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Time Saving Tips to Keep You on Track

With the holidays fast approaching, things might be getting a little busy around your house. Some people are able to back off a little bit from their home based businesses during the holiday season and focus on holiday activities. People with seasonal home based businesses are likely to be putting in as much time and effort as they can right now. Either way, you are likely to be feeling a little bit crunched for time. Of course, there are only so many hours in a day. While we can not create additional hours, we can employ a few strategies to … Continue reading →

Tips for the Slow Season

One of the goals that many home – based professionals may have set for themselves for 2012 is to earn more income form their home – based business than they did in 2011. This is a perfectly reasonable goal, and a new year brings with it a fresh sense of energy and enthusiasm that has you ready to get out there and bring home the bacon. It is important to go into the New Year with the understanding that your plan for earning more money this year may get off to a slow start for at least one reason that … Continue reading →

Retailers Hope You Have Frugal Fatigue This Holiday

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that retailers are really hoping that you, the consumer, will be suffering from frugal fatigue this holiday season, and they will be doing everything they can in order to encourage you to let go of frugal habits and spend this season. The holidays are usually a time to spend and indulge, so it really a danger zone when it comes to falling off of the frugal wagon. If you aren’t careful, you may wind up spending more than you planned. If you have solid financial goals, such as to pay down debt, to save … Continue reading →

Tips for Attracting Customers to Your Ecommerce Site

If your home – based business has anything to do with ecommerce, you may be rather busy around this time of year. Holiday shopping season has begun, and with shoppers guarding their hard earned money more closely than ever you may be wondering what kinds of things you can do to set yourself apart from your competitors and attract more customers. One of the things that you can do to compete with other online sellers as well as with brick and mortar stores is challenge one or more of the assumptions that shoppers commonly associate with online shopping. One thing … Continue reading →

Getting Through the Holidays after the Loss of a Child

About 1/3 of adults in the United States have faced the death of a child or a sibling. For these families, the holidays are an extremely difficult time. Losing a child is a pain like no other, and unless you have experienced such a loss, it is nearly impossible to understand the depth of emotions that the parents and siblings are living with. If you have lost a child this year or ever, here are some tips from Compassionate Friends to help you get through the holiday season. 1. Plan ahead. You will not be able to go to every … Continue reading →

Protect Yourself From Holiday Crime

The holiday season is a time of hustle, bustle, stress, and happiness. It’s a perfect time for criminals to prey on the unsuspecting. Don’t let your guard down. Your Car Keep your doors locked and valuables out of sight. That may seem like common sense, but all too often crimes of opportunity are committed against unlocked doors. Keep temptation to a minimum by keeping your possessions hidden. When you stop to pump gas, keep your purse or wallet on the floor in the back seat; criminals have been known to open the passenger door and help themselves while you’re otherwise … Continue reading →

4 Holiday Shopping Tips

If you want to have a merry holiday without going deep into debt, then you’ll want to keep a few thing sin mind. Here are 5 holiday shopping tips that will allow you to buy plenty of gifts without the need for a second mortgage. 1. Do your research Take the time to find the absolute best prices on the gifts that you would like to give. Scout sales, use coupon codes and printable coupons, and take advantage of free shipping deals online. Here is an example of how this really pays off. At one of my go to stores, … Continue reading →

Quick Green Living Tips for Christmas

Do you want to know what you can do during the holidays to be more environmentally responsible, but you don’t want to slug through a bunch of explanations on why you should or how you should? Take a look at the following simple green living tips that you can practice this Christmas season. Recycle your gift wrap. Reuse your gift wrap. Make your own gift wrap from cloth bags, newspaper or paper bags. Buy a locally grown Christmas tree. Recycle your cut tree. Buy a living tree that can be replanted. You can also rent a living tree. This is … Continue reading →

Frugal Catalogue Shopping

Do you do any holiday shopping through catalogues? They are very convenient. You can pick and choose items at your convenience, and you can shop early. Shopping through catalogues can also be better than shopping online simply because for the most part, the print photos tend to be large, more detailed and more true in color (especially important when you are shopping for clothes or home decor). Here are some ideas for doing your catalogue shopping the frugal way. Keep it organized Corral those catalogues in one place, so you don’t wind up in chaos. You want to make it … Continue reading →

How to Get the Best Price When Shopping Online

If you do a lot of online shopping, or even any online shopping, you’ll definitely want to pay attention to this post. Did you know that you may not be getting the absolutely best price on your products? Forget coupons and coupons codes, although those certainly help to bring prices down. Instead, I am talking about a practice called “Dynamic Pricing,” in which who you are may affect what price you are being given on a product. Hotels and travel agents have been practicing dynamic pricing for years. Certain customers get certain rates, while other get the average or even … Continue reading →