Carnivals and FestivalsThis week I hosted the first Investing Carnival, which is supported by The Div-Net blogging group. The next Investing Carnival will be hosted by fellow blogger Dividends4Life. To participate in the carnival, submit your articles here.My review of the Canadian royalty trusts was selected on the Money Hacks Carnival #19: The Independence Edition, hosted by Sound Money Matters.
Without further ado, here are the various personal finance carnivals and festivals I participated in over the week. I have also included some interesting articles and blogs I found along the way.The Carnival of Personal Finance, with a Middle Eastern theme, was hosted by Greener Pastures: Personal Finance and featured my article Effectively Using Freed up Daycare Dollars. Other articles I liked we
That was the best title i could come up with this morning - i'm sorry (burries head under desk). As if i didn't throw 60+ links out here already w/ my hosting of the Festival of Frugality, here are a few others i participated in.It's a beautiful long weekend coming up, so this should tide you over in the event Uncle Tom has 1 too many again.Money Hacks Carnival #19 - "The Independence Edition" hos
A blog carnival is a collection of related articles from various blogs around the web, and the Modern Parent recently participated in two of them:Frugal Homesteading Carnival -- features articles on saving money and living frugally.Carnival of Family Life -- featuring articles about all aspects of family life.I have also started my own blog carnival in the hopes of gathering the best parenting art
I’ve been joining blog carnivals recently, and right now my article is being featured in one: How to Make Money Doing What You Love Carnival. Do you know why? Blog Carnivals have the power to help your blog in many ways. It will give your blog exposure to more audience, new subscribers, traffic, that much [...]
Carnivals and FestivalsI will be hosting the first ever Investing Carnival #1 on Tuesday, July 1.The Weekly Investing Carnival is supported by the members of The Div-Net network. We welcome articles related to Investing. Your Investing content does not have to cover only the stock market, but could also cover real estate, commodities and other alternative investments. Please submit your articles n
Carnivals and FestivalsFlexo from Consumerism Commentary, selected my article The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats at the Carnival of Personal Finance #157: Third Anniversary Edition.My post Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Dividend Analysis was selected on Festival of Stocks - 93rd Edition.BlogsDividends4Life argued for both sides of the trade at The Dark Side of Dividends.The Dividend Guy poste
Carnivals and FestivalsThe 156th Carnival of Personal Finance: Songs of Summer, hosted by PT Money, selected my post Selected Dividend Increases in May.The 92nd Edition of the Festival of Stocks, hosted by George over at Fat Pitch Financials included my post Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) Dividend Analysis.BlogsMoneygardener posted top 5 stock picks - 1 year update.The Dividend Guy showed Where to Fin
A blog carnival is a collaborative exchange where multiple bloggers submit posts from their respective blogs, posts they have already written and posted on their own blogs, to a blogger hosting the carnival on his or her blog. This system has many benefits, and it is one which more bloggers should utilize. In this post, I am going to review the benefits of participating in and hosting blog carniva
This week has been a busy one, but somehow I still found the time to post in a few of the bigger personal finance carnivals, and host the Carnival of Money Stories! Here are the carnivals where I made the grade:I was made the editor's pick over at DailyMoneyHack.com in the Money Hacks Carnival for my article "Save money on your hospital bills just by asking". Check out the rest of the great arti
Just wanted to share some blog carnivals currently on the web. Blog Carnivals are a great way to find new blogs to read, new income opportunities and great advice. Take a look at these collections of posts and find a new blog to read...
The 142nd edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction was hosted at Girls Just Wanna Have Funds
Weekend Quick Picks: Edition 3 was hosted at BlogMeTheMoney.
Carnivals and FestivalsCarnival of Personal Finance #155 — Time With Family, hosted by Moolanomy, included my post Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Dividend Analysis.The Festival of Stocks # 91, hosted by Personal financier, included my post Consolidated Edison (ED) Dividend Analysis.BlogsSeveral dividend bloggers updated their net worth this month.DivGuy shared his May Net Worth Update and May D
We were listed in three carnivals/festivals this week.
Our article, Don’t Keep Secrets, made editor’s pick in the Money Hacks Carnival #15 - French Open Edition. There were 60 posts in the Carnival, so it is a great honor to be chosen as one of the four editor’s picks. There were many other good posts in [...]
Carnivals and FestivalsMy article Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) Dividend Analysis, was selected to appear on 90th edition of The Festival of Stocks May 26, 2008, hosted by Circle of Competence.My post on Why Do I Like Dividend Achievers, was selected to appear on the 154th edition of Carnival of Personal Finance #154, hosted by Canadian Dream Free at 45.My post TEPPCO Partners (TPP) Dividend
Another week another bunch of blog carnival submissions!Carnivals this weekBible Money Matters was included in several carnivals this week. The 14th Money Hacks Carnival - Weird Golf Facts Edition @ PTMoney.com: Prime Time Money hosts the Money Hacks Carnival (one of may faves), and includes my post Drive Free Cars and Retire Rich!Christian Carnival CCXXVI: Bounded Irrationality hosts the Christia
I participated in several carnivals this week and I'd like to thank all the bloggers who hosted the carnivals and included my posts:College of Cash hosted the Carnival of Money Stories #60 and included my post, "People Are Starting to Steal Gas Now".Moolanomy hosted the Money Hacks Carnival #13 - Money Saving Hacks Edition and included my post, "Handling Most of My Finances Online". The Financial
Carnivals and FestivalsCarnival of Personal Finance #153: the Q & A edition, hosted by Money and Values, selected my article Dividend Conspiracies.Festival Of Stocks: 89th Edition hosted by Stock Pursuit, selected my article American Capital Strategies (ACAS) Dividend AnalysisMoney Hacks Carnival #13 — Money Saving Hacks Edition, selected my article on Dividend Champions Watchlist.BlogsOne o
I love blog carnivals. They’re not only a great way to increase traffic to your blog, they’re a great way to find new bloggers.
