07 Jun
The interestingly-named Make Your Nut website has contacted me about a personal finance haiku challenge, and since I’m such a budding Wordsworth I thought I’d have a crack (no pun with their site name intended). Here are the details:
We’re looking for the best haiku about personal finance, and we’re paying a cash prize of […]
Posted in writing by: richminx
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06 Jun
The latest Carnival of Personal Finance is out and this week’s theme is the TV show 24. Clever Dude hosted it. Thanks, Dude. The entries that caught my eye are below:
Top 10 reasons why sex is financially rewarding (as if you needed another excuse!)
Five money and currency facts your bank never told you (bastards!)
All the […]
Posted in websites by: richminx
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05 Jun
As previously mentioned, Problogger has organized a New York get-together on June 9. I am going and have RSVPed. You can do so here if you plan on coming too, or just keep an eye on who’s signing up. I’m looking forward to seeing some bloggers in person, and I hope I get a chance […]
Posted in blogging, business by: richminx
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04 Jun
I simply couldn’t let the 30th anniversary of the very first Star Wars movie pass by without a tribute post. I was a mere fetus when it was released but that didn’t stop me queuing for days to get to the first screening!
Han Solo was the coolest character in the original trilogy, apart from R2D2. […]
Posted in blogging, pop culture by: richminx
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03 Jun
The beauty of the internet is that I can be anywhere and you can’t tell. I’m in Montreal now and you’d never have guessed. You can’t even see that I’m wearing a giant moose hat right now. Okay, I’m not… Anyway, Montreal is very pretty. It’s my first time in Canada and one day I’m […]
Posted in banking by: richminx
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03 Jun
My blogging amigo Ryan Shamus has come up with a way to increase your site’s RSS subscribers. See below for instructions.
It works by copying the original list and adding the sites to your feed reader (eg. Google Reader, Bloglines) and then adding some new ones of your own. Nice idea Ryan!
******Start copying rules here******
Write […]
Posted in blogging by: richminx
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02 Jun
How on earth would I know how to get a donation from a rich person? Well, people think I do know. More and more people are searching for that phrase and similar in Google and then they click on my site in the results. They must be disappointed when they arrive. I am no expert […]
Posted in donations, money, seo by: richminx
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01 Jun
Linkbaiting is a great way to increase traffic to your blog.
Posted in blogging by: richminx
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