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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Their family had previously traveled in an RV, so she knew it was something she enjoyed. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. Their family had previously traveled in an RV, so she knew it was something she enjoyed. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget.

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5 Smart Money Hacks to Help You Budget for the Holidays

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Although you have until Tax Day to contribute to a Roth IRA (if you’re able to), this is the time of year that I usually reach out to my employer’s benefits department about increasing any contributions to company-sponsored retirement plans. But when you factor in travel costs, it sometimes makes sense to bring the bash to you.

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7 Money Mistakes You’re Making in Your 20s

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Some offer reward programs like cash back, grocery points or travel discounts that can be very worthwhile. It can also pad your emergency savings or get you $720 closer to your big savings goals like a house or retirement. Paying credit card interest or fees. A credit card can be a useful tool.

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How to Boost Online Sales

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An email sign-up form with a promise of something in return: This can be a discount code, free e-book or video related to your business, access to a free consultation or another giveaway. A travel agent could suggest “Six Things You Must Do Before Traveling to Africa.”. Checklist: People love lists.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

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And people have discounted their expertise and experience every step of the way. Although Batts is still based in Detroit and Bush makes her home in Los Angeles, they make time for one another and travel often to see one another, even if, on days like today, there’s also a nosy reporter, a photographer and a legion of stylists in the room. “I

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Is Sam's Club the Answer to the Small Business Credit Crunch?

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  They are piloting a program that offers discounted loans to their small business customers. Sam’s Club members who apply for a small business loan online during the test phase will receive $100 off the application fee and a 25 basis point discount on the loan rate ( click here for fee and loan details ).

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