deal to, BUY IT!
  • Moolala: Deals are available every day from an online or local merchant. You can get a daily email, or you can subscribe for deals via Facebook or Twitter! Plus, you can also earn money for referring friends. They’ve got a decent PayMatrix where you earn 2% of every deal your referrals purchase. Up to FIVE LEVELS and forever! So you get great deals, share them and when your friends sign up and buy deals, they’re forever linked back to you and you earn money. NICE!
  • NoMoreRack: They’ve got eight categories and there’s a deal in each one of them EVERY DAY. The deals are launched at 12PM EST every day. There’s always 8 deals and can be anything from a FREE Deal, an electronics deal, lifestyle deal, deal for women, trendy deal, games deal, deal for shoes, music deal, pet deal and the list goes on! When you refer friends to the site, you can earn FREE products!
  • Roozt: An amazing daily deal site that GIVES BACK. Not only that, but you can earn Rooztbux by referring friends and then redeem them for discounts on future purchases.
  • Rue La La: If you love to shop, love style and designer products, but want to get the best quality for the BEST PRICES, this is the site you need to join!
  • SaveMore: Another great daily deal site that offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee. I love stuff like that!
  • SocialDish: Great deals and a great way to earn money. You can invite friends, or businesses to join this website. Friends will earn you money in your pocket, so will businesses you refer! It goes out 10 degrees into your friend network, which means you earn a percentage of those deals your friends buy. If a business owner signs up and runs a deal, you get paid a percentage of every purchase whenever they run a deal. SO COOL. Save on great deals and earn cash for your referrals!
  • The Mini Social: Every weekday they launch new sales, giving members access to high quality items for babies, kids and moms at super low prices. Usually the sales last about 72 hours and sell out fast. You can join for free and refer friends to earn $10 in credit for each friend that makes their first purchase. There’s no limit to the amount of friends you can refer. So go wild!
  • TIPPR: Get great discounts, plus there’s a mobile App for iPhone. Everyone’s getting so sophisticated!
  • Totsy: Moms on the go can find items for their kids ages 0-8 years old, plus stuff for themselves. There’s also baby gear, travel accessories and a ton more and it’s a company that is 100% eco-friendly. You can also refer friends and earn $15 in credit when those friends make their first purchase!
  • Zulily: Deals for Moms, Babies & Kids

EARN CASH

  • Be Ruby: A personalized portal that allows you to make money for your activity on the web. Click on the sites with the Ruby symbol next to them and watch your money grow!
  • Cash Crate: Watch ads, check in each day, take surveys, fill out offers and refer friends to earn cash. Actual cash. It won’t make you rich, but it’s an easy couple of bucks!
  • DealsNCash: The site gives incentives for ads and pay-per-click, pay-per-action website. This means, they share ad-revenue with members. All you have to do is sign up for free if you’re from the USA, Canada, UK or Australia. Then watch and read ads. And you can refer people to become members and earn money that way, too. As soon as you sign up, you get $5.00 in your FREE account and then earn 2 to 5 cents for each advertiser’s email that you read. Those you refer, you get to earn up to 2 cents per email that they read. And you get paid monthly as long as your balance reaches $30.00.
  • Hits4Pay: You make some money visiting and viewing advertiser’s offers and by referring others to the website. It’s FREE to join and you earn $5 when you sign up for your FREE account. You get paid monthly when your account is at $25.00. Refer friends and earn off of them, too!
  • InboxDollars: InboxDollars is unique. It’s not only a place to earn money taking surveys, playing games, filling out offers, watching videos, checking out ads through daily emails, watching videos, doing internet searches, and other things, but you can also earn money SHOPPING through the website, so it’s sort of similar to a cash rebate website, too. You can also refer people to build your network and earn from referrals. If you enjoy using coupons when you food shop/grocery shop, you can go to the COUPONS tab on this site, print coupons and not only do you save from the coupon, but you also earn $.10 per coupon you use. SWEET.
  • SendEarnings: Similar to InboxDollars. The difference is that you don’t have videos to watch to earn points, you have tasks that you can do to earn money. Everything else is pretty much the same. Lots of ways to earn. If you enjoy using coupons when you food shop/grocery shop, you can go to the COUPONS tab on this site, print coupons and not only do you save from the coupon, but you also earn $.10 per coupon you use. SWEET.
  • Snap Dollars: Totally similar to both InboxDollars and SendEarnings. Just like those you have emails that you get each day to check out ads, you can fill out cash offers, 100% free offers, free trial offers, low trial offers, surveys and more. This one you can watch videos to earn more money, but also participate in tasks to earn money, too. And as always, refer friends and earn more cash!
  • Beezag.com: Watch videos, look for the little numbers that show up on the ads, enter them at the end of the video, and BAM, you’ve earned points. Those points can be redeemed for cash once you hit 8,000 points. (8K points =$8.00)
  • Varolo: With this site, you can watch ads and earn points. The big thing with this site is growing your village, because if you have a village, you can earn money. When you earn at least $20, you can cash out. You have to have a PayPal account to be paid, though! I’m actually enjoying it so far. It’s pretty fast, you can earn quite a bit using this site.

