Browsing Category: "Link Love"

New Edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction

January 7th, 2009 by Matt | Posted in Link Love, Manage Money, Updates

The new edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction is out and one of my articles has been featured: 5 Reasons to Track Your Expenses.  Go check it out!

This carnival really featured some great articles.  Here are some of my favorites:

I hope you enjoy the content from this carnival.  It’s one of the best I’ve seen in a while!

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Recent Blog Carnival Submissions

November 16th, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Link Love, Updates

The following blog carnivals have been kind enough to feature posts from 15 Minutes to Riches in the past week. I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to link to and review my posts! I hope my readers will take just a second to check out these carnivals–there really is some great information in all of them!  The listings are below:

Thanks again, Anna, Jeremy, and Mary!

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How Sarah Palin Can Help Drive Traffic to Your Blog

November 2nd, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Link Love

CJ from Wise Money Matters recently wrote a guest article for ProBlogger about pillar articles and why, apparently, Obama and McCain are idiots.  I normally don’t like to post when I have little original content to add to the discussion, but CJ’s post was so informative (on so many levels), that I had to pass this along.  Please note that the purpose of this post is not necessarily to point out that our current presidential candidates are idiots, but to show how effective pillar articles can be in driving traffic to your blog (specifically politically-infused pillar articles in this electoral season).  Check out the post here and let CJ know what you think.

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How to Build a Blog for Residual Income – Part 3 (Choosing a WordPress Theme)

November 1st, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Link Love

This is Part 3 of the series How to Build a Blog for Residual Income.

Perhaps the most critical decision you will make in the initial stages of setting up your blog, is which WordPress theme to use.  The good news is that there are literally THOUSANDS of free WordPress themes available for use…

The bad news is that the best themes can be very popular, and are therefore already in use by a number of more popular blogs than your own (assuming you are just starting out).  However, I think it’s important to use a free theme in the beginning, so you don’t get bogged down by the details of creating your own theme, and so you don’t have to worry about forking out the money for someone else to create one for you.  Once your blog becomes successful, then it may be a good idea to go with an original theme, but I don’t think it’s as important for generating traffic in the beginning.  Your focus needs to be elsewhere for now, so I recommend choosing a free, Adsense-optimized template and modifying it slightly to fit your needs.  Two of my favorites are:


Save Money — Ride a Motorcycle

October 21st, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Link Love, Save Money

In a previous post, I mentioned one of my favorite blogs, Get Rich Slowly. There is always some good content there, and the author is at it again. Recently, he’s posted an article on saving money by riding a scooter. I really enjoyed this article and I think it’s a great idea. In fact, for the past two years, I’ve been riding motorcycles to and from work, as well as recreationally. While I can’t get rid of my car, since the winter months do not offer a very pleasant riding experience where I live, I do save quite a bit of money on gas by riding my motorcycle during the warmer months of the year. If you’ve got a thirst for adventure (and frugality), I’d urge you to do the math and determine whether riding a motorcycle is for you. There are several bikes out there that will get 50-70 mpg (some will do much better than even this). Whatever you do, remember: SAFETY FIRST. I won’t get on a motorcycle without, at the very least, wearing a helmet. Additional safety gear, such as padded jackets, boots, pants, and gloves are recommended.

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How to Build a Blog for Residual Income – Part 1

October 19th, 2008 by Matt | Posted in Blogging, Link Love

G’day, folks! Today, I’m going to begin a series of posts centered around setting up a blog for bringing in some residual income. I’ll begin by answering the question of why one would want to go through the trouble of doing this… residual income offers us the promise of a maximum return on our investment. In this case, our investment is our time, and our return is financial freedom! This isn’t a foreign concept–most of us are used to the idea of getting paid for our time. The only problem is, many of us are spending 60 hours per week or more working for a fixed income. Residual income gives us a better way–it gives us a way to make money while we do nothing! Sure, you have to do some work up-front… but once that work is done, you can sit back and watch the money roll in. For more information on this topic, I’d suggest reading The 4-Hour Workweek. It’s really a great read! (I do receive a small amount of affiliate income from purchases made through this site, but I will NOT promote products that I do not believe are quality and worthwhile). This book covers the essentials of what residual income is all about and how to attain financial freedom in today’s economy. If you don’t trust my recommendation, check out this thorough review of The 4-Hour Workweek from one of my favorite blogs, Get Rich Slowly. Decide for yourself. Once you’re convinced it’s worth your time to pursue one or more avenues of residual income (you’re probably already pursuing some of them, i.e. investing in the stock market, interest earned through your savings account, etc.), come back to my blog and check out Part 2 of this post, where I’ll begin to explain how you can set up your own blog and get paid a residual income for simply expressing your own opinions on a subject of your choosing. Thanks for reading!