Category Archive for Featured | Yakezie.com - Part 42

Welcome Yakezie Gamma Class!

by in Featured on Jul 11th, 2011
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Dear Yakezie Gamma Class Challengers, The Yakezie Gamma Class sign-up page is now live!  I hope all of you have had a wonderful time getting to know your fellow Challengers and Members, while pushing yourselves to write consistent content on your respective blogs.  The official Gamma Class window was from Dec 1, 2010 to March […]

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Announcing The CarInsuranceCompanies.com Yakezie Writing Contest Winners!

by in Writing Contest on Jul 8th, 2011
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The Yakezie Writing Contest Committee is pleased to announce the winners of The CarInsuranceCompanies.com Yakezie Writing Contest!  All together, we had a total of roughly 50 applicants of which 9 finalists were selected to be featured on Yakezie.com’s Writing Contest vertical. Each finalist told us a story, many of which were quite personal in nature.  […]

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I Can’t Help You Budget If You Can’t Help Yourself

by in Personal Finance on Jul 6th, 2011
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I thought I’d share some situations involving loved ones and money where I just finally gave up. Maybe you can relate to some of these stories; you may have some of your own. The main takeaway is that success in personal finance is due to work. Not necessarily hard financial work with calculators and miles of spreadsheets, but actually having a plan and […]

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How to Avoid “Financial Multiple Personality Disorder”

by in Lifestyle on Jul 4th, 2011
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By Kristoph Matthews from SmashingEntrepreneur.com – A young entrepreneur’s guide to harnessing passion, ideas and business to live an epic lifestyle.  Kristoph is new Yakezie Challenger. I remember when I first started my quest for wealth. It was all about money, without much discretion to the method of its attainment. “How do I get from […]

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Google Updates PageRank And The Yakezie Rises

by in Featured on Jun 29th, 2011

At last.  Sometime in the latter half of June 2011, Google finally updated their PageRank system to the delight of many of us here at the Yakezie.  It’s been a long road for many of you who have been stuck with a 0 PageRank for months.  But, never one to lay down and roll over, […]

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Was The “Lost Decade” Really Lost For Investors?

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A topic that is commonly discussed these days in the personal finance community is something called, “The Lost Decade.” In fact, while I was recently reading several financial magazines, I found out that many would-be experts would have us believe that the past 10 years were completely useless for investors. Quite a bold statement if […]

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Real Estate Mistakes I Made And How To Avoid Them

by in Personal Finance on Jun 23rd, 2011
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The following is a guest post from MD of Studenomics. Today he’s releasing a new eBook for 20-somethings that are trying to decide if they should buy or rent a home right now. This quick read will help you save thousands of dollars by making the right choice when it comes to this very important […]

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Hate Your Job? Maybe You’re Not The Only One

by in Personal Finance on Jun 17th, 2011

The steam playfully rose into the night air, obscuring my vision of a girl in a bikini walking towards me.  I casually brushed away the mist to get a better look before she got into the outdoor hot tub where I had been relaxing for the past ten minutes.  Wow, she’s tan and fit, I […]

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  • 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...
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