Contact Form Fixed

A reader brought to my attention that the contact form at A Penny Saved wasn’t quite right. For some reason, it was tall and really skinny - about 2 letters wide. No idea what happened, but I’ve installed a different Contact form plugin. So, if you’ve been trying to get ahold of [...]

RSS Feed Update

Today I discovered that there are two RSS feeds for A Penny Saved.  Those of you who are into such nerdy stuff know that it’s not a particularly good thing.  So I have fixed the situation, and removed one feed.  If you’re currently subscribed to the old feed, it will prompt you to subscribe to [...]

A Penny Saved gets it’s first Penny

Ever since before I was around, the logo here at A Penny Saved was a portrait of our good friend Ben Franklin, of the $100 bill fame.  While a good guy all around, Ben didn’t really fit in with the title of the site.  After all, it’s not called “A Hundred Saved”, is it?
With that [...]

Subscribe to A Penny Saved

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the readers of A Penny Saved. Without you guys, there would be no reason to keep this site going. Many of you subscribe to this site - some by email, and some by RSS. Thank you for that.
For those of you who [...]

Small Update in Progress

Since Sally and JD have been carrying the writing load lately ( thanks guys! ), I’ve had a bit of time to make some small code updates.  Some you will see, some are more “behind the scenes” stuff.  Basically I’m just trying to clean up the code here and make things load more quickly.  
As [...]

Not Another New Blogger

Yes, A Penny Saved is at it again. My name is JD and I am a newbie to the team. Here’s a little bit about my journey in life. I am in my middle 40’s (closer to the upper!), I have been a Quality Control Coordinator for a computer company, have also been an Administrative [...]

Writer Needed

If you have a knack for writing about personal finance & money matters, then I need your help. I have quite a lot on my plate right now, and I’m falling way behind on posting fresh new content for A Penny Saved. I have quite a few readers out there wondering what’s going [...]

What would you like to read about?

I write about a lot of different finance-related topics.  I cover debt, budgeting, credit cards, credit scores, saving tips, money making tips, and even investing.  It’s my nature to bounce around a bit and give you a little bit of everything - something I hope that you enjoy.  But I wanted to give you guys [...]

Category Clean Up

When running a personal finance blog, or any blog for that matter, categories are something that you’re intimately familiar with.  They allow you to organize your posts in a smart manner, and help your readers find what they’re looking for quickly.  And as sure as they help you get organized, categories can become a mess [...]

Advertise on A Penny Saved

There are several posts on this side with references to advertising here, but nothing definitive. I’ve decided to take a few minutes to put together a dedicated advertising page, with all available advertising options on A Penny Saved. If you’d like to advertise here, please take a moment to look [...]