Canadian Finance Blog

Book Review – The Secret to a Successful Budget

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 02:00 AM PDT

I’ve previously written about the importance of a budget to help you control your spending. Well now fellow Money Maven, Craig Ford from Money Help For Christians, has put together an e-book that will show you every aspect of putting together a budget.

While The Secret to a Successful Budget sets out steps for creating an effective budget, Craig also shows other budgeting methods so you can find the way that works for you. For example, while some people may simply use a pen and paper to create a budget, I prefer to use Excel. I’m also looking forward to properly using Mint once it has all my Canadian bank accounts working.

A one size fits all approach does not work for budgeting. Whether you get paid monthly, bi-weekly or through freelance work, this book has tips for you. If you still can’t pay all your bills, or if you have money leftover, the book has answers for each situation.

The regular price will be $17, but for the launch of this e-book, Craig has lowered it to $12 until August 31st. So if you really want to set up a budget that will help to reduce your spending and find available money for savings, I recommend The Secret to a Successful Budget!

E-Book Giveaway

To enter to win The Secret to a Successful Budget, leave a comment (use valid email address so I can contact the winner) on this post before the end of day on August 24th. This draw is ending in two days so that you still have time to get the discount in case you don’t win!

After leaving a comment so that I know you're interested in the book, you can get bonus entries by doing either (or both) of the following:

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This contest is for two copies of The Secret to a Successful Budget and is open to anyone in Canada and the United States. The deadline for entries is Tuesday, August 24th at 11:59PM MST and the winners will be contacted by email on Wednesday. There will be two winners, chosen with a random number generator from Random.org. Winners will have a special download link sent to them. Good luck!

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