This week I’ve participated in the following blog carnivals:
Happiness Carnival
Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness
How to Make Money Doing What You Love Carnival - I made the top 10! Yay! [...]
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In case you haven't already found them, Carnival of the Godless #91 is up at State of Protest, and the Humanist Symposium #19 is up at Letters From a Broad. Time to get reading.Tags: atheist, blog, blog carnival, Carnival of the Godless, Humanist Symposium
In case you haven't already found them, Carnival of the Godless #91 is up at State of Protest, and the Humanist Symposium #19 is up at Letters From a Broad. Time to get reading.Tags: atheist, blog, blog carnival, Carnival of the Godless, Humanist Symposium
I participated in several carnivals this week and I'd like to thank all the bloggers who hosted the carnivals and included my posts.Save and Conquer hosted the Money Hacks Carnival #11 - Ebb and Flow Edition and included my post, Reasons to Join A Credit Union.Frugal for Life hosted the Festival of Frugality #124 and included my post, When a Second Job is Not A Good Idea. Free From Broke hosted the Carnival of Money Stories #58 - Dollar Coins Edition and included my post, Remembering How Lucky I Am. Thanks again to all the bloggers who hosted the carnivals. Be sure to visit them and check out all of the great articles.
I've finally starting to return to the carnivals. I'll be spending a little time this morning at the following blog festivities:Antishay presents The Carnival of SnowflakingThe Festival of Frugality @ Frugal for LifeCarnival of Family Life hosted by Riley at All Rileyed Up! Lazy Man hosts The Carnival of Personal Finance
Carnivals and FestivalsMy article Selected Dividend Increases in April was included on the Carnival of Wealth, Money and Life #1, hosted by DollarFrugal.My article Historical changes of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats was selected to appear on the 151st Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance , hosted by U.S. News & World Report.Last but not least, the 87th Edition of the Festival of Stocks included my post Wilmington Trust (WL) Dividend Analysis.BlogsI found several interesting articles on the web this week:20s Money presented The 20s Money Retirement Plan on his blog.Dividends4life presented his article The Most Dangerous Investment. "The most dangerous investment has zero chance of success. It is simply not investing at all."I really enhoyed Money Gardener's article Why all th
There are so many wonderful personal finance blogs out there dispensing great experiences and information - How does one keep up with it all?
My two favorite ways are using RSS and reading carnivals. But before I get to those I want to show you a couple of other methods I’ve used.
One way is to [...]
I have decided to move my weekly carnival/festival/blog reviews and mentiones to either Mondays or Tuesdays from Fridays. In addition i moved into a new place over the weekend, so I am still sorting through my stuff. This should not however affect my blog posting.Carnivals and FestivalsLazy Man Hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance #150 edition at his blog. He included my article Dividend Achievers Watchlist.The Happy Rock hosted the 149th Carnival of Personal Finance - Chasing Dreams Edition and included my Rewards Checking Accounts Overview.Investing Adventures hosted the April 28, 2008 Edition of the Festival of Stocks and included GWW Dividend Analysis in it.BlogsI have added a new blog to my blogroll, which I find pretty interesting from a Personal Finance standpoint. The blog is c
I participated in a couple of carnivals around the web this week.Be Thrifty Like Us hosted the 8th Edition of the Money Hacks Carnival and included my post "Update on My Personal Finance Goals". Gather Little by Little hosted the 148th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance and included my post "Most Reliable Used Cars". I had the extreme honor of being listed as one of the best personal finance blogs by Finance Daily. Have you seen the new M-Network blog? Be sure to check it out.Did I mention free money in the title? Here's how to get it:Revolution Money Exchange - Get $25 instantly for signing up! I signed up and got my bonus instantly. I've also used it to send and receive money and it works great. The best part is that there are NO FEES to send and receive money. ING Orange Saving
Spring is in full bloom here in NYC! It's been beautiful out the past few days, approaching 80 degrees today. Perfect weather for some carnivals:Gather Little By Little hosted the 148th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. My article Saving Money For College When Your Children Are Older was included.The Baglady hosted the 55th Carnival of Money Stories - Tax Day Edition which included my article Four Ways I Upgraded Out Of My Raises.Be Thrifty Like Us hosted the 8th Money Hacks Carnival where you can find my article Ben Bernanke Wants Personal Finance Blogs Out Of Business.Now for some interesting finds from my Google Reader:25 Questions To Think About Before A Job Interview at MSN Smart Spending. I've never considered myself very good at interviews. Having these questions ans
Spring is in full bloom here in NYC! It’s been beautiful out the past few days, approaching 80 degrees today. Perfect weather for some carnivals:Gather Little By Little hosted the 148th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. My article Saving Money For College When Your Children Are Older was included.
