Two Great Carnivals to See

A quick post, because today is crazy busy!!!

Two great must-see Carnivals are going on. The ever popular Carnival of Personal Finance is being held at Baglady! There is a really interesting slant on this one, probably a carnival if seen in real-life that would scare kids! But its on the net so it can't hurt you!

Next, the Carnival of Debt Management is running at Credit Card low-down. These are laways jam-packed full of goodness, and this one is no exception.

As a blogger these are really great way to let others see your great work!

Back off to crazy-town!

Great new Carnivals for the Week!

Must be the bitter cold here today that make it feel good to write about some great Carnivals that are happening around ye olde Blogsphere.

First up The 38th Carnival of Debt Management is rockin' over at Credit Card Lowdown. There are featuring our recent post on "Be Treated like a Credit Card Superstar!". They have brought together a collection of posts to really help you pare down your debt!

Next Up My Dollar Plan is running the Valentine Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. The tie-in is great and they make our heart fuller by reading! :) This one features our "Learning Finance from the "Smartest Guys in the Room." This discusses lessons that can be learned from the Enron scandal.

Last but not least - Don't Mess with Taxes (what a great name BTW!) - is running a great Tax Carnival

Lots of reading to get caught up on if I ever get through my work!

New Carnivals...of Doom

OK, carnivals aren't scary, unless you have to put them together. There are some awesome one ones running now that I would encourage you to visit.

Everything Finance is running a great, Carnival of Everything...which you would think would really block up the internet, but no...it itsvery well organized! This features my "720 FICO and Beyond" post.

A personal favorite person of mine, BankerGirl is running the Carnival of Banking Stories. While that might sound like it might includes game like "Try to remove the Pen from the Chain" it actually features a bajillion great articles including my "Easy Savings to Your Budget using Cash."

Last, but certainly not least, Brip Blap (which is my favorite names blog EVER!) is running the Carnival of Financial Goals III if you saw parts one and two, you must finish the trilogy! At the end Sam helps Frodo...Sorry that was the Lord of the Rings Trilogy! I always mix those two up! It features my 2008 Goals for the Year!"

On another note, tomorow I will post my 100th post! Time is flying past quickly. I am putting together a fun retrospective, that I hope you will like!

If you like what you have read, subscribe! Totally free and even deliverable via email by clicking HERE or click above on the headline scroll to have it delivered via your RSS reader.

Thanks!

Carnivals and The Wall Street Journal

There are some really great Carnivals going on out there today, It is making me forget it is Cold outside today!

KCLau.com is running a fantastic Money Tips Carnival. It also features our Top Personal Finance Necessities post. Check it our tons of great articles to help you save money and increase wealth!

Mabel and Harry are running a super Carnival of Leadership Development and were kind enough to include our Performance Review Time post in the mix. I truly believe that working towards growing your career is one of the most important drivers of wealth. Just a 1% difference per year can mean an additional $40K per year during a 30 year career...and that is only that year!

A really exciting thing happened last night...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money's post about Microsoft Buying Yahoo was listed in the Wall Street Journal Blog! It was just a line listing in the "Blog Post about this Topic" section...But Hey! it still counts in my book!

Personal Finance Carnivals and Good Karma Blogs

Quick Post to let you know Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money is featured in some great Carnival's currently running. The great thing is that you don't need any ticket, just the included links!

• Carnival of Living Cheaply is running at 2Paupers with a ton of great stopries that can start saving you money today!
• Cavalcade of Risk (Think a Carnival with Knives...kidding) is running at The Digerati Life. SVB has done the ordinarily totlaly amazing job pulling this together.

I can't thank them enough for including my posts in the mix and if there is anything I can do for any of you post-wise let me know!

Also I have been expanding my reading sphere lately and as I am sure you know that there is some great content out there and I encourage you to check them out!

Weekly Top 5 Personal Finance Articles

Sunday already! Busy week for me as I had to catch up from recent business travel. Lots of great things were floating in the Blogsphere about personal finance, budgeting and money management.

Here are my Top 5 Articles of the Week:

• Dividends4Life - A great SET of articles about pre-screening dividend stock that show some of the tools he uses to run true comparisons. MUST reads for anyone looking at individual Stocks
• The Skilled Investor - They not only ran the most recent Carnival of Financial Planning but also just ran a great piece about choosing, hiring and paying for a financial adviser and what you should expect in return.
• Green Panda Treehouse - Another double-dipper. They ran a great Carnival of Personal Finance and also had a great article talking about how they pay their bills and work their budget process. I love that sort of insight as I always learn something new!
• Catherine Lawson's Business Advice Blog - I love all of her posts (and comments!) but 107 Great Resources to Unleash the Entreprenuer in You is really uber-impressive. My hand cramped on my 39-tips...she did 107!!!
• The Digerati Life - 7 Things to Consider as a First-Time Real Estate Investor was a great read, talking about the cyclical nature of the markets, but how real estate is still a great investment

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Liberty News:

• Reached 20 Subscribers! Thank you! It is so easy to sign-up and for me, since I read a lot of blogs, it really is the best way to sign up. Just click on the rotating headline!
• Reached 1500+ Visitors! Thanks Again for reading it is very much appreciated!
• Reached 5000+ Page Views!
• I am really liking BlogRush... I have had over 15,000 widget views for my brand and about 30% of my posts reaching "Hot" status. Sign-up to today if you want more traffic...Just click on the bottom of my Widget! You get bonus view credits while you are building your blog and I get credits for signing you up!

Happy Personal Finance, Budgeting and Money Management reading!

Personal Finance QuickTake: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money Update

Gonna take one day off of our Personal Finance:QuikTake feature because today is a special day. Yesterday was the first month Anniversary of this Blog! It really has been amazing. To be able to share tips on Personal Finance, Money Management, Debt reduction and random acts of silliness has really help me focus on our finances and be more accountable.

