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6:36 am
October 5, 2011
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The Frugal Toad
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Post edited 7:15 am – October 5, 2011 by thefrugaltoad
Here's the idea:
Help each other promote articles on sites such as FWISP, owned by a fellow Yakezie member – Tom from Canadian Personal Finance or other sites such as Tip'd, Reditt, etc.
Ground Rules:
1) The First 10 Yakezie Member/Challengers can post a link to 1 article per week they would like help promoting.
2) If you post to this thread you will make a commitment to help promote other's articles in this thread.
3) You will need to register for an account at FWISP, Tip'd, Reditt, etc. before posting to this thread.
4) This thread will be no longer be open to new posts after we get 10 submissions, I'll start a new thread next week.
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10:28 am
October 5, 2011
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LaTisha @YoungFinances
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This is a great idea. We kind of do something like this already with the fall groups.
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5:13 pm
October 5, 2011
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The Frugal Toad
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Ok so I guess I am the first to try this.
Below is a link to an article I submitted on fwisp. I would appreciate a vote for the article. I will return the favor for the first 10 people to post a link to their article on this thread.
Time Management Tips
The idea is to get 10 votes for the article you submit. This should generate some traffic for you!
You do need to register for fwisp which is run by Tom from Canadian Finance. You may use any social promotion site you want but keep in mind most people only have accounts on the major sites: Tip'd, Reditt, Stumble…
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5:41 pm
October 5, 2011
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Eric J. Nisall
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9:25 am
October 6, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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Cool idea. Thanks for starting this up. I am swamped this week but will sign up for the next one when I can give it the time it deserves.
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10:25 am
October 6, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I upvoted both of your posts and some other people I know that were in the first few pages.
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7:57 pm
October 6, 2011
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Tom Drake
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Thanks for using Fwisp! Feel free to submit to it each day… it's not a competitive site since you get front page PR5 dofollow links once you have 5 votes within the week; not dependent on what other vote counts are that day.
Another cool thing is that linking from the forum here strengthens the authority of that page, which then links to your post… creating a nice little linkwheel type of setup to your site.
While Tip'd has no issues with submitting your own posts, they might have an issue with organized voting rings. their site is based on the current upcoming posts, so gaming the system can unfairly ruin it for others. It is a great site though, and worth the submissions.
Another one you might want to consider is PF Buzz. It's similar to Fwisp, in that all posts go over if they get enough votes within a week… in this case, only 4.
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10:05 am
October 7, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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Voted both articles up. I agree with Tom about the downside of Tip'd and the upside of FWISP and PF Buzz.
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11:00 am
October 7, 2011
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20s Finances
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I voted for both (and some others). I submitted one, but I think it needs to get approved first. Great idea. I didn't realize the benefits of this.
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2:15 pm
October 7, 2011
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Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog
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I'll have to get in on this next week – I already missed this week. SIgh….
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7:21 pm
October 7, 2011
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20s Finances
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Can someone explain to me how I provide a link to the fwisp article that I submitted? I can't seem to find it. This is a new thing to me.
I submitted my article about being too frugal, but don't see it. I know there is something to do with votes, but I would think there is a way for people to see it to vote for it (maybe I just can't see my own?). Thanks!
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9:19 pm
October 7, 2011
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The Frugal Toad
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20sfinances said:
Can someone explain to me how I provide a link to the fwisp article that I submitted? I can't seem to find it. This is a new thing to me.
I submitted my article about being too frugal, but don't see it. I know there is something to do with votes, but I would think there is a way for people to see it to vote for it (maybe I just can't see my own?). Thanks!
Hi Cory,
Did you verify your user info after you created your account? Your article will not show unless you do that. I searched for your article and could not find it. Let me know if you have trouble and maybe we can get Tom involved, he helped me with my account.
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10:19 am
October 8, 2011
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20s Finances
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Got it! Thanks to your advice Paul (and Tom's help).
