Extra monthly Income
I am cutting corners right and left to reduce monthly expenses. I unplugged the cable box and dragged that $15 xtra per month monstrosity to the Charter downtown office. When I walked in the door and there were already other cable subscribers there.....the clerk gave me a somewhat sad look. I assured her, "I'm not canceling. I just don't want to pay extra for this thang anymore."
She was nice and helpful. She pulled up my account and pointed out another area where I could reduce my bill and still enjoy our regular programs. My bill went from $109/mo to $88 from now on. Woo Hoo! I told her she's my new best friend.
Other ways I am reducing the outpouring of cha-ching?
1.)I don't buy paper towels anymore. Just use rags and wash them in the machine along with the full loads I need to wash anyway. If it weren't so disgusting, I probably wouldn't buy toilet paper either! It goes so fast and adds up so much. But, I can't very well live like a Sasquatch!
2.)I buy less meat and I'm feeling lighter anyway.
3.)I clean house with ammonia and stop buying those "made for every other purpose" cleaners.
4.)Driving less, 5.)less on-line shopping, 6.)no more buying used dvds for the shelves at home, 7.)old microwave finally gave out and I haven't replaced it for months. We just heat stuff up the old fashioned way.(but I really want a microwave!)
I could probably think of many more ways we are finding recently to save money. On the flip-side, I am bringing in a little extra spending money to further help ends meet. I consider it help with the gas money and goes toward the internet cable bill, I find sponsorship support with paid advertise posts on my little blogs. It doesn't pay much, but it adds up. And I found another sponsor that pays bloggers to post advertisements on their blog site. Although, the paid opportunities by them are few and far between. I have yet to get my fingers on one through 'blogsvertise.'
And, since I am on the computer anyway, I keep many tabs open and surf the sites. The change just keeps adding up over and over. The surfing rotation of sites provides my blogs exposure to all the other surfers that have joined these many traffic exchanges too! Here is a list of paid-to-surf sites that I am loyal to, some others I have cropped off the list that have turned out to be questionable in business practice, or others simply went out of business.
If you have a website/splash sign-up page you need to promote - I highly recommend free traffic. You have nothing to lose and subscribers to gain.
