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Content Creation · Plutus Awards · March 16, 2015 at 8:00 AM

How I Built a Seven-Figure Blog

I started with a hobby with no expenses but my time and effort, and I turned that hobby into a business and cash-flow-producing asset that I sold in 2011 for an amount somewhere in the middle of seven figures.

Plutus Awards · March 10, 2015 at 6:03 PM

Twitter Chat With Special Guest Jim Wang, $150 In Prizes!

Join us next Wednesday on March 18th, 2015 2pm EST / 11am PST with special guest Jim Wang, founder of Bargaineering, founder of Microblogger, professional speaker, and all around business man.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · March 9, 2015 at 8:00 AM

Bring the Awesome Sauce to Your Blog

This is a guest article from Holly and Greg, who as founders of the blog Club Thrifty took home the Sixth Annual Plutus Award for best Frugality-Focused Personal Finance Blog in 2014.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · March 2, 2015 at 8:00 AM

Stephanie Halligan: Live the Life You Want

One of the most inspiring aspects of Stephanie’s story is how she has gone from being employed by someone else to turning her passion into a business that allows her to live the life she wants.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · February 23, 2015 at 12:25 AM

10 Years as an Online Freelancer: 10 Things I’d Do If Starting Today

As I reflect on 10 years in the online writing space, I’ve thought a lot about how differently I’d approach my career if I were starting out today.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · February 20, 2015 at 8:00 AM

The Frugal Farmer: How Moving From the Suburbs to the Farm Changed This Couple’s Life

This is a guest article by Laurie, a wife, mother to four, and homesteader who blogs about personal finance, self-sufficiency and life in general over at The Frugal Farmer, winner of the Fifth Annual Plutus Award for Best Green/Sustainability Blog.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · February 18, 2015 at 8:00 AM

J. Money: Making Finance Rockstars and Sexy Budgets

Money is the anonymous blogger behind Budgets Are Sexy (winner of multiple Plutus Awards, First Annual, Second Annual, and Third Annual) and Rockstar Finance (winner of Best Micro-Blog, Fifth Annual).

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · February 16, 2015 at 8:00 AM

How Bloggers Avoid Burnout, Enjoy Writing, and Give Readers What They Want

As I transitioned from a hobby blogger into self-employment, I experimented with various writing methods and systems to avoid burnout and to make my personal finance site more resourceful for visitors and regular readers.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · February 11, 2015 at 8:00 AM

Jeff Rose: How One CFP Started a Blogging Movement

Jeff Rose is a Certified Financial Planner and the founder of the Plutus Award-winning Good Financial Cents.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · February 9, 2015 at 8:00 AM

Find Your Voice, and Make It Unmistakable

To get people to stick around you need great content, or at least really good content — and the surest way to deliver it is to develop an unmistakable voice.

Content Creation · Plutus Awards · February 6, 2015 at 8:00 AM

14 Expert Tips for Getting Your Blog Covered in the Media

This is a guest article from Julia Scott of BargainBabe.com, a Plutus Award winner for Best Deals and Bargains Blog.

Plutus Awards · February 4, 2015 at 5:15 PM

Twitter Chat With Special Guest J.D. Roth, $150 In Prizes!

Join us next Wednesday on February 11th, 2pm EST / 11am PST with special guest J.D. Roth, founder of Get Rich Slowly, author of Your Money: The Missing Manual, creator of the Get Rich Slowly course and all around seeker of happiness.