Can You Be Too Frugal?
Thanks for any votes you want to lend.
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12:45 am
October 9, 2011
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Money Reasons
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Hi Frugal Toad,
In my fall group we are doing this kind of social promotion too. Our technique is a little different though as we're using a spreadsheet to coordinate our efforts and simplify the process a bit.
After we get the bugs worked out of the process, I'm planning on introducing the process to the rest of the Yakezie.
It's funny, reading your initial post, it sounds very similar to what we are going. With our members, we are having those that are participating pick their best article from the previous week to promote in the current week. This way we submit our best material (sometimes I have days where I blog about other things than just finance…, so I don't want that promoted…)
If you'd like, I'll send you the link to our spreadsheet and you can read our instructions. Perhaps you'll consider joining since we are doing it weekly. We too are working mostly with Fwisp. It's a win-win! We help each other, and at the same time promote Tom's site (gotta love win-wins!).
Bests,
Don
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12:58 am
October 9, 2011
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Money Reasons
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Money Reasons said:
Hi Frugal Toad,
In my fall group we are doing this kind of social promotion too. Our technique is a little different though as we're using a spreadsheet to coordinate our efforts and simplify the process a bit.
After we get the bugs worked out of the process, I'm planning on introducing the process to the rest of the Yakezie.
It's funny, reading your initial post, it sounds very similar to what we are going. With our members, we are having those that are participating pick their best article from the previous week to promote in the current week. This way we submit our best material (sometimes I have days where I blog about other things than just finance…, so I don't want that promoted…)
If you'd like, I'll send you the link to our spreadsheet and you can read our instructions. Perhaps you'll consider joining since we are doing it weekly. We too are working mostly with Fwisp. It's a win-win! We help each other, and at the same time promote Tom's site (gotta love win-wins!).
Bests,
Don
Hmmm, Based on what Tom wrote above, perhaps the spreadsheet ideas is not the optimal solution for fwisp! Sounds like there would be more benefit linking directly to fwisp from the forum instead (even though the links are nofollow from yakezie.com).
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1:42 am
October 9, 2011
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The Frugal Toad
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Money Reasons,
Kyle from The Penny Hoarder was the inspiration for this idea. For various reasons it was not working for our group. I wanted to open the idea of promoting each other's articles up to the entire Yakezie group with the hope that it would be easier to get articles published so I suggested we bring the idea to the forum. So far with the few articles submitted it looks promising.
I'm up for any ideas that can help make this process better for all.
Paul
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12:34 pm
October 9, 2011
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Tom Drake
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Money Reasons said:
Hmmm, Based on what Tom wrote above, perhaps the spreadsheet ideas is not the optimal solution for fwisp! Sounds like there would be more benefit linking directly to fwisp from the forum instead (even though the links are nofollow from yakezie.com).
It's not a huge deal to post from the forum, but that link to link type of system sure can't hurt. If the links from the forum are nofollow, at the very least it still helps with getting the fwisp link indexed. So many people build links to their sites, but if google never finds it, that link might as well not exist ;)
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7:25 am
October 15, 2011
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FamilyMoneyValues
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Sorry for being late to the party. I am now registered on FWSP and have voted up the three articles in this thread. Now I just have to figure out how to sumbit a link/article!
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8:37 am
October 15, 2011
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The Frugal Toad
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FamilyMoneyValues said:
Sorry for being late to the party. I am now registered on FWSP and have voted up the three articles in this thread. Now I just have to figure out how to sumbit a link/article!
Hi FMV,
I have started a new thread for this week Social Promotion Project #2.
Post your link over there and we will help promote it!
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7:34 pm
October 15, 2011
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Hello thefrugaltoad,
Thanks for putting this together, I'd never heard of Fwisp before now, but I just signed up for an account and voted up all of the above listed articles. I submitted an article as well, and once it is approved through moderation, I'll post the link here.
Thanks again, Max
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