In the face of inflated living costs consumers are embracing technology and social media to save money by forming a community for the purpose of saving money, making money and hopefully drive prices down.
(prHWY.com) December 10, 2012 - Brisbane, Australia --
In the face of inflated living costs consumers are embracing technology and social media to save money by forming a community for the purpose of saving money, making money and hopefully drive prices down.
Busy mums and dads, struggling single parents, students and pensioners, all of whom want to save money in Australia and abroad are coming together in an online savings room.
The Savings Room is a cutting-edge concept in saving and making money created by an Aussie mum who needed it.
Penina Petersen wanted an instant way to tell her networks about bargains and save money tips she discovered today. She wanted to get hundreds of fast savings tips back from other mums and family and friends who might also be out and about discovering bargains today. She wanted to find a way to quickly access the cumulative save money secrets in the minds of her networks.
Then there was the shed. It was full of junk and old baby gear. Penina wanted a way to easily sell her stuff to people on her street and in her neighbourhood.
So Penina built the Savings Room; a world first in social networking for both saving and making money.
The Savings Room website includes a social network, a related mobile app, a multimedia savings directory, turbo tip sheets (which deliver thousands of savings tips at turbo speed), printables, a classifieds directory, a business directory, community savings blogs, money games and finance calculators.
Within the room members can openly or secretly connect, share save money secrets and also report on overpriced products and services. Any minute of any day users can post status updates from any location in various multimedia formats.
A busy mother out shopping might see a deal she wants to share with networks. Alternatively a single father might want to report an overpriced power bill or a customer service debacle he experienced today. The app posts updates straight to the community wall where friends and networks can see it.
The Savings Room is also inviting finance experts, pro-bloggers as well as people wanting to learn more about finance into the one room.
"The Savings Room is a place you can still have fun, just like on Facebook, but achieve purposeful personal development and finance goals as well," says Penina.
The Savings Room is a unique
Save Money platform and different from traditional savings websites because tips can be uploaded in different multimedia formats including images, video, documents and audio files. Best of all users can share maps, pinpointing their regional location, enabling them to find friends and suppliers within their location, as well as map bargains near their home.
"Consumers don't want to pay big prices anymore. If enough people join the Savings Room we are hoping that supermarkets, utility companies and petrol outlets might take note," says Penina who first made headlines in Australia and abroad for her money saving eco-smart cooking system Table Tucker.
"We are working hard in our jobs and lives. We are all trying to get ahead. It is great when businesses, especially smaller retailers, price products and services at an affordable level. This is a great way we can reward them. By getting in a room, talking about their services and sharing tips on ways to
Save Money in Australia through word of mouth."
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