The Baglady [...]
The CarnivalsBoth the Carnival of Personal Finance and the Festival of Frugality are up and running. The Carnival of Personal Finance #148 is up at Gather Little by Little. My post on outsourcing to your kids was included as an editors pick. In Glblguy's comments on my article he made a good point that when we outsource tasks to our children it is important that they have a voice in the proceedings. Otherwise it turns into a masked form of slavery, and nobody wants that!Kyle from Rather be Shopping was also kind enough to include my article about money poetry in the massive Festival of Frugality #121. Thanks!Website MetricsNow on to my random website metrics. Today I was playing around with Google Analytics and fell quickly in love with their Map Overlay feature. It tells me how man
The CarnivalsBoth the Carnival of Personal Finance and the Festival of Frugality are up and running. The Carnival of Personal Finance #148 is up at Gather Little by Little. My post on outsourcing to your kids was included as an editors pick. In Glblguy's comments on my article he made a good point that when we outsource tasks to our children it is important that they have a voice in the proceedings. Otherwise it turns into a masked form of slavery, and nobody wants that!Kyle from Rather be Shopping was also kind enough to include my article about money poetry in the massive Festival of Frugality #121. Thanks!Website MetricsNow on to my random website metrics. Today I was playing around with Google Analytics and fell quickly in love with their Map Overlay feature. It tells me how man
I'd almost forgotten that Tuesday was the dreaded tax day for those of us that owe additional taxes. For some reason, I was thinking that I had another week. Doing my weekly roundup, I found that a couple of my fellow personal finance bloggers are sending out tax payments and I quickly remembered that I need to send mine out too. I've written the check; I just can't put it in the envelope just yet. I'll get it all ready to be sent out by tomorrow. I took part in a couple of carnivals this week including:The Financial Blogger hosted the 120th Edition of the Festival of Frugality and included my post on "How My Childhood Influences My Finances". Mommy Gets Paid hosted the 7th Edition of the Money Hacks Carnival and included my post "Taking a Little Break from Netflix". Here are some posts I'
The Carnival of Personal Finance #147: Q1 Financial Advice Edition was hosted @ Moneyning. I found the Following posts particularly interesting:The Cost Of A Bigger House @ Frugal BabeI bring you this story which demonstrates, quite successfully, what I always talk about. Firstly, You should buy a home which lasts you at least 10 years (if not more). Secondly, frugality only gets you so far. The real money is in the big ticket items. Although a frugal state of mind is always necessary.Four Ways I Upgraded Out Of My Raises @ Free From BrokeAnother story which discusses another painful issue I intend to deal with in one of my upcoming posts. The hedonistic fallacy or why more consumption won’t make us any happier.Hey, You Invest Like a Girl! @ Dividends4LifeThis short post uncovers a littl
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Not a bad number indeed! And to think you too can copy what he has sucessfuly been doing and get that sort of traffic or more yourself.What is a blog Carnival?Think of it as being a type of "blogging community. On the internet there are millions of blogs and maybe millions of niche categories making up one pile of articles. A Carnival community collects the blogs together of a specific niche or topic and groups their articles together. Think magazine, in which your niche is published weekly, monthly or however often the publisher see's fit.How does this benefit Me?Well for starters it gives your articles a much broader audience. And with some well written content it will attract readers to your blog. Carnivals also offer one way inbound links to your site which weigh more than a traded or
Not a bad number indeed! And to think you too can copy what he has sucessfuly been doing and get that sort of traffic or more yourself.What is a blog Carnival?Think of it as being a type of "blogging community. On the internet there are millions of blogs and maybe millions of niche categories making up one pile of articles. A Carnival community collects the blogs together of a specific niche or topic and groups their articles together. Think magazine, in which your niche is published weekly, monthly or however often the publisher see's fit.How does this benefit Me?Well for starters it gives your articles a much broader audience. And with some well written content it will attract readers to your blog. Carnivals also offer one way inbound links to your site which weigh more than a traded or
The Money Hacks Carnival #7 was hosted at Mommy Gets Paid, which featured my article on Easy Ways to Save Money. Check out the other great articles there.Carnival of Personal Finance #147 is up at MoneyNing. Many great articles are presented there and thanks to David for including my article on "Excessive Taxes and Fees on my Cable/Phone Bill". As this is a relatively new blog it is great to get this exposure and I look forward to participating in future carnivals.******************************************************************Liked this article? Then consider subscribing by clicking here to receive regular updates******************************************************************
Carnivals I Participated in This Week:
Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted by Money Ning, which included my post Financial “I Never” with Finance Girl (I had a fun time writing this post, but no, I wasn’t really taking shots).
Carnival of Twenty Something Finances, hosted by The Bag Lady, which included my post Childhood Money Memories, Part [...]
I participated in a few carnivals this week. To start with, StockTradingToGo hosted the 146th Carnival of Personal Finance - Online Broker Tips Edition. My article Gates No Longer Richest And Why You Can't Keep All Your Eggs In One Basket was included.Chief Family Officer hosted the 53rd Carnival of Money Stories - April Fool's Edition. Five Ways Fantasy Baseball Is Like Personal Finance saw some additional exposure there (If you haven't already stumbled or Dugg the post go and do it. I want to see how big I can get this post. Thanks!).Last, but by no means least, Bible Money Matters hosted the increasingly growing Money Hackers Carnival #6 - Famous Hackers Edition. Five Gifts That Keep Giving was included there.Go check out the carnivals for more great articles!As if the carnivals w
I participated in a few really great carnivals this week-full of great articles and information. Be sure to check them out for some really great reading!
