Give Me Back My Five Bucks

I’ve received a couple of questions via Formspring, so I thought I’d take the time to answer them here. What advice can you give to someone who’s just starting out a blog? Were there times you just wanted to give up on your blog? There were more than a few times where I wanted to give up on my blog. In fact, some of you might remember when I was still blogging anonymously, someone publicly outed my identity in a comment this blog. I couldn’t believe someone would be so cruel, and decided that I was going to kill this blog. I … Continue reading →

Just in case you missed it on Twitter or Facebook, this blog was mentioned a few times in the media over the past week. :) October 12, Metro Newspaper (nationwide in Canada): “We all have to start somewhere” November 2011 Issue, Flare Magazine: Young, Broke, & Fabulous (download pdf)   October 11, Credit Card Assist: Best of the Best Blogger Series – Give Me Back My Five Bucks I spoke with Bill Hazelton about student loans, credit cards, and debt. Check it out!

After taking a couple of days to think about what the Financial Blogger Conference has meant to me, as well as reading everybody else’s trip recap, I can honestly say that this conference was one of the most inspirational events I’ve ever been to. I initially just went there to network and meet other bloggers, but now that I’ve taken a step back and reflected on what I’ve learned, I’m completely energized and ready to focus my attention on my freelance writing. The trigger moments for me were listening to keynote speaker Ramit Sethi (I Will Teach You To Be … Continue reading →

I have been really inspired lately by the personal finance world. After reading other blogs, I’ve been inspired to take more photos for GMBMFB, and after seeing everyone hop on the vlogging bandwagon, I’ve also been inspired to start attempt to try my own vlog. I’ve been unsuccessful so far, but it’s all a work-in-progress. :) New article ideas keep coming to me, and I remain happy and positive, despite a packed schedule. Anyway, here are two personal finance events that I’m really excited about: Financial Blogger Conference It seems like it just a few weeks ago that the Financial Blogger … Continue reading →

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you would have probably seen my angry tweets over the past few weeks about how hard it has been to try and find a talented, reliable WordPress designer. After I contacted 7 different designers (and having only 2 of them contact me back), going so far as to search “WordPress designer” in Google, and even posting an ad on Craigslist, I was about to give up. Then, my blog saviour (Mike Smith, @blogdesigner) entered the picture. I guess he had found one of my angry tweets on Twitter, and contacted me to offer … Continue reading →