Welcome to another Money Life Network group writing series. We”ve titled this one  “Jumpstart YOUR Economy: Tips For Starting The New Year Off Right“.  We”re committed to helping our readers attain personal and financial freedom, and what better time than right in the new year to start!

Over the next week we”ll be posting our tips for getting a fresh start on our individual blogs.  Here”s a schedule of the posts coming up over the next week:

• Sunday January 25th: SenseToSave.com talks tax slots machine exemptions.
• Monday January 26th: BibleMoneyMatters.com delves into setting up your first budget.
• Tuesday January 27th: FreeFromBroke.com explains why we need a high-yield savings account.
• Wednesday January 28th: PTMoney.com helps us make some extra money (to put in that savings account).
• Thursday January 29th: MilkYourMoney.com dives into a mystery topic.
• Friday January 30th: MyInvestingBlog.com gives us tips to finding a fit financial helper!
• Saturday  January 31st:  Remodelingthislife.com explores how to prepare for a year of holidays.

Have your own tips for starting the year off right? Grab the graphic at the top, upload it to your own host, and blog about the ways you”re jumpstarting your personal economy this year.  Once you”re done send us the link and we”ll post it here!

Don”t have a blog?  Leave us a comment below with your tips!

User Submissions

• Jumpstart Your Economy: Give Yourself A Tax Related Raise

Visit The Blog Posts

• Frugal Things To Do In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Sense To Save
• Frugal Things To Do In St. Augustine, Florida – Remodeling This Life
• Frugal Things To Do In Washington, D.C. – Milk Your Money
• Frugal Things To Do And See In New York City – Free From Broke
• Frugal Things To Do In Dallas, Texas – Prime Time Money
• Frugal things to do when you’re in Minneapolis, Minnesota – Bible Money Matters
• Frugal Things To Do When Your In The Greater Seattle, Washington Area – My Investing Blog

Be sure and visit the above posts to add your own frugal ideas for those locations.

User Submissions

• Frugal Things To Do In Atlanta, Georgia – Tales from the Road Less Traveled
• Frugal Things To Do In Saint slots online Louis, MO – That One Caveman
• Frugal things to do in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Umar Siddiqi
• Frugal Things To Do In Kansas City, MO – James @ capitalcouplesfinance
• Frugal Living in the Pioneer Valley - The Femmes Frugal
• Frugal Things To Do In Phoenix, Arizona – Jason @ ForwardHabit.com
• Frugal Things To Do In New Orleans, Louisiana – RC @ Think Your Way To Wealth
• Frugal Things To Do In Denver Metro – Frugal For Life
• Frugal Things To Do In Oklahoma City – Money Intellect
• Free and Frugal Things To Do In Los Angeles – Our Four Pence Worth
• Your guide to a fun and cheap vacation in Gainesville, Florida – All About Appearences
• Cheap Entertainment On The Maine Coast – Breaking Even, Inc.

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Is your area not included? We gladly welcome other submissions. Feel free to use the comments below to add some frugal ideas for your area. If you”re a blogger, please, write your own “frugal things to do in…” post. Be sure and let us know and we”ll add a link to your post. We”ll also add you to the map. Be sure and subscribe to the Money Life Network RSS Feed so you won”t miss a post.

We had a very good turnout for the project and therefore are planning on keeping im casino spielen the love going in July with a new project set to start very soon!

Keep an eye on the page here for the next project!

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Summer is upon us and with the higher temperatures are coming higher prices for just about everything under the sun. Gas costs just went up, the summer vacation is costing an arm and a leg (maybe two!), and you may need to take out that second mortgage just to send your kids to summer camp.

Money Life Network realizes that times are tough this year and people are cutting back to make ends meet. With that in mind we decided to do a group writing project this month at our member blogs looking at ways that you can save money this summer. We”re calling it the “Summer Savings Series“!

Money Life Network Posts

Monday 6/9: Summer Savings Series #1: Food is a big expense. How can you save?

