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When Guest Posting, The One Big Media Pitfall Bloggers Need To Know
After more than 10 years of writing on Financial Samurai, I’ve been lucky to get a lot of opportunities to contribute to big media stories. My first opportunity came in 2010 with the LA Times and it has gradually continued from there. Some stories will feature a FS quote while other stories will do a […]
Read MoreHow Are Bloggers Doing During The Coronavirus Bear Market?
Learn how bloggers are doing during the coronavirus bear market
Read MoreThe Best Way To Grow Your Blog Is To Not Blog About Blogging
During my blogging journey since 2009, many blogs have come and gone. Blogging can be tough because being consistent is tough. But ironically, one of the biggest mistakes I see bloggers make is writing too much about their blogging journey. Unless you are a blog about blogging, readers want to read about everything but blogging. […]
Read MoreThe Original FIRE Bloggers And The Importance Of Branding
When I first helped ignite the modern day FIRE movement in 2009 with my motto, “achieving financial independence sooner rather than later,” I had somewhat of a dilemma as it relates to blogging. Should I focus most of my writing on helping readers achieve FIRE? Or should I write about a variety of topics beyond FIRE […]
Read MoreHow Bloggers Can Effectively Compete With Giant Media Outlets
A friend sent me this fascinating article called, How To Earn More Links: Adding Context To Content Analysis. The article goes ahead and analyzes how smaller sites like Financial Samurai can compete with larger sites like CNBC, CNN Money, and the New York Times in personal finance related topics. The first thing they did was […]
Read MoreThe FIRE Movement Is Missing The Numbers
I’m pretty pumped the FIRE movement is picking up steam as I’ve written about achieving financial independence since 2009 on Financial Samurai. Due to the increase in popularity, several of my old articles are being picked up and are being read via search engines again. Major media outlets have e-mailed to republish some of those […]
Read MoreWhy It’s Worth Starting A Podcast Even If You Aren’t Very Good
Why it’s worth starting a podcast even if you aren’t very good.
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Untemplater: Congrats on getting so many consecutive features on Google News! That’s phenomenal! Writing on...
Jamie: Awesome insights thanks! I’ve been a big fan of Sam’s for years. Really exciting that he’s...
Andy: Thousand-dollar e-courses are a total scam. You can learn everything online for free. Shame on people who sell...
Derek: It’s fascinating how some bloggers continue to just mindlessly pump out affiliate content. It’s clear they are...
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...
