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Newsletters from 2017


January 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a great New Year's Eve and a wonderful 2016.

Here at Simple Savings, 2017 is going to be a year of change and trying new things. We started by playing with our newsletters. Instead of one big long newsletter each month, we are going to try smaller newsletters every few days.


January 18th 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

Hello,

In our last newsletter, Pete said it takes him three days to earn enough to pay $80 for pizza. To this you may have thought the same thing as James; "Three days!?!" How can it possibly take an average wage earner so long to get ahead? Here’s how:


Three Days to Earn $80

If you are an average person working with a single income, average expenses and a mortgage it can take you a very long time to earn a small amount of spending money....


February 16th 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

Hello,

Thank you for all your wonderful feedback about the changes to our newsletters. We're so glad to hear you are enjoying the new, shorter format!

As always, if you have any feedback - good or bad, please write in and tell us. What would you like to see in your Simple Savings emails? Which savings topics which you most like our help with?


Sally and Hanna: What's the World Coming To?

"Oh good grief, it just gets worse!" Sally said, looking at her computer screen in panic...


March 1st 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

How to Build a Nest Egg, Part 1

In a nutshell, the way to build a nest egg is to spend less than you earn and keep the difference. Which is easy enough to say, but how exactly do you achieve this? The problem for many people is that they don't know how or where to start. Today's newsletter and the ones which follow explain how, one step at a time.

Each step is just as important as the other in its own way, but the one we are going to focus on first is changing your mindset. The major difference between people who are good at saving money and people who are not is just that - mindset. Once you have the right mindset, you can achieve pretty much anything! So, first things first...


June 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

Simple Savings Podcasts Are Here!

At Simple Savings, we don't mince words. We know that having no money really sucks. So we have developed our very own series of podcasts to help people change this. Our aim is to teach anyone who is struggling to manage their money how they can transform their situation from being permanently broke to being able to create and grow a great big pile of readily available cash. It isn't hard and the best thing is you can listen to the podcasts whenever you like, just by going to our brand new Podcast area on the Simple Savings site.


July 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

New Podcast! Keeping Up with the Joneses

Decades before any of the Kardashians had even been born, unsuspecting consumers were aspiring to keep up with the Joneses - an imaginary 'perfect' family who had it all. These days, you can find examples of the Joneses everywhere, from TV to Facebook and Instagram. But how much do they influence your spending? And what can you do about it? In this new podcast, Fiona and Jackie discuss how to see the reality below that perfect veneer and find ways to put yourself first.

Best of the Forum

Suffering from the winter doldrums? Head to the Simple Savings Forum! You'll always find a warm welcome here and plenty of inspirational discussions to rekindle your 'get up and go'. Here are some fun and interesting chats we've got going on at the moment - there are lots, lots more!


November 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

  1. Return of Hint of the Week
  2. What is the Savings Vault?
  3. New Site Coming Soon
  4. 2018 Simple Savings Calendar
  5. Funky, Affordable T-Shirts
  6. Christmas Gift Ideas
  7. Thank You

December 2017 - Simple Savings Newsletter

  1. January Calendar Topic: Eat Together at the Table
  2. The Savings Vault
  3. Competitions, Competitions, Competitions!
  4. Funky, Affordable T-Shirts
  5. Free 2018 Calendar
  6. Hint from the Savings Vault