3. Manage the debt you have
Keeping your balances low will help boost your credit score. Aim to keep your debt utilization — which is amount of available credit you actually use — as low as possible.
"You never want the balance to be more than 30% of the credit limit — that is, any one card or in total," said Griffin.
If you are carrying a balance on any of your credit cards, create a plan to get them paid off as soon as possible.
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