My email just notified me that prices are increasing by 60 percent. I’m not talking the price of gasoline. It’s my Netflix subscription. WSJ reports: “It’s been a 95% negative reaction,” says Dan Rayburn, a principal analyst with Frost &…
Month: July 2011
How to Improve Your Professional Social Network
Vindication! Case research shows that the typical office politician stumbles professionally in the long-run. This is according to a recent Harvard Business Review Article on improving professional social networks. Effective professional networking is an invaluable resource. It can open the…
The Cable Bill is One Expense Consumers are Reluctant to Cut
Your choices are: don’t cut your hair or lose cable? Now, which expense do you cut? According to a study by Harris Interactive, many consumers are cutting back at the barber shop to save money. Buying generic brands and brown…
How to Organize Your Tax Information
The best time to start tracking your deduction and income information for your income taxes is now; long before tax season. My latest article at eHow Business and Personal Finance discusses how to go about coming up with a system.
Every New Homeowner Should Learn How to Deal with Door-to-Door Salesmen
$22,000! That is the estimated amount of money I have saved by saying “no” to door-to-door salesmen. It may sound like a small feat, but I consider myself fortunate and I can assure you, it wasn’t easy. If you’ve recently…
Self Check-Out Lanes Could be Going Extinct
Remember the luxury of someone else bagging your groceries for you? It may be coming back. I’ve always felt cheated by self check-out lines at the grocery store. It was like the store was forcing me to do work for…
12 Stores Offering Big Sales Bargains
Black Friday seems to be happening earlier and earlier this year. Poor economic performance has pushed heavy deal making from retailers needing to get rid of inventory and hit sales numbers. Yahoo Finance explains: Retailers from department-store giants to discounters…
