A penny saved is truly a penny earned. Use the list below as a guide to finding ways to keep as many pennies in your own bank while still finding ways to supply all of your needs.

Web Resources

Gift Card Granny – buy gift cards to popular retailers at a discount.
Alibaba – buy products wholesale directly from Chinese manufacturers. Cut out some of the middle man markups.
FatWallet.con – Find discounts from across the web daily cataloged.

Do it Yourself

make your own laundry detergent
cloth diapers
change your own brakes on your car
oil changes
learn basic plumbing

Savings tricks

pay 6 months of car insurance at one time
pay bills online avoiding the use of stamps
sale buying – go to the store and only buy sale items and stock up on the stuff you know you will use (toothpaste, bar soap, etc)
garage sale buying
cut cable, invest in a Roku and get Netflix/Hulu Plus
brown bag it a couple of days each week

Make use of

use old clothes as rags
learn to sew on a button to save a garment of clothing
ebay, both to buy and sell

This is a guest post from Brian at freemoneyminute.com.  Freemoneyminute.com provides short, precise, personal finance related articles to help you build wealth.  Please check more of his work out at freemoneyminute.com.