For those of you not using Mint.com as a tool to help you manage your money and make it incredibly easy to automate your financial planning, you’re missing out. With already a million users, this completely free service is helping people pay off debt, save money, and get on the right path. According to some of their recent surveys, 90% of users say they’ve changed their spending patterns because of they are a member of Mint.com
And things only continue to get better and easier. They recently launched a beta of their Financia Fitness tool, which makes personal finance and money management simple and painless by doing the work for you. Financial Fitness identifies five core areas to an overall succesful financial lifestyle, and provides personalized tips on how you can improve your situation.
What are the five core areas?
- Know Your Money
- Spend Less Than You Earn
- Use Debt Wisely
- Invest Your Savings
- Prepare for the Unexpected
Because Mint.com’s software automatically monitors your income and expenses, they can alert you when something is not right and you are straying away from a healthy financial balance sheet. You’ll find out specifically what you need to do in order to improve your finances, and learn about why it is important that you are doing the things they instruct you to do.
It’s like having a personal financial adviser that works for you 24×7 and doesn’t cost you a dime.
Check it out if you haven’t already… Go to Mint.com
