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Teaching Your Children About Money Management

Article by Jude Wright

Teaching your kids about money management helps them develop lifelong money smarts. But, it’s difficult to teach your kids about budgeting when you’re having money problems yourself.

Your first step in making your children money savvy is to give them a good role model. Teach yourself about personal finance and then demonstrate your good spending habits to your children so they will learn the same habits.

Most children haven’t been taught the basics of money management, so it’s not surprising that over 120,000 young adults under the age of 25 filed for bankruptcy in 2003. If kids don’t learn solid money skills at home or school, they are on the path of having financial problems throughout their adult life.

How can you help your kids avoid this dismal statistic?

1. Talk about money in your home; don’t make it a taboo subject. Discuss any money problems openly and how you can overcome them.

2. Give your kids regular allowances. If they’re going to learn how to manage money, they will need to have some. You can give them money as an “allowance” or as payment for household chores. The amount you give your child will depend on his age and maturity level.

3. Teach your child basic skills by using his “income” as an example. Have him list expenses over a month, such as school supplies, clothing, school lunches and treats. It doesn’t have to be exact, just a reasonable estimate. Once you have the list, show him the difference between necessary and unnecessary expenses. Finally, help him decide on the best ways to spend – and save – his income.

At what age do you start teaching kids about money? Early. Pre-schoolers can learn about the different coins and, for instance, how many nickels equal a dime, etc.

Play “store” with children aged 5-8 to teach them how to make change. Use real money to buy items you have marked with prices. Also teach them that you don’t just take money out of the ATM machine but that you must deposit money into it as well. This is the age to take your child to the bank to open her first savings account.

9-12 year olds can learn different ways to save money, from “shopping” for lower priced items to using coupons to lower the cost. When you see advertisements on television, discuss how the ad tries to influence them in what they buy.

Teenagers between 13-16 can be put in charge of buying the family groceries – with supervision, of course! Give your teen the list of items to buy, an amount of money to spend and have her look for coupons and ads in order to get the best prices.

Youngsters over 17 can get jobs after school and weekends. This will teach them that money must be earned…that they won’t automatically “get” money when they’re out on their own.

When your teen is ready for a car, help him research the costs of automobile ownership: the cost of the car itself, gas, maintenance and insurance. Then, help him find ways to save for those expenses.

Teaching children about money management throughout their childhood will give them the confidence they need to manage their personal finances when they reach adulthood.

About the Author

Jude Wright is the author of “Keeping a Budget.” Learn the the skills you need to manage your money. KeepingABudget.com.

Business Cards – Stepping Stones of Any Successful Business

Article by Robert Scott

Business card plays a crucial role in any business. It is the grave responsibility of any businessperson to make his/her card a strong business tool to attract more and more customers.

Even in the age of electronic communication, where we have instant facilities in terms of contacts and means of communication, many businesspersons carry business cards. The fact is until now business cards or calling cards have immense significance especially in business world is due to the trend established years ago. This trend brought people together easily through the cards shared or circulated.

Gradually, these cards are not merely considered as a means of contact, but with the appearance of your business card, people figure out the quality of your business and your efficiency as a businessperson?

In fact, it is kind of competition to have effective Business Cards to attract clients. This brought artistic changes in business card, which represents your business. Now let us have a look on two important aspects that you need to remember while making use of business card.

Creativity:

Creativity lies on the appearance of your business card. The card need not be just a material of contact or introduction. The design or logos should represent the line of your business. The more creative your business card looks, the more clients you will attract towards your business. Always remember that your business card acts as a strong tool for marketing your business.

Appearance of your business card should make others to preserve the card, so that when time comes to make a deal, you need to be their first preference. Therefore, a well designed and created business card never remains merely a peace of paper with your contact details, but it becomes your business asset.

Offering business card:

You need to always remember that being a businessperson, your main motive needs to be doing publicity of your business wherever possible. The best way of doing publicity is offering your business card. In any conversation on whatever topic, make it a point to speak about your business and once your discussion on business starts moving ahead, offer your business card to the people around. In addition, make sure that your business card has all the necessary content including your business title, phone numbers, office address and email id.

