I learned to track mileage from my mother, who, to this day, writes down her mileage and location every time she parks the car on the back of her most recent gas receipt. It gets the job done, but it seems like she has to devote a lot of time to the process, from the actual time spent writing down information to processing it later on. » Continue
May 1 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: expense, mileage, tax deduction, travel | 6 comments»
Invoicing is a part of every self-employed or freelancing individual’s life. Many of us are still using clunky old Word templates and those strange antiques known as printers—but why go to all the hassle, when there are so many web applications that offer reliable and efficient alternatives?
Digital invoices eliminate so much time and hassle that it’s unbelievable. Eliminating the need to go to the post box and send off an… » Continue
April 30 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: freelancing, invoicing, Money, organization, Productivity | 15 comments»
It’s high time business slimmed down and stopped fooling itself with crash ‘diets’ of job cuts and outsourcing
The media are happy to keep reminding us that people in the developed world, especially the United States, are growing ever fatter; that obesity starts in childhood and continues thereafter to pump itself up on a diet of junk food, sodas, and ’super-sized’ portions.
Yet what we almost never hear about is… » Continue
April 23 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: business, career, success, waste | 4 comments»
Like it or loath it, we all have a relationship with money. We don’t really have a choice; it’s somewhat of a necessity. Unless of course you’re a skilled hunter, gatherer, farmer, living entirely off the land in your own hand-built hut, wearing animal skins and residing in some remote, exotic location. Who happens to have Internet access. Of course.
Part of the human experience
Money means different things… » Continue
April 20 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: Money, personal-development, self-improvement | 11 comments»
The deadline for filing your federal income tax return (if you’re a U.S. citizen) is five days away. If you haven’t gotten around to filing yet, you’re in good company: one-third of all Americans file in the two weeks just before the deadline, and TurboTax reports that 200,000 taxpayers used their software in the last two days alone. The IRS has actually made it easier to file your taxes… » Continue
April 10 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: , federal, income, irs, refund, tax | 3 comments»
In January, we asked you for your tips about living within your means and keeping to your budget, with the chance to win a db clay wallet. You gave us 144 responses in total – some of which had excellent advice.
Here’s our round-up of the best tips and tricks for budgeting:
1. Don’t spend more money than you have.
2. Stick to your grocery lists – compile them based on… » Continue
March 11 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: budget, frugality, Money, spending | 39 comments»
I frequently chase the dream of being paperless. But I have come to the brink of acceptance: for me, it will never be wholly achievable. You will always need some papers to actually exist in physical form. Even with the theory of a paperless office, clutter still manages to amass somewhere. Whether it’s on your desk or on your hard drive, you know if you… » Continue
January 31 2008 | By AJ | Tagged: business, finance, paperless, paperwork, taxes | 10 comments»
Too often people go through life with a tunnel vision approach of how they plan to go about their daily activities, long term goals and work related endeavors. Any well thought-out strategy is successful because the planners know that “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”.
Life is always tossing in the monkey wrench. You should never assume that what you plan today will… » Continue
January 17 2008 | By AJ | Tagged: backup, career, home, planning | 19 comments»
Christmas - it’s the lovely time of the year again; the time for giving and sharing of gifts with family and friends. As much as we want to celebrate and be jolly during this festive season, we want to make sure that we are careful about spending so that we don’t spoil the festive mood.
From past years’ experiences, my challenge with Christmas shopping has always been overspending. Retailers are… » Continue
December 13 2007 | By Lawrence | Tagged: budget, christmas, finance, shopping | 29 comments»
Turning a good idea into a successful innovation requires the glass to be full. A half full glass simply isn’t enough. There are many things involved in bringing a product to market successfully or turning an idea into reality and each one of them needs to be right, or at least close enough. The innovator starts the process with a set of resources and draws upon them until the… » Continue
November 22 2007 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: business, idea, marketing | 8 comments»
Picture this: I’m 18, going to college, living 3,000 miles away from home. I stop in at a music store and fiddle around with one of the keyboards there. It’s nice. I strike up a conversation with one of the salespeople. He’s nice. He asks if I’d like to buy the keyboard I’m playing. I tell him I couldn’t possibly, since it’s a good $2000… » Continue
November 16 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: credit, expense, finance, living, spending | 51 comments»
$7 a day for any kind of meals is a pretty good effort, but Jean Weiss at MSN Health & Fitness does her homework to provide the healthy and organic options.
The beginning of this article focuses on what foods do what and scouring the supermarket for cheaper alternatives [duh] so I’ll skip you right ahead to the serving suggestions in the link below.
Jean deals us a nice week-long plan… » Continue
October 12 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: food, frugal, health | 20 comments»
If you’re like me you’re an eBay buyer and maybe occasional seller; but we’re no experts. With something like eBay I take advice from someone who’s been battling it out for a few years.
Enter Randomn3ss.com where Mike Panic lists his tips for profitable eBay auctions.
List the item on Sunday. It is a proven fact that listing a standard seven day auction late Sunday afternoon into early evening will give… » Continue
September 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: auction, selling | 2 comments»
Pinyo at GetRichSlowly is confessing a dozen mistakes he feels he’s made in regards to investing. One of the greatest things anyone can do is learn from his mistakes, and Pinyo is doing one better and sharing them with us.
Not investing soon enough — I have been working part-time since my first year at college in 1991. If I had known what I know today, I would have invested… » Continue
September 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: investment | 10 comments»
When you’re unhappy with the kind of money you’re making, a change in some simple habits could make all the difference.
The money making beliefs you may have gotten use to may not be true; and if you rethink them, things can change for you financially.
Ask yourself if this belief is always true?
Answer these 3 questions to start breaking your belief down;
i. Is this belief always true?
ii. Is… » Continue
September 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: Money | 2 comments»
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