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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

12 Things to Do After Writing a Blog Post

By savvyscot

12 Things to Do After Writing a Blog Post

I think everyone will find the following InfoGraphic really useful! I am quite guilty of forgetting a few of the simplest suggestions, however always keyword optimise my posts. This has really paid of lately, with over 100 hits a day coming from google search traffic! How many of these things do you follow through with… Read more

Filed Under: Growing a Blog, Money Tagged With: advertising blog, advertising blog posts, Blog, Blog Tips, getting people to my blog, Growing a blog

Your Site or Blog Gets Hacked…. How do you fix it?

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Your Site or Blog Gets Hacked…. How do you fix it?

Click here for a 30% OFF Hostgator coupon and start your blog from $4.86 a month Everyone Hates Hackers Let me start with a mini-rant: Why do people bother hacking small independent businesses/bloggers? Like seriously, I can almost understand that some hackers have a political vendetta against governments or organisations and the reasons for redirecting to funny or… Read more

Filed Under: Growing a Blog, Technology Tagged With: Fix hacked wordpress blog, fixing configuration file, fixing infected blog, how to fix infected wordpress site, how to fix malware on wordpress, how to fix wordpress blog, infected WP-INCLUDES, migrating host, restoring wordpress database, restoring wordpress from backup, wordpress configuration file, Wordpress SQL database, WP-INCLUDES hacked

On Presents, Presence and Happiness

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On Presents, Presence and Happiness

We can all remember what Christmas meant to us as a kid. I remember how the night of Christmas Eve always passed so ridiculously slowly. The second hand used to tick that little bit louder as if to remind you of every second that was passing. I loved pretending to be asleep as my parents… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection, Saving Money, Self Development Tagged With: Attitude towards giving, enjoying giving, Giving, how to enjoy giving, importance of christmas, pleasure out of giving, presence for christmas, presents for christmas, spotlight, why giving is important

Financial Advisors Can Help Anyone

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Financial Advisors Can Help Anyone

Some people may believe that only the super wealthy can benefit from the services of a high quality, reputable and knowledgeable financial advisor. In reality, nearly everyone can benefit from a financial advisor’s services, depending on their stage of life or sudden changes to their financial situation. A relationship with a financial advisor doesn’t have… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: Financial Advisors

Why you should reclaim your PPI

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Why you should reclaim your PPI

Unless you have been living on another planet, you will have heard a lot recently about reclaiming back PPI. PPI claim compensation is available to all those who were mis-sold their payment protection insurance, either because they did not need, did not want it, or did not ask for it. Some people unfortunately will think that… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: Apply for PPI refund, entitlement to PPI refund, PPI refund, PPI Refund entitlement, Why you should apply for a PPI refund

Investing 101: What Are Your Investment Options?

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Investing 101: What Are Your Investment Options?

The first step in becoming a successful investor is taking the time to understand the markets and the different types of investment options that are available. There is an element of risk in every form of investment – just as there is in virtually every decision we make in life. Even a basic understanding of… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: Binary Trading, Bonds, Mutual Funds

5 Tips For Landlords

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5 Tips For Landlords

Everyone knows that property is one of the most popular forms of investment. Unlike shares, bonds, trusts etc. property has an extra safety-net in that people will always need somewhere to live. That said, this by no means guarantees that any property investment is a good one. House prices fluctuate, as do the rental returns… Read more

Filed Under: Investing, Money Tagged With: contingency funds, contract, investing in houses, investing in property, landlord insurance, overpayments, tenancy contract, tips for landlords, using a property agency

5 Top Tips for Saving Money on Food

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5 Top Tips for Saving Money on Food

  There was an article today in the news regarding food waste. Studies have shown that an average family in Britain throws away about £680 ($1000) of food every single year! This amounts to 7.2 million tonnes of waste food – 4.4 million tonnes of which could have been eaten (over 60%). Let alone the… Read more

Filed Under: Food, Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged With: Food Tips, Saving Money on Food, Shopping Smart

Side Income is There for the Taking

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Side Income is There for the Taking

I’m not a big politics fan, but I have to admit I love some of Thomas Jefferson’s quotes. The man was very wise – perhaps a modern day Confucius? I particularly like some of his quotes around hard work and ambition:   “Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of… Read more

Filed Under: Money, Money Making, Personal Finance Tagged With: earn money blogging, earning money on the side, side income, side income is available to everyone, ways to earn side income

Passive Income Series – Forex Trading – A New Investment Option

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Passive Income Series – Forex Trading – A New Investment Option

Diversify your portfolio. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. How many times have you heard these statements? While these statements can apply to more to just finances, the chances are that you understand that it is a bad idea to invest all your cash in one stock, or put all your money into… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: Forex, make money trading currency, Passive Income, passive income stream, Trading currency, what is currency trading?

Cutting Back on My Basic Spending

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Cutting Back on My Basic Spending

Click HERE for Part 2 I want to start this post by saying that the cupcakes that I blogged about making yesterday were a massive success! Although it did take me two full hours and a lot of energy! I know it is not polite to give kudos to your own cooking, but the cupcakes… Read more

Filed Under: Saving Money Tagged With: Basic Spending, Cutting back on basic spending, cutting bills, Cutting costs, cutting monthly outgoings, how much pre-tax salary, pre-tax salary worth, reducing bills, saving money on monthly expenses, tips to reduce monthly outgoings, tips to save money

I Can’t Believe It’s March Already!

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I Can’t Believe It’s March Already!

It seems like only a few days ago I was writing a January update post… where the heck did February go? February was an EXPENSIVE month for me. Within a four week period, I have to contend with the following – Mum’s Birthday Valentines Day Mrs Scot’s Birthday Mother-in-laws Birthday Car Insurance Renewal Paying for… Read more

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: March update, Tough Mudder, Win Canon Camera, Win digital SLR

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