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9:54 am
March 12, 2012
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seedebtrun
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I love Financial Carnivals and want to make sure that I submit to as many of them as possible each week.
I have tried to organize my submissions with a spreadsheet, but haven't really found a good way to organize.
How do you all do it? Is there a tool out there for Carnival Submission that makes it easy?
Do any of you, maintain a master-list of sorts of all the PF carnivals out there?
How do you keep track of their submission deadlines, and what (and when) you submitted where?
I know there are folks out there that outsource their Carnival submissions, but I don't have any interest in doing that.
In the meantime, I would love it if some of you could share your strategies around this.
Thanks
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11:01 am
March 12, 2012
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MoneyBeagle
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I use Excel and just track in columns:
- Date Submitted
- My Blog – I have two blogs so I use MB for Money Beagle and SYT for So You Think You Can Save
- Article I submitted (just a couple words from the title)
- Carnival Name (abbreviated)
- Submitted – I put a Y here once I submit the form.
- Included – I put a Y here once I see I'm included or a N if I wasn't included
- Round-Up – I put a Y here once I've linked back
- Host/URL – The actual URL of the carnival (I removed them so I wouldn't have too many links). Since I don't do round-ups every week, this lets me easily create the portion of my round-up for linking back.
Here's what it looks like assuming the formatting doesn't get whacked:
| Date |
My Blog |
Article |
Carnival |
Submitted |
Included |
Round Up |
Host / URL |
| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Less Snow |
TM |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Magazine Subscription |
Yak |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Costco Credit Card |
FinPlan |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Resolutions |
CoPF |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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11:04 am
March 12, 2012
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seedebtrun
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Looks good, MB.
I am going to have to use something like that.
Do you have a full list of Carnivals you try to hit up?
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2:52 am
March 13, 2012
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theycallmecheap
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MoneyBeagle said:
I use Excel and just track in columns:
- Date Submitted
- My Blog – I have two blogs so I use MB for Money Beagle and SYT for So You Think You Can Save
- Article I submitted (just a couple words from the title)
- Carnival Name (abbreviated)
- Submitted – I put a Y here once I submit the form.
- Included – I put a Y here once I see I'm included or a N if I wasn't included
- Round-Up – I put a Y here once I've linked back
- Host/URL – The actual URL of the carnival (I removed them so I wouldn't have too many links). Since I don't do round-ups every week, this lets me easily create the portion of my round-up for linking back.
Here's what it looks like assuming the formatting doesn't get whacked:
| Date |
My Blog |
Article |
Carnival |
Submitted |
Included |
Round Up |
Host / URL |
| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Less Snow |
TM |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Magazine Subscription |
Yak |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Costco Credit Card |
FinPlan |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 2/2/12 |
MB |
Resolutions |
CoPF |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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Great idea. I'm terrible at tracking which Carnivals I've submitted to and even worse at checking to see if my post was accepted. I usually have to go back through my emails to look for submission confirmations.
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Shawanda Greene
Blog: YouHaveMoreThanYouThink.org – "A reality check to financial freedom."
Twitter: @TheyCallMeCheap
Email: TheyCallMeCheap@gmail.com
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5:40 am
March 13, 2012
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MoneyBeagle
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jefferson @seedebtrun said:
Do you have a full list of Carnivals you try to hit up?
The list at http://blogcarnivalhq.com/ is pretty comprehensive. I have a bookmark for the Yakezie carnival and for the Carnival of Personal Finance, but that's pretty much it. I try to write four articles a week and I try to avoid a lot of overlap.
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5:43 am
March 13, 2012
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MoneyBeagle
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I used to use e-mail to track everything but submission confirmations seemed pretty sporadic and getting notifications or pingbacks also wasn't surefire either when it came to verifying whether I was included. Now, if I don't get a notification, I'll just Google the carnival name and restrict the search to the last week, and I can usually find the live carnival to see if I'm included or not.
I typically do all of that and my submissions at the same time. All together it takes maybe 20 minutes.
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6:03 am
March 13, 2012
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Mike – Saving Money Today
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That's a great spreadsheet MB, thanks for sharing. I've tried using the email confirms but a lot seems to fall through the cracks.
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10:32 am
March 13, 2012
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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I have reminders in Remember The Milk, which is included on my iGoogle homepage.
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11:15 am
March 13, 2012
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MoneyIsTheRoot
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My submission strategy is using Melissa @ Mom's Plans! For the minimal amount she charges, it is the best outsourcing money I spend.
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11:55 am
March 13, 2012
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retireby40
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You can hire someone to help you out. Either Melissa or Corey @ www.20sfinances.com/
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