Comments on: The Quickest, Surefire Way to Be an Effective Personal Finance Blogger (Poll Results)

By: Ralph

Ralph — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:28:55 +0000

Depends on the goal of the PF blog, surely?

For example, I write for a target audience of a) people who might be interested in following my ‘journey’ towards wealth, b) those on a similar path that are looking for some ideas/experiences that might be applicable to them. So I hope to be effective at giving such people the occasional ‘tip’ or make them aware of some aspect of personal finance that may be useful to them. I’m not actually trying to be effective at communicating the basics of personal finance (or financial literacy) to students at a low-income high school.

Then again, the fact that hardly anyone reads my blog suggests it is, indeed, ineffective. No matter what its goal 😉

By: Emparion

Emparion — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:04:54 +0000

There are a lot of people who need a financial education. But I do think that you can get to the people who need the help the most. People who make good money still can be very illiterate and will often ignorance financial advice. I think there’s hope of reaching some of them, although they surely do not need it the most.

By: JeffP

JeffP — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:26:31 +0000

A few years ago I was trying to figure out how to handle my family’s money. I was maybe 35, lots of debt, good income, four kids, but we kept getting further in debt. And I’m fairly intelligent. It’s not like I didn’t understand the math, it was that I didn’t understand the behaviors and habits that were at the heart of our problems. So I googled how I might increase my income. Long story shortened – I ended up finding MMM’s blog and binge read it for the next week. Then I found jlcollinsnh, then Paula, and so on. So, in short, you’re writing this for the person like me, who will find it looking for answers and change their lives. And your audience is more my kids than me, because you write and sound like them.

By: Jason Butler

Jason Butler — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:23:45 +0000

Very interesting post and results. You hit the nail on the coffin when you said that people don’t go to the source. A lot of people in the comments are correct. The people that need financial literacy the most don’t read our blogs. We have to find other ways to reach them.

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:49:15 +0000

In reply to Financial Sloth. Read and commented :) (sorry it took me a while, there's so many of us! xD)

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:48:02 +0000

In reply to Mr. Groovy. Don't worry either is my blog Mr. Groovy! Most of the time, even direct impact can be minimal. The universities are to blame for that uptick in price, it's not just the lack of fin. education, a lot of us graduate into the Shark's mouth.

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:39:09 +0000

In reply to Mr. Tako. Lol whaaaaaaat how can I be mad at you :O nah, you're not arrogant, I just thought you were very brave to do that topic so I copied...your balls for the lack of better phrasing.

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:37:20 +0000

In reply to GYM. Lol I was hoping someone would notice that!!! Just a silly prank :3