they can work. that s not her obligation. ainsley: that s good advice. erin says i m starting a business. should i start services for free to start my portfolio or should i charge at discounted rate? here s a thing. there is a myth when you starting out in business that you have to have a portfolio or you have to have experience to get that first customer. you don t. you really need to be able to convince people that you serve them. can you solve their problems and meet their needs. if she wants to offer services at discounted rate or for free she can. it s your choice as a business owner. i don t want her to buy in to the idea that she can t have full paying customers until she has a portfolio. because she can. she just needs to be able to show people and convince people through her marketing and selling that she can get the job done. ainsley: good deal. good advice. more like following your gut. anthony, this is from philip in indiana. he says i m a college student with 9,000ness s
first day of spring on tuesday. we still have some snow showers across the eastern great lakes. that s going to be ongoing with that westerly flow. the west coast remains active with more rain and mountain snow in the forecast. this is some of the energy that s going to move across the central u.s. heading into friday and saturday bringing both snow, freezing rain, sleet, and rain across the southeast. and this is what is going to potentially make our next nor easter, i know, monday into tuesday. so this is the gfs model. that s a pretty formidable storm as we head into tuesday. that s our first day of spring, so, yet, another nor easter. buckle up, my friends. steve will keep you up to date. back to you. steve: thank you very much. you are officially sounding like a nor easter with all this nor easter talk. paying off the irs to student loan debt. we are answering some of your financial questions this morning. joining us now from the dave ramsey solutions team dave ramsey showed up al
biggest craft shows. the market is saturated how do i succeed? this sounds like something up your alley. it s interesting because now is a start a small business. steve: which have you done. yes, i have. it s very popular. because it s so popular it s easy to get in markets saturated. if you are going to do something that others have done create products different marketed them in different places or different way. what makes you unique? why should someone buy from you versus the competition? now your unique position doesn t have to be the only thing do you well and it doesn t have to necessarily be something that no one else is doing. this is just the angle you are going to lead with in your marketing. when you identify that you help your customers know why to choose you. if you don t know it, i guarantee you they don t know it. steve: starbucks didn t invent coffee they burned it and charge you 4 bucks for it meanwhile, anthony, here is a question for you. victoria in pennsylvani
wanted to give somebody money and i knew it was not going to be well received, explaining that in person maybe not through email or text. and then if you are going to give money, make sure that you are okay with the way they spend it again, focus on what you can control. if they are going to spend it however they need to spend it be okay with giving them money. proactive communication helping. ainsley: pull them aside i m going to give you money, no one else in the family needs to know about it so you are not embarrassing them. ainsley: anthony, struggled to pay your massive student loan debt. want to know how to get out of that carolyn says i m in college and work full time to pay tuition out of my pocket. my dad has hinted he wants me to move out on my own soon. what money moves can i prepare to live on my own. key a i would say your father doesn t want to have you out. he wants you to be successful. sit down and make a plan for your life. make a plan for your money. and make sure
grandpa. the commander-in-chief showing off adorable of granddaughter showing xi jillian: look at that arabella kushner citing chinese songs. the president praised her performance saying she deserves a plus. enjoying state dinner in beijing. a look at your headlines. ainsley: so smart. she is citing confucius. she speaks mandarin. we all have questions about our money. here to answer your questions, dave ramsey, chris and anthony o neil. thanks for coming up from nashville. dave, the first question, this is from todd in kentucky. he says what are your thoughts on trump s tax reform proposals. tax reform proposals are pretty simple. doesn t matter if it s