Tuesday 6/10: Summer Savings Series #2: 9 Money Saving Ways to Prepare For a Vacation

Wednesday 6/11: Summer Savings Series #3: Everyone Can Save Money This Way In The Heat!

Thursday 6/12: Summer Savings Series #4: Fun Frugal Ices With Your Child

Friday 6/13: Summer Savings Series #5: Make Summer Activities Affordable

Monday 6/16: Summer Savings Series #6: Save like you”re paying off a high interest debt

Tuesday 6/17: Summer Savings Series #7 – Send Your Kid to Summer Camp Without Blowing the Budget

Wednesday 6/18: Summer Savings Series Tip #8 – Watch Movies And Play Video Games For Free!

Thursday 6/19: Summer Savings Series #9 – Our Disney World Vacation

Friday 6/20: Summer Savings Series #10 – What is a staycation?

Monday 6/23: Summer Savings Series #11 – Saving at the movies this summer

Tuesday 6/24: Summer Savings Series #12: Save Money and Get Fit with These Summertime Activities and Programs

Wednesday 6/25: Summer Savings Series #13 – Don’t Drive 10 Miles Out Of Your Way To Save $0.20 On Gas! Use GasBuddy!

Thursday 6/26: Summer Saving Series #14: New York State Empire Passport

Friday 6/27: Summer Savings Series #15: The art of Hypermiling

User Submissions:

8 cheap summer fun ideas @ Broke Grad Student

Military Discounts @ Military Finance Network

Summer Savings – What I did @ OneGirlsQuest

You Know What I Did This Summer – Save Money! @ Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?

Dealing with high food prices @ Paradigm Shifted

7 Ways to save money this summer @ Dreamline Savings

10 Money Saving Vacation Tips @ Think your way to wealth

Summer Savings Series: My Game Plan @ Kingdom First Mom

Freeze Your Air Conditioning Costs @ CashMoneyLife.com

How I Plan to Save Money This Summer @ Amelia”s Healthy Life

How I Will Save Money on My Summer Vacation roulette @ The Dangling Conversation

Using Coupons @ Actiwiz.com

Saving Money This Summer @ Keep it Simple

Our blogs cover a lot of varied ground when it comes to personal finance, caca-niqueis and this series will probably be no different. Some of the topics we may touch on include:

• Ways to save on travel
• Frugal activities for the kids
• Ways to save on your auto expenses
• Ways to save on groceries
• How to get motivated to save

Over the next 3 weeks each member of the Money Life Network will write 1 post per week about how to save this summer on their blog. Keep checking the group site because we”ll have a new article every day Monday-Friday for the duration of the series. We start the series on Monday June 9th, and we”ll wrap up with a roundup post on June 30th. So subscribe to our feed, bookmark this page and stay tuned for tons of great ways to save this summer!

You can participate and win a $100 Amazon Gift Card!

If you want to get in on our “Summer Savings Series” as well, write your own post about how you plan to save money this summer. You can even use our snazzy graphic that appears on this page and link people back to this “Summer Savings Series” page.

Once you”ve posted your article just shoot us an email through our contact page, or leave a comment on one of our blogs, and we”ll post a link to your article at the top of this page.

Why would you want to take the time to contribute to the writing project? MONEY! When you write your post you”ll be given an entry in our contest to win a $100 Amazon gift card. A drawing will be held once the series is complete. Ways to win include:

• Write a post about how you plan to save money this summer. Send us the link. (5 entries)
• Subscribe our our group feed, and email us the secret phrase. (3 entries)
• Leave a comment with your summer savings tip. (2 entries)

You can enter each way once for a total of 10 entries. We’ll put all of the entries into random.org to choose the winner. Entries can be submitted up to 11:59 am Monday, June 30th. We’ll announce and contact the winner on Tuesday July 1st to email the gift certificate. If the email address is not valid we will award the prize to the second place finisher. Good luck!