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5 Things You Must Know About Link Parties and How Easy it is to Link Up

February 6, 2013

One of the biggest pieces of advice I got when I started blogging was that I needed to utilize link parties. I remember thinking three things… –  What the heck is a link party? –  How in the world do I link up? –  Why on earth would this help my blog grow? After doing [...]

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December Income Report – Finishing the Year with a BANG!

January 28, 2013

It’s time for last months income report: December 2012. As a reminder, this is why we do the income reports: Accountability. These will allow us to finally keep track of our total online revenue – something that I’ve been horrible at. Progress. Now that we have it documented, we’ll be be able to chart our [...]

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How My Wife Failed at SEO

January 16, 2013

After my wife had been blogging for a while, I suggested that she should start paying MORE attention to SEO. The conversation went something like this…… Me: You know that post that you wrote on {fill in the blank}? You really should be thinking about optimizing it for SEO. Her: Blank stare [no response] Me. [...]

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Why I Turned Down $150,000 for My Blog {and I Didn’t Think Twice About it}

January 4, 2013

In July 2008, I was on a mission. I wanted to start a blog so that people that needed a financial planner could find me online and then hire me. That was my sole purpose of getting Good Financial Cents off the ground. I was oblivious that people could actually make real money from their [...]

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November 2012 Income Report – Does the Streak Continue?

December 26, 2012

It’s time for last months income report: November 2012. As a reminder, this is why we do the income reports: Accountability. These will allow us to finally keep track of our total online revenue – something that I’ve been horrible at. Progress. Now that we have it documented, we’ll be be able to chart our [...]

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Paralysis by Analysis- Get Off Your Butt and Just Start

December 10, 2012

The following is a reader question that we recently received, I really want to start a blog but I’m worried that I don’t know exactly what I want to blog about. I feel like that I need to find my voice or my niche; otherwise I will end up going on different tangents. I’m also [...]

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October Income Report {Oops, We Did it Again – Record High}

November 28, 2012

It’s time for last months income report: October 2012. As a reminder, this is why we do the income reports: Accountability. These will allow us to finally keep track of our total online revenue – something that I’ve been horrible at. Progress. Now that we have it documented, we’ll be be able to chart our [...]

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How To Set Up A Free Email Address Branded To Your Domain

November 21, 2012

Are you ready to look like a blogging professional? Do you ever get an email from someone and notice that they have an email that is: thiername@thierdomain.com. And wonder how in the heck did they get that email address? For example: jeff@goodfinancialcents.com or mandy@houseofroseblog.com. Sounds pretty legit, right? Well, guess what…it’s so super easy to [...]

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The White Background Look: How To Make Your Videos Look Awesome Like Apple

November 14, 2012

If you are looking to get the white background look {or the “Apple look” as we like to call it} here are some tips that will help you make it happen. We currently have our background and lights set up in our unfinished basement. You don’t need a ton of space to make this work. [...]

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