Debt Snowball Debt Reduction Method [Free Printable Worksheet]: Next to the Envelope Method, the Debt Snowball Method is the best system I’ve seen in action to get finances under control. As a blogger, my goal is to make extra money. But the money isn’t doing me any good if I have…
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Should I use my Roth IRA as an Emergency Fund? If you are on the Dave Ramsey plan and you are on Baby Step 3 which is to build up a 3 to 6 months emergency fund of your EXPENSES, not income, then you are probably researching where to put…
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Pros and Cons of Debt Consolidation Debt gurus have mixed feelings on debt consolidation. My favorite financial guru, Dave Ramsey, isn’t a proponent of debt consolidation… he’s a proponent of stopping spending, paying off all debt (except the house), and building wealth. But not everyone is there yet – unfortunately!…
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Earn Amazon Gift Cards Using the Amazon Trade-In Program: Maybe you’ve heard of earning free Amazon gift cards by filling out survey’s or shopping online and have absolutely ZERO interest in filling out surveys all day! Well, there’s another way of earning free Amazon gifts cards without shopping. You can…
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How to Stay Motivated with Your Debt Repayment Plan Using the Debt Snowball Method & Other Ideas You are staring at a mountain of bills due and feeling completely overwhelmed. Right now, all you want to do is whip out your credit card, head to your favorite Tex-Mex place and…
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Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps – Our Story: In 2017 my wife and I decided to get out of debt once and for all. We were inspired by Dave Ramsey’s book The Total Money Make-Over & the stories and advice we heard from listening to Dave Ramsey’s podcast. If you are…
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What Percentage of My Paycheck Should I Save? This is a great question if you are just starting out with a savings plan to build wealth and save for a rainy day. There are a lot of different theory’s and practices on “What Percentage of My Paycheck Should I Save”.…
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Debt Repayment Strategy To get out of debt, you need to make a debt repayment plan, and you need to stick to it. Climbing out of the financial hole you dug yourself into is possible, but it will take some time. My favorite get out of debt and get wealthy…
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Amazon Affiliate Earnings – 2017 Recap Last year is well over, and I made more than twice as much as 2016’s totals. I have about 6 sites that I keep up with by adding new content, and I also hired someone to help me post content monthly to keep it…
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What is the Best Dave Ramsey Book to Start With? The best Dave Ramsey book to start with is the Total Money Makeover. If your goal is to get out of debt and gain control of your life, this is the best Dave Ramsey book to teach you the basic…
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Many years ago I heard of the Dave Ramsey plan and his process to financial independence – the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps. My goal, probably like yours, was born out of desperation to get out of debt. I was looking for a process, or a quick fix, to get rid of…
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Blogging Income Update: Wow, it’s been over 6 months since I posted any progress to this blog. In 2016, I had a pretty solid year. It was my 2nd year at this affiliate marketing gig, and my income increased almost 10x’s since the prior year. And now, midway through 2017,…
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Amazon Affiliate Income from Blogging in 2016 I started my first niche website in the summer of 2014. I had no clue what I was doing. No one really knows what they are doing when they first start a blog they want to monetize. That was 2014. Fast forward to…
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Amazon Affiliate Earnings November 2016 November just wrapped up, and I’m a little disappointed with my progress. My stats are increasing quickly, but the revenue isn’t growing as fast. Here’s a screenshot from my Clicky Stats account. I did pick up some extra money with the European Amazon programs I’m signed up…
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Amazon Affiliate Earnings October 2016 Every month I recap my Amazon Affiliate earnings. I have a few niche websites with monetized content out there but only one has a lot of traffic and makes enough money to pay a bill or two. This recap of October is super late. I’ve had a lot on my…
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Blogging Earnings September 2016 Every month I recap my blogging earnings. I have a few niche websites with monetized content out there but only one has a lot of traffic and makes me the big bucks. I have fallen short of writing any review articles for my niche website since mid-July.…
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Blogging Routine – A Sample Writing Routine for Bloggers Will a blogging routine give you the opportunity to increase your earnings potential as a blogger? Will you become more successful if you create a morning blogging routine for your writing & blogging career? Blogging career?? Does that sound crazy?? It does to a lot…
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