When I find something that I love I like to share it.  Here is a list of all of the resources, tips, tricks and tools that I use to make my life better. I’m always asked about these things like how I save money doing this or that, blogging tools and more.  I compiled this list for those who are asking me and everything is here in this one spot.

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Saving Money

Don’t leave your money on the table, make the most of it!

Fetch – I’ve been using Fetch for over a year now and I really enjoy it.  It’s an app I use to turn all my receipts into gift cards.  It’s free and super easy to use.  It takes all receipts and even takes your online shopping and converts into points towards gift cards.

Ibotta— I love using Ibotta.  If you haven’t seen the commericals and you don’t already have it you can sign up here and get a $10 welcome bonus!  Ibotta is an easy way to save money in your favorite stores.  You don’t have to clip coupons if you don’t want to.  Just go into the Ibotta app before you shop and save the offers you want.  When you’re done shopping scan the barcodes and receipts and you’ll get money in your account!  I’ve saved hundreds of dollars with Ibotta and I use it all the time!

BLOGGING

Hosting

Hosting is like paying rent.  It’s not where your blog resides but how it resides if that makes sense.  In order to have your domain (ex. blogsbyaria.com) you have to have a host (ex. landlord) in order to have that space.  Hopefully that makes sense.

• Siteground – Siteground is the company that I’ve chosen to host BlogsbyAria.com and I’ve been very pleased with their service.  You can get started with web hosting as low as $3.95/month.  I can also stand by their customer service.  You never know what real service is until you need them.  When I had my site mess up early one morning, I contacted Siteground’s customer service and in moments they had me back up and running!  Truly a life saver.

Blogging Tools

• StudioPress Themes — When you come to a blog and everything looks cohesive, that’s a theme.  There’s tons of themes out there, but the one that I use for my blog is StudioPress, specifically the Lifestyle theme.  I love how classic it is and it’s not too busy looking.

This page is always going to be “under construction” so check back often to see my latest updates 🙂