Do you need help growing your business in this uncertain and challenging economy? Discover the advantages of hiring Virtual Consultants for specific projects and tasks that you need done, in this [How To Grow Your Business Without Increasing Your Staff] video 🎥. Learn about virtual consultants and their ability to complete specialized projects remotely, providing you with the flexible workforce you need to help your company continue to prosper. Get a free quote from [the Virtual Consulting Firm] today and start growing your business!

This [How To Grow Your Business Without Increasing Your Staff] video 🎥 includes discussions of the following Topics related to [How To Grow Your Business Without Increasing Your Staff] :
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✅ Example [Virtual Consultant] Projects
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[Starting a Business With Your Special Someone] can be an incredibly rewarding journey. But it’s important to understand the risks and rewards of working with the one you love. In this video 🎥, we’ll show you how to create a successful business with your significant other. We’ll discuss the importance of writing a business plan and how to purchase a larger home that’s suitable for running a business out of. Additionally, we’ll provide tips on how to keep your business separate from your romantic life, how to stay romantic during your business journey, and how to strike the perfect balance between work and home. Finally, we’ll provide some advice from successful business owners Vanessa Holwell and her husband Rick, from their own experiences running the HiringSquad.net.
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Do you want to Learn [How To Start A Business With $0]?, then This Video is For You!

In this [How To Start A Business With $0] video, as Part 3 in our series of videos on [How To Start A Business With NO MONEY], we share with you a variety of ideas, tips, etc., regarding [How To Start A Business With NO MONEY / $0], including discussions of the following Topics related to [How To Start A Business With $0] :
✅ [How to Start a Business With No Money]
✅ How to Choose a business that needs little upfront capital
✅ How to Start your business as a side hustle
✅ How to Buy limited equipment
✅ How to Invest only in what’s most essential to your business
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✅ How to Finance growth out of business income
✅ How to Get a silent partner or angel investor
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In this [How To Start A Business With $0] video, as Part 2 in our series of videos on [How To Start A Business With NO MONEY], we share with you a variety of ideas, tips, etc., regarding [How To Start A Business With NO MONEY / $0], including discussions of the following Topics related to [How To Start A Business With $0] :
✅ [How to Start a Business With No Money]
✅ How to Take advantage of what you have
✅ How to Focus on businesses that require little upfront capital
✅ How to Vet your idea
✅ How to Calculate essential business expenses
✅ How to Invest only what you can afford to lose
✅ How to Minimize your spending
✅ How to Get in the trenches
✅ How to Find alternative funding sources
✅ Answers to [Frequently Asked Questions] About [Starting a Business With No Money]
✅ [How To Start A Business With NO MONEY / $0]
✅ [How To Start A Business With $0]

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In this [New Year’s Resolutions For Your Business] video 🎥 we strive to help you set and achieve your [New Year’s Resolutions] for Your [Virtual Consulting] Business in 2023 🎉 We share with you our [New Year’s Resolutions] for 2023. We also share with you our [New Year’s Resolutions] for the [Virtual Consulting Community] for 2023 🎉 including some potentially Mutual Beneficial opportunities for our Fellow [Virtual Consultants].

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Launching an Eco-Friendly Business Concept

If you’re entrepreneurially minded and you have a passion for eco-friendly sustainable living and business ventures, you may have the right formula for a “green” business concept. The first step is assessing your options, researching the competition, and considering your funding needs. The Virtual Consulting Firm has some guidance for getting started.

What Drives You?

Are you interested in developing or selling sustainable products? Providing eco-friendly services? Or possibly greening your current operations?

• Explore the marketplace and look for a “green niche” you can fill using your existing talents, education, and skill sets.
• Financially Simple suggests creating a business plan that includes a market analysis and feasibility study to determine how viable such a venture would be.
• Determine the appropriate business structure for your company — you could be a sole proprietor, LLC, or form a company in your own name while creating a “DBA,” or “doing business as,” a named entity.
• Try to locate your business in a walkable area near mass transit to reduce your environmental impact.

