We're sometimes asked how we go about posting so our social media accounts, such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Most of our posts are automatic, will little or no human intervention, so we needed a way to directly send to the social networks via an API. What did we do? Well, we spent a lot of time and effort building directly against each network. It wasn't easy since each network has their own approval process, APIs, and guidelines. A better way is to use a platform that handles all the headache of approval by the social networks, building against the APIs, and maintaining the ..read more

If you have a blog or newsletter, you probably have an RSS feed, which simply is the blog’s content in a machine-readable format. You probably also have social media accounts, like Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. With a few simple steps, you can automate the entire process so every time you update your blog a post will go to all your social media accounts. The RSS Feed Here is a snippet of our RSS feed. <description><![CDATA[ <p>How we used Firebase to build Ayrshare</p> <p>The post <a href="https://ayrshare.positorgroup.com/our-firebase-tech-stack/">Our Fir ..read more

Does only one spouse or partner handle the family finances? In a recent Wall Street Journal advice column, a reader asked what to do if you handle all the family finances and your spouse has no desire to get involved? This is a common household dynamic where one partner always handles certain chores. Studies have shown that duties are often determined by whomever first takes on the responsibility. For example, the first person who pays the electric bill often becomes the one to always pays the electric bill, becoming their unspoken responsibility. A danger exists when the responsibilities spli ..read more

Planning for your life after you quit your job is vital for a successful and happy retirement. But where do you begin to create a plan that is comprehensive of your finances, health, and real life needs so you'll that retirement you've always wanted? Retirement planning starts with identifying your resources of income, calculating expenses, initiating a savings program, and managing assets and risk. You’ll be estimating future cash flows to analyze if it is possible to fulfill your retirement income needs. Retirement planning also means establishing your retirement goals; everything from finan ..read more

A whole new group of Medicare Advantage plans has been created for 2019, 417 new plans to be exact. With this increase in plans, 2019 has become the year with the second most available Medicare Advantage plans since 2007. The total amount of Medicare Advantage plans available in 2019, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), is 2,734. As of 2019, 99 percent of Medicare beneficiaries have access to at least ten  Medicare Advantage plans . In fact, beneficiaries on average have access to 14 to 26 Medicare Advantage plans in their area. Not only are new plans being added to the mix, but new b ..read more

How prepared are you for retirement? Many of us who are proactively planning and building savings for retirement tend to only think about saving for the cost of travel and living expenses such as rent and utilities. A lot of Americans forget to factor in the cost of their medical care during retirement.There have been many surveys in which an alarming percentage of baby boomers admit that they haven’t set any money aside for medical expenses in retirement. They simply aren’t prepared for one of retirement’s biggest expenses.Here’s what you should know so you can be better prepared for your own ..read more

We have to understand both the nature of plans and the nature of retirement finance before we can build a successful retirement plan.It's only rational to update any plan (not just retirement plans) to account for new, important information. Say that on Monday, the weather forecast for Friday is warm and sunny so we plan a day at the beach. If the weather forecast on Thursday changes to a wet and cold Friday, then we need to change our plans. It no longer matters on Thursday what conditions were last Monday.While that no doubt sounds obvious to all of us, not everyone thinks about retirement p ..read more

At what age do you think the Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects you? That is, at what age is it illegal for employees to not hire or fire you purely on the basis of your age? 60, or maybe even 50?The answer is 40, and there’s a very good reason for that. I just turned 43 and feel as young as ever, even if gray hairs are creeping in. But many people still see me as the “older worker,” and the situation is significantly worse if you’re in your fifties or sixties. Of course, they won’t say it out loud, but they’ll use terms like “not a cultural fit” because they see your age on your re ..read more