There is so much great information out there and what started off as being curious about Blogging has turned out to be my new favorite hobby. It has been fun to tweak the look and feel of the site and to try and see if those tweaks translate to more visitors.

We have also achieved some mile stones over the last 90 days that I am proud of:

• 1000+ visits - I know some of your get this in a day, but I never though that many folks would come!
• Nearly 4000 page views - Wow!
• This is the 60th post! - Time has flown by!
• Great Comments - More Please! Thanks to CathL, Mrs M and Heidi (aka Bankergirl) for being the top commentators!
• Featured in many great Carnivals - This really has brought a lot of traffic, especially Plonkee's Current one and Mrs. M's recent Carnivals
• Featured on MSNMoney - The Micheal Scott piece has receive the most views so far of any piece, but the piece on your career is close!
• Great Blogs I didn't know about - "Good Karma list" started with 3 and now at 25 and growing fast!
• Supportive people - People have been very kind by giving the blog a chance to find it's voice and
• Starting to learn about AdSense and Affiliate Sales - It is really cool to see what works and what doesn't!

For anyone starting out I would say the following:

• Stick with it. Good content will attract readers
• Get good tools to help you - Blogger and Wordpress are great for the beginner! I got my site up in an afternoon
• Sign-up for Blog Rush - They are great about exposing your blog to a lot of people, and their bonus program help out new blog get extra exposure! IF you click on the tab on the widget on my blog you can sign up right away and, unlike other "traffic" helpers., it is free. If you sign-up through my widget I get extra bonus credits as well, and you will if other sign up on yours.
• Don't make a MFA (Made For AdSense Site) - Those Internet "deals" are scams and Google is cracking down. if you are doing this for big money, a part-time job will earn you more. You have to enjoy it. Not saying you can't eventually make some money, but it takes time and effort, no get rich quick here!
• Read about being an effective Blogger - ShoeMoney is a favorite. He gives you real facts, doesn't try to sell you anything and has great real-life tips.

Top 10 Traffic Buddy's for first 1000 visits!! - A Huge Thanks to them!!!

1. Mrs Micah
2. The Digerati Life
3. We're In Debt
4. Plonkee
5. Bankergirl
6. My Open Wallet - (First PF blog I ever read!)
7. Get Rich Slowly
8. Being Frugal
9. The Brightside of Debt
10. Collecting My Cash

Writing about helping people with finances, money and debt has helped my very much. I hope you have enjoyed some of the articles. If so please sign-up for my RSS feed, I try to update a couple times a day so it makes it easier to keep up! also if you enjoy the site and have your own blog please feel free to add me to your blog role too!

All the Best,

RacerX

New Week New Carnivals!

Just a quick note to let you know that Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money has been included in some great Financial Carnivals that are running now!

Plonkee Money (a personal favorite!) is running the Carnival of Personal Finance right now and man is it HUGE! What an amazing amount of work. They were kind enough to include our article "A Most Important Key to your Future" .

The Carnival of Debt Reduction is running at DebtFREE Revolution. Again, a ton of really great work and articles to help you become debt free. They were kind enough to include our post on "Budget is a Four-letter Word" . Don't worry no bad language...other than Budget and Diet :)

And last, but certainly not least, the Carnival of Financial Planning is going on at The Skilled Investor (which is a great site BTW!). They were kind enough to include "Budget is a Four-letter Word" as well!

Thanks to all of these site for all of the hard work. They have all really helped me to begin to establish the Blog and they all do amazing work!

Carnival of Personal Finance #134 at Mrs Micah!

At Mrs Micah right now the Carnival of Personal Finance is running. But to call it a Carnival doesn't do it justice...It is so big it really should be called "Six Flags Over Personal Finance!"

She has brought together an amazing collection of posts including Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money's own Personal Finance by Michael Scott of The Office.

She really did a lot of work, go by and check it out

Thanks Mrs. M!

New Carnivals Featuring Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money

For me it is a real honor when someone recognizes your work and includes your submission in a Financial Carnival. It really means a lot to me personally, and to the blog as well, because everyone likes to be heard!

Being Frugal is a favorite blog of mine and right now it is running a Carnival about 2008 Financial Goals. They have included my 2008 Top 10 Goals in their listing and it is always really interesting for me to see what others are working on as well.

Dividends4Life is running their weekly Carnival of favorite posts as well and was kind enough to include us. They picked our article on "Very Wealth People's Characteristics", which has seemed to be a favorite of my recent posts.

In other quick news; Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money just passed two important milestones (at least to me). We just had our 500th visitor and 2000th page view! I know a lot of Blog get that in a day, but for someone who though no one would ever find us, it is a pleasant shock!

I can't thank everyone enough for visiting and commenting and cross linking the way you have. It is very much appreciated...

New Years Eve Rockin' Carnival of Finance...

Over at We're in Debt they are having a great Personal Finance Carnival. All of my favorite posters are there including great ideas on Budgeting, Credit Cards, Managing your account...and even Star Trek!

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money is pleaded to also be a contributor with our "Very Wealthy People's Characteristics..." entry!

Thank to We're In debt for including us in the final Carnival of the Year!

Our First Financial Christmas Carnival...

A quick supplemental post. We just had our first contribution to a Carnival Posted, and it is a special one!

http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/24/money-finance-and-fancy-the-carnival-of-personal-finance-132-whimsical-christmas-edition/

Silicon Valley Blogger is hosting an Uber-Huge Christmas Carnival to get you a ton of great pipin' hot tips and article from all over the Blogsphere.

I gotta go...got some reading to catch up on...