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

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With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget. You can drive, take the bus, take the train,” she says. “If

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

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With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget. You can drive, take the bus, take the train,” she says. “If

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They’re a flexible expense. Different freelancers require different onboarding materials, but our Marketer Onboarding Workbook will give you a good head start with a checklist, timesheet, and helpful training resources. They can hit the ground running. They’ve seen your tech stack before — especially if you’re a DTC brand.

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Tackling Business Strategy: 6 Tenets of Building a Scalable Brand

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But they are time-consuming and expensive. Staff members leave, and cross-training is critical. Meanwhile, a service she uses herself offers great training for disobedient pets. These may include shipping notifications or e-newsletter and discount awards upon purchase. Yes, brand refreshes happen.

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The Effect of Hobbies on Your Personal and Professional Life

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It’s too expensive.”. “I This article first appeared in Executive Secretary Magazine , a global training publication and must read for any administrative professional. You can get a 30% discount when you subscribe through us. I firmly believe that everyone should have at least one hobby that they engage with on a regular basis.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

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Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. This article first appeared in Executive Support Magazine, a global training publication and must read for any administrative professional. Visit the website at www.executivesupportmagazine.

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The Truth About Setting Affordable Rates

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It’s not their fault, we’ve been trained to do it. Sales, discounted prices, going out of business sales, etc. Yeah, it might be expensive but you’d pay it again wouldn’t you? What they won’t pay for is something they think they can get cheaper somewhere else. Except for when we don’t. It’s the magic.

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