Carrie Nicholson

Experience

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  Fulton Oil & Gas

  Aug 2002 - Apr 2013

  Small Business Accountant

  Managing over 10 bank accounts, cash management reports, Balance Sheets, and Excel spreadsheets, processing all payroll and time sheets, payroll reports, filing and paying 940/941 employee tax reports. Providing any additional work including, title and landman research and Division of Interest breakdowns, county courthouse title runs, handling legal document copies and maps.

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  H&R Block

  Oct 2008 - Oct 2012

  Tax Professional

  Responsible for customer service interaction daily, and detail interview for tax preparation purposes. Required to understand basic-to in depth tax law and accounting, and complete continuing education each tax season. Helped manage and balance cash drawer/POS daily, process deposits. Managing office cleanliness and keep all areas organized.

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  Careful Cents

  Jun 2011 - Oct 2018

  Founder

  Careful Cents is a resource for simplifying complicated self-employment topics. We test out the best business tools and self-employed tips for scaling your online business (so you don’t have to!).

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  PerkStreet Financial

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2012

  Customer Columnist

  Researching and writing weekly articles for the financial banking blog that offers ways to get organized, save money, and how to better your financial situation.

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  Yahoo! Finance

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2012

  Finance and Business Contributor

  Featured contributor for Yahoo! Finance. Responsible for completing requests and assignments for finance and business topics that are published within the Yahoo! network.

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  ReadyForZero

  Nov 2011 - Jun 2014

  Featured Blogger

  Writing 2 monthly articles for the blog, on topics like; finances, goals, debt, saving money, and freelancing.

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  Payoff.com

  Mar 2012 - Sept 2013

  Editor and Community Manager

  Responsible for content management and development for the blog, plus personal finance engagement on social media sites, like Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

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  GoGirl Finance

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2015

  Financial Writer and Freelance Expert

  Hired to contribute monthly articles based on starting a business, becoming self-employed, freelancing, taxes and financial goals.

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  Socialexis

  Jun 2012 - Oct 2014

  Marketing Assistant and Writer

  Hired to manage multiple Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest accounts, along with promoting digital products and ebooks, submit guest post ideas, pitch webinar topics.

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  The Huffington Post

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2016

  Financial Blogger

  Financial writer for the Huffington Post money section.

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  WePay

  Oct 2012 - Aug 2013

  Small Business Writer

  Hired to write two finance-related articles a month, on topics like; self-employment, freelancing, small business and more.

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  Mint Bills

  Nov 2012 - May 2013

  Freelance Writer

  Formerly Check, Inc. Hired to produce two personal finance articles a month, on topics like; money, goals, finance apps and more.

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  PT Money

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  Small Business Writer & Community Strategist

  Write monthly blog posts for small businesses and freelancers. Manage the social media accounts for the Financial Blogger Conference, owned by PT Money, as well as some of the other community tasks, like blog posts and the company Facebook page.

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  Investor Junkie

  May 2013 - Nov 2015

  Managing Editor

  Create and manage the content calendar, as well as assign topics to the team of writers. Edit all posts (according to The Yahoo! Style Guide), work on optimizing posts for SEO and clickable headlines, as well as publish posts on a daily basis.

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  Manilla.com

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  Financial Organization Writer

  Specializing in writing articles about organization, freelancing, taxes and efficiently managing finances. Many of the articles were picked up and featured on Yahoo! Finance.

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  Quizzle

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  Financial Blogger

  Come up with one weekly topic to research and write about pertaining to personal finance topics like, budgeting, credit, mortgages, and making/saving money.

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  MoneyNing

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

  Managing Editor

  Edit all posts (according to The Yahoo! Style Guide), add content to make the article more actionable and valuable to readers. Create more clickable headlines, add in-content links and schedule to publish every weekday.

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  The Simple Dollar

  Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

  Credit and Debt blogger

  Creating in-depth content and guides for the blog's Credit and Debt column.

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  Wise Bread

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

  Staff Contributor
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  Intuit

  Jun 2015 - Apr 2019

  Brand Influencer and Small Business Writer

  Responsible for creating articles for Intuit's Small Business Center which is designed to help entrepreneurs start and grow their small businesses. The content created touches on all aspects of business while focusing on the financial side of operations.

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  H&R Block

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016

  Freelance Writer and Influencer

  Working in partnership with H&R Block to create content for their blog and social channels. I am working very closely with the H&R Block team to help them achieve big things this year.

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  Dealsplus.com

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Freelance Writer

  Responsible for creating new blog posts on a weekly basis related to personal finance, career and DIY.

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  Student Loan Hero

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Financial Writer
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  Offers.com

  Feb 2016 - May 2017

  Credit Card Expert and Writer
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  Capital One

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Brand Influencer

  Participated in the #bankingreimagined tour and Capital One Cafe openings in Denver. Attended the in-person event and LIVE streamed the tour on Facebook. Conducted pre-tour and post-tour blog posts and coordinating social shares.

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  POPSUGAR

  Oct 2016 - Jul 2017

  Freelance Blogger
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  Monica Louie, LLC

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  Project Manager & Consultant

  Responsible for managing a team of 8 people, creating and launching a brand new course, working with course affiliates, booking events and podcasts, organizing the team calendar, and more.

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  Student Loan Planner

  Aug 2018 - now

  Business Manager

  Responsible for managing a team of 10+ writers and contractors people to help implement processes and procedures for scaling and growing the StudentLoanPlanner.com brand.

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  Hashtag Colorado Life

  Apr 2019 - now

  Travel Blogger & YouTuber

  Helping Colorado newcomers and natives explore like a local with our travel podcast and blog: https://hashtagcoloradolife.com/

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  SLP Wealth

  Sept 2023 - now

  Managing Partner

  Managing Partner working as the Head of HR and Head of Tax Departments for our clients in financial planning and tax planning, specializing in clients with large student loan balances.