Getting Started

Is this your first visit to Frugal Pinoy? Or are you a returning reader who wants to look up old posts for your reference? Either way, we recommend that you take a look at these articles before you go anywhere else:

Special Features:

• The Personal Blogging Degree
• Giving Back: A List of Charities and Causes

General Guides:

• Does Frugal Pinoy apply to you?
• You don’t really want money (video)
• Zero Based Budgeting 101
• Free Personal Finance Ebook
• Bloodlines as Credit Lines
• Do You Have What it Takes to Be a Millionaire? Part 1 and Part 2
• Before you buy anything, do some internet research!
• Giving money to charities and causes
• What are you doing with your extra cash this Christmas?
• When listening to experts, use your brain
• Simple animation explaining the credit crisis

Frugality Tips:

• What is frugality?
• Why should I be frugal?
• Stretching the Peso Against the High Cost of Living Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
• Making a ‘Gimik’ More Affordable
• How to Travel the Frugal Way
• How to Buy Gadgets and Tech Toys Without Breaking the Bank
• Is “DIY” frugal?
• Frugal alternatives to more expensive ingredients
• 7 Ways to Save on Groceries

Saving Tips:

• Why You Need an Emergency Fund
• 5 Reasons Why You Don’t Have Any Savings - NEW!
• Ladderized Savings
• 5 Ways to Make Saving Less Painful
• Discussing Saving With Your Spouse
• Getting out of debt vs. saving - which should you prioritize?
• 5 Things You Can Do to Save an Extra P1,000 This Month - NEW!

Income and Earning:

• A different way of looking at income
• Can working from home help you financially?
• Protecting yourself against layoffs
• 6 Signs that you’re living beyond your means
• My investment strategy

Online Moneymaking Tips:

• Online Buy and Sell Options for Filipinos Part 1 and Part 2
• How I Make Money Online
• How to make money blogging - Part 1: Writing for others, Part 2: Monetizing your own blog
• Frugal Pinoy Q&A: How do I start as an online freelance writer?
• Do you charge enough for your freelancing services? Part 1 and Part 2
  
• Affiliate Marketing 101
• Frugal Pinoy Q&A: Do you need a PayPal account to make money online?

Money Myths:

• Money Myths: Expensive Wine Tastes Better
• Money Myths: Buying in bulk is cheaper
• Money Myths: Frugality means sacrificing fun
• Money Myths: PTC or Paid-to-Click Sites as a Source of Income - NEW!

Miscellaneous:

• Is poverty really a choice?
• Get Ivy League lectures for free
• My biggest money mistakes
• 4 Must-visit websites for the frugal cook
• How much happiness can money buy? - NEW!
• How poverty passes from generation to generation - NEW!