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The Financial Blogger said:

The Saved Quarter said:

Check with Sam, but my understanding is that each blog has to independently meet the challenge and apply to become a member on its own. It's not by blogger, but by blog.

If your blogs have all reached the criteria, contact Sam about writing a member post for them to become members too. Each blog is considered independently. That's why Suba has Wealth Informatics as a member and Broke Professionals as a challenger, and Khaleef has KNS Financial as a member and Fat Guy, Skinny Wallet as a challenger, and Melissa has Mom's Plan's as a member and Dining Out Challenge as a challenger.

Also, to become a member, they have to reach 200k, not 100k.

 

I actually wasn't "accepted" as a member until I broke the 100K for TFB (my blog is around since 2006 so I was already under 200K before the Yakezie existed).

 

I understand Sam's reasons (from his answer on this thread) but I don't think I'll multiply myself into 4,5,6 individuals because it would be very complicated for me. I understand the problem with shady network and "fake" blogs but my blogs are clearly producing great and unique content. For now, I'll only keep TFB as a member (and still continue to participate!) But I will concentrate the rest of my business on other matters. It will be much easier to manage this way. Thx for clarifying the vision with this thread!

You don't have to make more member names or anything.  You just can't participate in the private forums or campaigns until you declare your other blogs and do member posts once they hit 200K Alexa rankings at each one.  For example, I threw Crystal Clear Thoughts into the Challenge a few months ago, but I haven't been able to pursue it with the same zeal as I have kept up with BFS, so I can't participate in any Yakezie campaigns with CCT.  I will be adding another challenger blog this year and hope to have it ready to go by next year, but we'll see.  Hope this helps.

I mean, the 200K bar! haha!

Good advice Crystal. I was able to get one other site under 200k so far.

The Financial Blogger said:

The Saved Quarter said:

Check with Sam, but my understanding is that each blog has to independently meet the challenge and apply to become a member on its own. It's not by blogger, but by blog.

If your blogs have all reached the criteria, contact Sam about writing a member post for them to become members too. Each blog is considered independently. That's why Suba has Wealth Informatics as a member and Broke Professionals as a challenger, and Khaleef has KNS Financial as a member and Fat Guy, Skinny Wallet as a challenger, and Melissa has Mom's Plan's as a member and Dining Out Challenge as a challenger.

Also, to become a member, they have to reach 200k, not 100k.

 

 

I actually wasn't "accepted" as a member until I broke the 100K for TFB (my blog is around since 2006 so I was already under 200K before the Yakezie existed).

 

I understand Sam's reasons (from his answer on this thread) but I don't think I'll multiply myself into 4,5,6 individuals because it would be very complicated for me. I understand the problem with shady network and "fake" blogs but my blogs are clearly producing great and unique content. For now, I'll only keep TFB as a member (and still continue to participate!) But I will concentrate the rest of my business on other matters. It will be much easier to manage this way. Thx for clarifying the vision with this thread!

I think there's still a bit of a misunderstanding here.  As far as your forum participation, you can remain as one person. (split-personalities are welcome though. :) )  The blogs have to participate individually, but all that really means, if I understand it right, is that each must meet the requirements in order to "graduate" to the full membership.  Also, if I'm not mistaken, I believe you could publish each of the member posts for the other blogs with your one account.  Maybe Sam can clarify that a bit better, but I don't think there's any need of creating an individual account for each site, they just have to meet the challenge requirements.

Post edited 8:06 pm – June 29, 2011 by Invest It Wisely

As an aside I wonder about this.. I have other sites that have nothing to do with personal finance and currently aren't monetized at all (one I will probably never monetize because it's a personal travel site), but let's say one meets the Alexa requirements. Would it make sense at all for it to be included in the Yakezie campaigns?

I would think no because it's not even related to personal finance and we should leave the campaign to people who are actually fully in the Yakezie. This to me means the person + the blog, not either one apart, though we should give special consideration to someone who switched blogs because they are still the same person whom we've built a relationship with over time.

So, I'm nowhere near having to answer this question, but I guess at some point when there are some of us that have multiple blogs it's a valid question worth pondering.

That's a good point. My travel site has too much personal info and besides I only update it when I'm actually travelling, which isn't that often…. but maybe sometime I could make it into something with less personal info but still interesting for others. You're right about the Lifestyle segment being a valid part of the Yakezie.

BeatingBroke said:

Invest It Wisely said:

As an aside I wonder about this.. I have other sites that have nothing to do with personal finance and currently aren't monetized at all (one I will probably never monetize because it's a personal travel site), but let's say one meets the Alexa requirements. Would it make sense at all for it to be included in the Yakezie campaigns?

I would think no because it's not even related to personal finance and we should leave the campaign to people who are actually fully in the Yakezie. This to me means the person + the blog, not either one apart, though we should give special consideration to someone who switched blogs because they are still the same person whom we've built a relationship with over time.

So, I'm nowhere near having to answer this question, but I guess at some point when there are some of us that have multiple blogs it's a valid question worth pondering.

Don't forget that we have the "Lifestyle" vertical as well.  I think there's already at least one or two travel blogs in that one.  I think that there is room for a lot more blogs in the lifestyle vertical, personally.  One issue, at the moment, is that that vertical is so tiny that we aren't getting any advertising campaigns that would fit any of the blogs within it.  Maybe if we have more challengers in those areas, we can work on that.

BeatingBroke said:

Invest It Wisely said:

As an aside I wonder about this.. I have other sites that have nothing to do with personal finance and currently aren't monetized at all (one I will probably never monetize because it's a personal travel site), but let's say one meets the Alexa requirements. Would it make sense at all for it to be included in the Yakezie campaigns?

I would think no because it's not even related to personal finance and we should leave the campaign to people who are actually fully in the Yakezie. This to me means the person + the blog, not either one apart, though we should give special consideration to someone who switched blogs because they are still the same person whom we've built a relationship with over time.

So, I'm nowhere near having to answer this question, but I guess at some point when there are some of us that have multiple blogs it's a valid question worth pondering.

Don't forget that we have the "Lifestyle" vertical as well.  I think there's already at least one or two travel blogs in that one.  I think that there is room for a lot more blogs in the lifestyle vertical, personally.  One issue, at the moment, is that that vertical is so tiny that we aren't getting any advertising campaigns that would fit any of the blogs within it.  Maybe if we have more challengers in those areas, we can work on that.

This is why I felt comfortable putting my personal blog in the challenge as well. It's about me trying to lose 100lbs and pay off $100,000 in debt. I'll will be writing more about my weight loss, because those updates can be more frequent. So, I'm not sure if I'm a part of the lifestyle or personal finances group in that case.

Interesting discussion.  It does sound like we could use a formal guide to what standards we Yakezie have to maintain to keep our Yakezie status, as well as a more definite procedure to what we do when we excommunicate someone.  I certainly don't think we should kick someone out as soon as their Alexa score hits 200,001 (especially as Alexa scores tend to naturally fluctuate, and aren't completely under our control anyway), but knowing that, say, 250,000 is the cut off point and I'd have only two weeks to get it back under 250,000 would help, both for motivation and for planning purposes.

That said, I would recommend highly trying to keep from being too strict with the standards; things happen, and giving people a fair chance to get back in the saddle and catch up on what they missed seems like a good idea.