Today at Women2Women...

Katie Buice with Capstone Financial spoke to us about:

"Five Things You Must Do Today to Navigate These Financial Waters"

1. Manage your cash flow. You should be on a budget and if you're too lazy to do quicken or the like, there's a free website called www.mint.com that you can use to manage your money. (Katie encouraged everyone to read the privacy and security FAQs to determine for themselves if it is appropriate for them.) You must know where your money is going!
2. Stash your Cash. You must build an emergency fund. Find the money and just do it. Look for money in unconventional places such as old insurance policies. Hoard every dollar and put it into savings. You may need it!
3. Don't stop investing. If you have to reduce your contributions, that's ok. But don't stop investing. If you do , you will get used to spending that extra money and when things are better you won't be able to live without it.
4. Look at your protection. You need lots and lots of life insurance. Update your will. Don't let your insurance policies lapse for any reason.
5. Find other ways to make money. Take on extra jobs. Have a yard sale. Sell on craigslist.com, it's free. You don't have to think high level right now. Any extra cash is good and you should be putting it into your savings account.

Katie did a wonderful job of presenting these ideas and helping us understand them. Don't let her young appearance fool you, Katie is a very professional and capable young lady! Thank you Katie for taking the time to do this for us, and for being a huge support for Women2Women. You can contact Katie at 770-377-9834 or ebuice@finsvcs.com .

I look forward to seeing all of you again, next month!

Kimberly

BIG HUGE NEWS coming to Women2Women

on Tuesday, March 17th!

Women2Women is ever changing. This Tuesday (17th) we will be making a few adjustments, and in the words of Martha Stewart "It's a Good Thing".

-We have developed a bad habit of not starting on time (my fault-not yours), which cuts down on the time that most of you have to spend with us. So from now on we will start the meeting PROMPTLY at 10:30am. ( Of course we still want you to come if you are running a little late- just slip on in and join us! )

-If you feel you need a bit more time for networking and can't stay for lunch, come at 10:00am and be first to greet ladies as they arrive. That extra half hour may be just what you need to collect a few more cards and make some new acquaintances. This should be especially helpful to our newest members.

-We will continue to have a 'featured speaker'. However, we will strictly limit these promos to 15 minutes. I will be bringing a timer! Once the 15 minutes is up, you will have to wait until the meeting ends to make the personal contact with the speaker. We must do this to allow enough time for the actual 'networking' part of the meeting.

There will be a couple of other interesting changes that I think you will enjoy as well.

This Tuesday, Katie Buice with Capstone Financial will be talking to us about "Navigating the waters during the recession – what to do to make sure your financial house is in order." This will be a very informative and interesting reason to be there.

And last but not least...the Founders Committee has met twice over the last couple of weeks, and we are ready to announce a HUGE endeavor for Women2Women that I think will excite you all and introduce you to a great opportunity to promote yourself and your business. We are about to do something in Dawson County that no one has ever done before...and you are going to love it!

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Kimberly