Carnival of Personal Finance hosted @ Stock Trading to Go:
My article Friends and Money was among the submissions and a few of my favorite articles:
10 Steps to Take if you [...]
If you didn't catch it yesterday, I am giving away a free $50 gas card to celebrate having over 50,000 visitors to SingleGuyMoney. Get all the details here.Carnivals: I participated in the 118th Festival of Frugality - ABC Edition hosted by My Dollar Plan. My article on "Avoiding Bank Fees" was including among the great list of articles.I also participated in the Carnival of Personal Finance #145 : Baby Education Edition hosted by Million Dollar Journey. My article on "How to Buy a Reliable Used Car" was included among the great list of articles.Other Links: I was mentioned in a Blog Roundup on Mainstreet.com. Mainstreet.com is newly launched and is the sister site of TheStreet.com. Favorite articles from my blogroll: It's the Little Things in Life @ FromMike.comWhat I'm Willing to Give Up
Here are links to some blog carnivals I have enjoyed reading recently. Some of my articles have been submitted to these carnivals. Please check them out…
I will change your life is a wonderfully life affirming blog focusing on positive ways to bring success, energy and abundance into your life.
Living the law of attraction is a [...]
This week I took part in two carnivals. Antishay Ventenne hosted the Money Hacks Carnival #5 - Haute Couture Edition. Not only was my submission Why Getting a Large Tax Refund Is Bad included but it was also an Editor's Pick!Million Dollar Journey hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance #145 - Baby Education Edition. No editor's pick this time for my submission Five Ways Fantasy Baseball is Like Personal Finance. Can't get picked every time. I did have a huge surge of traffic for the post thanks to all of the people who stumbled it. Thank you all!Here are a few articles that caught my attention from my reader the past week or so:The Advantages of Keeping Your Eggs in One Basket by The Wisdom Journal. It's a little counter to my Why You Can't Keep All Your Eggs in One Basket but it's
The Festival of Frugality and the Carnival of Personal Finance are up over at beingfrugal and I've Paid For This Twice Already ... respectively. I have to admit that I have not read a single article from these carnivals, but that is mostly because St. Patrick's day marks the moment of my marriage and I simply had to party with my partner. I'll probably get around to reading through these right after you do.
The Festival of Frugality and the Carnival of Personal Finance are up over at beingfrugal and I've Paid For This Twice Already ... respectively. I have to admit that I have not read a single article from these carnivals, but that is mostly because St. Patrick's day marks the moment of my marriage and I simply had to party with my partner. I'll probably get around to reading through these right after you do.
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!In case you haven't heard it yet, the Feds cut rates an additional 3/4 of a percentage point today. As a result, the Dow had the 4th biggest one day gain with a surge of 420 points. Unfortunately, it going to take several more big "surges" to make up for the losses I've incurred in my investment accounts to date. In better news, the St Patrick's Day Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by Lynnae at beingfrugal.net. My article, Trying to Keep My Good Tenant, was including among the huge list of other great articles. Image Credit: wili_hybrid
This has been an interesting week. Haven't been able to blog as much as I'd like. We got our car back finally and we also had parent-teacher conferences this week. I've also got a mid-term to study for next week. There's also been an interview and a book contest to mention.To start things off Quest For Four Pillars hosted the 143rd Carnival of Personal Finance - Oh Canada Edition. My article Interesting Way to Buy a House was included.Over at My Dollar Plan was the Third Money Hacks Carnival - What is a Hack Edition. My article Tax Documents You May Need was included.I'm excited to tell you that Money Intellect interviewed me for his Blogger Spotlight where he features personal finance bloggers. Make sure you go over there to check it out!I mentioned a book contest didn't I? Well l
This week The Dividend Guy hosted the Carnival of Financial Goals IV - Investing Video Edition. There's five videos to watch relating to investing. My article We Went to Our Accountant to Get Our Taxes Done was included.Over at beingfrugal.net the Money Hacks Carnival #2 - Gardening Edition was held. Throughout the great articles is advice for your own garden. My article A Car Doesn't Really Need Four Doors Does It? was included.If you hurry up you can still enter brip blap's Big Book Giveaway. You have until midnight tonight to win one of the five following books (in my order of preference): 1. Your Money or Your Life, 2. The Greatest Salesman in the World, 3. Getting Things Done, 4. X Marks the Spot, and 5. Zen to Done (the last two are e-books).Check out both carnivals as well as t
A quick post, because today is crazy busy!!!Two great must-see Carnivals are going on. The ever popular Carnival of Personal Finance is being held at Baglady! There is a really interesting slant on this one, probably a carnival if seen in real-life that would scare kids! But its on the net so it can't hurt you!Next, the Carnival of Debt Management is running at Credit Card low-down. These are laways jam-packed full of goodness, and this one is no exception.As a blogger these are really great way to let others see your great work!Back off to crazy-town!
