Category Archive for Featured | Yakezie.com - Part 30

How to Promote Yourself Without Being a Douche

by in Lifestyle on Mar 14th, 2012
A cheesy marketer. Source: http://upandrunning.bplans.com/2010/01/15/spam-comments-and-more-spam/

I have been blogging for nearly two years now, and I have learned so much along the way. I still have much to learn, and I still consider myself a small blogger. I’ve never been that big on networking, and I have preferred to build small relationships here and there, and focus more on content. […]

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DollarVersity: Why I Do What I Do When I Do What I Do

by in Featured on Mar 6th, 2012

“Why do you give away so much information and advice?” That’s a question I hear a lot.  People say that I could be making a ton of money charging people as clients for a lot of the information I put in my blog or when I’m just just talking to someone casually.  The thing is, I really […]

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My Broken Coin

by in Featured on Mar 4th, 2012

I cannot believe that I am (finally) writing my Yakezie member post. It’s been a really long, thorny and unstable road for me. What for some challengers usually takes six or eight months of the challenge, took me more than a year! I was in and out of the blogging world sporadically. But every time […]

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World of Finance

by in Featured on Mar 2nd, 2012
Michigan in summer

I remember when I first came to the Yakezie network.  It was just over six months ago when the member posts from the gamma class were being posted.  I remember reading Andrea’s member post from So Over Debt (I was so happy that she didn’t delete her blog) and LaTisha from Young Adult Finances among […]

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Money Spruce: Always Growing Something New

by in Featured on Feb 29th, 2012
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Hello, Yakezie! Jeffrey here. I’m happy to be writing this post after receiving the exciting news that I and my blog, Money Spruce, have been welcomed as a member of this awesome network! It’s been a lot of fun getting to know everyone! How Did I Get Here? Not to insult anyone or his/her blog, […]

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Why Are People Unhappy And How Can We Help?

by in Lifestyle on Feb 26th, 2012

How much money do you need to be happy and not worry about money anymore?  I’ve asked this question many times over the past several years, and the answers have ranged from about $35,000 to $500,000 gross a year, depending on where you live and what you are used to.  The range is wide enough […]

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You Make It Look So Yakezie!

by in Personal Finance on Feb 24th, 2012

I’m an idiot. This is a well-known fact I must cope with. Don’t believe me? Here are two convincing examples: EXAMPLE NUMBER ONE I was 17 years old – a senior in high school. I was interviewing for a college scholarship. I couldn’t have been more prepared. The night before the interview I wrote down […]

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One Cent At A Time

by in Personal Finance on Feb 20th, 2012
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I was preparing to go to sleep. It was 11PM on Sunday evening. I checked my mail for one last time before calling it a day. There was an email waiting to be read. It was from Sam, informing me on a decision to accept OCAAT as a Yakezie member. Fellow Yakezies, this is a […]

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  • Untemplater: Congrats on getting so many consecutive features on Google News! That’s phenomenal! Writing on...
  • Untemplater: You nailed it. I also believe great marketing is very helpful in the beginning but it’s really...
  • Jamie: Awesome insights thanks! I’ve been a big fan of Sam’s for years. Really exciting that he’s...
  • Untemplater: There are so many overpriced ecourses online it’s crazy. They use very aggressive marketing tactics to...
  • Andy: Thousand-dollar e-courses are a total scam. You can learn everything online for free. Shame on people who sell...
  • Untemplater: There are a lot of bloggers out there who focus on small stuff like should you or should you not spend...
  • Derek: It’s fascinating how some bloggers continue to just mindlessly pump out affiliate content. It’s clear they are...
  • Untemplater: Lots of valid points! So true that bloggers are a minority of overall readership, so blogging to much...
  • Bingo: You are spot on. Most of our bloggers are white people living on the coasts, where half the population of...
  • Financial Samurai: Hi Jim – Nice to hear from you. It was too much work running Yakezie. Too many people wanted...

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