one good thing to do is every 6 months or so look though all your recuring bills and see if you can get them cheaper elsewhere. for example your internet connection, oftern your own provider may have come out with a cheaper option but they usually dont tell existing customers, check and keep an eye on Verizon , they have FIOS they are rolling out , in Tampa we have 30 MB down and 8 MB up for $1229 a month. check car insurance rates see if you can switch and get it cheaper, dont just accept the auto renewals. power? if you are using a lot, ( Our power bill is around $1,300 a month ) the power company can put in a dual meter cause the first 100 KW is cheaper so it splits the bill in 2. AC costs, knock it up 2 degrees and see if you even notice, you can save upto 20% on your bill. hosting costs, often bandwidth fees go down, even if you don't want to switch you may be able to use the lower fees advertised by other companies to get a reduction on your hosting bill.. talking about hosting, 2 ways to pay, by the MB and flat bandwidth rate. take a look and see which will be cheaper, look at your peak bandwidth usage over a month, add 20% to it and look for a fixed pipe at that speed, see if the costs will be cheaper than you currently pay by the MB. or visa versa.