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Saturday February 04, 2012
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#120 Title:
The Coupon Mom
(See our complete show list here.)
Special Guest:
Stephanie Nelson, The Coupon Mom™
Description: Are you a coupon clipper? Whether you say yes or no, we have some excellent tips for you today. The Coupon Mom™ is here to help you get started on your way to BIG, or even bigger, savings at the grocery store.
Duration: 51:52
More money-saving ideas here:
Everyday Frugal Living
e-Shopping
Live Large on a Small Budget
Show Index:
00:23 Intro: The Coupon Mom
02:47 What Can I Save?
04:40 How Much Effort?
08:30 How Does Stephanie Shop?
10:56 Listener: How Do I Make Time?
12:53 Listener: Saving with Generic Brands
14:33 Strategic Shopping Strategies
20:12 About The Coupon Mom
21:09 Listener: Wholesale Club Prices
26:44 Be Store Flexible
30:43 Listener: Double Check Receipts
35:33 Are Rebates Worth It?
39:32 Easy Tips for Busy People
44:44 How CouponMom.com Works
47:41 Closing Comments
49:51 Closing Track: Song About You
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About The Coupon Mom
Stephanie Nelson is The Coupon Mom™ and has taught television viewers and readers how to save in many areas, including groceries, restaurants, online shopping, gifts, and entertainment. Since 2004 she has appeared frequently on television and radio teaching savings tips, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show, Fox Business, The Mike and Juliet Show, and CNN. Over 1.3 million members belong to her free grocery deals website www.couponmom.com.
Her areas of expertise include: coupon strategies, grocery saving, drugstore deals, restaurant savings, back to school savings, travel savings, retail shopping, online shopping, gifts and holiday shopping, and family entertainment.
Quick Links
Follow The Coupon Mom on Twitter.
Join the savings conversation at The Coupon Mom Blog!
Share deals and tips on The Coupon Mom Forum.
Read helpful articles by The Coupon Mom.
Get the Coupon Mom's FREE e-Books as discussed on the show!
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Money-Saving Resources
DealsPl.us
An online community of bargain hunters, tracking down the top deals and coupons and sharing them with each other online. To help out these dedicated deal finders, we've created a place where they can search, share, comment, and of course, save money.
Deal Seeking Mom
Whether you’re looking to cut costs to make ends meet or to spend a little more in other areas, I can help. As a busy mom of five, I can relate to both perspectives. Often a deal is in the eye of the beholder, so you’ll find a variety across the board on Deal Seeking Mom!
Coupons.com
Follow these steps and you'll be on your way to saving on things you use every day: Visit our gallery of Printable Coupons. Click on the offers you'd like to print. It's quick and easy to scan through each page of offers. Once you're done selecting offers, make sure your printer is on. Then click the "Print" button on coupons.com. If you've never printed coupons before, you will need to install our Coupon Printer software. Take your coupons to the store and save. That's it!
SmartSource.com
The #1 online grocery coupon site! You recognize the name, don't you? They insert coupons in over 1,160 weekend newspapers, place bright red coupon machines, cart, shelf, and floor ads in 33,000 stores, and provide printable coupons across more than 300+ leading websites on the internet.
upromise e-Coupons
Brought to you by upromise.com. Nothing to clip. Nothing to print. Select the eCoupons you want and link them to your grocery or drugstore card. Then, whenever it's convenient during the month, you redeem them for college savings.
Money Saving Mom
MoneySavingMom.com is an upbeat and encouraging blog dedicated to helping you find great deals, stretch your hard-earned dollars, and live on less than you make so you can save more and give more.
SavingsMania.com
Coupons, deals, contests, tips and articles, rebate forms, Bargain Blog and other freebies!
Common Sense with Money
Blogger and Mom, Mercedes, helps other people live better, spend less, and save more. She combines simple frugal living tips and smart shopping techniques to help moms across the U.S. become better home economists.
ShortCuts.com
Find grocery coupons through this free AOL Service.
RetailMeNot.com
Did you know when buying items and services online there are often great discounts readily available? Search RetailMeNot.com, the world's largest coupon source and get a quick discount code to use during check-out for a discounted rate or free extras.
ShopAtHome.com
Get up-to-minute online deals, coupons, catalogs, cash back and more!
January is the best month to shop at thrift stores because so many people donate clothes and household items in December in time for claiming tax deductions. - The Coupon Mom
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Eating Out Can Be Affordable!
• Treat eating out as a special occasion, not as a last-minute convenience.
• Trade down and find less-expensive, casual restaurants your family likes. For example, Mexican and barbecue restaurants can be half the price of the local steak house.
• Spend your money on the food, not on soft drinks or beverages that can cost $3 each. Eat dessert at home. You can eat out twice as much for the same cost if you skip the extras.
• Visit the restaurant website to preview the menu and its prices, and see if coupons are available that you can print. Sign up for the email newsletter to get free coupons regularly for your favorite restaurants. See if there are special discounted nights or freebies like “Kids eat free” or senior discounts—you have to ask.
• Use sites like www.restaurant.com to buy discounted gift certificates at participating restaurants. If you go directly to the site you’ll pay $10 for a $25 certificate. If you use a coupon site, you can get discount coupons to pay as little as $3 or $4 per $25 certificate (CouponMom.com has the best discount available on the homepage every day). For the best selection, shop restaurant.com deals on the 1st day of the month when they re-stock their inventory. The best restaurants’ certificates sell out by noon on the 1st!
• Check out local coupon books, local coupon mailers and coupon books you can buy like www.entertainment.com. At this time of year they sell at a discount, you can preview the restaurant coupons for your city’s book before you buy it, and if you register your book online you can print a monthly coupon for your restaurants.
• Do a Google search with your city’s name and “restaurant coupons” to find local websites with coupons you can print free for local restaurants.
Source: The Coupon Mom
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Popular Deal-Finding Sites
Get Creative About Free Entertainment
• Instead of spending $50 to take the family to a movie with snacks, get first-run DVDs at Redbox kiosks at stores like Wal-Mart for $1 per night and watch it at home with your own snacks. If you sign up for their newsletter at redbox.com you will get a code to get a free rental.
• Check out the library for free DVDs, books, magazines and CDs.
• Trade DVDs at www.swapadvd.com. For the price of postage, you can get a new movie for one you’ve already watched.
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Trade books for the cost of postage at www.paperbackswap.com or www.bookmooch.com.
• Visit your local thrift store and buy last year’s bestsellers for $1 to $2.
Get friends together for a book-trading party—get 10 new books for your own stash.
• One of our favorite tricks is to sign up for the email newsletter at the bowling alley’s website—you get a free hour of bowling just for signing up and will be sent similar coupons frequently. Our family saved $26 on a recent bowling outing with their coupon.
• Do a Google search whenever you are going to a museum or local attraction with the attraction name and “coupon.” Many local websites and visitor’s bureaus have coupons you can print for popular sites.
Source: The Coupon Mom
The Cut Out Hunger program was started after Stephanie visited her local food pantry and discovered that the pantry shelves were empty and the waiting room was full. To help fill their shelves, she began teaching a few friends how to buy food with coupons for that charity in October 2000.
Today, thousands of shoppers are "cutting out hunger" across the country while saving money on their own groceries, too. You can even get your kids involved with our special "Kids Cut Out Hunger" program!
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