Define Your Business

Part of developing a business and marketing strategy involves defining specific operational functions of your company.

• What products or services will you offer? Will you need to retain employees or freelancers, or identify suppliers and vendors to meet your objectives?
• Will you need a storefront, a home office, or will your operations be entirely virtual?
• What technologies, such as accounting software, will be necessary for your business?
• Who is your target audience? CMA notes that you’ll need to know who they are and how to reach them before devising a promotional strategy.
• What steps will you take to reduce waste and make your business more eco-friendly? Perhaps you’ll opt to save energy by installing solar panels on the roof – just be aware that there’s a price range associated with the panels themselves (which vary depending on wattage) and installation costs.

Create a Marketing Plan

Your marketing plan should speak to your specific demographic and will ideally promote the sustainable benefits and eco-friendliness of your product or service.

• “Green” products and services are often more expensive to produce and provide, so your marketing message should focus on the Earth-friendly solutions you’re offering.
• Use messaging that keys in on the consumer’s altruistic side, and find marketing channels that reach this audience.
• Create a robust social media presence and an interactive website that fully outlines your mission, your products or services, and the ways in which doing business with you contributes to the health of the planet.

Eco-entrepreneurship is growing, and there’s no better time to harness your passion for sustainable living with a winning business concept.

This article was written by a guest writer, Adam Evans. 

Adam Evans has worked in a variety of educational roles, from substitution to full-time teaching to administration positions. Currently a full-time private tutor, he likes to spend his free time exploring museums and natural wonders of the West Coast with his wife and their sons.

Would you like to know [How To Grow Your Business with Barter]?

In this Episode / video as part of the [Growing Your Business With Barter] series of videos, we will help you learn [How To Grow Your Business with Barter] to help you to [Conserve Cash] for Your [Virtual Consulting Business] and [Grow Your Business With Barter!].

In this [Growing Your Business With Barter!] Episode / video we share with you [How To Grow Your Business with Barter] including the following Topics :
✅ How To Barter
✅ How To Identify Your Resources to Trade
✅ How To Put a [Price Tag[ on Your Products and/or Services to Offer on Trade / Barter
✅ How To Identify the Products and/or Services You Want or Need on Trade / Barter
✅ How To Search for and Find Bartering Partners
✅ How To [Make the Deal]
✅ How Individuals Barter
✅ How Companies Barter
✅ How Countries Barter
✅ How Barter Exchanges may be used to [Grow Your Business With Barter]

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Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Barter

1. WHAT IS BARTER?

Barter, also referred to simply as trade, is the oldest form of commerce or business in the world. Barter is simply the exchange of one product or service for another without the exchange of cash. Described another way — barter is using what you have to get what you want or need.

2. WHO CAN BARTER?

Any business owner or professional who has a product or service to offer on trade for which there exists some demand. Obviously, the higher the demand for a product or service and the more limited the supply, the more opportunities you will have to trade for the products and services you want and need. Traders range in size from small sole proprietorships to large international corporations.

3. HOW CAN BARTER INCREASE MY CASH FLOW?

There are several ways in which barter can increase your cash flow. Firstly, normal expenses can be converted from cash to trade transactions, thereby freeing up your cash. Secondly, new customers with whom you do trade business and whom are satisfied with your product or service become great sources of word of mouth advertising – the best kind. Thirdly, you can trade your product or service for all forms of media advertising for more cash business without the out-of-pocket cash costs.

4. HOW DO I KNOW THAT THIS IS LEGITIMATE? / THIS MUST BE ILLEGAL?

The Barter Industry is now officially recognized by the federal government through the “Tax Equity and Financial Responsibility Act (TEFRA) of 1982” as third-party record keepers. Trade/Barter Exchanges now rank on an equal footing with banks, credit card issuers, credit unions, security brokers and others as legitimate custodians in the eyes of the law.

