Category: Blog Improvement

How Do I Publicize My Blog?  A Personal Finance Blog’s Lifeline From “Start-Up” To “Staple”

How Do I Publicize My Blog? A Personal Finance Blog’s Lifeline From “Start-Up” To “Staple”

I was contacted by a fellow Personal Financer this morning named Naveed from NaveedsMind who asked a question that got me going for 9 hours writing this one! Ever get on a kick like that? Grab a cup of coffee and sit down for this one, it’s a long, interesting, and informative story you will [...]

365 Days of Statistics On My Finances, My Blog Stats, And My Revenue Here @ The MiB

365 Days of Statistics On My Finances, My Blog Stats, And My Revenue Here @ The MiB

I’m a fan of numbers, but I try not to get too wrapped up in them.  They’re good markers, but the main point is to drive through with them and continue improving them.  They can go up and down and really frustrate you if you let them. I’ve more than paid for my site but [...]

Introducing MiB SiteStock! – YOUR Web Is Now Worth Something!

Introducing MiB SiteStock! – YOUR Web Is Now Worth Something!

So I’ve been hammering on this for quite some time now in the background and downtime; it’s drawn a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and sleepless nights (honestly, some 20 hour stints trying to figure it out).  But I’d have to say it has come out exactly like I had hoped it would!

Q3-2008 Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance Blogs

Q3-2008 Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance Blogs

The Q1-2008 MQ and Q2-2008 MQ saw some good traffic and excitement and the idea has had a lot of publicity and interest generated with a healthy dose of new entries from folks wanting to get in. I figured out a more in depth way to go about evaluating each blog in the realm with [...]

The Money Life Network Expands!

It’s with great pleasure that I announce the newest members of The Money Life Network! Emily from RemodelingThisLife.com and Kacie from SenseToSave.com have taken positions on the board! They’ve both got very good writing and give The Money Life Network a female perspective that wasn’t there in the past. With their subscriptions we’re nearing 2000 [...]

Money Hacks Carnival #18 — The History Of Money!

So I did some deep undercover investigation for this weeks carnival digging back in time to bring you The History of Money! Did you know that China was the first to use paper money around the year 1000. It was made from the bar of mulberry trees. Leaves from these trees, you may recall, are [...]

A Practical How-To For Entrecard (Blog Improvement Post)

Yes, this is a Blog Improvement post (Why does a PF blogger write about Blog Improvement?). EntreCard has morphed a lot in the time since it started; most seem to say for the worst. I’m not a big fan of the new pricing system and as a consequence, I’ve fallen off the “EntreMap” pretty significantly [...]

Introducing The Money Life Network!

I’m proud to introduce the latest and greatest Personal Finance aggregate – The Money Life Network! Our membership list contains a very diverse yet focused group that have been in the PF blogosphere for a while. FreeFromBroke, BibleMoneyMatters, MilkYourMoney, PrimeTimeMoney, and MyInvestingBlog will ABSOLUTELY keep you on your toes financially with tips galore along the [...]

I Need Your Help!

I Need Your Help!

No, nothing is wrong physically, emotionally, family-wise – All is ok on that front, thanks for your concern. I’m just looking to revamp the header of my site and just need some feed back from you folks!

Another New StumbleUpon Tip; Who Is Thumbing Up Or Down Your Pages?

Do you ever get a random spurt of traffic that you see in your SiteMeter or Google Analytics hitting one page pretty hard? Where did that come from? How did all these people find me? If you don’t know where it came from, odds are you’re seeing it from StumbleUpon. Well how do you know [...]