Optimize Your Budget: Answer 3 Simple Questions
After you’ve created a budget, you should be able to see where all of your money is coming from and where it’s going. Sometimes, discovering how much of your money is being spent can be discouraging. Budgets are useful tools though, and they can teach you quite a bit about different things you can do to reduce spending and increase savings.
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An Ad Campaign for My Own Budget
Sticking to a personal budget can be tough when faced with ‘real world’ needs. Learn how to improve your spending habits and control impulse buying!
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Budgeting Basics: How to Start Now
Do you have a budget? If you do, why do you budget? If you don’t, then why not?
When talking about living on a budget, people sometimes mistakenly equate it with living cheaply. Living on a budget instead means your spending is organized and planned. For those who live paycheck to paycheck, a budget is the tool that will prioritize spending and, thus, help them get a handle on finances.
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Get Serious About Saving Money
Learn quick and easy way to set specific savings goals, get paid to save, make it automatic, and insure your savings.
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How Does Your Budget Work?
A lot of financial gurus out there are giving us breakdowns of how much we should be spending on necessary expenses like housing, transportation, utilities and food. The trouble is, many of these ratios differ depending on your stage of life, and who you ask, contributing to that paralyzing fear of getting started. Just one Google search of “How to make a budget” yields upward of 181 million results!
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Savings Tips for Tight Times
We hear it everywhere–recession, recession, recession (and some folks are even hinting at a dreaded “depression”). So, as a result, we tighten our belts, put our hands in our pockets, and get down to the business of saving.
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Budget: Not a Four-Letter Word
We all know that budgeting is a cornerstone of managing our personal finances, but when it comes down to it, it’s hard to take that first step toward getting our finances in order. Sometimes it’s fear (knowing how much you spend on eating out can be quite frightening), but sometimes it comes down to just not knowing when or how to start.
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Tips for Holiday Saving as a Dynamic Duo
With just two full weeks left before the holiday season is upon us, the scrambling to check names off of our wish lists this year is in full swing. For you happy couples, it’s time to consider how to make your better half grin this season without grimacing at your balance later.
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Keeping Holiday Spending Under Control
It can be hard to keep from overspending at the holidays. You want to buy special gifts for family and friends — and you don’t want to disappoint them. Given the uncertain economy, however, both you and your nearest and dearest might need to trim expectations before you trim the Christmas tree.
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