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"Mint, the personal finance site for ultimate visibility into your financial life, is a great tool for information. But, if you want to actually do something about the sorry state of your credit score, or the pile of debt you've been accruing, you'd need another tool \u2014 until now.\nToday, Mint is announcing the private beta release [we've got 500 invites] of Financial Fitness, a product within the product that follows five specific principles of personal finance, and serves as a step-by-step guide to help you improve your financial wellness.With Mint, starting your new financial regimen is a lot easier than putting down that bag of chips. If you've already been using the site, then Financial Fitness will peer into your monthly activities to start providing you with tips to help you pay off debt, improve your credit score, and save for retirement.\n\nUsers can scan an overview of their monthly performance, drill deeper for help, and hopefully work each month to incrementally decrease the girth of their financial waistline.\n\nDesigned to be rewarding and enjoyable \u2014 with inspiration from modern day video games \u2014 Financial Fitness assigns an overall health score and awards points based on how well users' financial decisions mesh with five key money-saving principles: know your money, spend less than you earn, use debt wisely, invest your savings, and prepare for the unexpected. Plus, since users can now receive custom alerts for \"Achieve-Mints,\" like going a full month with no bank fees, they can keep an active eye on their financial scale.\nMint is giving away 500 invites to Mashable readers to try the new release. To be included, first make sure you have a Mint account, then send an email to mashable-getfit@mint.com and include the email address you use to access Mint in the body of the email.   Just be aware that the process could take 2-3 days before you're all set up.\nMore Financial Resources from Mashable\n\n- HOW TO: Manage Bills with Social Media\n- HOW TO: Reorganize Finances Using the Web\n- 40+ Resources for Managing Your Money Online\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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