http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycleportland/

I am from India and have started my Personal Finance Journey sometime back.I would love to guest post just for the kicks of it.But,i am not sure whether you accept Indian centric Investment Articles

These are marketing opportunities personal finance professionals would die for, but here you are, the average guy that paid off $35k in debt sharing great tips about money.

Be sure to update your biography with these media features. I’m looking forward to sharing all these credentials with my industry insiders!

Your house is beautiful, you must love it!

How about a contest of the most pathetic public library book selection, I think I might have a shot at that!!

The problem with using them as gifts is it sounds like the books are old, perhaps not all of them great… plus then YOU have to mail them, which costs money. Anyways, try Craigslist.

As for facebook, I’m a 39 year old who just joined after undo pressure from several friends. It can be very cool and I have people who “post” items from several news sources that show up on my page. Main thing is by doing that you expand your scope and get US doing some of the work to get the word out about your great blog. I’ll join your two pages you set up today, and stay tuned for how to post and share with my facebook friends.

Best,
Kim

You could have more of the “post a comment, get a reward” type of things?

Your interview went fine, don’t worry about it. That’s what they have editors for. lol

I don’t know if this is worthy of a guest post, but i have to KEEP STRUGGLING with my friends to explain to them why this is such an AWESOME time to be investing in the market! (i’m in my late twenties).

Good luck on your TV interviews! Too bad I wont be able to see them being in Las Vegas, but you will do great!

I have heard you mention many times your nervousness with public speaking and that the more you do the television appearances etc. the more comfortable you will be. Have you ever thought of looking for a local Toastmasters group? If you aren’t familiar with the group, it is designed to be a group that meets to present speeches and other off the cuff speaking opportunities with the hope of improving your speaking and presenting abilities, as well as just making it more enjoyable to put your thoughts into words. I joined a group in my area a year ago, and have found the experience to be quite rewarding. As well as being a fantastic opportunity for personal growth and getting better in front of groups of people, I have found that it is also a great social event! We hold meetings at a local pancake house, so I get to enjoy chocolate chip pancakes during our meetings!

The website will allow you to find a group in your area, as well as give you some information on what it is all about.

http://www.toastmasters.org

Ashley

Cheers, D.

I’m curious how to go about setting up an IRA as a self employed person without using a special financial person as a go-between (and thus have to pay them). We’ve been left hanging two times by our financial person.

When I read your post a while back (maybe quite a while) that pointed out that no one cares as much about your finances as you do, it hit home with me/us.

I appreciate your writing, JD because you don’t speak in a lot of “financial insider talk” unless you explain what you are talking about. Most financial sites use insider language, that can be quite frustrating to learn. We have so much to learn, and to many of us, this financial stuff is just a PART of our lives…it isn’t “our lives.”

You can search for local orgs at Idealist.org, post your donation request at cnrg-portland.org, or get suggestions from your readers…

Congrats on your appearances. Love your blog.
JungFu (Nonprofiteer)

I think Jac’s idea concerning the materials is a good one.

I would offer to give away your excess stuff by setting up periodic contests. Set up properly, these might even be a better gauge for the effectiveness of your writing than simple feedback.

Even better, entice readers to submit those non-blogging guests posts by way of giving out free stuff. Given the state of the economy and everyone’s shared interest in finance and personal growth, it would be a win-win.

I’m moving to the US next year, if there’s anything interesting about creating a new financial life over there maybe I’ll make an article out of it!

My absolutely FAVORITE way of getting rid of stuff is Freecycle.

This is a yahoo group (there are hundreds across the country … you find a local one near you) and the entire purpose of these groups is to offer to the group things you no longer want. It keeps the stuff out of landfills, but even better, you have folks come to YOUR HOUSE and get stuff you want to get rid of!!

Go to Yahoo Groups and in the search box put FREECYCLE PORTLAND, and find a group near you. (other readers, in lieu of the word PORTLAND, put your city).

Anyway, you post things you want to get rid of, and then you get a bunch of folks emailing you back saying they would like it, and you pick one, and they come pick up the stuff.

I’ve gotten rid of non-working VCR’s, a 15 year old TV, a freezer full grains, flours, nuts, that were well over a year old, etc, etc. Truly proof of the adage “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure”.

The only “rules” for Freecycle are that the items must be free, and be legal.