Category Archives: Video-Tutorials

Video examples and instructions on tools or websites that help you manage money.

Opt Out of Credit Card and Insurance mailing offers

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Steve Stewart

Tired of all the junk mail? Wish you didn’t have to spend the first 5 minutes after getting home on tearing your name and address off envelopes and solicitations? Join me as I “fly” through a few web pages and … Continue reading →

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Use Google Calendar to help budget expenses

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Steve Stewart

Most people use a calendar for upcoming events like birthdays, anniversaries, and dance recitals. In this exercise I show how to use an on-line calendar to enter upcoming expenses, make them recur every week/month/year, and how to set email reminders to … Continue reading →

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Absolute Simplest Budget In Excel

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Steve Stewart

In Episode #005 of the MoneyPlanSOS Podcast I described the Absolute Simplest Budget That Works. In this video-tutorial I show you how to create this type of budget in an Excel Spreadsheet. This will also work in any other spreadsheet … Continue reading →

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Credit Cards are like Cereal

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Steve Stewart

How did we end up with so many?  We meant to have only one, yet here we are with more than we can handle.  How do we get rid of them? This humorous look at our cupboards is a great … Continue reading →

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Teach Kids the value of a Dollar with Mountain Dew

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Steve Stewart

It’s economics vs marketing: This video illustrates how marketing affects our purchasing decisions.  Every kid needs to learn the value of a dollar before reaching adulthood and this video helps them relate to the message by using Mountain Dew bottles. … Continue reading →

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Vid-torial – Check your Annual Credit Report (Equifax)

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Steve Stewart

Keeping an eye on your credit report is important but can be scary the first time. In this tutorial I take you step by step through the simple process and you get to watch as I get my credit bureau … Continue reading →

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