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Money Minded Moms Giveaway – Win A Suze Orman Book

March 25, 2011 By

This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner, comment #4 Debbie!

MoneyMindedMoms.com is an online community created by financial guru Suze Orman, devoted to helping moms make smarter money choices. Suze has revamped the site and partnered with a team of MoneyMindedMoms bloggers – including my longtime blog friend Julie Vazquez, who’s a community manager on the site -  to bring you articles, discussions, and advice on money-related topics. First I’m going to share some info about the site with you, then I’ll tell you about the giveaway for the book Suze Orman’s Action Plan: New Rules for New Times!

Money Minded Moms community members have free access to valuable, easy to follow advice about topics such as erasing and managing debt, raising money minded kids and coupons and discounts. Providing moms with sound advice is Suze’s top priority and she takes the time to personally respond to questions from members and has even been known to post a video response in some cases.

Plus, every month through May, one lucky member will win 1-on-1 time with Suze through the “Ask Suze” Sweepstakes. The site offers useful tools like a debt eliminator and expense tracker, a coupon savings center, as well as forums for sharing stories and insights with like-minded moms.

To help get started with taking control of finances and getting back on track this year, Suze has also created a list of the 11 things moms can do to increase their financial savvy in 2011:

1. Stand in your truth

2. Make finances a family affair

3. Live below your means but within your needs

4. Hope for the best, but plan for the worst

5. Get rid of credit card debt

6. Save an 8-month emergency fund

7. Fund your 401k to the match

8. Fund your Roth IRA to the max

9. Start a 529 plan for your kids’ college education

10. Be “happy you did” vs. “wishing you hadn’t”

11. Never forget people first, then money, then things

To find out more details about how to accomplish these 11 goals, visit www.MoneyMindedMoms.com. You can also connect with Suze and the MoneyMindedMoms community on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

ENTRY DATES AND RULES: Thanks to Suze Orman and MyBlogSpark, I’m giving away a copy of the book Suze Orman’s Action Plan: New Rules for New Times. The giveaway runs from 03/25/11 to 04/01/11. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only. One winner will be chosen and emailed for their mailing address. This information will be forwarded to the PR rep handling the giveaway, who will also be handling the shipment of the prize. MomReviews is not responsible for lost or stolen prizes.

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    Can You Help Me With a Monetary Emergency?

    July 19, 2009 By
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    *deep breath*

    I need $100 by Thursday.  I had been counting on my monthly payout from Linkworth for the text ads I run on Table for Five, but they don’t payout unless you earn $100, and I only earned $95.00. The money will get added to my payout for next month, but I leave for BlogHer on Thursday morning.

    The money will be spent on gas for the car I’m driving there and back (I’m taking 2 other people down and 3 people back, but once the tank of gas the car is delivered with is gone, we’ll have to chip in to refill it),  lunch on the way there and back, tips for the doorman and any necessary cab rides, and if I have enough, a souvenir BlogHer t-shirt which they’ve never had before.

    $100 might not even be enough but I feel bad enough asking for help as it is. I’d also like to point out that while I do have five sites listed under “Sponsor Sites”, those were one-time payments made at the beginning of the ad term and unfortunately that money was already spent.

    So, my dear readers, I’m asking for your help. I know money is tight for everyone, anything you can donate is greatly appreciated. It used to be commonplace for blogs to have “Tip Jars” but that practice fell out of favor a few years ago. Since I have a PayPal account and a debit card I can use to access the money, I’ve created a PayPal donate button.  You can transfer money from your PayPal account to mine, or pay with a credit card.


    When I say any amount is greatly appreciated, I really mean it. If everyone who reads this blog donates $1.00, it would take less than a day for me to have what I need.

    OR…you can ask me to DO STUFF FOR MONEY! That’s right, thanks to PayPal, you can send me money BUT I have to agree to do something in exchange.  Click the link, type in your name, my name and the dollar amount,  then fill in your PayPal address and my PayPal address, which is elizabeth(at)table4five(dot)net.

    What am I willing to do for your money?  Write posts, review sites, post text link ads or button ads (length of ad would depend on amount paid),  whatever you can come up with that’s appropriate for a family-friendly blog :)

    I’ll answer potentially embarrassing questions, help you with WordPress problems,  just name it.

    I really hope those of you who are regular readers know how hard it was for me to write this and how grateful I will be for any donations.  BlogHer is the most important conference I go to all year, every year I come back having learned something that adds value to my blog and having made new friends and contacts that often turn into long-term relationships. The vendors I meet at this conference could be the giveaway sponsors of next month!

    I’ll close this by saying thank you in advance for anything you can do to help.

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