It’s been a long month. I spent a lot of time writing about personal finance in March, but I think the results have been worth it. I feel like I’ve helped a lot of people. The hard work paid off in record traffic and record subscribers, too. When the dust settles, more than 285,000 people [...]

More and more people are contacting me about advertising on Get Rich Slowly. So far I’ve kept things simple by using only third-party ad networks, such as Google Adwords/Adsense, Text Link Ads, and the FeedBurner Advertising Network. But I’ve received enough requests for direct advertising that I’ve taken some time to draft an advertising policy.

The [...]

Kids conjure up riches in ‘Fairy Godmother Tycoon’ - USATODAY.com
“A hilarious new business simulation.” Actually, anything that gets kids thinking about money and entrepreneurship gets the thumbs up in my book…
(tags: games kids entrepreneurship money)

Several weeks ago, Liz Pulliam Weston at MSN Money pulled together a list of 12 cool money tricks. Some of these have come up here before, but it never hurts to review them. Here are a few of the ideas she shared:

The four-penny hack: always carry four pennies with you so you don’t get pennies [...]

Vincent wrote to tell me about “lazy portfolios”:

Paul Farrell of MarketWatch tracks a group of portfolios composed of index funds, and watches how they are performing vs. the S&P 500.  He writes an update a couple of times a year, with both a long-term and short-term perspective.  The portfolios consist of as many as eleven [...]

Sometimes I’ll be talking about frugality with somebody who says, “Why bother? Pinching pennies all the time makes me feel lousy. Besides, you can’t really save that much money. You really save money on the big stuff.”
This is a common response to frugal living. I have some standard replies:

It is true that it’s important to [...]

This is a guest post from my wife, who thinks the following story is simply hysterical.
J.D. and I are fairly good at eating our leftovers. I often intentionally create leftovers for my sack lunches or an easy weeknight dinner. J.D. has improved at remembering we have them since instituting his leftover list on the [...]

Casey Serin of I Am Facing Foreclosure recently held a two-hour conference call to take questions from readers and to explain his situation. I didn’t hear the call, but I did read the entire transcript (part one, part two).
   

For those of you unfamiliar with him, Casey Serin is the Napoleon Dynamite of [...]

Cheap but great dates | zen habits
I wrote an entry about this subject for Valentine’s Day, but never posted it. Maybe next year.
(tags: frugal dating romance frugality cheap)

The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Guide To Shaving
Trent advocates an old-fashiones safety razor, badger brush, and shaving soap. I have shaving issues, so I’m willing to [...]

Tiara wrote with the following money hack:

This is aimed at people who generally drive or take public transport to work/university/etc, but who could easily cycle or walk the same distance. Each time you cycle/walk instead of driving/using public transport to your destination, pay yourself the equivalent fare. If it costs you $2 for a bus [...]