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A Complete Guide to Organizing your Finances Like a BOSS

A Complete Guide to Organizing your Finances Like a BOSS

under30ceo.com — The first thing I thought when I graduated from college last month, was YES. FINALLY. The second, and more pertinent thought I had was how am I going to pay my debt and begin to save money? I know I am not the only one, and the class of 2013 is entering with a huge debt load and uncertain job prospects. Taking control and mastering your finances is paramount to having a balanced life, and being able to make the best decisions for yourself, and loved ones. In order to do this, and make it a habit, you have to start NOW.
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Crush College Debt: 5 Tools to Help You Find Financial Freedom

Crush College Debt: 5 Tools to Help You Find Financial Freedom

Brazen Careerist — Debt is everywhere. With the price of college rising, students and parents alike are forced to make hard choices about how to deal with effects of a college education. The price of college is not going down, and students everywhere are feeling the burden. Debt affects your personal finances, confidence and overall happiness. But it doesn't have to rule your life!
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6 Sites That Will Transform Your Brand

6 Sites That Will Transform Your Brand

under30ceo.com — Everywhere I look online I see articles, videos, and blog posts about "personal branding". It is especially relevant to me, as a recent graduate and young professional entering an uncertain job market, and an ever-changing global workplace As Millenials, we will be entrusted to do more with less, and our careers can no longer be simply linear. We need to begin crafting our own voices and brands, so we can define what our careers will look like, and do work that matters. Check out these 6 sites that can give you the ability to create.
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Brand yourself: 5 new (and free) sites for personal branding | USA TODAY College

Brand yourself: 5 new (and free) sites for personal branding | USA TODAY College

www.usatodayeducate.com — You are your own company. Getting a job out of college is no simple task, and differentiating yourself from the competition can be the difference between getting an offer and feeling uncertain about the beginning of your career. Some of these sites can help ease the tension, streamline your online presence and get you on the path to better creating your brand and marketing yourself to the world. Here are five ways to jumpstart your brand or if you already have one, further enhance it: Flavors.me Flavors.me is a splash page website that compiles all of your social networks into an attractive array that screams: "This is me!"
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Losing Your Why Can Kill You

Losing Your Why Can Kill You

allgroanup.com — Today All Groan Up welcomes Jonathan Jackson - an uncommonly focused, aspiring marketer and sneaker connoisseur. Find more of his stellar writing at jonathandjackson.wordpress.com or follow him on Twitter . Drive. Motivation. The will to win. The "x" factor (<- lame). Whatever you want to call it, people always have a "why". Mine disappeared. It started subtly at first. A bit of nervousness about where I would end up next year, what friendships would change, where I would relocate too? I shrugged it off as normal senior year worries. But they kept growing. They expanded from simply thoughts about the future to concerns about everyday things.
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Making School Your Hustle ( A College Student Perspective)

Making School Your Hustle ( A College Student Perspective)

unigocollegeguide.wordpress.com — School is difficult as it is. Classes, friends, and extracurriculars keep us busy and sometimes leave us with little time for anything else. Adding a job to the equation can almost seem like too much. But with a little planning and some key tips, I've found ways to make sure I can keep my schedule in check, and a little extra cash in my pocket. 1. Know your schedule School must come first. Your education, especially in this economy, is paramount. Your schedule, and how you manage it, is the key to your success.
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5 Musings of a College Senior

5 Musings of a College Senior

unigocollegeguide.wordpress.com — As a senior, I often find myself looking back at my academic career, and asking where all the time went. It has been a journey, but I never thought it would move this fast or I would grow this much. These are the top 5 things I wish I had knew when I was exiting senior year and starting my freshman year of college. 1. Relax...you do not get this time back. After the applications, the essays, and the acceptance letters, you will look back at the process, and see all the time that is gone. Do not squander it.
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Three unique tools to take back your time

Three unique tools to take back your time

blog.muckrack.com — Are all the hours you're spending on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google Plus and Buzzfeed really just to do your job better? In general, the internet takes more of your time than you care to admit. And, to make matters even more complicated, as writers and communicators, we tend to spend more time online than those in other professions. Time is a hot commodity, and to put it bluntly, time is money. We are all guilty of allocating time to things that should not be a priority, but it doesn't have to be that way.
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Four content creation alternatives to Wordpress, Tumblr and Blogger

Four content creation alternatives to Wordpress, Tumblr and Blogger

blog.muckrack.com — Writing on the web can be a challenge. Aside from the millions of voices clamoring for attention, there are almost as many places and ways to organize your content. Like any business sector, there are giants in the space. Wordpress, Tumblr and Blogger are all household names, with big audiences and loads of features. But those platforms don't work for everyone, nor should they. Today, on the Muck Rack blog, guest blogger Jonathan Jackson shares four content creation alternatives that are disrupting the status quo and allowing writers and journalists to do more with less.
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Confessions of a Client: Writer Edition

Confessions of a Client: Writer Edition

99u.com — One off writing jobs are nice, but some of the more sustainable money comes from working with larger clients with steady work to offer. Last month, freelance marketplace Contently held its annual content summit, where the best of the best in brand publishing gathered to share ideas and tips for freelance writers looking to pick up more work from corporate editorial platforms. Lucky for us, they found time to discuss top qualities that make freelancers stand out.
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Lessons from Working with Moguls

Lessons from Working with Moguls

99u.com — Professional matchmaker and author Paul Brunson has worked for both Oprah Winfrey and Enver Yucel: Two succesful entrepreneurs from completely different backgrounds. Despite his years of "formal" education Brunson says that he learned the most observing his two friends. Mainly: The Power of Leverage From afar, a billionaire appears to be someone who is a master at everything. But, in truth, they're specialists in one or a few areas and average or subpart at everything else. So how do they get so much done? Leverage! They do what they do best and get others to do the rest.
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