August 2010

Fly Through the Sky With Your Personal Checks

Thumbnail image for Fly Through the Sky With Your Personal Checks by Kasey Steinbrinck August 31, 2010

Do you have dreams about flying? Are you soaring over the clouds like Superman, gliding like through the air like a majestic eagle, or speeding across the sky in a jet plane? The pursuit of flight has been in the minds of mankind since cavemen looked up and saw the birds, (or possibly a pterodactyl) [...]

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Business Checks – Quicken vs. QuickBooks

Thumbnail image for Business Checks – Quicken vs. QuickBooks by Kasey Steinbrinck August 30, 2010

It’s a pretty common question concerning small business accounting practices – “What is better…Quicken or QuickBooks financial software?” Both programs are extremely popular for keeping track of finances for both businesses and households. But should you choose one or the other when it comes to o picking the best thing for your company? Well get [...]

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Personal Checks vs. Credit Cards: A Reality Check

Thumbnail image for Personal Checks vs. Credit Cards: A Reality Check by Kasey Steinbrinck August 27, 2010

It’s easy to understand how using a credit card is like taking out a loan, and when you pay with personal checks or even a debit card you’re basically using cash that’s already available to you. Most of us realize how using credit cards can cause problems in our personal finances. It’s the easiest way [...]

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Where is Your Income Going?

Thumbnail image for Where is Your Income Going? by Kasey Steinbrinck August 26, 2010

Sometimes when you step back and take a look at the “big picture” you can learn a thing or two. Even if you’ve got your monthly budget down to an art, you may not have a grasp on how much goes to different areas of your life throughout the year. I’m talking about the grand [...]

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Use Business Checks as a Branding Tool

Thumbnail image for Use Business Checks as a Branding Tool by Kasey Steinbrinck August 25, 2010

Branding isn’t just for cowboys and big companies like Coca-Cola and Apple. It should be an important aspect of small business marketing as well! Your brand is the image or persona that people identify with your company and the products or services it provides. Brand awareness is the ability your customers have to easily recognize [...]

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New Credit Card Rules and What They Mean

Thumbnail image for New Credit Card Rules and What They Mean by Kasey Steinbrinck August 24, 2010

Good news for credit card holders. New restrictions put into place as safeguards for consumers are now in effect. It should limit the number of fees you receive, and possible keep your interest rate down. But it certainly will not eliminate credit card fees and you most likely will not see your interest fall as [...]

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How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Thumbnail image for How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck by Kasey Steinbrinck August 23, 2010

Everybody loves payday. But if you’re one of the millions of Americans who lives paycheck to paycheck it’s time to make some changes. You may need to take a close look at your life and figure out what you can do to improve your situation. There may be some major changes that need to be [...]

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Generation Y Having Personal Finance Problems

Thumbnail image for Generation Y Having Personal Finance Problems by Kasey Steinbrinck August 20, 2010

The generation of Americans now impacting the workforce is finding that managing their personal finances isn’t as easy as it looks. Generation Y is generally considered to be those born in the 1980s and early 1990s or people in their late teens to about 30 years old. There are about 87 million of them in [...]

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Take Me to the Water With Refreshing Checks

Thumbnail image for Take Me to the Water With Refreshing Checks by Kasey Steinbrinck August 19, 2010

You’ve probably heard that 70% of this big blue planet is covered in water. It’s what makes life on earth possible. But even though there is an abundance of H2O all around us – there’s still something special about being at the water’s edge. Those of us who are landlocked plan for months to take [...]

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Online Shopping: Stay Safe, Stay Smart

Thumbnail image for Online Shopping: Stay Safe, Stay Smart by Kasey Steinbrinck August 18, 2010

Whether you hate to shop or are a full-blown shopaholic, there are some big advantages to shopping online. When you want to avoid the busy shopping malls during the holidays, you have the biggest mall in the world right at your fingertips, and you don’t even have to leave the house. On the other hand, [...]

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