Its been a busy week, but I'm getting back into the swing of things :)Be sure to check out this weeks blog festivities, great themes!Being Frugal hosted a groovy 70's edition of the Carnival of Debt ReductionBroke Grad Student hosted a college years edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance
It is common sense in any business enterprise that more visitors mean more potential clients and more clients means a bigger bottom line to help pay those bills and to maybe even keep a little something for yourself afterwards seeing that your work so hard. This is even more true if you want to make money online as most internet marketers sell products in the range of $20 to $100. This is only a medium range figure and there are products and services that vary upwards or downwards in price. If you take an average of $50 per product then you have to sell quite a lot of products to make your online endeavors worth your while.Lets say as an example you want to earn $3000 per month from you website or blog. At an average of $50 per client that buys your product you need to sell at least 60 of
GET A ROOM!
SELECTED AGAIN IN TRAVEL BLOG CARNIVAL!
I took a break from the preparations for the ABA Marketplace in Virginia Beach this week long enough to see that another post from Get A Room! has been selected for the Travel Blog Carnival hosted by Darren Cronian at Travel Rants.
Thank you, Vicky, and the Highland Business Research's "Tracking Tourism" blog for selecting Get A Room's post on
Blog Carnivals are an excellent way for avid bloggers to promote their content to a new audience for FREE. Essentially, a carnival is a collection of blog posts related to a specific topic. Publishers post these collections on their blogs or websites, and, then, in an ideal world, everyone who contributes helps to promote the carnival to all of their readers.Carnivals also serve an important function of providing leads to readers or viewers to many blogs within their subject of interest. For example, if you're a freelance writer looking for new ways to make money, a blog carnival regarding tips to generating income online could connect you with several writers or bloggers who have found a way to earn extra cash through various online networks.The best place I've found to seek out a directo
As a courtesy, I'm linking back to the carnivals where my submissions have been accepted.Investment Basics CarnivalCarnival of Twenty Something FinancesCarnival of Money, Growth and HappinessInvestment Quest: Festival of StocksCheck out the carnivals for loads of interesting articles.
Blog Carnivals are a great way to find new blogs rich with excellent information on everything under the sun. There are many carnivals that are new and need submissions. Find a blog carnival and submit your content today!
Here are the blog carnivals I have particpated in.
1. The Blog Carnival How to Solve Money Worries was hosted at Widow's Quest. This has great advice on alternative ways
If you haven't already, be sure to check out all the great articles at the Naughty or Nice Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Get Rich Slowly. My article: "The Breakup", was featured in the "Tinsel Lined Tree" (budgeting) section. Be sure to subscribe to SingleGuyMoney here to get notified of all the latest posts. Don't be shy and feel free to leave a comment.
I have to admit I do not know anything about Cyber Monday until this year. I kept hearing about it on the news so I wanted to do a little checking into it. For those unfamiliar with Cyber Monday, Wikipedia describes it as the Monday immediately following Black Friday where the online retailers offer the best deals like the brick and mortar stores offered on the previous Friday. Planning to do a little online shopping today? Make sure you sign up for Ebates.com. If you have been reading this blog for awhile, you know that I am a big fan of Ebates. Not only do they offer signup bonuses and cash back on your purchases, they have all the major stores. TODAY ONLY (Monday), you get DOUBLE CASH BACK! SIGN UP HERE. Not interested in shopping? Be sure to check out the 115th Edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction hosted by fellow M-Network member, beingfrugal.net. My article was included: Paying off debt makes you feel.... so be sure to head over and read all the great stories.
The 127th Carnival of Personal Finance-Wonders of the World was hosted my fellow M-Network member, Moolanomy. Be sure to visit the carnival for some great reads. Thanks to Moolanomy for hosting!Some of my favorite articles: A Penny Saved is Worth More than a Penny Earned from Cash Money Life. Prepare Your Mindset to Achieve Financial Freedom from Journey to Financial Freedom. Why I Use Credit Cards from Broke Grad Student.3 Reasons Why Personal Finance Should Not Be Personal from The Financial BloggerI posted my article, Slipping back into bad habits - ALMOST.
I normally do a round-up at the end of the week, but there are a lot of great articles I would like to share with everyone now.
A Carnival and a Festival: There are two large financial round-ups going on right now, the Carnival of Personal Finance #126 hosted by Frugal Trader from Million Dollar Journey, and the Festival of Frugality #100 hosted by Dawn from Frugal For Life. Each of these has a great selection of informative and entertaining money related articles. I submitted my recent article 25 Ways I Save Money. Frugal Trader selected my article as one of his Editor’s Choice picks. Thanks, FT!
Cars, cars, cars! Right now the members of the M-Network (a group of financial bloggers) are currently writing articles related to cars and car ownership. They have also invited some of their blogging friends to join n the fun, so I took them up on their offer.
Here is a full list of the articles so far (M) = M-Network member:
Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest Of The Time I Know Y
It is carnival time once again. This week, I have posts included in two carnivals.