5. WHAT IS A BARTER EXCHANGE?

A Barter (or Trade) Exchange is a business organization engaged in the exchange of products and services without the use of cash. A Trade/Barter Exchange acts in a fiduciary role, facilitating trading between the exchange’s clients via a form of currency, e.g. Trade Dollars (T$), that clients can spend on any of the products and services available on trade from the other clients.

6. WHAT ABOUT TAXES?

There are no tax advantages or disadvantages to barter. The IRS and tax law treats barter identically to cash. Barter sales are treated as taxable income in the year they are credited, just like cash sales. Barter purchases for products and services for your business, including salaries, are tax deductible just like if they were cash purchases. Barter Exchanges report the barter transactions for their clients to the IRS and to the client on a Form 1099-B at the end of the year. You would be responsible for issuing the appropriate Form 1099-B’s for any direct trades in which you participate.

7. WHO ARE THE BEST TRADERS?

Aggressive, intelligent and inventive traders are some of the best. Everyone can learn to be a “mega-trader” by dealing with other traders, watching how they make barter work for them and through creative thinking – “Think Trade First!”, before you spend cash.

8. CAN I GET EVERYTHING I NEED THROUGH BARTER?

No. There are some things that you probably won’t be able to find on trade, including: utilities, parking meters, tips, mortgage payments and money payable to local, state and federal governments( taxes, business licenses, traffic fines). Most everything else can be traded.

9. CAN I AFFORD TO BARTER?

All business owners and professionals can afford to barter. Some can afford to trade more than others, but it can benefit any business. Those who contend that they cannot afford to trade because of cash flow often need the benefits of barter more than anyone.

10. WHEN WOULD I SEE THE BENEFITS?

Each time that you participate in a trade you will realize some of the benefits of barter. When you participate as a seller in a trade you often receive new business from a customer who otherwise would not have purchased your product or service on a cash basis. When you participate as a purchaser in a trade you are acquiring a product or service at a discount equal to your gross profit margin and thereby saving cash. Therefore you will see the benefits whenever you utilize barter to grow your business! So what are you waiting for … ?

If you have any additional questions you would like to see answered, please forward them to me via the contact information below.

© Copyright 1997, 2022 Michael S. DeVries, All Rights Reserved.

This article was originally published on I-Barter.com in 1997 at http://www.i-barter.com/faqs.htm it has been reprinted here in 2022 with appropriate edits and updates with the express permission and approval of the author.

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Do you have Questions about Barter?

In this Episode / video as part of the [Growing Your Business With Barter] series of videos, we will attempt to answer the [Top 10 FAQs About Barter] to help you to [Conserve Cash] for Your [Virtual Consulting Business] and [Grow Your Business].

The [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)] about Bater that we attempt to answer for you in this [Growing Your Business With Barter!] Episode / video include:
✅ What is Barter?
✅ Who can Barter?
✅ How can Barter increase my cash flow?
✅ How do I know that this is legitimate? / This must be illegal?
✅ What is a Barter Exchange?
✅ What about Taxes?
✅ Who are the Best Traders?
✅ Can I get everything I need through Barter?
✅ Can I afford to Barter?
✅ When would I see the Benefits?
✅ How Barter Helps You [Conserve Cash[ for Your [Virtual Consulting Business]
✅ How Barter may be used to [Grow Your Business]

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Would you like to learn how to [Grow Your Business With Barter]?

In this first, [Episode #1] video, as part of the [Growing Your Business With Barter] series of videos, we will introduce you to what Barter is, how Barter works, what a [Barter Exchange] is, which products and services you can Barter and how Barter may be used to help you to [Conserve Cash] for Your [Virtual Consulting Business] and [Grow Your Business].

Some of the Topics discussed in this [Growing Your Business With Barter! – An Overview] video include:
✅ What Barter is
✅ What is a Barter Exchange
✅ How Barter works
✅ Which products and services you can Barter
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✅ How Barter may be used to [Grow Your Business]

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08:30 – How does Barter Work?
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13:02 – What’s Next?
16:05 – Discord Invite
18:42 – Virtual Consulting Sites

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GROWING YOUR BUSINESS WITH BARTER!

