June 15th, 2010, Philadelphia, PA – Beating Broke has recently been honored with eCollegeFinder’s Financial Mentor Award. The Financial Mentor Award recognizes the top 50 financial resources on the Internet that allow students to maintain their financial health while in school. Finding an affordable education is just one piece of the financial puzzle for students. Beating Broke acts as a valuable financial resource and has shown dedication to helping people successfully manage their economic positions.This award is intended to commend their remarkable efforts.

To view the entire list of award winners, visit the eCollegeFinder Financial Mentor Award page.

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It’s pretty cool to be acknowledged a little bit. You should sign up for the RSS feed! Now that I’m big , I might start charging for it or something silly. Ok, that’s a joke. But, you should sign up for the RSS feed!

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• Beating Broke Rules
• Budget
• Financial Truths
• Guru Advice
• Personal Finance Education
• Financial Mistakes

That should get you started.  J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly has a great collection of the posts that he’s done that you should check out as soon as you’re done reading those ones from Beating Broke.

While we’re celebrating, let’s share a story or two.  And while we’re at it, let’s make it a Giveaway!  The lucky winner will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card.  Tell us a story of how you’ve improved your financial literacy in the last year.  You can do it with a comment here, or a blog post on your blog if you like.  If you do a blog post, though, please come back here and leave a comment so I can find your post and count your entry.  We’ll run it through Monday the 5th.  On Tuesday the 6th, I’ll compile all the comments here, and use random.org to pick a winner.  Please restrain yourself to only one entry each.

Now, let’s hear those stories!

UPDATE!  We have  a Winner!  Comment #3 wins the $10 Gift Card from Amazon!  Congratulations Mike from Personal Finance Ninja!  I’ve dropped you an email and we can sort out the details.  Thanks for everyone for participating!

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It’s one hundred percent FREE, so please grab a copy and take a look.  I think you might learn something.

You can download it at http://www.beatingbroke.com/BBGCS/BBGCS.pdf

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Here’s the details over at FS’s website. The Yakezie Alexa Challenge

Pretty cool.

ADDED: Here’s some links that are helpful

A list of links to all the participating blogs at fiscalgeek : Yakezie participants

A regularly updated spreadsheet broken down by goal alexa rankings at Sweating the Big Stuff: Alexa ranking challenge spreadsheet

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Here is the results sheet for week 5.  (hopefully.)

Or not.  I can’t seem to get it to embed properly….

So, let me tell you who is in the lead.

First, there are 6 teams of 5 people.  Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta.  Each team has a cumulative weight loss goal of 75 pounds.

(Drumroll please.)

The current leaders are: Team Gamma!  They’ve lost 27.5 pounds so far.  Way to Go guys!

The members of Team Gamma are:

• Baker of Man Vs. Debt
• Neal of WealthPilgrim
• Kelly of theCentsibleLife
• Mrs. Micah of MrsMicah
• Kim of MoneyManagement

Again, way to go guys!

My team (Delta) has a bit of catching up to do!  We’re only at 12.5 pounds!  Time for more push-ups guys!

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My hope is that the report will be help people learn what the correct usage of a credit score are, and what the benefits are of having a good credit score.  Which is why I’ve made it a FREE report.  All you have to do is sign up for the Beating Broke newsletter.

What is the newsletter?  Well, it’s a bit in the fledgling state, but the idea is that you will get the occasional update about the site with an article or two as well as some articles and information that won’t appear here on the blog.  I promise to not fill up your email inbox with the newsletter.  In fact, at the moment, I only plan on sending it out once a month at most.  More likely, bi-monthly.

The report is well worth it if you ask me.  I’m a bit biased since I wrote it, but I really do think it could be a very valuable resource for someone who doesn’t know much about credit scores.

Also, I want the report to get into as many hands as possible, so if you want a copy without signing up for the newsletter, just send me a note with the contact form and I’ll send you a copy.

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So, you can now follow Beating Broke on Twitter.  The user name is @beatingbroke and, while I have it set up (I think) to update with the posts I do here, I also plan on adding other updates as well.  I’m hoping to stoke the conversation a little.

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If you haven’t, you should check out pfblogs.org.  It’s an excellent source to find even more news and many points of view on personal finance.  I guarantee you’ll find something to read while there.  If you’d like to see Beating Broke on the site, you can visit the page for this blog.

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Independence day is also a great day to think about your financial independence.  Take a look around you and think about the things you could be doing for yourself, and for others, if you didn’t have the debt that you have.  Think of the burden that would be lifted and the stress that would be relieved if all your bills were paid off and on time.  On this Independence Day, I encourage you to give some thought to your financial independence and how you can make it a reality.

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Here’s wishing you a debt free life and we look forward to talking with you soon!

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