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This guest post is from Benjamin Feldman (@BWFeldman), writer and content strategist at ReadyForZero.com, a company helping people get out of debt.

Is personal debt an impossible problem to fix? No way! Thousands - actually, millions - of people across the U.S. are struggling with personal debt right now, but the situation is not hopeless for any of them. I know, because just last year I was one of them. In January of last year, I had over $3,000 in credit card debt and a vowed to get it paid off before the year was over. I’m grateful that I was able to accomplish my goal and along the way I learned a few things that can help others who are still on their way to being debt free. If that includes you, keep reading to learn the 5 steps that will help you get out of debt:

Summer officially arrives on June 21. The busiest travel season of the year is on the horizon, and freecreditscore.com™ wants to help travelers mitigate post-vacation credit debt that can impact their credit long after a vacation ends. Here are five tips to avoid the pitfalls of a post-vacation credit sunburn:

When it comes to credit, who is winning the battle between men and women? The latest credit trends study, released today from global information services company Experian, compares the financial differences between men and women, revealing that, overall, women are better at managing their money and debt.

In the spirit of National Financial Literacy Month, freecreditscore.com created this infographic to share some simple credit tips:

We had a wonderful opportunity to talk with Liz Weston (@lizweston) about saving for retirement, debt, managing credit, and much more. Check out the full-interview: I know you went to the FinCon blogger conference last year, how was that? Liz Weston: Yeah, that was really a great event. There were a lot of opportunities for socializing and networking. It was pretty cool. I met Phil Taylor, who is the organizer, several years earlier. He was a participant in a savings contest that I co-hosted with FNBO bank, and really liked him. I thought it was going to be a small event, and it wasn't at all. They had some great speakers and great information. It was really fun. It sounds like a great event. Liz Weston: Yeah, and it's really a chance for a lot of these bloggers who aren't professional journalists to brush up on their skills and meet some of the companies that they might work with. I found a lot of them were reluctant to call P.R. people and make contacts because they weren't sure their calls were going to get returned. It’s nice for them to meet people at the various companies they can reach out to.

At the beginning of this year, I had several thousand dollars in credit card debt and I was ready to pay it off. But I knew that I needed to cut down on my spending in order to have enough money left over to start paying down my credit card balance. So I did some research and started finding ways to cut expenses. One of the things I realized is that your fixed expenses - the ones that seem to be locked in - like your auto insurance and rent, often have some flexibility after all. Below are some tips I’ve found for reducing those fixed expenses:

Do you love saving money? Do you ever use apps or online tools to help you cuts costs and stay on budget? In our continuing quest to promote financial literacy and help consumers live credit smart, we asked some of our favorite personal finance writers to share a favorite app that helps them stay on budget and save money. Check out these frugal-living apps:

Do you love saving money? And are you looking for even more ways to keep more money in the bank? Experian knows the importance of this in every person's financial health. So, as part of our overall commitment to financial literacy and in conjunction with our just released annual State of Credit report, we contacted some of our favorite personal finance writers and asked them to share one of their favorite ways to save money. Check out these frugal-living tips:

Theyyyy’re baaack! They once graced American televisions singing witty lyrics about their personal credit woes while waiting tables in pirate costumes, living out of the in-laws’ basement and getting snubbed by women because of their lackluster car. Now, after a two-year hiatus, The Original Band is back by popular demand.