Field Guide to Money-Saving Tips for You and Your Business
(Updated February 2011)
Times are tough! Get money-saving ideas for your business and yourself. We've gathered the best tips, websites and e-books to help you out. (A. Siudzinski, Senior Library Information Specialist)
Money-Saving Tips for Your Business 
Fact Sheet: Tax Breaks for Small Businesses, (Small Business Administration, n.d.).
5 steps to help your small business save money in 2011, (Small Business Trends, Jan. 6, 2011).
Take command of costs, (REALTOR® Magazine, Oct. 2010).
7 tips for negotiating a better office lease, (REALTOR® Magazine, Apr. 2010).
6 tips for saving big money on office supplies, (www.wisebread.com, Feb. 10, 2010).
A battle plan for shrinking your small-business debt, (Entrepreneur Daily Dose, Jan. 29, 2010).
For Brokers: 7 ways to rein in costs now, (REALTOR® Magazine, Apr. 2009).
Money-Saving Tips for You
Covercast: Save $50 a day (podcast), (Kiplingers, Mar. 2011).
Top 100 personal finance tips for 2011, (www.bankrate.com, 2011).
Top 12 money saving tips for 2011, (RISMedia, Dec. 16, 2010).
Save money with your edible garden, (www.HouseLogic.com, Feb. 2, 2010).
Money saving tips from A to Z, (Saving Cents with Sense, Jan. 1, 2010).
Resolve to save money on food, (Kiplinger, Jan. 25, 2010).
Websites
Dollarstretcher.com, (www.stretcher.com, 2010).
Frugal Living, (frugalliving.about.com, 2010).
Smarterwallet, (www.thesmarterwallet.com, 2010).
Wisebread, (www.wisebread.com, 2010).
Get Rich Slowly, (www.getrichslowly.org/blog, 2010).
Not Made of Money, (www.notmadeofmoney.com).
eBooks & Other Resources
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The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
30 Days to Taming Your Finances (OverDrive Audiobook)
Debt Free for Life (OverDrive Audiobook)
Right on the Money! (Kindle, Adobe eReader)
Smart Cookies' Guide to Making More Dough (Kindle, Adobe eReader)
Smart Couples Finish Rich (Adobe eReader)
Smart Women Finish Rich (Adobe eReader)
Woman's Day Living Fiscally Fit (Kindle, Adobe eReader)
You're So Money (Kindle, Adobe eReader)
Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
The resources below are available for loan through Information Central. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.
Be CentsAble, (New York, NY: Penguin, 2010). TD 171.7 P27
Stop Throwing Money Away, (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010). TD 171.7 N85
Suddenly Frugal, (Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2010). TD 171.7 In4
Living well in a down economy for dummies, (New York, NY: Wiley, 2008). HG 179 B27
What you need to know: an 8-point action plan to secure your financial independence, (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2003). HG 179 Ed2w
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