Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Budgeting

Emmie at Frugal Living presents Want to Set Up a Finance Budget? Here’s How, saying “With a budget you'll know exactly where your money goes, how much is saved and what must be done to cut expenses and increase savings. Indeed, keeping a financial budget is a principal step in achieving financial success.”

Business

vh at Funny about Money presents Benefits of Joining a Businesss Group, saying “If you’re self-employed — and especially if you work out of a home office — belonging to a business group is well worth the due.”

Lahesha Williams at Career Help for Christians presents 3 Things To Consider Before Hiring Yourself, saying “If you’ve been out of work and looking, or if you’re thinking about leaving your full-time job in favor of self-employment, here are three things to consider before you offer yourself a job.”

Evan at My Journey to Millions presents Human Contact and Sales, saying “As a salesperson I too fall into the trap of the easy e mail. A lot of my correspondence is done that way, but I still make it a point to see my customers face to face.”

Investor Junkie at Investor Junkie presents Why Google’s Pands Is Not Cute and Cuddly, saying “Regardless of what Google thinks of my site, I want to add real value to my readers. I'll promise to keep this rant on topic, and related to one of my primary purposes of the blog – small business owners.”

Megan at Create Hype presents How to Make Your Business Shine with Twitter, saying “An amazing little e-book that teaches you, How to Make Your Business Shine with Twitter. It was written by Erin Giles and 5 other creative entrepreneurs.”

Career

Teacher Man at My University Money presents Would You Rather Be "Book Smart" or "Handy"?, saying “He might be book smart…but I’m street smart. Thats better, isn’t it?”

Corey at 20′s Finances presents How to Land That Job, saying “Securing employment can be a difficult thing to accomplish in this economy. The advice ‘playing hard to get’ often increases interest in dating. Find out if it can translate to obtaining employment and help you land that job.”

Briana at Personal Dividends presents Why Singers Used to Make More Money, saying “Just a decade ago, people who got record deals made way more money than they do today. Why did singers and other musicians make more money back then than they do now?”

Debt and Credit

Matt at Living in Financial Excellence presents Debt Is Debt Except When It Isn’t, saying “In my eyes, no matter how sophisticated you are with your debt, you're still in debt. Debt is debt. Period.”

N.W. Journey at Net Worth Journey presents Secured Debt vs. Unsecured Debt | The Critical Differences, saying “Get help distinguishing between these two forms of debt.”

Glen Craig at Free From Broke presents Find the Money to Pay Down Debt , saying “Debt will make you feel overwhelmed. What do you do? You need to find the money to pay down debt. See this author’s story and choices she made to pay down debt.”

Economy

Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money presents Plan Ahead to Take Advantage of a Recession, saying “What’s the lesson to be learned? I look at it and think that you should apply the theory of dollar cost averaging to your life. When the economy is good take advantage by socking away some of that extra money”

Extra Income

MD at Studenomics presents How My Friend Landed a Dream Job on Facebook & How You Can Do it, saying “How you can find a gig on Facebook when not expecting it.”

MD at Passive Income Now presents 5 Methods of Online Income You Should've Started Yesterday, saying “Are you trying these methods?”

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgirm presents 7 Good Ways To Make More Money That Work Fast, saying “There are good ways to make more money and there are alternatives that aren't so good. Good ways of how to do so are those that enhance your life and give you more freedom. While you might think that the only way to make more money is to slave away harder and harder there are actually great alternatives that can actually provide more money and more life. Regardless of why you want to make more money, here are 7 good ways to do it.”

Mike at Stupid Cents presents What is Stopping You From Earning Money Online?, saying “Have you considered earning money online to either supplement or replace the income from your day job? Here are 3 roadblocks that could be in your way.”

Frugality

Green Panda at Green Panda Treehouse presents 4 Little Known Ways of Saving Money While Traveling, saying “Are you saving money on your trips?”

Kelsey at Money Mum presents Do-It-Yourself Baby Food, saying “I have found that making baby food from home is the healthiest, most cost-effective way to give babies exactly what they need as they begin solid foods. Read on for some basic tips to get started.”

