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11:46 am
February 20, 2013
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WellKeptWallet
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Post edited 11:50 am – February 20, 2013 by WellKeptWallet
I thought I would share with you an AWESOME resource that is FREE and that I think will be super helpful in the PF blogging community. Todd Tresidder at FinancialMentor.com has created some great calculators that you can embed into your site and customize to integrate with the formatting of your blog. Here are two different examples of calculators that I use on my site:
Mortgage Payoff Calculator
Retirement Calculator
You can download the Plugin for Wordpress below:
Get Plugin
Let me know if you have any questions in regards to these, as I would be glad to help.
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12:14 pm
February 20, 2013
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Jake@iHeartBudgets.net
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I did notice he said you CANNOT use the calculator as a stand-alone in a resources page. Which kind of defeats the purpose, because that's what I wanted to use it for. :(
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12:16 pm
February 20, 2013
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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It's definitely a great tool, and I appreciate Todd making this resource for us.
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12:45 pm
February 20, 2013
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WellKeptWallet
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Jake@iHeartBudgets.net said:
I did notice he said you CANNOT use the calculator as a stand-alone in a resources page. Which kind of defeats the purpose, because that's what I wanted to use it for. :(
I just realized that as well since Todd sent me an email about my site :(
I added some content but it may not be enough. I emailed him to let him know. They are a great tool, so I may just have to write a post so that I can include them on my site.
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8:57 pm
February 20, 2013
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Jeff Rose
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Jake@iHeartBudgets.net said:
I did notice he said you CANNOT use the calculator as a stand-alone in a resources page. Which kind of defeats the purpose, because that's what I wanted to use it for. :(
It's better for your site if you don't use it as a stand alone resource page. Adding content, sharing your personal story or linking to other posts that address the topic of that specific calculator just add that much more value to your readers and makes them that much more sticky.
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10:43 am
February 21, 2013
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Jake@iHeartBudgets.net
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Jeff Rose said:
It's better for your site if you don't use it as a stand alone resource page. Adding content, sharing your personal story or linking to other posts that address the topic of that specific calculator just add that much more value to your readers and makes them that much more sticky.
Makes sense. I guess I just wanted a place people could go for quick calculations when making budget decisions, so I wanted to put it in as part of a resources page. I could definitely put a story around it and show people how I use the caculator, because I flippin' LOVE mortgage and investment calculators.
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11:46 am
February 22, 2013
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Wayne
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On my site, I've been using free calculators from calcxml.com. They are extremely useful for dozens of basic calculations and make up about 25% of my search traffic. The colors and fonts can even be modified to match your site's theme.
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6:16 pm
February 25, 2013
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Funancials
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JW @ AllThingsFinance said:
On my site, I've been using free calculators from calcxml.com. They are extremely useful for dozens of basic calculations and make up about 25% of my search traffic. The colors and fonts can even be modified to match your site's theme.
I was just on your site and was going to ask you where you found these. Thanks for sharing-
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