The Scale of the Federal Deficit is included in the Carnival of Personal Finance #125 hosted at My Two Dollars
Leasing a New Car Makes No Sense is included in the Carnival of Debt Reduction #112 at Cash Money Life
Carnival of Personal Finance
With there being 74 articles in this week's carnival, I thought I would take some time and point out some that I found interesting. They are:
How To Buy On Ebay and Get the Best Deal at Money Blue Book
Real Estate: Know What Can Be Fixed... at Searchlight Crusade
Can We Really Afford to 'Move Up' at A Penny Closer
And of course, where would we be if we couldn't talk about Marriage and Money at My Good Cents
Carnival of Debt Reduction
Debt Reduction is such a need for so many people, that I would be remiss if I did not offer a selection of my favorite articles from this carnival too. There are many more worth reading too.
Money, Matter, and More Musings
My last post reminded me that I wanted to mention the "All Women blogging carnival". The carnival is run by the All for Women blog, the same site that created the top 50 Australian Women blogger list. The aim: to create "a weekly roundup of the best of women blogging from all over the blogosphere".Carnivals are a good way to help develop your personal blogging community although I recommend you stick to those that are of most relevance to your interests or blog topics. If you are participating in carnivals merely for the backlinks they provide, whatever the topic, you have to be careful that your posts are of interest to your readers.The reason I like the All Women carnival is that you do not have write about a given topic nor divert from your normal subject area. You submit one of the blog posts you have already written. This can be a particular post you have written for the carnival or a favorite from the prior week. You can experience the link love without compromising your blog. T
There are some great blog carnivals going on this week. I hope you will take the time to go check them all out.
Carnival of Family Life
Carnival of Homeschooling
Carnival of Natural Family Living
Festival of Frugality
Thomas Jefferson Carnival
Carnival of Education
Organize Your Life
Make It From Scratch
Etsy Bloggers
Work At Home Carnival
If you know of any other great blog carnivals please leave a comment and let me know.
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There are some great blog carnivals going on this week. I hope you will take the time to go check them all out.
Carnival of Family Life
Carnival of Homeschooling
Carnival of Natural Family Living
Festival of Frugality
Thomas Jefferson Carnival
Carnival of Education
Organize Your Life
Make It From Scratch
Etsy Bloggers
Work At Home Carnival
If you know of any other great blog carnivals please leave a comment and let me know.
I love checking out all the great blog carnivals that go on each week. Here’s a round up of the best ones from this week.
Carnival of Family Life
Carnival of Homeschooling
Late is better than never, the Carnival of SAHMs
Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival
Make It From Scratch
Etsy Bloggers
Festival of Frugality
All Women Blogging Carnival
The Fabulous! Festival
Carnival of Bookworms
If you know of another great carnival to add to the weekly round up please let me know. I hope you enjoy the great selection of bloggers that participate in these fun carnivals. And don’t forget to leave comments!
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Just wanted to share some of the Blog Carnivals I've participated in recently.
The blog to earn is a new blog carnival that focuses on:
Effective Blogging, Monetizing Your Blog, Problogging Facts and Fiction
The carnival can be found at Web Dosh!
The lastest Festival of Frugality was hosted by MyTwoDollars:
The Festival Of Frugality Is Collecting Social Security
The Carnival of Everything
All of the carnivals I participated in are up. Here’s the list of carnivals and links to the articles I submitted:
On The Horizon was the host of Christian Carnival CXCII where my article In Financial Chaos? Pass the Test!! was included. This was my first time participating in in this carnival and it has a ton of wonderful posts. I’ll be submitting to this one again!
My Two Dollars hosted the 94th Edition of The Festival of Frugality. My article Money Saving Monday Tip #11 - Price Comparison Sites was included in the Shopping Tips section.
Moolanomy a fellow M-Network blogger was host for the 107th Carnival of Debt Reduction. Pinyo selected my article Gazelle Intensity, Not For Me Thanks as one of his top picks! He did an awesome job with the carnival this week with beautiful and informative NY City theme.
Credit Card Lowdown was the host for the Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness #18. My article The End of Cash? was included. This was my first time partic
I thought I should post a list sharing of the best blog carnivals out there each week. Here are the ones I’m enjoying right now. If you know of a great one to add just let me know!
Carnival of Family Life
Carnival of Natural Family Living
Carnival of Homeschooling
Carnival of Education
Make It From Scratch
Festival of Frugality
Work at home Moms and Dads Carnival
Learning in the Great Outdoors
And the Carnival of SAHMs
I hope you’ll go check out all these great carnivals and the blogs who shared posts in them. And don’t forget to elave comments, we all love comments.
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The Carnival of Homeschooling is up at The Common Room.
The Carnival of Family Life is going on at Sandier Pastures.
Make It From Scratch is up and running at Summer’s Nook.
The Carnival of Education is going on at Matthew K Tabor.
Any other great carnivals worth mentioning? Let me know!
Here’s your weekly round up of all the fun carnivals you should check out this week.
The Homeschool Buzz has a Magical Carnival of Homeschooling going on. The great retro images used makes it worth visiting alone, but don’t forget to check out the great posts submitted.
Why Homeschool is hosting the Carnival of Family Life this week. This is one of my favorite weekly carnivals, there are alsways great posts to enjoy.
The Carnival of Education should be up over at The Red Pencil.
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I am breaking my usual one post a day routine here, but it cannot wait…
Carnivals
Thanks to both The Simple Dollar and I’ve Paid For This Twice Already… for hosting the carnivals and for including my posts. I also want to:
Welcome readers from The Simple Dollar who are following the Carnival of Personal Finance #114 to my post 7 costly retirement savings mistakes to avoid.
