As the Yakezie Network is a network of personal finance bloggers, it’s easy to get lost in our bubble, especially when we first go on our journey. The first people we reach out to are bloggers in our genre who hopefully reciprocate. Other bloggers are going to be the ones who help get your name […]
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I’d like everybody to take a look at their most frequent commenters and ask yourselves some questions: * What is the gender makeup split? * What is the gender split who comment? * What is their socioeconomic background? * What percentage are bloggers vs. non bloggers? * Do they always agree with what you are […]
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I’m bullish on blogging as a form of mass communication for the following three reasons: 1) Trend from offline to online: More readers are opting to consume information through their computers and mobile devices rather than by print. The structural shift has decimated traditional print and any organization who fails to adopt an online model. Newsweek […]
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For the past couple of years, I’ve been a Dedicated Server customer of Inmotion Hosting for Yakezie.com and FinancialSamurai.com. Previously, I was with MediaTemple for a year and a half with a Virtual Private Server until I got fed up with the number of downtimes and lack of service. MediaTemple definitely has its positives. I […]
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During the last week of September 2012, Google launched another algorithmic change to lower the power of Exact Match Domain (EMD) websites. For example, a website with the URL SanFranBest.com now ranks relatively less well in a “Best Of San Francisco” search than a site called BubbleRock.com, which talks about San Francisco and other great […]
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Receiving comments is one of the most rewarding aspects of blogging. Comments show that someone out there is listening and interested in participating in the topic at hand. In fact, comments were a large part of what kept me going in the first year of blogging. When you first start out, blogging can get lonely. […]
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I have a high tolerance for pain. All throughout the 2011 tennis season, I played injured with excruciating tennis elbow, a sprained left ankle, a torn left meniscus, and loose cartilage in my right serving shoulder. You should have seen me. I looked like a robot with my ankle braces, elbow guard, and knee sleeves! […]
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About a year ago, I had a dialogue with a fellow blogger about career advice. Somehow, it morphed into blogging, probably because there are parallels to developing one’s blog and one’s career. I am the old fart who already went through the ringer and he is the young gun wondering what lies ahead. We differed […]
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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...Personal Finance Lifestyle Writing Contest
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