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Help us choose a title—win a free book!

Our book for new college grads is ready (or so we thought) and we've already begun work on the next book in the series, for incoming college freshmen. But when we got this image from our designer, showing both books, we saw an inconsistency.

Notice the words in green on the Freshmen cover. We don't have that on the Grads book. Because all the books in this series for students need to look the same, we're asking you to help us choose the title which will appear on the Grads book. Take a look at the sample images below and leave a comment to vote for your favorite.

When we select the winning title, we'll randomly choose two voters to receive free copies when they come hot off the press early next week. So give it some thought and let us know which title appeals to you and would make you pick up this book and read it. You may win yourself a copy and save yourself a lot of headaches during your first year out on your own!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's YOUR advice for next year's freshmen?

With the release of Grads: Take Charge, it's now time to move on to the next book in our Take Charge™ series, Freshmen: Take Charge. If you've survived your freshmen year, or maybe several years of college, you probably have loads of advice to give those 'kids' who are getting ready to make the move from home to campus for the very first time.

We're looking for 40- to 55-word bits of advice to quote in this new book. If you get quoted, your name will appear along with your school name and year of graduation. And you'll get to put a nice bullet on your resume saying that you're published!

What kind of advice are we looking for? You name it! How to avoid the Freshman 15, not go broke, adjust to living with a roommate, survive exam week...anything goes. What mistakes do you see freshmen making? Share your wisdom to help them make good decisions and have a smooth transition to campus.

Do you like to write? Do you have some particularly valuable advice you'd like to give the Class of 2013 as they matriculate this Fall? We're also looking for a few people to write 500- to 600-word 'bonus chapters' for the book. Let us know about your interest and we'll work with you on your idea.

Leave comments here or email us at Info at QwikSmarts dot com.

Freebie for the Class of 2009!

To help introduce you to our newly-released career, money, and life skills book, Grads: Take Charge of Your First Year After College!, we want to give you the e-book edition free!

You'll be amazed at the over 140 topics jam-packed into this 256-page book: from careers to credit to cooking (and everything in-between). It's like having summaries of all the best advice from over a dozen other books right at your fingertips...no time wasted here finding exactly what you need and knowing exactly what to do in a huge variety of situations. Click here to see the complete Table of Contents.

To request your free copy of the Grads: Take Charge e-book, click here and use coupon code GRAD00 to get a 100% discount! This coupon is good through May 31st. This electronic edition of the book will be released on May 8...whitelist QwikSmarts.com and RealSolutionsPress.com so you don't miss the email with your download link when it arrives!

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Great advice from the experts in Grads: Take Charge

Our new career, money, and life skills book, Grads: Take Charge of Your Career, Your Money, Your Life!, is jam-packed with advice on over 140 topics in our unique action-item format for super-fast reading. The tips were compiled from over a hundred interviews of grads and experts all around the country.

Also sprinkled throughout the book are bonus chapters from career, financial, and other experts who offer up some great advice for the Class of 2009:

Grant Baldwin helps answer the age-old question, "what career should I pursue?", with solid advice: don't choose a career for the money, because it's "hot", or because your parents want you to...choose your path based on your own interests, skills, and passions.

Barbara Poole of EmployAid uncovers some secrets about working with people you don't like. It will happen sooner or later in your career and moving to a new job won't solve the problem. Communication and finding commonalities are two of the keys to creating a bearable situation at work.

Michael Rubin provides ten strategies for living beyond paycheck-to-paycheck when you land that first job. The time to lower your spending on 'needs' was...yesterday. Don't get yourself committed to a long-term lease on an apartment before you've reviewed your spending priorities; but take heart, constant budgeting is not required.

Pablo Solomon reveals ten ways to 'live the 'good life' on a variable income. Not everyone's paycheck will be the same month to month and that creates a whole new budgeting strategy. It's tempting, but spending money you don't have, just to hang out with friends and be entertained, can wreck your budget in no time.

Sourena Vasseghi outlines three simple ways to stay motivated. Envision your dreams and change your nightmares into a positive vision for your future. If Sourena can do it, you can, too. Read his amazing and inspiring story to find out why.

To order your copy of Grads: Take Charge, click on Ordering Info in the right-hand column. Use coupon code BONUS25 to get 25% off the print book, the e-book (with live links to over 100 online resources), or both!

CONTEST for the Class of 2009!

You've survived four (maybe more) years of college and you're about to step out into the 'real world.' Congratulations! 

Now you have a unique opportunity to share your best advice for students coming along behind you...and possibly get published in our next book! Help the Class of 2013...share your golden nugget of wisdom for surviving and thriving the freshman year in college by leaving a comment right here or emailing us privately. Any topic of concern to freshmen is fair game: preparing to leave home and to go college; what to expect and do on the first day/week at college; surviving the first exam week; making friends; living with roommates; handling a school-year budget; avoiding the freshmen 15; you name it!

By leaving a comment, you might win one of five copies of the about-to-be-released book, Grads: Take Charge of Your Career, Your Money, Your Life! It's the most comprehensive resource ever for new grads, helping you make a smooth and successful transition from school to the 'real world' of work and independent living.

So think back to your freshman year—the missteps you took, the things that worked for you—and give us your best shot!

Not a member of the Class of 2009? Share your best bit of advice anyway...if you win a book, give it to a special grad or twenty-something in your life. Nothing's better than the gift of success!