In the world of social networking, we are bombarded with hundreds of links to interesting articles around the web from various different sources. Twitter and Facebook have become extremely popular for posting links that bring value to one’s fans and followers. I am a total sucker for clicking on a link and getting [...] Read Full Story
The Seth Green version of “Cribs”, with a twist of sound personal finance principles, haha. Enjoy:
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Facebook is one of the greatest web applications of our time, but it can easily be a black hole for your time if you are not careful. Even when you are trying to work on a Facebook page to market your small business, it’s easy to wander off to an old high school classmates profile. Facebook is a nosey person’s dream. My wife spends about an hour a night on Facebook, but she rarely ever contributes anything to it. She just loves looking to see what old friends write and tab thr... Read Full Story
This list does NOT reflect my top ten list for my favorite personal finance blogs. Rather, it is a list of personal finance bloggers that use Twitter the best! The factors that went into me choosing this list were based on frequency of updates, quality of those updates, and the value their Twitter presence brings to my life. I like Twitter users that provide a good mix of personal content, blog post updates, and relevant links to other interesting articles. Also, there are so many quality... Read Full Story
Twitter has grown in membership by over 3000% in the past year. It’s the new internet trend, and many, including myself, believe that it is here to stay in our culture. Of that 3000% increase, I am guessing many of those new twitter users forgot about their account after a couple of weeks. Nonetheless, the following is strong, and all age groups are getting in on the Twitter nation. It’s seeping into all aspects of our culture. Small businesses, professionals, corporations, c... Read Full Story
Trent, from The Simple Dollar, wrote a great handbook for personal finance, and he is giving it out for free! Go here to download your free copy:
Free eBook: Everything You Ever Really Needed To Know About Personal Finance On One Page
The idea came from a post he wrote about some illustrations he doodled on the back of five business cards. I just got finished scanning through the eBook, and I enjoyed the fact that it is a clear and concise handbook for people wanting to know more about per... Read Full Story
My buddy Tim created a nice video tutorial about cleaning up your email signature with twitter and wordpress favicons instead of having the clunky links to your blog and twitter account in your email signature. He shows what to do for OS X Mail on a Mac, but the same principles can be applied to any mail application that allows HTML in its signatures. Here’s the video:
Links Images and HTML in your Email Signature with OS X Mail from Tim Cox on Vimeo.
You can check out his blog for ... Read Full Story
Today, the Wall Street Journal ran an article questioning if homes are a good long term investment. It’s an interesting article and a heated debate in the personal finance community. Recently, the trend has leaned towards arguing that homeownership is not a good investment, and this article is no different. Brett Arends, the WSJ journalist, references the Case-Shiller house price data mean to show that houses have historically been a bad investment since the mid-1980s.
Yet look at ... Read Full Story
<a href=”http://www.restaurant.com”>Restaurant.com</a> is not much of a secret to bargain hunters, but I question how many people have actually made a purchase on the website? I’ve known about the website for over a year, and yesterday was my first time making a purchase on the website.
Why? Right now, they are offering a 70% discount on their gift cards with the online coupone code: TASTY
Many gift cards on Restaurant.com for $25 cost just $10, but with t... Read Full Story