Welcome readers from I’ve Paid For That Twice Already… who are following the 101st Carnival of Debt Reduction to my post 10 Baby Steps to Financial Recovery.
MOMA Meme
Have you heard the latest buzz about MOMA Meme? If you can spare a few minutes, please join us and blog to promote financial responsibility and awareness. It is for a good cause! Apparently, it generated quite a buzz at Saving Advice.
My First Interview
I have never been interviewed before. Wow, that makes me feel like I made it somehow. Please visit Married and Broke to see Cup of coffee interview with Pinyo from Mool
Recent carnivals on the web where my posts were featured. Carnival of Positive Thinking at Widow’s Quest at Widow’s Quest Total Mind and Body Fitness Carnival #7 at FitBuff July edition of all things medical at RDoctor Carnival of Healing #96 at Wisdom of Healing
There are so many great blog carnivals out there, and I always plan to mention them but forget. So I’m going to try to remember to mention all the great carnivals going on each week.
The Carnival of Homeschooling is going on at Tami’s Blog this week. It is the 82nd edition already. I can’t believe how long this carnival has been running! And don’t forget to get submissions in for next week’s carnival which will be right here at Mom Is Teaching.
The 8th Edition of the Country Fair is up already and full of great posts.
The Carnival of Family Life is up this week at The So Called Me.
The Carnival of SAHMs, that’s stay at home moms, is up over at Wired For Noise.
This Friday the Carnival Against Child Abuse will be up at Wired For Noise. Wednesday is the last day to enter a post, the theme is Freedom From Child Abuse.
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Judy has done a wonderful job with her first time hosting the Carnival of Principled Government. Ten entries for the tenth edition so you should be able to zip through them pretty quickly. Enjoy!Also, the Carnival of Homesteading is up. I believe the next one is to go up today already, but living more simply never gets dated.Also, entries for the Carnival of Homeschooling are due tonight by 6PM. You can submit your entry here, through the carnival submit form. I think I had better do that. I think I wrote about homeschooling this week...And so long as this isn't a real entry, I'll add this here. I decided to join the rest of the crowd and stick a MyBlogLog thing in my sidebar. It's down at the bottom. I'll play with anything for awhile. I wasn't sure exactly what you are supposed to do with them, and figured the best way to see why they seem to be so popular was to try it out for myself. I haven't figured out exactly what the point of joining a community over there is,
Wow, what a busy weekend. I went to two auctions this weekend, buying up a bunch of furniture to refill the booth from the sales of the last couple of weeks. On Sunday, a huge buffet that we had in the booth sold! Our highest priced item! This is great except that now we need to go back to more auctions this weekend to fill that spot. It’s a vicious cycle, but lots of fun, we are really enjoying it.
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I wish I were allowed to click on my google ads there in the sidebar. But I'd hate to get into trouble with terms of service agreements. It's just that after my last post on No Child Left Behind, one of the ads promised me 131 tips for making my Annual Yearly Progress for NCLB. I think that is just what our homeschool needs.A few carnivals:Carnival of HomeschoolingSchool PoliticsSimply DelightfulCarnival of Family LifeFor those of you who periodically visit carnivals, I have a few questions. Just to satisfy my curiosity, really:Which are your favorites?Which formats do you prefer? (Themed, list of links, etc.)What do you think is the ideal number of links to include in a carnival?How many entries do you read, on average, when you visit a carnival?Hopefully my answers won't bias yours, but here are my thoughts, because it is only fair.I like the Carnival of Homeschooling best, as a reader, host and contributor. Maybe because I'm a homeschooler?I like when the host takes time t
Straying from the usual Carnival Monday festivities, I give you a Carnival Wednesday!
Investment Jungle was featured in the following carnivals:
Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness #7 hosted at Credit Card Lowdown
Carnival of Wealth Building #5 hosted at Home Equity Loan Lowdown
Festival of Good Books #3 hosted at Online University Lowdown
And that is the LOWDOWN for this midweek surprise! So check out the carnivals and enjoy!
What is a blog carnival?
That’s a great question, for many people don’t know the answer! To tell you the truth, I’ve known about blog carnivals for a couple of months, but I didn’t fully understand them until just a few days ago. I definitely don’t consider myself an expert in this field, but blogging is a learning process, and I intend to do a lot of learning and helping others learn too.
Anyway, to answer the question, a blog carnival is not an actual carnival with lions, elephants, acrobats, and clowns. It is actually a type of blogging event. Blog carnivals are published on a regular basis, and a lot of the time each edition is hosted on a different blog (but not always). The publishings can be weekly, monthly, the first Saturday each month, or just anytime the creator wants to.
Why should I enter a blog carnival?
When you submit one of your posts/articles to a carnival, it will most likely be featured in the carnival’s next edition. This w
What is a blog carnival?
That’s a great question, for many people don’t know the answer! To tell you the truth, I’ve known about blog carnivals for a couple of months, but I didn’t fully understand them until just a few days ago. I definitely don’t consider myself an expert in this field, but blogging is a learning process, and I intend to do a lot of learning and helping others learn too.
