Hearst's Manilla.com Releases New Year's Toolkit, Life Guide to the "New You"

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 1, 2014) - Manilla, the leading, free and secure digital mailbox service that allows consumers to manage their bills and other personal accounts on desktop, tablet and mobile devices, today announced the release of its New Year's Toolkit: A Guide to the New You, a comprehensive e-document designed to help people simplify and organize their lives in the new year and beyond.

"The start of the new year is an opportunity for self-reflection and overall life improvement, and we want to help ease that process," said Sarah Kaufman, editor-in-chief of The Manilla Folder, Manilla's blog. "We've curated some of the best pieces of advice from our expert contributors to ensure that our readers feel empowered to improve their lives this year. Whether it's deciding it's time to get out of debt, save more for retirement, exercise more frequently, or adjust their diet, we want people to feel inspired to make a positive change."

The toolkit covers life-improvement advice within the categories of money, organization, productivity and lifestyle, and offers tips on everything from how to negotiate a raise, to making your health and fitness goals a reality, to how to be on time more frequently. Contributors include several of Manilla's business and content partners, including AT&T, Comenity, Citi, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day and others. The toolkit is available for download by clicking here or by visiting the New Year's category page on The Manilla Folder.

The New Year's Toolkit is part of the Manilla Makeover campaign, which includes a series of Manilla Makeover videos and a promotion that offers entrants the opportunity to win cash. Users can enter the promotion by signing up for Manilla and linking three accounts, which qualifies them to win a grand prize of $2,500.

"Here at Manilla, our goal is to help simplify and organize people's lives by sending them automatic bill pay reminders, retrieving copies of their bills and statements, and allowing them to see everything in one place," said Marc Karasu, chief marketing officer at Manilla. "Now, we're excited to take that promise one step further by not only providing a valuable digital life management service, but also by giving people the advice they need to stick to their resolutions throughout the year, as well as incentives to get their lives organized."

Manilla, which was recently named to Kiplinger's Personal Finance's 2013 Best of Everything List, offers a platform that provides convenient, secure online access to all household accounts and services for more than 3,500 businesses. The free service helps consumers manage all of their household accounts, including financial accounts, utilities, subscriptions, daily deals and travel rewards programs, all through Manilla.com or via the Manilla Android or iOS mobile apps.