Weekend Link Love And Carnival Roundup
Ahh, another week has passed. This was an absolutely huge week for me as two of my posts (11 Things To Do Immediately When You Get Laid Off and I Was Laid Off Yesterday) were picked up by MSN’s Smart Money blog. On Tuesday, I had my first ever $100+ adsense day (not to mention other revenue sources) and Wednesday was a good day as well, although not nearly good as Tuesday due to a problem with adsense not serving ads on that particular page. Thanks for everybody who had a hand in this by linking and commenting to those particular posts! This week really gave me hope the full-time blogging thing is a practical alternative to a 9-5 job, although it will take a lot of work to get there. Anyway, on to the link love.
The Finance Blog Network
This week I participated in our network’s group writing project, the subject being My Advice For President-Elect Obama.
Curt from Penny Jobs takes a slightly more libertarian approach than me with his advice for Obama, particularly with his views on paper currency.
Bill from Money-Hacks seems to more or less agree with my positions in his advice for president-elect Obama.
I would also like to welcome Rich Credit Debt Loan as the newest member to the Finance Blog Network.
Carnival Of Personal Finance
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by Silicon Valley Blogger, one of my favorite pf bloggers. Special thanks for featuring my post, 11 things to do immediately when you get laid off, as an editor’s pick.
Michael at Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck shows us how consumers are going so far as to cut back on toilet paper due to the economy.
Lazy Man and Money discusses his early retirement plans. The passive income component is particularly interesting and relevant to me.
Passive Family Income gives four free holiday gift ideas this year. Since I don’t have much money to spend on gifts this year, I found this post particularly interesting.
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WOW $100 in one day. That’s pretty good. You could almost live on that if it was everyday.
Thanks for the link and mention.
Good stuff, I appreciate your help as well. Would you consider this you first major break in terms of exposure? Making it to MSN Smart Money’s Blog is a huge deal. Funny story, I have been on the front page/first post of Tip’d all day, recieved more hits than ever before, and believe it or not, earned the least amount of money ever. Good thing I am not doing this to “get rich quick.”
No, it wasn’t the first but it was the largest by a long shot. The more exposure you get for your blog, the easier it is to get even more, simply because more people are seeing it. As far as monetization, not all traffic is created equal. Tip’d traffic would tend to not click on ads whereas search engine traffic would. With a little experimentation, you can decide which types of ads should appear to which type of visitors to maximize earnings.
Congrats Kyle, $100+ is excellent. My most is about $30 so gotta get some advice from you down the road.
Kyle – nice job on the $100 + pick-up. Thank you for the mention/link!