Anyway, to answer the question, a blog carnival is not an actual carnival with lions, elephants, acrobats, and clowns. It is actually a type of blogging event. Blog carnivals are published on a regular basis, and a lot of the time each edition is hosted on a different blog (but not always). The publishings can be weekly, monthly, the first Saturday each month, or just anytime the creator wants to.
Why should I enter a blog carnival?
When you submit one of your posts/articles to a carnival, it will most likely be featured in the carnival’s next edition. This w
A couple of blog carnivals with which you might not be familiar are up now and worth checking out (and not just because I contributed to both). Both are good outlets for a variety of posts related to politics. The Carnival of Political Punditry is up at I'm a Pundit Too, and the Carnival of the Decline of Democracy is up at Random Thoughts, Notes, & Incidents. Enjoy.Tags: politics, blogging, blog carnivals, blogs
This is the first appearance of Dividends Matter in a carnival or festival! Dividends Matter was featured in 3 carnivals this week:
Festival of Stocks #39 hosted at Stock Rake
Investors Blog Network Festival #8 hosted at Online Stock Trading
Carnival of Wealth Building #4 hosted at Home Equity Loan Lowdown
All the hosts did a super job. Check them out! You will be glad you did.
Marketing Whore presents the latest Carnival of the Capitalists.
A favorite, the Carnival of the Decline of Democracy has edition 2.11.
The latest black sabbath Carnival of the Godless– always rich and creamy– is up at Letters from a Broad.
And a new carnival, a pro and con creationist– oh, damn, sorry ;)– Intelligent Design carnival called Carnival of Design of Oops kicks off at Global Conservative.
This has been a busy week at Investment Jungle. I was able to contribute to 4 (that’s right, four!) investing carnivals.
Festival of Stocks #37 over at Value Investing News
Investors Blog Network Festival #7 over at Money, Matter and More Musings
Carnival of Personal Finance #101 over at FIRE Finance
Tour of Canadian Personal Finance Blogs over at Canadian Capitalist
Check out these great carnivals and thank the hosts while you are there!
And as a special treat, I will be hosting Festival of Stocks #38 on Monday, May28th!
What is a blog carnival? I started this post, and then realized there isn't much point to reinventing the wheel, so to speak. I wrote a sort of introduction to blogging last summer for a friend that provides a summary. (Note, if you actually are looking to increase traffic, realize that I am not a high traffic blog so my advice isn't worth a lot. That was written for a beginning blogger who had only just learned what a blog even was.)And here is a more in depth answer, from Blogcarnival, a good website for those seeking to submit to a carnival, start a carnival or maintain a carnival. A good number of these have been discontinued (and I wish they would find their way off the list), but just check out the number of registered carnivals!Now, a step-by-step guide to participating:1. Select a post you really like and want to share. Maybe something on education?2. Go to Blogcarnival's carnival page and surf. Select a category or type in a keyword. "Education" brings up several.
I enjoy carnivals. It is interesting to read so many different opinions about a related topic. Most of them do not produce that much traffic, but I have had an occasional post gain some attention from a variety of blogs due to a submission to a carnival. Here are a couple you may wish to contribute to:
The Gonzo Carnival of Education. This is not the Carnival of Education owned by the
If you have a blog, then you probably encountered several times the well-known advice that you have to post regularly, in order to keep your audience. You also know some tricks on how to manage this when you also have a job, school, children, or other duties that may prevent you from writing.
There is a tool which was not so much mentioned, but it is worth trying: host a blog carnival. Blog carnivals are regular posts which gather articles on a given topic, submitted by their authors. Here’s how to get a blog carnival up and running:
1. Sign up for a free account with BlogCarnival.com
2. Browse the list of all existing carnivals and try to find a niche for your future carnival (it is better to be related to your blog’s topic). If you want to get more buzz around your carnival, you could use Technorati or any other tool to see which are the most popular searches.
3. Find a good name for your carnival. As there are now more than 1500 carnivals registered, you have some comp
If you’re looking for some interesting, budget-friendly reading, here’s two blog carnivals worth reading.
This week’s Festival of Frugality at The Tao of Making Money features some great articles. These are my favourites:
How to buy fresh fruit and veg — tips from a botanist for picking the best fresh produce at the grocery store.
How I Decorated My Son’s Room for Under $60
How To Save Money On Shipping When Shopping Online
Vacation on a Budget
Cutting Grocery Costs (without clipping coupons)
There’s also some interesting reading in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance at Endless Gibberish.
If you’re looking for some great reading online here are 3 great blog carnivals where you can find just what you are looking for!
Carnival of Family Life #51
Carnival of Homeschooling - Bee Edition
3rd Edition of the Carnival of SAHMs
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I know each of you enjoy reading the fantastic articles offered in the Blog Carnivals. There is no better way to be exposed to the best articles on the internet. With so many Carnivals now available, I have changed the method in which I am posting them here.In the column on the left, you will now find a list of the newest Carnivals. As they are released, I will add to this list, with the newest being at the top. I hope you check it out often.
If you are looking for a fun blog carnival to read the 2nd Edition of the Carnival of SAHMs is up over at Wired For Noise. This edition’s theme is Tips and Advice. The carnival is also looking for blogs who would like to host future editions themselves.
Also the 67th Edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is up and running over at Apollos Academy. There is a beautiful poetry theme going on in honor of April being National Poetry Month. It is worth checking out.
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