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How to Write Great Subject Lines for Your Marketing Emails

You've created an email list because you want to communicate with your customers. For that to happen, your subscribers must open your emails. Effective subject lines get your emails opened. So how can you write effective subject lines?
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Zooey Deschanel Never Pays Late Fees and 5 Other Smart Money Lessons From Celebrities

When you're Angelina Jolie and have Brad Pitt by your side, you can make anything look good.

That's why Angelina spent a measly $26 on a velvet dress at a thrift shop for a major movie premiere. She is a good example of taking charge of your finances: while raking in the big bucks as the face of...

10 Ways to Prevent an Emergency From Driving You Into Debt

Emergencies happen, and they can often be expensive — particularly crises like car accidents, unexpected dental or medical needs, high vet bills, or unexpected flooding in your apartment after a vicious storm. If you have not fully built up your emergency fund yet (or you are hit with...

10 Life Lessons Learned From Kids

Twirling in her pink tutu, slightly tattered and always a little dirty, my niece opens her arms wide, calling for all of us to…

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2013 Unitasker Wednesday: Mystery Unitasker! Instead of putting the product name in the headline and immediately telling you what this week’s item is used for, I thought it would be fun to have you guess. What does it do?! What … Continued
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A Manly Sunday Read: “In a Far Country” by Jack London

Editor’s note: This week I shared my daily work routines and practices, amongst which is a ritual I use to get my mind ready to write. As part of that ritual, I write out by hand the first two paragraphs of Jack London’s “In a Far Country.” Some of you asked why I do that,...

The Weekly Huckberry Giveaway: July 19, 2014

Last week’s winner was…still to be determined. My Picks This Week The MLB henleys from Red Jacket are a stylish way to support your favorite team as we roll into the second half of the season. The goods from Sword & Plough are sewn and stitched by military vets; their handsome...

Best Money Tips: The Car Edition

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some of the best articles from around the web on keeping your car expenses from draining your bank account.
Top 5 Articles

Car Buying Guide: Tricks to Save Thousands — Negotiating via phone or email and financing wisely can help...

The Counter-Intuitive Strategy that Really Works–For Habits, and Much Else.

I love Secrets of Adulthood, and am always listening to try to identify new ones. At first, I didn’t realize the usefulness of this Secret of Adulthood, which was given to me by an engineer friend: “If something doesn’t work one way, turn it around.” Literally, if you...

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This week has been incredibly exciting in our Unclutterer world and I'm eager to share the details: a new book is in the works and Erin is featured in the August issue of Real Simple Magazine.
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Turn Toward the Problem

By Leo Babauta Much of our lives is spent trying to ignore problems, not wanting to deal with them, procrastinating. Bills are pushed to the side to deal with later. People we have troubles with are avoided. Work we don’t want to do is put off while we browse the Internet. The diet is put...

7 Questions That Reveal If You and Your Partner Are a Money Match

Of all the things couples argue about, money fights are the most likely to lead to divorce. The statistics are clear: the more often a couple quarrels about cash, the more likely they are to split.

"It's easier to avoid problems down the line," says Joleena Louis, matrimonial and family...

A Pro Resume Editor Reveals the 5 Dumbest Things You Have on Your Resume

Resumes are your first introduction to a potential employer; they're the key that unlocks a closer inspection. You might be the world's best interviewee, but if you can't land an interview in the first place, those interpersonal skills won't do you much good. (See also: 12 Words You Need to Delete...

Don’y Worry About The Future – It’s The Easiest Way to Get What You Want In Life

Worry does nothing but steal your joy and keep you very busy doing nothing. Unknown I’ve always worried about everything. I don’t know exactly when being caught up with the future became a natural state for me, but eventually it did. Every now and then I found myself living in the past, wondering...

15 Ways to Save the Most During a Hawaii Vacation

Hawaii is a magical place that draws people from around the world.

Nearly 8 million visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in 2012, with close to 5 million from the U.S. alone! As more and more people visit, there are more and more hospitality businesses offering their services to travelers. Which...

10 Things You Think Affect Your Credit Score — But Don't

There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to personal credit. One reason for this is the way your credit score is determined is largely shrouded in secrecy. Because of this, there are many things that you may think affect your score that actually don't. Let's go through a few of these below!...

Keep Your Head: 4 Exercises for Building Your Mental Toughness Inspired by War

Jeremy Hall knew his mission was on the verge of going to pieces. The year was 2003, and the Iraq War had just begun. Hall was a member of a secretive U.S. Army special operations unit nicknamed The Activity (think SEAL Team 6 but more secretive). And at that moment, he was in a bunker […]

Come to an AoM Book Signing in Springfield, MO: July 24th

Hey gang. Next week, I’ll be driving up to Springfield, MO from my home in Tulsa, OK to spend the day at the downtown Hudson Hawk Barbershop. Hudson Hawk is an old-school barbershop with a modern twist. They offer high-quality, classic haircuts, hot shaves, and shoe shines, all in a...

Best Money Tips: The Cheap Eats Edition

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some of the best articles from around the web on ways to keep your food expenses low.
Top 5 Articles

98 Cheap and Easy Foods to Make Under 5 Bucks! — Did you know you can make breakfast burritos and French Onion soup for under...

Improve Your Social Skills With Highlights From 5 Great TED Talks

TED talks have covered so many important topics, but arguably the most important? Social skills. (See also: 18 Things People With Good Social Skills Never Do)

We are social animals… as long as we're not too busy watching brilliant TED talks to act on what we've learned. So we've put...