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Starting A Business With $100 – Resources To Help You Do It

April 30, 2012

Over the last couple years, I’ve participated in getting the word out about Only72 sales (they last for 72 hours – hence the name) run by Adam Baker and Karol Gadja.  There have been a few other similar sales in that time (like the one about simplifying your family life earlier this month), but Baker [...]

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3 Day 90% Off Sale To Help You Launch Or Grow Your Online Business

November 28, 2011

A few months ago, I wrote a post about how we started our business and what we’ve learned over nearly a decade of self-employment.  I wrote the post in response to numerous questions from readers over the years, and I know that self-employment – especially businesses that allow you to work from home (or wherever [...]

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How To Start Blogging

November 2, 2011

It’s been more than five years since I created frugalbabe.com.  Over the years I’ve had lots of readers who have mentioned that they’d love to set up their own blog but are unsure of the best path to take.  I’m very fortunate to have a husband who loves web technology and has been my answer [...]

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Earning An Extra $500 A Month As A Stay At Home Parent

September 23, 2011

When I asked for reader feedback on what you wanted me to write about, I got this comment from Kaytee: Any tips on being a basically SAHP (my husband will be a SAHD once our baby is born) but also earning a little income on the side? To have a reasonable chance of surviving on [...]

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How We Established Our Own Business

August 22, 2011

In my post asking what you’d like to see me write about, two readers asked me to address the specifics of how my husband and I set up our home-based business, and I’ve also had numerous emails about this subject over the years.  So I’m going to lay out the basics of what we did, [...]

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Can You Make Money With A Blog?

June 21, 2010

Well, yes, you can… there are lots of bloggers who do just that, and some who have even been able to quit their day jobs to focus on blogging full time (or part time!).  But there are many more bloggers who make very little or no money from blogging.  Some prefer it that way, and [...]

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Reducing Our Dependence On Cars

June 16, 2010

People are often amazed that my husband and I have cars that are 20 years old and still going strong. Yes we’ve been lucky to have reliable vehicles, and we’ve also stayed on top of basic maintenance. But the real key is that we don’t drive much. We bought my car from its original owner [...]

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Bye Bye Wells Fargo!

August 26, 2009

Back in January, we decided that we needed a new bank.  We have finally checked that task off of our to-do list – better late than never I suppose.  Around the time we became frustrated with Wells Fargo, we also decided to sell our house, which meant several months of sprucing things up and going [...]

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Don’t Fake It Till You Make It

May 4, 2009

We were cleaning last night, getting the house ready for a meeting with our new Realtor this morning (it went great, she’s great, life is great).  When I was cleaning the floor in my husband’s office, it struck me that he still works at the same small desk he had when I met him, eight [...]

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How To Lose A Sale

May 1, 2009

In 2002, when my husband and I went house shopping the first time around, we used a Realtor who was recommended by the mortgage broker we were using.  He had impressive credentials.  He had been in the business since 1986, was Realtor of the year in this area at least once, was in the ‘hall [...]

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