Monthly Archives: March, 2008

Paying Bills Vs. Money Management – The Difference Between Surviving And Thriving

I’ve been working for almost twenty years. For most of my adult life, I dreaded ‘paying bills’. For three weeks, bills would pile up on the counter top – waiting to be paid. At the end of the month, paycheck deposited, I’d sit down to sort through the pile. After checks had been written and [...]

Inside Baseball: Analyzing My Site’s Traffic

I usually refrain from ‘blogging about blogging’, but March has been a banner month for No Credit Needed. As you can see from the graphic in the right-hand column, No Credit Needed now has more than 3000 subscribers. Traffic to the site also reached an all-time high. So, I wanted to take an opportunity to [...]

New Long Distance Plan And A New Riding Lawn Mower

I’ve spent the last two hours, trying to get in touch with a customer service representative from my long distance provider, MCI.  After 11 phone calls, six disconnections, and five transfers, I have decided to change service providers.  Our local phone company has begun to offer a bundled plan of long distance / local service [...]

News And Notes From NCN – New Podcast, NCN Network Updates, New Diet

Here’s a list of all that’s new from the land of NCN – I’ve recorded and released a new podcast episode – No Credit Needed Podcast Episode 5 of 2008.  I talk about setting goals, getting out of debt, planning for the new baby, and rebate stimulus checks.  Click the link and you can stream [...]