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Three Years of FiveCentNickel

Written by Nickel - 12 Comments

This is a bit hard for me to believe, but I launched FiveCentNickel three years ago today. Most of your probably don’t know this, but I actually started this site on a whim after reading a MacAddict article about weblogs in general, and WordPress in particular, back during the spring of 2005. The rest, as [...]

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Published on May 1st, 2008 - 12 Comments
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Introducing Credit Addict (dot com)

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This is just a quick note to introduce you guys to CreditAddict.com…
Sharp-eyed readers might have noticed periodic links out to this site, as well as its presence in the RSS aggregator block near the bottom of every page here at FiveCentNickel. In case you haven’t made the connection, Credit Addict is a new project that [...]

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Published on March 18th, 2008 - 3 Comments
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On the Road… But You’re in Good Hands

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By the time you read this, we’ll be well on our way to a relaxing (and much needed) vacation. But fear not… I’ve lined up a number of great guest posts to fill the void while I’m away. Over the coming days you’ll have an opportunity to enjoy fresh content from the likes of:
» Being [...]

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Published on February 22nd, 2008 - 3 Comments
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Subscribe to FiveCentNickel via RSS or E-mail (It’s Free!)

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If you’re a regular reader of this site (or would like to become one), you might be interested in subscribing to the FiveCentNickel RSS feed. In case you’re not familiar with RSS, it’s a means for syndicating frequently updated web content.
You can subscribe using any of a number of web-based or standalone RSS readers. Subscription [...]

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Published on October 3rd, 2007 - Leave a Comment
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1,000,000 Visitors…

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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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Published on October 2nd, 2007 - 7 Comments
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NCN and GRS Join MoneyBlogNetwork

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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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Published on September 10th, 2007 - Leave a Comment
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On the Road

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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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Published on June 20th, 2007 - 4 Comments
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Guest Bloggers Needed at Raising4Boys, Too

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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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Published on June 13th, 2007 - Leave a Comment
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Guest Bloggers Wanted

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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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Published on June 13th, 2007 - 7 Comments
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Money Q&A Series

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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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Published on June 6th, 2007 - One Comment
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