Reader Beware: If you make your own soap or buy single-ply toilet paper, please don’t take offense to the following. Everyone has their own standards of living and this post just reflects mine. What’s the difference between being frugal and cheap? For me being frugal is the willingness to spend, but the smarts to make […]
Read More
According to the Project on Student Debt, the average amount of student loan debt a student accumulated by graduation in 2009 was $24,000. Though this figure doesn’t seem exceedingly high, it is only an average. For comparison standards, averaging student loan debt at $24,000 could mean that for each student who kept their debt under […]
Read More
In order to write well you have to experience life—the pains, the joys, the triumphs and periodic bursts of energy about being alive all provide great fodder for your writing. Passions, curiosities, and satisfying both will give you numerous and infinite article ideas. Traveling whether near your home or in other countries and observing people at […]
Read More
UPDATE: Click here to see the essays, a new one published every other day over the next two weeks. We’re pleased to announce the nine finalists of the CarInsuranceCompanies.com Yakezie Writing Contest, which is also co-sponsored by Prosper.com. Thanks to the collective pledges of our Members and friends, we’ve raised $1,150 to be split 60/30/10 […]
Read More
Life is an interesting mix of phases. You are born, you hopefully have a great childhood where you can run free and have no worries. You go to college, get married, maybe have some kids, and then retire at some point down the road. Each phase in life has its own ups and downs, some […]
Read More
When I started blogging, I never intended it to be a huge source of income for me. But, like any other website, I had costs that I wanted to cover. The most common way to generate a little bit of money was to use Google AdSense. I was so excited to make $0.03 a day […]
Read More
Last year, I had the opportunity to pound back a couple beers with Leo Babauta from Zen Habits, Maren Kate from Escaping The Nine To Five, and Everett Bogue from Far Beyond The Stars. I even got to grab a bite to eat with Srini Rao from Blogcast FM in San Francisco before he headed […]
Read More
Hi, I’m Mich the author behind BeatingTheIndex; my personal investment journal with a large focus on the North American oil and gas sector. Back in 2008, I stood indifferent looking at the markets crashing. Why should I care? I always injected my free cash flow in my mortgage because I believe closing off this debt is an […]
Read More
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...Personal Finance Lifestyle Writing Contest
The Yakezie is one of world's largest and most sophisticated network of personal finance and lifestyle bloggers. Through collaboration and the selfless support of others, we strive to improve the lives of every one of our visitors.
Need an account? Register
