Get Free Advice on Maximizing Social Security

You can participate in a Webcast today to learn strategies for claiming your benefits.

TD Ameritrade and William Meyer of Kiplinger's Social Security Solutions will be hosting a Webcast today, September 23, at 6 p.m. ET to help people learn how to maximize Social Security benefits. The 60-minute Webcast is free, but you must register in advance to listen to the program (register here).

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Meyer will discuss how Social Security works and how retirees can get all the benefits to which they are entitled. By making the right moves, retirees can increase their lifetime benefits by thousands of dollars.

For more information about maximizing Social Security benefits, here's a collection of advice from Kiplinger's:

QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Social Security?

Take our quiz to better understand this federal program, which provides an important piece of most retirees' income.

SLIDE SHOW: 10 Things You Must Know About Social Security

Educate yourself about Social Security to ensure that you claim the maximum amount of benefits to which you are entitled.

Strategies to Boost Your Social Security

Whether you're single or married, waiting to claim your benefits -- even by a year or two -- is likely to pay off in higher benefits over your lifetime.

Mind the Gap if You Delay Benefits

Build an income stream if you plan to retire before you claim Social Security.

Cameron Huddleston
Former Online Editor, Kiplinger.com

Award-winning journalist, speaker, family finance expert, and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk.

Cameron Huddleston wrote the daily "Kip Tips" column for Kiplinger.com. She joined Kiplinger in 2001 after graduating from American University with an MA in economic journalism.