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Save $10 in 10 Minutes: Examine Your Grocery Bill

We all spend money on groceries, and eating at home (instead of dining out) is a great way to save cash each month. But can we optimize our grocery experience to save that extra bit of cash now, for more fun later? Let’s check it out. Being financially savvy isn’t rocket science. Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of research, planning and you’ll be saving cash in no time. Taking a 5-10 minute look at your grocery bill will save you at least $10, if not more. The Check Out Shop as you nor

Save $100 in 10 Minutes: Set Up Your 1st Automatic Savings Account

Want to save yourself $100 in 10 minutes? Sounds great, right? With this technique, literally 10 minutes of effort could save you $1200 over the year. With online banking, automating your cash is easy and effective. Almost every major online banking site in Canada offers you automatic cash transfers that you can set and forget. You can also check out ING Direct [http://www.ingdirect.ca/en/]! How to Do it • Decide how much you want to save per month (let’s say $100). • Identify when you get pa

Save $100 in 10 Minutes: Christmas Travel

The Christmas season is almost here, and that can mean a few things: fun, festive treats, and definitely expenses. As we’ve detailed before, getting in front of your holiday expenses [http://bog.mogo.ca/?p=1387] is important. Now it’s time to look at Christmas travel and how you can save cash and still have a great December. When it comes to Christmas, there is a lot of travel. Roads are busy, airports are packed and all of it comes at seasonal rates. If you want to save some cash on holiday tr

Save $100 in 10 Mins: Build Your Credit with Pre-Paid Credit Cards

Credit Cards are a powerful tool for your finances. When you use them correctly, they help build your credit, make purchases easier and help you track your money easily online. When you make a few mistakes with them, you can blow up your cash-to-debt ratio, incur fees and sink your credit score. Learning to use credit cards can be a tough thing, but pre-paid cards are a great solution that can easily save you $100 with a 10 minute purchase. The $100 is going to come from the interest you could

Save $100 In 10 Minutes: Grocery Shopping That Actually Saves

This Save $100 in 10 Minutes tip takes 10 minutes of planning and then the usual amount of time it takes to grocery shop. If you’re like me, you know what you like to cook and eat… but when you get to the grocery store your mind is as blank as your 10th grade History test in a nightmare. I walk around, picking up random stuff and have no idea what to cook when I get home and it’s time for dinner. To combat this I started figuring out what I cook/eat on a regular basis (the plan) and what elemen