Archive for July, 2007

Carnival of Budgeting #11

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Greetings! Welcome to the 11th edition of the Carnival of Budgeting. We have selected 16 good posts for this edition. I hope they will go well with our readers. Here are the posts, not in the order of their ranking.

Vause presents Toilet Paper posted at Active Duty Military Money and Matters. Well, this is a good way to save a little money everytime you shop. If you follow this advice you will not be flushing down money literally.

James presents Free Legal Resources posted at ZooLaw. Use these legal websites to help you save money on legal expenses.

Raj Dash presents 21 Ways to Promote Your Startup Business posted at Bootstrapper. Need to promote your startup business but short on budget? Here are 21 online and offline ways to promote, many of which are low- or no-cost.

Steve Faber presents - More Money Saving Tips posted at Debt Free. Here are some quick money saving tips for decreasing energy usage around the house.

Edithyeung presents 7 Habits of Highly Effective Money Managers posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.. Money can’t work hard for you unless you are in control of the money. Money is like a child. The child can be easily tamed if you spend time to teach and nurture them. Otherwise, they can easily take over your life.

Ted Reimers presents Save money as a Student posted at College Blog. Follow these tips to survive as a broke student.

Tushar presents Get the most out of Dollars when travelling abroad posted at Life of a Resident Alien…. With today’s weak dollar, you need all the help you can get when traveling abroad. Here are a few tips on how to squeeze that last euro out of your greenback.

Leroy Brown presents Save money with a new car posted at A Penny Saved. Control your budget better with a new car vs an older used one.

Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents Identify Your Spending Values (Baby Step #2) posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door. Identifying, prioritizing and living according to our personal values is key to our financial well-being. Once we’ve identified what truly makes us tick, our financial decisions will be guided in alignment with our values. If we live true to our values, we are bound to feel fulfilled, content, peaceful and happy. Yes, I believe that under these circumstances, money can indeed contribute to our happiness.

Tushar presents For the Frugal Mind: Cheapest days to shop posted at Life of a Resident Alien…. Never knew this but there are days when you can buy stuff when they are at their lowest price. Here are some items that fall in this category.

FitBuff presents How Much Are You Willing to Pay for Twinkies? posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog. Many people shudder at the word “taxes,” but how do you feel about a “fat tax”?

ChristianPF presents How to make more money with your emergency fund posted at ChristianPF.com. A quick how-to showing you how to use an emergency fund to save more money and increase it’s growth rate.

Joe Caterisano presents 8 questions that will prevent impulse spending posted at penny pinching. Compulsive spending is nothing but a destructive mindset. In order to break this bad habit, we need to be conscious of how and why we are spending our money.

Allen Taylor presents What Are Your Wealth-Building Goals? posted at Personal Investing Advice. The money is out there. No matter how many people tell you that we are in the midst of a starvation economy, that the market is doing this or that, and that it’s too risky to play the game, so to speak, people are getting rich every day. That is the reality.

Warren Wong presents The Life Pursuit Of Money posted at INTJ Personal Development. Why should making money be a life pursuit? Because making money actually helps people! Here’s why.

Thomas Humes presents Retirement - The Real Cost of Procrastination posted at Wealth Building World. If you want to accumulate $1,000,000 when you are 65, how much would you have to save? It all depends on when you get started.

That concludes the 11th edition of the Carnival of Budgeting. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 23 July 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Carnival of Budgeting #10

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Greetings! Welcome to the 10th edition of the Carnival of Budgeting. We have received 14 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will enjoy reading these. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Tracee Sioux presents Virtual Book Club posted at Blog Fabulous. Join our discussion of Suzi Orman’s Women and Money.

Roshawn Watson presents Falling off the Cliff posted at Watson Inc. Many refuse to have an emergency fund, are leveraged up to their eye balls in debt, and are quite simply one paycheck away from financial disaster. How long could YOU survive if your earned income suddenly stopped?

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Money Limerick Contest Results - And The Winners Are? posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog. “The response to Madeleine’s money-related limerick writing contest exceeded my wildest hopes and set a new record - 94 limericks were submitted. And the overall quality of the entries was very impressive — so impressive, that she has decided to expand the prize money pool enough to award an extra prize. …”

Warren Wong presents Grow Your Pile Of Money posted at Personal Development for INTJs. Your Pile of Money is shrinking just by keeping it in the bank! Learn to grow your pile of money here!

Mike Harmon presents Article Syndication- The Sky is The Limit So Explore and Aim for the Sky posted at Basic Accounting. Article syndication is a very simple process wherein one gets to share their article among various online sites which helps to impart knowledge through the web.

Eric Stanley presents Saving Money - A Top Strategy For Saving Money posted at Personal Finance Blog Articles. Do you find it difficult to save the money you work hard to earn? If so, then this article aims to help you get on top of your funds and start investing in your future.

Thomas Humes presents Wealth Creation- Don?t Start With the Wrong Concept of Wealth posted at Wealth Building World. If you think wealth creation is all about trying to save more money, trying to cut down on your spending, and budgeting then you are very wrong.

Matthew Paulson presents Should a Married Couple Combine Their Finances? posted at Getting Green. When you’re up at the altar, you’re making a real commitment to your spouse. You’re making a commitment to share your entire life with them, to take care of them in sickness and in health. When you have separate finances, you’re just a joint financial venture.

Raj Dash presents Case Study: Bootstrapping an Online Information Business posted at Bootstrapper. What says budgeting more than “bootstrapping” a business? Here are some suggestions for building up an online information business with very little capital.

Katie Ricotta presents Pay Day Loans posted at How to Save Money the Easy Way. Example of a typical Payday Loan– You write a check for $215 to borrow $200 this loan good for 14 days. After that time the Payday loan organization cashes your check and you give them cash to close out your loan. You have just paid a $15 finance charge for a $200 loan. If you hold it over for 14 more days then you owe $30 for a $200 loan.

Ted Reimers presents Budget Colleges posted at College Tips. Can’t afford college? Check out these budget schools offering a quality education.

Abdulrasool Sumar presents Top 10 Causes of Debt posted at Debt Consolidation Loan. The cost of obtaining cures and medicine in America is increasing every year. The Federal Government is cutting down healthcare spending every single year. Almost all doctors accept credit cards in the USA.

Mark McGuire presents 515,827 Reasons to Quit posted at TheLocoMono Website. Sometimes you have to spend money to make money, so might as well quit for 515,827 reasons.

Dean presents List of Restaurants that Give You Free Birthday Meals posted at Mr. Cheap Stuff Coupons. It’s your birthday, you deserve a free meal.

That concludes the 10th edition of the Carnival of Budgeting. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 15 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.