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Tips from the Frugal Mom, Kim Danger

About Kimberly Danger and Mommysavers.com

How it Started: Mommysavers.com was conceived in early 2000 while its founder, Kimberly Danger, was home on maternity leave after having her daughter. "Staying home was new to me, and I found myself with tons of creative energy, but very little money. I had just created a personal web page to share baby photos with friends and family— and loved doing it!

At the same time, I was researching ways to save money after giving up my full-time job. I found a lot of great tips and suggestions for parents to save money, earn extra money, and live on one income. However, I didn't find them all the same place. I wanted to create a website like the one I had looked for. So, I set out to build a website with my tips and ideas."

Kimberly taught herself how to design web pages and began doing research for content. When Mommysavers.com was launched in April 2000 it was a simple site with about 20 pages. Now it receives over three million page views per month and is one of the leading Google pages for money saving tips and stay at home moms. The readership of thrifty moms drives the site; providing great tips, advice and ideas.

About Kim: Mommysavers' creator Kimberly Danger holds a degree in Business Administration/Marketing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has been helping moms save time and money through her website, Mommysavers.com, for over seven years. Her first book, 1000 Best Baby Bargains, was released in May 2005. The Big Book of Baby Bargains will be released in Spring of 2008. She works with Coupons.com as their Family Savings Expert and Uniroyal Tire as spokeswoman for their 2008 More Mileage for Your Money campaign (click here to view Kim's frugal videos or download her eBooks).

Kim lives with her husband and two kids in Southern Minnesota. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, photography, and cooking.

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