Surefire Ways to Boost Your Emergency Fund

Join our weekly #CreditChat on Twitter, Periscope, Snapchat & YouTube Live every Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET. This week, we discussed ways we can build a solid emergency fund.

Our featured guest on Twitter: Leslie H. Tayne, Esq: Founder of Tayne Law Group, Speaker, Best Selling Author of Life & Debt: A Fresh Approach to Achieving Financial Wellness;

The video panel included: Cameron Huddleston: Personal Finance Expert & Award-Winning Journalist at Go Banking Rates; Amy Maliga: Take Charge America; Rod Griffin– Director of Public Education at Experian and Mike Delgado– Social Media Community Manager at Experian.

Do you have an emergency fund? How did you build it up.
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Resources

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Questions We Discussed:

Q1: What is an emergency fund? And why is it important?
Q2: How does having an emergency fund help reduce stress/anxiety?
Q3: How much money should someone have in an emergency fund?
Q4: What are practical ways to build up an emergency fund?
Q5: What savings tips do you have for those of us living paycheck-to-paycheck?
Q6: How do you deal with temptations to spend your emergency fund on wants?
Q7: What are ways to track spending/savings throughout the month to keep you on track?
Q8: What are some ways to automate savings?
Q9: What are other ways to create some money-saving habits?
Q10: Any final tips for those of us building a bigger emergency fund?