An Imperfect Mold While I didn’t grow up in the projects of St. Louis, burglaries were common and it’s wasn’t unusual to hear the “pop, pop, pop” sound of a gun not too far in the distance. After years of growing up in a rough neighborhood, I was fortunate to be accepted to one of […]
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Hey there! My name is Michelle and I blog at Making Sense of Cents. Before last summer, I NEVER saw or imagined myself blogging. I never put more than a second of thought into it. However, starting last summer, I became a habitual blog lurker. I would read blogs, but never leave comments or let […]
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The combined pageviews of the roughly 115 Yakezie Members hovers around four to five million a month. The four to five million pageviews a month consists of roughly three million unique visitors. By any measure, several million unique visitors a month is a very powerful and attractive metric to have! Bloggers are the wave of […]
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In a recent Yahoo Finance article, they spotlight a 37 year old man who was making roughly $100,000 base who now works at Starbucks. His primary reason for taking his barista job is for medical benefits. The whopper of the story, which very few commenters pointed out was this line, “But with a college diploma, […]
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“When the weather changes, nobody believes the laws of physics have changed. Similarly, I don’t believe that when the stock market goes into terrible gyrations its rules have changed.” Benoit Mandelbrot This brilliant mathematician speaks to the reality that the price of common stocks goes up and down. If you want the possibility of a […]
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I am convinced that graduating from college is one of the most important periods in almost everyone’s life. It is often the beginning of “real” adulthood. While college students may be legally adults, in many ways college often acts as a buffer zone for growing up. Depending on your parents’ financial stability and philosophy of […]
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Dear Yakezie Epsilon Challengers, Has it been over 6 months already? Yes it has! Congrats for almost making it through the Yakezie Challenge where you’ve each strived to develop great blogs and new friendships in our online community. There’s only one thing left, and that is signing up and making sure we know who you […]
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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, 3.6 million people were the victim of identity theft in 2004. I was one of those victims. When I first noticed an error on my checking account statement, I assumed that it was an error and not fraud. I was not vulnerable to fraud…was I? I was […]
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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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