- I have three ways to put more money back in your pocket
this year with these quick, easy financial resolutions
(bell rings) (gentle chime)
How are those New Year's resolutions going?
Great to be with you?
I'm not talking about fitness.
I mean, I don't know if you can see,
I've got a negative six-pack right here.
That's the reverse of a six-pack, but worse.
But I think there's a financial muscle that we can all flex
and I'm very excited to impart some advice today.
Hello.
I'm the YouTube Deal Guy, Matt Granite.
If you've never seen me before,
I hunt down deals for a living.
I work for TV stations across the country,
but once in a while...
Oh, and I love YouTube.
YouTube's my passion, but once in a while,
I also like to impart some financial advice.
And I know you guys are used to seeing the deals
and the giveaways and the freebies
and those will all return with my next upload.
But at a time where a lot of us are
at least looking at 2019 and the year ahead
and our finances,
I know a lot of us want to save more money.
In fact, if you have a ton of money right now,
everyone that has money wants to save more money
and anyone that is a little bit tight this time of year is,
again, part of that category too,
something we all share in common.
I get very infuriated whenever I see these high brow
or people making predictions tied to stocks on television
or delivering advice that is so difficult for us to follow.
First, you need to do this and then you need to do this
and then they're answering questions every three seconds
that are just so far beyond
what the average consumer can do.
So I'm gonna help you today
just with like really three simple steps
that I think we could all implement.
And some of these are gonna be no brainers,
but hopefully, at least one of these will be something
where you think, all right, I can do that.
So, here are three ways to save money in 2019.
Financial resolution number one, clear the clutter.
You're gonna find some unused subscription,
whether it's Adobe or even a gym membership
or something that you've signed up for online
that you're no longer using.
Cancel it.
Second financial resolution is audit yourself.
Make a mission and be sure to call your cable,
your satellite, or your smartphone provider
and make sure that you are getting the best package.
And the third financial resolution,
never buy anything that's not on sale.
It's actually very easy to do.
Stores follow a calendar of deals.
I can help guide you through it.
But if something is not on sale,
it does not need to be in your shopping cart
and I will find a way to get it for you at a better price.
And when it comes to planning all of those deal days
for the upcoming year,
I don't know if you guys know this, but I have no life.
I'm sure you actually guessed watching me,
but I developed an algorithm almost two decades ago
where I can plot retail patterns
and I know when things are gonna drop in price,
not 'cause I'm so brilliant,
but because stores stupidly follow the same cycle
and the same tricks that they employ
to mark one item up and then reduce it three weeks later
so it looks like it was more of a sale than it actually is.
Those are the things that I catch on to,
more importantly, I can work around for you.
So just a quick note of the items
that are upcoming deal drops.
These are days that you can mark on your calendar right now.
I'm gonna look down at my screen a little bit
'cause I have this all notated.
But first things first.
If you are looking, for example, for Super Bowl TV deals,
those drop right around the 21st of January.
I'll have them.
Cast iron pans, 'cause why not?
Those are the 22nd.
A lot of the big Bluetooth headphones,
Sharper Image has some deals on wireless TV headphones
are gonna be a phenomenon on January 23rd.
I'm gonna skip ahead a little bit.
If you are, for example, looking to buy a soundbar
for the big game or the Super Bowl,
you're gonna enhance your multimedia system
in one way or another,
those soundbars are actually not a good deal
on the 21st of January when televisions drop.
They drop on the 29th.
Backpacks, the 31st.
Electric toothbrushes as an example, February 4th.
Weighted blankets, February 6th.
Teeth whitening is actually a better deal
the week of February 11th.
I'll have deals on that versus February 4th.
And then we lead into President's Day.
You know what I mean?
Like these are very specific things
that we can all follow, and if you are watching this
after the month of January-February
because this shows up in your feed later down the line,
I'm useful year-long, I promise,
as we count down to Prime Day and Black Friday
and Cyber Monday and all these shopping occasions.
I'm here and I really do want to save you money
so let me know what you want to save money on.
I'll be reading through the comments.
And in the meantime, you're awesome, I love you.
Wishing you a wonderful 2019
with as much cash back in your pocket.
I know there are so many hard working moms and dads
and grandparents and retired folks watching right now
and heroes and veterans and just people I'm very honored
to have watching this channel and I promise,
I will make it my mission
to save you as much cash as possible.
For the cash-strapped students
and the younger members of our audience, I got you.
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