Brian O'Connor
CreditCards.com
New York, NY, United States
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6 reasons to stop using cash and start using credit cards
Replacing the use of cash with credit cards can help you improve your budgeting, safeguard your money and score major bonuses and rewards, all without picking up any germs. → Read More
Bonus card rewards for mobile payments aim to win over users
While credit cards have long vied to be top of wallet, issuers now aim to be a cardholder's default payment app, too → Read More
Store credit cards: 6 ways to stay out of trouble
A store card can be a good deal in the right situation, but the downside is interest rates of almost 30 percent → Read More
O’Connor: Little-known vacation perks in (credit) cards
Plastic can be an invaluable traveling companion, from replacing lost luggage to getting you sprung from a foreign jail → Read More
Mark Cuban Thinks You're More Stuck up Than He Is. Is That Even Possible?
Meanwhile, a honey alternative gets a bunch of sharks buzzed about making a deal. → Read More
Daymond John Bites Back: 'Tell These Bobos to Take a Walk'
An all-military themed episode finds servicemen and their spouses gunning for deals for mom-made handbags and landmine jewelery → Read More
Daymond John Tips Mark Cuban Out of the 'Tank'
A take-it-or-leave-it offer to invest cuts off Cuban from making his usual last-minute surprise bid. → Read More
LuminAID Founders Light up the Darkness, and Their Sales
A deal with 'Shark Tank''s Mark Cuban more than doubled these entrepreneurs' sales for a disaster-relief retail product. → Read More
Is the Video Profile 'Shark Tank's' Kiss of Death?
Like those red-shirted crewman on 'Star Trek,' few of the entrepreneurs profiled on the show seemed to survive -- until now. → Read More
How These 4 Companies Used Content to Generate Leads
How real companies are using content marketing to make the cash register ring → Read More
'Shark Tank' Recap: Barbara Corcoran Gets Baffled by a 'Wild-Ass Entrepreneur'
Who walks away from two deals from the sharks? A woman with a better place mat. → Read More
'Shark Tank' Recap: Math Sinks an Offer That Would Have 'Burned' a Firefighter
A seemingly generous offer from Mr. Wonderful was nothing more than a shark smelling blood, and money, in the water. → Read More
12 LinkedIn Tips, Some of Which are Fairly Savvy
How to leverage and grow your network with proven social media tactics → Read More
'Shark Tank' Recap: O'Leary Morphs From Grinch to Santa for a Christmas
Last week's holiday-themed episode brought one company a lump of coal, and three others visions of sugar plums. → Read More
The 'Shark Tank' Enjoys an Embarrassment of Riches: 4 Strong Proposals
But only three of those four entrepreneurs walked away with a deal. → Read More
The Sharks Weigh in on 'a Business vs. a Product' and How to Tell the Difference
The sharks will happily invest in a great new idea, but only if there's an actual business behind it. → Read More
Quotes That Have Inspired These 16 CEOs to Kick Ass
We think you'll find at least one inspirational quote here to put on your whiteboard → Read More
Fuel Your PR With These 8 Pro Tips
The old PR metrics have gone the way of the Dodo. Today, business owners are looking for eyeballs. Here's how to find them. → Read More
'Shark Tank' Recap: The Gadgets That Sparked a Feeding Frenzy
A week of weird inventions and some great deals for the innovative entrepreneurs behind them → Read More
Shark Tank Recap: The Queen of QVC Does NOT need Mr. Wonderful
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel made a return trip to "Shark Tank" for episode seven of Season 7, following his bomb of an idea from last season--horse pants--with a new loser: the Kid Kone, a full-size safety cone that allows kids to play in traffic. Naturally the sharks passed on that gag pitch, but they literally gagged on another one--Wink Frozen Desserts, a dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free,… → Read More