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Enjoy Your Retirement On Your Terms

The following is a guest Post from Jenna. She is a freelance blogger who is mainly focused on business innovation and breaking stories in business. She has been blogging since college where she studied marketing and has merged her love of keying stories into copy writing work as well as plenty of reading and writing for fun! Find and follow her on Twitter! Retirement isn’t all about Medicare and 401(k) plans. It’s about finally having time in your life to do the things you’ve always wanted to do. You have Read the Full Story

50 Plus! – A SavvyReview

Written by Robert L. Dilenschneider, founder and Chairman of The Dilenschneider Group, a global public relations and communications consulting firm headquartered in New York City, 50 Plus!: Critical Career Decisions for the Rest of Your Life, aims to be a blueprint for older workers looking to change careers, launch a new business or bring their expertise to bear as a consultant. As an increasing number of older workers find themselves outside of the job market, looking in, and as the percentage of the population that is over age 50 inches higher Read the Full Story

Want to Retire Early? Stop Buying Liabilities

The following is a guest Post from Otto Riches. Otto is the founder of offthesalary.com, a blog that is dedicated to strengthening your financial literacy so you can retire early. He loves talking about money, investments and the frugal life. I will tell you a little secret. You don’t need a huge income, all you need to do is focus on where your money is going. The general mass of people seem to associate rich people with high income, but that’s only one part of the puzzle. The more important difference between Read the Full Story

A SavvyInterview – Erin Warren

Erin Warren is the senior vice president of marketing at Splender, a unique online cash back shopping site that is part of Cartera Commerce. In this role, Erin is responsible for leading marketing strategies and execution to acquire, engage and retain customers for Splender’s cash-back shopping site.  As a marketing veteran with more than 15 years of experience, Erin has always been motivated by the opportunity to enhance the way companies execute their marketing strategies to attract and retain customers. RetirementSavvy: Some readers may not be familiar with ‘Cash Back Read the Full Story

A Richer Understanding: Value

Brian Tramuel helms this series. He lives with his wife Michelle, their children Geneva and Brian, and their Cocker Spaniel Maestro in Charlotte, NC. They, along with his two older children from a previous marriage, Davina and Aaron, provide a constant source of inspiration. Aaron lives, works and plays in Charlotte and Davina lives, works and plays in Roanoke, VA. One of my “Better Thinking” goals is to teach (by showing) Geneva and Brian how to be good stewards of their ‘stuff’ and money. I try to use personal examples when Read the Full Story

San Francisco 2.0 – Is New Better?

Documentary: San Francisco 2.0 (2015). Toward the end of the film, director Alexandra Pelosi asks, “What is the price of change? And what will the growing divide between rich and poor do to the fabric of America?” Returning to her hometown, Pelosi documents how the technology boom has impacted this historically progressive city, talking to various industry representatives, politicians and longtime residents hoping to maintain their place and not be left behind. San Francisco 2.0 | HBO Documentary Films | Trailer Pelosi interviews local activists; tech-industry notables such as Michael Birch (Monkey Read the Full Story

It’s Never too Early to Plan for Your Future

Michael Peggs is the founder of Marccx Media, a digital marketing agency specializing in SEO and Content Marketing. Before Marcxx, Peggs worked at Google in business development, forming digital media and advertising partnerships. He is also a blogger and podcaster, hosting the iTunes Top 10 New & Noteworthy podcast You University – The Personal Branding Podcast. No matter what age you are, there are steps you can take to help you secure your financial security. According to New York Life, your twenties is a great time to start thinking about Read the Full Story

A SavvyInterview – Caregiving Expert Amy Goyer

As someone who recently lost a father to Alzheimer’s and participated in his care over the last two years, I was pleased to have the opportunity to arrange an interview with Amy Goyer who is an Aging, Home & Family expert. As an expert in aging and families, specializing in family caregiving and multigenerational issues, Amy is a consultant, speaker, writer and AARP Home & Family Expert. She is the primary caregiver for her father in Arizona. Do something special for a caregiver in your life and inspire others to do Read the Full Story

Improving Fitness in 5 Easy Steps

The connection between physical and fiscal fitness has been addressed multiple times here at RetirementSavvy. I noted in Manage Your Fiscal and Physical Fitness that smoking is the most obvious and significant example. Not only are there numerous health consequences associated with smoking, it is an expensive habit. Money used to buy cigarettes cannot be used to build an emergency fund or contribute to retirement plans such as 401(k)s or IRAs. To be certain, smoking is a sure-fire way to negatively impact your physical and fiscal well-being with one habit. Change that single habit Read the Full Story

Uninve$ted – A SavvyReview and Giveaway

Robert “Bobby” Monks is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and led nineteen businesses in the financial services, real estate, media, and technology sectors. He was chairman of Spinnaker Trust, managing over $1 billion in assets; chairman of Institutional Shareholder Services and Proxy Monitor, the two largest corporate governance and proxy voting services; and founder and director of Atlantic Bank. Mr. Monks is on the board of ProPublica. He has appeared on Bloomberg Radio and has contributed to MarketWatch and TheStreet.com. As busy as he is, Mr. Monks has found Read the Full Story