Money Cone at Money Cone presents Using Pay Pal to Send Money? The Deal Just Got Sweeter, saying “What if I told you you can send money via Paypal, fund it with a credit card yet not get charged any fees by either the credit card company or PayPal and actually earn cash back on your PayPal payment?”

Philip at PT Money Personal Finance presents 15 Cheap and Creative Halloween Costumes for 2011, saying “As with most things in life a little planning ahead of time can lead to some pretty incredible costume results — and at a cheap price, too. “

Investing

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Why I just Gave Up $4200 In Annual Income, saying “The reason for turning down steady income.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents 5 Dividend Stocks Too Good To Be True? , saying “Are these stocks too good?”

Div Guy at The Dividend Guy Blog presents How I Beat The Market With My Dividend Trades, saying “My dividend trading secrets.”

Hank at Money Q & A presents Dissecting My Twelve Loans That Defaulted On Lending Club, saying “Learn about my mistakes with peer to peer lending, and why I'm not giving up on investing in it.”

Jon the Saver at Free Money Wisdom presents Best Gift Ideas for Men Under $100, saying “What are the best gift ideas for men under $100? Here are a few suggestions.”

Lifestyle

Beating Broke at Beating Broke presents The Slippery Slope of Float, saying “In almost all cases, the necessity of float can often mean your spending has outstripped your earning. Use float sparingly, and legally, and you can avoid the slippery slope.”

Miss T. at Prairie Eco Thrifter presents 8 Ways to Inspire Children to Help Others, saying “We need to help today's children to understand the importance of helping other people, and how this can help us, individually, in return. Here are 8 strategies that will help you to inspire the children in your care, so that they feel motivated to help other people.”

Real Estate

SavingMentor at HowToSaveMoney.ca presents 5 Reasons You Should Use a Mortgage Broker, saying “Did you know that getting a mortgage broker can literally save you thousands of dollars? So – why is it when it comes to making the biggest money decision in your life, that it will actually save you money to add a middle man?”

Sustainable PF at Sustainable Personal Finance presents Autumn Home Maintenance, saying “While I wrote here earlier in the year about spring time home maintenance I still consider myself a newbie to home ownership, but I know the key to saving money on costly home maintenance is prevention! Do yourself a favor and check out my suggestions below for fall home maintenance.”

Saving

Geoff at Car Negotation Coach presents What should I pay for a new car?, saying “How do you know what you should pay for a new car? Most people just guess and hope they pay a fair price. But there’s a great new tool that can remove all the guesswork.”

D.J. at The Family Wallet presents Credit Unions and Banks: What Is the Difference?, saying “These differences may not seem that significant, but they may be important if you're looking for a financial institution.”

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Site presents RESP: And more Trees Died, saying “The RESP program at TD creates a ton of paper work (on real paper), is it really necessary?”

Taxes

Mark Goodfield at Retire Happy Blog presents How to Save Tax with Flow-Through Shares, saying “Canada Revenue Agency condones flow-through shares both as a tax savings investment. Flow-through share are a great way for individuals to save tax.”

Other

Kevin at Invest It Wisely presents Invest Wisely in Protecting Your Most Precious Data: How to Back Up Your Stuff to the Cloud , saying “I backup using external drives and DVDs, and that gives me some protection against stuff like the computer getting fried or the hard drive going to bit heaven. However, what happens if we have a big fire at home? Those backups won't do me much good then. To increase our data redundancy, we need to look at two things.”

Echo at Boomer & Echo presents The RESP Book: Interview and Giveaway, saying “I had the opportunity to interview Mike Holman about The RESP Book and about RESP's in general:”

Mike at Rewards Cards Canada presents Fairmont President’s Club Review, saying “One of the best hotel rewards and loyalty programs is the Fairmont President's Club, which is a recognition program designed around enhancing the customer experience.”

Canadian Finance Carnival #59 originally appeared on Canadian Finance Blog on October 23, 2011.