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1,000,000 Visitors…
Just a quick note to announce that FiveCentNickel recorded its one-millionth visitor at 9:42 PM on October 2, 2007. This particular visitor arrived from Google via a search for: dave ramsey baby steps. Not surprisingly, they landed on my article entitled Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps. The first million took 884 days. Any guesses as to [...]
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NCN and GRS Join MoneyBlogNetwork
Just a quick note to let y’all know that NCN of No Credit Needed and J.D. of Get Rich Slowly have joined the MoneyBlogNetwork. If you’re not familiar with either of these guys, let me just say that they are both top-notch bloggers.
NCN has been helping people get out of debt since April 5th 2005. [...]
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On the Road
And we’re off! By the time you read this, we’ll be well on our way… We’re headed out for a relaxing (and reasonably long) summer vacation that will involve a little better than 1300 miles driving in each direction (plus some local miles at the far end). I’ll have intermittent internet access, so I’ll try [...]
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Guest Bloggers Needed at Raising4Boys, Too
Just thought I’d point out that we’re also looking for guest bloggers over at Raising4Boys. See the call for submissions for more details.
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Guest Bloggers Wanted
I’ll be out of town on vacation for the last 10 or so days of June, and I’m looking for some guest bloggers to fill my shoes… This is an open call to readers, whether or not you run a weblog of your own. Here’s what I ask… Submissions should be on topic (i.e., personal [...]
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Money Q&A Series
In looking at my site stats, I’ve noticed that a number of people arrive here from search engines looking for answers to fairly specific question. In some cases, those answers can be found in one or more articles within my archives, but in other cases they can’t. Thus, I’ve decided to periodically pluck out some [...]
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Migration Complete, We Have Lift Off
If you’re reading this message, then it means that you’re now accessing FiveCentNickel from the new server. During the move I also took the opportunity to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress (the software that runs this site). While I’ve tested things fairly thoroughly and hope that I have the bugs worked out, it’s [...]
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Two Years of FiveCentNickel and a Big, Huge Giveaway
Guess what? FiveCentNickel is officially two years old! That’s right, I published the first post on this site on May 1, 2005. In the time that this site has been live, I have published a total 985 articles (check out the archives!) and received 5,574 comments. Thanks to all of you for your contributions!
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Welcome Hartford Courant Readers (and Others)
Just a quick note to welcome those of you that found your way here via Gregory Karp’s article that was syndicated in today’s Hartford Courant (and perhaps elsewhere). If you’re a new visitor, then welcome. If you’ve been here before, then welcome back. Either way, I encourage you to poke around and see what this [...]
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