– An Overview

• Can you use new business?
• Do you have un/underutilized products or services?
• Do you have products and services you need to purchase for your business?
• Are you finding it difficult to compete with the “big boys”
  with the “deep pockets”?
• Wouldn’t you like to have a competitive edge?

Barter is an excellent way to get the new clients you need to grow your
business. Barter can help you utilize your products and services more fully.
Barter allows you to purchase some of the products and services you need
for your business without spending cash. This article will give you an
overview of how you can use Barter to grow you business.

WHAT IS BARTER?

Barter , also referred to simply as trade, is the oldest form of commerce
or business in the world. Barter is simply the exchange of one product
or service for another without the exchange of cash. Described another
way — barter is using what you have to get what you want or need. Virtually
all of us have experienced barter, particularly in our youth — trading
baseball cards, doll clothes, etc. Business of all kinds and all sizes,
from home-based, self-employed companies to multi-billion dollar corporations,
are trading more than ever for a wide variety of products and services.
Barter is now a multi-billion dollar per year global industry. Herein we
will show you how you can take advantage of the opportunities afforded
by barter to grow your business.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

There are a number of ways and types of barter that you can utilize
to grow your business. We will discuss the various types of barter and
how each works and the advantages and disadvantages of each in more detail
in a future article. The two types of barter that are the most accessible
and easiest to utilize are discussed herein, they are Direct Trade, or
one-on-one trading, and trade via a retail Trade or Barter Exchange.

Direct Trade, or one-on-one trading, is where you offer to trade your
product or service with a business owner or professional who offers a product
or service that you want. An example would be a restaurant owner who offers
to trade a certain number of meals to a printer to have their flyers printed.

A Trade or Barter Exchange is a network of business owners and professionals
who have agreed to offer their products and services on a trade basis to
other clients of the exchange. The exchange markets your products and services
to the other exchange clients. Utilizing a Trade/Barter Exchange is usually
the most efficient manner to maximize the benefits of barter for your business
since you do not have to negotiate and account for each trade yourself.

WHICH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CAN YOU BARTER?

Anything that can be sold or bought on a cash basis can also be bought
or sold through barter. Many people will buy your product or service, or
more of it, on a trade basis when they would not do so on a cash basis,
due to cash flow, their buying discount with trade, etc.

WHAT’S NEXT?

In the next article in this series, regarding “Growing Your Business
With Barter”, we will discuss the various benefits of barter and their
value to you in growing your business.

I hope that you have found this article informative and beneficial for
your business.

© Copyright 1997, 2022 Michael S. DeVries, All Rights Reserved.

This article was originally published on I-Barter.com in 1997 at http://www.i-barter.com/gybwb1.htm it has been reprinted here in 2022 with appropriate edits and updates with the express permission and approval of the author.

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Branding Practices to Give You the Edge

Your brand says everything about your business. It can instill confidence in your customers, distinguish you from your competitors, and allow buyers to understand what you offer. Get it just right and you’ll soon be converting a casual customer into a regular buyer. The Virtual Consulting Firm presents some tips below that can help you get started.

What is Branding?

Branding helps you create a strong and positive perception of your business, your products, and your services in the minds of consumers. It combines such elements as logos, designs, and mission statements to help your company differentiate itself from its competitors.

Branding and Its Effect on the Consumer

Branding helps build a loyal customer base to ensure ongoing sales. It achieves this by shaping a person’s perception of familiarity and attraction. A good, solid brand helps build trust between a business and consumers.

Marketing Practices to Reach Your Target Audience

One of the most critical aspects of your marketing strategy is understanding your brand’s target audience, vital to boosting sales. Ways to identify your target audience include:

• Collecting data from existing customers. Using Google Analytics lets you gather the demographic details of your audience when they visit your website.
• Learn from your competitors. Use the information from your rivals to help tweak your audience, allowing you to be more specific and giving you an edge.
• Using social media analytics. Using the business setting on social media allows you to gather information about your social media audience, such as the age groups and locations of those who follow your account most.

