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11:46 am
July 26, 2011
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Melissa (Mom's Plans)
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Hi. I will be hosting a carnival for the first time next weekend, and I was wondering if any of you mor experienced carnival hosts have any words of advice for me. Thanks!
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11:51 am
July 26, 2011
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Sustainable PF
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Try to make each inclusion unique if you have the time to do so. It will show you read the submission and give the reader a reason to read your take on each article. Much better than the cookie cutter BloggerXYZ at BlogABC tells us BlogTitle.
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12:35 pm
July 26, 2011
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Jon | Free Money Wisdom
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Yes, keep it unique. Like SPF said, expand a little. I recommend using a unique theme. For example, if it's around Xmas, do something themed appropriately. Let us know when it's up, looking forward to seeing what you come up with :)
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12:36 pm
July 26, 2011
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Mike – Saving Money Today
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Don't wait til the last minute to start reading through submissions. Usually you'll get a lot at the last minute to begin with and if you wait you'll be sorry.
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12:54 pm
July 26, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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I agree with all of the other suggestions- especially Mike's about getting ahead. Depending on how many submissions you get it can get really overwhelming to read through them in one day.
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11:29 am
July 27, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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The idea of a theme usually works great. I did one on President's day and used presidential quotes that corresponded with each category.
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12:35 pm
July 27, 2011
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Dana
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Definitely try to get ahead if possible. Ask for submissions and build the carnival as you receive them. It's much easier to process 5 or 6 entries at a time rather than 50!
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2:28 pm
July 27, 2011
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Hunter @financiallyc
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I like to break up the list in shorter sections or color-coded groups. I think it helps the eye focus down the page. It's easy to get lost on some carnivals with a long list of identical looking sentences.
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7:29 pm
July 27, 2011
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My Personal Finance Journey
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I like to include a fun theme to make the reading easier. Also, don't feel bad about deleting entries that are not related to the carnival or are from for-profit sites / companies.
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