What’s “The New American Dream”? The old American Dream is not so clear cut any more. Funny how I love watching “Mad Men” so much.  With all its secrets and decadent plotlines, Mad Men is pretty quaint and nostalgic. The show documents how the American Dream of owning your own home, getting a college education [...]

I just read this blog post from Carole at Freelance Fact File about keeping clients happy.  She gives eight tips, but when I read them, I thought that some didn’t sound like fun but more like drudgery. If that’s the case, then I would be back to working in a cubicle. Below are the tips [...]

Jen Dziura is a friend of mine who wears even more hats that I do.  In addition to comedy, performance, producing spelling bees, tutoring–she also writes a career column for The Gloss.  Here’s a bit of her excellent post about how to set your freelancing rates and how much to pay an assistant. The goal [...]

Yesterday ( June 15th) was the quarterly tax deadline. Joyce Rosenberg wrote a great article highlighting the need of self-employed and small business owners to set aide 30-4% of their income quarterly for tax payments. Below is an excerpt.  ESTIMATED TAXES Because employees have their taxes withheld from their paychecks, most don’t need to worry [...]

Last week I went to the Trapeze School on way west 30th Street for the TD Bank Flip Campaign Event. TD Bank is running a promotion to entice new customers and/or new checking accounts whereas they will give Flip video cameras while supplies last. From now until June 5th, you will be eligible to get [...]

Creating a business plan for many entrepreneurs can be a numbers headache. The important thing is being able to answer key questions. There’s an article in CS Monitor that lists some important questions hat should be included in a business plan. What are you hoping to do? Why is this an opportunity? What is happening [...]

As we move into summer and vacations are coming up, small business owners should be able leave town without worry. Here’s a few tips. Have your business a click away: Although you will be on vacation and your books will be in order before you go, you may still want access to critical business info [...]

I love it when my friends collaborate. Amber Marlow Blatt of Hey Brooklyn interview Lauren Fairbanks of LifestylerMag talks about personal finance tips for GenY, going to the free events in the city and using Groupon for teeth cleaning. Bonus: Geeta Dayal has a great tips for freelancers, artists, and creative types.

Now is the time to track deductions for next year. Jenn Escalona tells you how. Lighten your wallet and save money. Use Cardstar app (iPhone, Blackberry) to enter all your loyalty and reward cards. If you are buying a car soon, then check out True Car which is a new car pricing research site. Let [...]

Yesterday Intuit hosted a Town Hall at NASDAQ where there were sessions on Small Business, Kid & Money and Personal Finance.  I attended the Small Business and Personal Finance sessions. It was curious to note that the event was held at NASDAQ since it was also the first stock market in the United States to [...]

Today I am at the Intuit Town Hall.  I will be tweeting about it at niche, and Intuit Town Hall is tweeting as well. you can  follow the hashtag “#intuitth. You can also register the livestream. This morning is a small business panel. The afternoon sessions will be about Kids and Monday and the last [...]

Lunch and Learn: Marci Alboher will talk about “encore careers” at the 92 Y Tribeca on Tuesday, April 27. They can bring home the bacon:  Read this post about women entrepreneurs by Adelaide Lancaster. The Lady Knows: Yesterday, I say Melinda Emerson (AKA SmallBizLady) speak at the 140Conf. I love that her goal is to [...]

Bank of America is rolling out text banking. Tax deadline is this Thursday, April 15. File Later if you have to. If you need help with your filing, Simplfi has some tips on how to double your tax refund. Finovate Spring Conference is May 11 in San Francisco. Invoice Bubble is a new online invoicing [...]

Here at Keeping Nickels, I write mostly about stuff for entrepreneurs and freelancers.  Lately, I have found some good links for job seekers and wanted to share them. Futurama: Marci Alboher gives nine tips for preparing for jobs for the future. Workerbee: Web Worker Daily Lance-a-lot: Freelance Writing Gigs Ideal Job: Idealist