BIG SAVINGS

  • A Full Cup: To learn all about this site, head to my TOP 5 List.
  • Coupon Cabin: An unbelievable amount of coupons all in one place! Plus, if you sign up for emails, you can get coupons sent right to your email inbox. They also have a browser ADD ON for Internet Explorer and Firefox. When you download it, you can actually be alerted to savings that are available, so you won’t miss anything! It’s awesome! Lots of good stuff on Coupon Cabin. Don’t want to miss this one.
  • Coupons.com: This website is its own entity, but it’s also on Swagbucks. So, you can either print the coupons on Coupons.com’s website and just get the coupon savings, BUT if you do it through Swag Bucks, you can earn 10 Swag Bucks for every coupon you redeem, plus you still get the coupon savings when you grocery shop. You decide!
  • Deal Catcher: You can use this to find deals, but also COMPARE PRICES on items you want to purchase. I use this as a tool to start a lot of my shopping trips, then when I find it, I go to my Cash Rebate/Cash Back Website and find the exact store, locate the item within the store and buy it so I get the great price, along with the cash back benefit of shopping through my Cash Rebate site! It’s a win-win!
  • Free Shipping: Find all FREE SHIPPING offers you can imagine right in one place!
  • Pricedumper.com: Fantastic site, similar to Deal Catcher. Just start your shopping trip there with what you want to buy, it finds all the best prices and you figure out which one you want to buy. Again, head back to your Cash Rebate/Cash Back website of choice and find the store you found the item in, buy it through there and earn not just a great price, but also cash back!
  • Retail Me Not: This site has not just coupon codes for shopping online, but also Grocery Coupons. It also has printable coupons for things like diapers, hair color, Claritin and more. It’s a great spot for people like me who love to find coupon codes to use online, but also for my husband who wants coupons when he hits the stores to do grocery shopping. Total win in our family. It also has a community you can join where you can share the great deals you find online!

*This blog post contains affiliate and referral links. Just means that if you sign up or buy something through my referral link, or affiliate link, you’re helping to provide for my family. So thank you VERY MUCH!

 

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18 Responses to “My BOOK”

  1. Michelle Hayden says:

    Your book sounds amazing! I’m pretty new at this (savings, coupons, etc.) and you seem like the expert! I’m glad to have found your blog :)

  2. Wow, your book sounds GREAT! Congrats on being published, awesome!

  3. Angela Yoder says:

    this is awesome all in one place click and go is my cup of tea:)

  4. Sandy Brower says:

    Love this quick guide. Thanks!

  5. I subscribed under your referrals and hopefully will do some free Christmas shopping soon! :)
    Thank you!

    • Excellent!!!! Between GiftHulk and all the other point earning sites, you’ll definitely be sitting pretty!!! Might not be totally free this year, but next year, you’ll be able to plan and execute a shopping trip that won’t cost you a dime! Just like me!

      • Not so much luck with other sites, but i got $25 Amazon from gifthulk :)
        I think you got pretty good part of the offers i did there :)

        • So many sites are great for earning points, plus earning actual money. I earn so much just watching various videos, ads, movies, etc. It pays for all my holiday gifts. It’s amazingly fabulous! And it doesn’t take much time at all each day. Love it.

  6. chelesa sims says:

    your book sounds amazing and I think i could save alot of money

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