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A Secured Credit Card Can Repair Your Credit Score — Here's How to Pick the Best

When you have no credit history, or if you have poor credit and are trying to rebuild, one of the options you have to rewrite your credit story is the secured credit card.

A secured credit card is a credit card in which you offer collateral in exchange for a line of credit. You pay a deposit,...

5 Tools For Entrepreneurs To Boost Productivity

For an entrepreneur, 24 hours in a day is just not enough.

That is because there is always more things that can be done in a day.

This often leads to burnout and a general loss in motivation.

A 2005 study conducted by the International Game Developers’ Association showed that people working more...

Organizing your personal finances

Organizing your personal finances can be time consuming and even a little difficult, but that doesn't mean it's something you shouldn't do. The following are a few tips to help you get your personal finances organized so you can save yourself time, stress, and even money over the course of the...

How I Conduct My Business

By Leo Babauta I started my own business at a late age — by the time I made Zen Habits into a business in 2007, I was in my mid-30s and had toiled through various jobs for 17 years. So when I started out, I didn’t know what I was doing (and still don’t, but […]

30 Easy Ways to Unstick Something That's Stuck

Have you ever purchased an item only to have difficulty removing the price tag? Or tried to get chewing gum out of clothing or hair? Scrubbed a pan with burnt-on food? Had something stuck but you just could not get it "un-stuck"?

Some of the best methods for unsticking require items you...

20 Delicious, Healthier Appetizers

My favorite type of party is the cocktail party. My parents threw quite a few of them in the '60s and '70s. To me, of course, it wasn't about the cocktails, but rather the dazzling array of interesting snacks. What a reprieve from ordinary dinner! Although I'd love to chow down on a cheese ball or...

Best Money Tips: Ways Families Can Save Money in February

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some great articles on ways families can save in February, side hustle ideas, and smarter ways to give to charity.
Top 5 Articles

6 Ways Families Can Save Money in February — To save money in February, families can shop...

How to Sell Yourself to Potential Employers

You customize your resume and cover letter to fit each application and provide thorough explanations of how your unique set of qualifications make you the ideal candidate for the job. But could you be doing more to sell yourself to potential employers? Even if you're an experienced job-seeker, you...

How to “Hack” Your Networking and Grow Your Income Using a Email Newsletter

One of the best things I’ve done for my business in years is starting an email newsletter. 

Now, you may be thinking: what a hassle! I have enough to do already!  I don’t need another thing on my plate.

Well, good news. An email newsletter actually doesn’t take any more time, beyond the initial...

Will New Chip-and-PIN Credit Cards Stop Identity Theft?

If you were one of the 70 million Target customers whose credit card information was compromised this past holiday season, you may have found yourself thinking, "There's got to be a better way!" as you combed through your statements looking for fraudulent activity. (See also: How to Avoid...