About the Author

The Author is a professional writer, presently writing for Booklet Printing and Leaflet Printing.

Bankrate, Inc. Strengthens Longstanding, Trusted Partnership with TARGUSinfo

Bankrate, Inc. Strengthens Longstanding, Trusted Partnership with TARGUSinfo

McLean, Va. (PRWEB) January 19, 2012

TARGUSinfo, a Neustar company and the trusted real-time information services and analytics provider, today announced that Bankrate, Inc., has reaffirmed its commitment to using TARGUSinfo’s On Demand Lead Verification and On Demand Lead Scoring solutions to help identify high quality, contactable leads for its insurance carrier and agent partners.

Based upon years of mutual success in delighting agents with high quality, contactable insurance leads and scoring leads on behalf of the top carriers, TARGUSinfo and Bankrate are revolutionizing lead quality for the entire insurance industry. Bankrate continues setting the bar for quality in the market, and recently expanded efforts with Bankrate Insurance Verified, its commitment, process and systems devoted to quality.

“For years we’ve trusted TARGUSinfo to help us provide high quality, contactable leads to our insurance industry clients. And our partnership has thrived,” said Lou Geremia, chief executive officer of Bankrate Insurance.

“We look forward to growing our lead scoring partnership and providing solutions that help Bankrate provide high quality, contactable leads to their insurance agent partners,” said Paul McConville, Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing, TARGUSinfo.

TARGUSinfo On Demand Verification and On Demand Lead Scoring solutions enable clients in a variety of industries to accurately qualify leads, and confirm linkage among name, address, landline phone, mobile phone and email information in real-time. TARGUSinfo delivers unparalleled intelligence by leveraging its real time engineering platform IAN (Identifiers, Attributes and Network). IAN is the backbone of TARGUSinfo’s unique ability to deliver the most complete, accurate, current and actionable Identification, Verification, Scoring, Location, Caller ID and Real-Time Analytics solutions.

About Bankrate, Inc.

The Bankrate network of companies includes Bankrate.com, Interest.com, Mortgage-calc.com, Nationwide Card Services, InsureMe, CreditCardGuide.com, Bankaholic, CreditCards.com and NetQuote. Each of these businesses helps consumers to make informed decisions about their personal finance matters. The company’s flagship brand, Bankrate.com is a destination site of personal finance channels, including banking, investing, taxes, debt management and college finance. Bankrate.com is the leading aggregator of rates and other information on more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used auto loans, money market accounts and CDs, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees. Bankrate.com reviews more than 4,800 financial institutions in 575 markets in 50 states. Bankrate.com provides financial applications and information to a network of more than 75 partners, including Yahoo!, America Online, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Bankrate.com’s information is also distributed through more than 500 newspapers.

About TARGUSinfo, a Neustar company

TARGUSinfo is the trusted real-time information services and analytics company, and the only provider with IAN (Identifiers, Attributes and Network), the authoritative on demand insight engine. IAN powers the broadest suite of complementary consumer information solutions–including Identification, Verification, Scoring, Location, Caller ID, Online Display Ad Audience Targeting and Real-Time Analytics–to help clients make informed, actionable decisions in real-time when interacting with consumers online, on the phone and at the point of sale. As a result, America’s top brands rely on TARGUSinfo’s authoritative, current and secure solutions to improve targeting, increase conversion rates, optimize customer experiences, and, as well as reduce transactional risks and costs. Headquartered in McLean, Va., TARGUSinfo is a division of Neustar, a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing industries throughout the world. Neustar applies its advanced, secure technologies in routing, addressing and authentication to its customers’ data to help them identify new revenue opportunities, network efficiencies, cybersecurity and fraud protection measures. For more information, visit TARGUSinfo.com and Neustar.biz.

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“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. ~ Thomas Jefferson.

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