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Should She Go Half On Her Engagement Ring?

One of my coworkers ran up to me one Monday morning to share some good news. She told me one of her friends got engaged over the weekend. She even showed me a picture of the engagement ring. I thought it was beautiful. Since I didn’t know the friend, I didn’t have much more to

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The Best Time For Him To Buy You An Engagement Ring

Disclosure: Ladies, don’t kill me for what I am about to say. Gentlemen, you are welcome in advance. 🙂 A lot of ladies grow up looking forward to the day that the man that they love (and who loves them) gets down on one knee, pulls out a small box that contains a big diamond

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33+ Brown Girl Financial Experts to Follow In 2017

When I first started blogging about personal finance in 2013, I was always on the look out for brown girl personal finance experts to rock with. Back in 2013, we seemed to be few. But now, we are one hell of a storm. Each year, it’s great to see so many brown girls talking money

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4 Ways To Cut Costs On Your Wedding and Still Keep It Elegant and Exquisite

A friend of mine who recently got engaged called to catch up earlier today. Naturally, I asked her how the wedding planning was coming along. She laughed it off lightly and said ‘It’s not!’. She hadn’t made much progress in planning for her nuptials and confided that she didn’t foresee much more in the way

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Green Eyes? 5 Ways To Overcome Financial Envy—Ask Erykah

To be honest, ya’ll, I have been in a little funk lately.  l have become envious of the life that I want, instead of the live that I have. Intellectually, I know that things come in time. Cognitively I am aware that my envy comes from being unrealistic and unfair to myself. I am also

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How I’m Raising My Kid to be Money Confident

This blog post is sponsored by T. Rowe Price. All thoughts, opinions, and experiences are my own. My mother was a fierce woman. She left colonial Antigua to pursue midwifery in England back in the 1950s, lived throughout Europe and Canada, and finally settled in New York City in the 1970s with her then-husband to

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Give Your Digital Marketing Some More Of Your Time

Digital marketing is a key part of your business’ promotional strategy. But are you making the most of it? Now more than ever, businesses are realizing the importance of reaching their audiences online. In a world where the outside can be shut down for months at a time, it’s vital that you’re able to reach

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The Various Ways In Which Business Competition Can Manifest

When you think of business competition, what thoughts and feelings come to mind? Often, we regard competition in the most concrete of terms. This is usually the right way to think about it. For instance, what market share do our competitors hold in our local scene? How busy might a rival restaurant be on a

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6 Steps to Take When Turning Your Hobby into a Business

If you have a hobby that you do on the side, you might be tempted to make your side hustle your full-time job. Especially if your office job is starting to wear you down. With the right skills and a solid business plan, you can actually make the dream of monetizing your hobby happen. Below,

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Be A Better Boss By Managing People In Style

Is there room for improvement within your business? If so, finding ways to get more out of the key people in your venture should be the top item on your agenda. And, frankly, it’s a process that starts with you. People management is an essential ingredient in the recipe for success. Here’s how you can

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