There are those that believe stock picking is a lot like gambling — and those that believe online poker is a safer bet than stock picking. I’m not much of a gambler. My gambling experience pretty much consists of plopping a few bucks in the slots when I’m in Vegas, and then moving on. However,…
Learning to Say No as a Freelancer
After years of scraping by on anything, it’s hard to learn to say “no” as a freelancer. Occasionally, when I am feeling overwhelmed, and stressed about my work, or my life, my husband reminds me that sometimes I need to say no. I think that there are a lot of reasons that we say yes…
What Does the Facebook IPO Mean for You?
My friends at Kapitall, a cool trading tool for those looking for a simple way to invest, put together this great video on the upcoming Facebook IPO. It’s exciting for some people to get into IPOs, but I’m not sure that trying to get a piece of Facebook is worth the trouble. After all, in…
Surprising Things That Can Damage your Credit
For the most part, you need a good credit history to do everything from get a new loan to qualify for some jobs. While you won’t be asked for your credit score when you apply for a job, your score is important in other aspects of your financial life. Very few people truly understand how this…
Money Blogging Roundup: How Do You Feel About Your Career?
How do you feel about your career? What we do for most of the day, each day, can impact how we feel, as well as how much money we make. Think about your career, and what you want the next step to be, whether the next step is finding a new job or getting ready…
What are Alternative Investments?
Sometimes, it can pay off to think outside the investing box. Most of us, when we think of investments, immediately turn to stocks or bonds. These are the basic building blocks of most investment portfolios. Indeed, most of us consider a traditional asset allocation of stocks and bonds (start more stock-heavy when you’re young and…
Freelance Ghostwriting: Who Wrote That?
You might not realize that you are reading something I wrote. Because my name’s not on it. It’s true that, in a certain web circle, my writing is prolific. “Oh, you’re Miranda!” was one of the top four things I heard at the Financial Blogger Conference last year. Because I write for a lot of different web…
It Might Be A Fake Coupon If…
I know I don’t normally write about coupons — because I’m just not that into them. But Andrea Woroch is a shopping expert, and she knows how to do it right. Here is an interesting guest post from Andrea about spotting fake coupons. Try this for an embarrassing situation; You’ve got a cartload full of…
Money Blogging Roundup: Do You Know What’s Next?
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks. I’m thankful to those who helped my post become the last one standing in Free Money Finance’s annual March Madness blogging bonanza. I also enjoyed speaking with my friend Murray Newlands in an interview about my writing. Some of what I talked to Murray about off the record…
Watch My Interview with Murray Newlands of Performance Marketing Insider
I recently participated in an interview with my friend Murray Newlands at Performance Marketing Insider. Check out the following interview and let me know what you think. What are your tips for writing better content?