Communicating with Your Design Team

Unless you’re an accomplished graphic designer or web designer, you’ll need to hire professionals to help bring your ideas to life. When communicating with your team of designers, you can compress your JPG images to make them easier to email. However, simply compressing a JPG file will often result in a loss of image quality, so instead, use a JPG-to-PDF converter to transform your images into PDFs to preserve their quality. In addition, you’ll also be able to convert multiple JPG files into a single PDF, saving you the hassle of sending numerous emails.

Signs You Need to Refresh Your Brand

Watch for signs that you need to rethink your branding strategies before your income is affected. Does your brand differentiate itself from competitors? If not, you may need to make alterations.

Also, design trends change very quickly. The fonts, colors, and shapes that seemed cool when you first started may look outdated in today’s ever-changing market. In these instances, you may just need a cosmetic change, such as reshaping your logo and updating your brand voice so it fits with modern tastes.

Back to School

You can sharpen your business skills and develop interpersonal skills vital to running a business by earning a business degree. Going back to school doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice other obligations or give up your job. Online degree programs make studying easy while tending to other commitments. When searching for an online school, ensure they are accredited and offer a competitive rate.

The Edge

Every industry is crowded with competitors. To stand out, you need a brand that distinguishes you from your rivals, builds trust, and inspires confidence. Once you have that, you have the edge.

The Virtual Consulting Firm can help you market, manage, and grow your business. Get in touch with us today for a free quote.

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How to Hire Effective Business Consultants

Businesses hire consultants when they need industry insights, specialized skills, a second opinion, or objective input on business operations and strategy. Yet for some business owners, the idea of paying top dollar for consulting is a hard pill to swallow. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about business consultants — that they tell you what you already know or that consultants are only for big corporations, not small businesses.

In reality, consultants deliver a lot of value to businesses big and small. However, businesses often fail to utilize consultants effectively and end up dissatisfied with the results. This happens when businesses hire the wrong type of consultant, don’t have a clear understanding of business needs, or choose a consultant based on price alone.

Before hiring a business consultant

Maximizing the value of business consulting requires a clear understanding of:

• The problem the business is facing.
• The needs of key stakeholders.
• What success looks like.
• The qualities of an effective consultant.
• The skills or experience required to address the problem.
• Your budget for consulting services.

A common mistake businesses make is starting at the last step and working their way up. You’ll hire a better consultant for your business if you start with what you hope to accomplish and then determine how best to get there.

Types of business consultants

Businesses have a lot of options to choose from when hiring a consultant. These are the most in-demand types of consultants for companies to hire.

IT consultants

IT consultants help companies maintain and repair systems, improve technological efficiency, and implement new technologies. An increasing number of small businesses are investing in cybersecurity consultants to protect against data breaches and ransomware attacks.

Marketing consultants

Marketing consultants include experts in branding, inbound and outbound marketing, social media, web design, and more. While large companies contract with full-service marketing agencies, smaller businesses tend to hire for targeted projects like using a local SEO consultant to improve visibility in local search results and direct customers to a brick-and-mortar location.

HR consultants

An HR consultant is a cost-effective solution for businesses operating with a limited HR department. HR consultants assist with recruitment, compliance, training, and human resource planning. Human resources consultants also help companies create policies and set strategy.

Management consultants

Management consultants help business owners and executives with high-level decisions surrounding operations, finance, and strategic growth. Management consultants usually specialize in a specific industry or niche such as tech, manufacturing, or agribusiness. Businesses can choose from independent consultants, small consulting firms, or large management consulting firms.

Where to hire a virtual consultant

The Virtual Consulting Firm offers a wide variety of quality virtual consulting services for businesses including advertising and marketing, management, information technology, human resources, project management, and more. Business owners can easily request a free quote online. Just describe your project, deliverables, and deadlines and you’ll receive an estimate for virtual consulting services.

Freelance marketplaces are another popular option for finding business consultants and specialists. Marketplaces like Upwork provide access to professionals around the globe at a variety of price points to accommodate all budgets. However, the abundance of options makes it especially important to screen freelancers for talent quality, delivery time, and reputation.

How to measure consultant ROI

Measuring the value that a consultant delivers is one of the most challenging aspects of working with business consultants. Key performance indicators tend to focus on financial metrics but the benefits of consultants are often intangible.

Intangible KPIs include things like business process efficiency, customer experience, brand reputation, talent pool, and competitive intelligence. While these metrics are harder to measure, it’s not impossible.

To effectively measure intangible KPIs businesses need software solutions that gather and process data on key business processes. Core software solutions for businesses include enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), project management, and human resource management (HRM) platforms.

Running a business is a complex undertaking. There are a variety of occasions when business owners benefit from additional expertise and an outside perspective. However, hiring a consultant won’t pay off without a clear understanding of business needs and deliverables. Before investing in business consulting services, know what you hope to gain and how your choice of consultant will help you get there.

Are you ready to hire a consultant for your business? The Virtual Consulting Firm is available for all of your business consulting needs. Learn more about services at The Virtual Consulting Firm and request a free quote online.

This article was written by a guest writer, Adam Evans.

Adam Evans has worked in a variety of educational roles, from substitution to full-time teaching to administration positions. Currently a full-time private tutor, he likes to spend his free time exploring museums and natural wonders of the West Coast with his wife and their sons.

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Why the Name of Your Business Matters

In business, your name does matter from both a business standpoint and for your marketing strategy. It’s like meeting someone for the first time and processing that all-important first impression — your company’s name is the equivalent of that first impression. It should also make a statement about your brand, both in what you provide and your personality. Would you feel confident if your local emergency clinic was called “In ‘N Out Express?”

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What do you do and how you do it

Your business name is the start of building your brand, which is what makes you distinct from competitors and defines your business personality. Consider “Toys R Us,” for example — it clearly defines what it sells, and the colors and styles they use are childlike, fun, and distinctive or memorable.

However, not every business is so lucky as to have its products or services so clearly defined. Someone may set up a business that later provides multiple business lines or services. For example, you may set up a business selling lawn and garden items, and then later branch out to sell all-natural products and essential oils. There’s a loose connection, but the same name wouldn’t make sense. In this case, it may make more sense to have a legal business name and then create a fictitious name — or a DBA (“doing business as”) — for a specific and separate business line. You can select a DBA that clearly defines what it is you do or sell.

You want to also create a distinct logo for your business. Adobe Spark is a free logo design tool you can use to create ideas and try them out. As you go along, try out several different ideas to shape and create a logo that stands out and makes you unique.

Your other marketing consideration is your online presence. Can you find and reserve a domain name that exactly (or even just closely) reflects your business name? If not, your customers or clients may have a hard time finding you, and it offers up some marketing challenges. You can attempt to buy your desired domain name from whoever owns it, but once someone knows they have something you want, they are in a position to name an asking price. You may be better off selecting a name that will work with currently available domain names.

Legal nuts and bolts

You will also want to select a name that is distinct from other business names, especially if they are in the same type of business as you are. This not only gives you a competitive edge by making it easy for your customers and clients to find and identify you, but it allows you to trademark your name and logo for additional protection.

This is the part that can get tricky, as trademarking involves following both state and federal laws. You can search for existing trademarks through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as register your own. But before doing so, you have to follow your state regulations that oversee business naming. Such regulations could include prohibiting certain words, such as those that imply any affiliation with a government agency. You may also need to select a distinct name from another business incorporated and operating in that state — how distinct will vary by state.

If the name fits. . .

Naming a business can be like naming your child. Your business is, after all, an entity of your creation and one that is at least a partial reflection of you. You will want to do it justice from an operations standpoint, and that starts with a name.

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This article was written by a guest writer, Christopher Haymon.

Christopher Haymon has learned the value of saving and budgeting the hard way. He created Adulting Digest to help others who need help navigating the world of adult finances.

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