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February, 2009

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I’m doing a live webcast this Saturday at 12pm PST

I’m doing a live webcast this Saturday, 2/14, at 12pm PST right here on iwillteachyoutoberich.com.
I’ll be live with a webcam answering whatever questions I can help with.
If you’re planning to attend, send me your questions and I’ll cover those — with lots of time for live Q&A.
Here are some samples from last time’s webcast (remember, [...]

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Here’s a simple way to get 50,000 people to your blog in 1 day

Ways you could use this tip: Getting blogs to link to you. Getting journalists to write about you. Getting a raise at work.
Yesterday, I featured a guest post from Carl Richards of BehaviorGap.
It was also cross-posted on Get Rich Slowly (with different content). It was then picked up on Lifehacker. Overnight, Carl was invited [...]

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Why “average is not normal” — and why most people get this wrong

Tons of people have withdrawn all their money from the stock market because….well, they don’t really know why — it just feels “bad” to keep it in. Logically, we all understand that the stock market’s average return of about 8% is an average — meaning it goes up and down — but when our 401(k) [...]

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What’s your best story about health insurance?

I’m working on an ebook about health insurance, and I want to know your best (or worst) story that has to do with health insurance.
It can be anything: You went without insurance for a day and that’s when you broke your leg. Or maybe the time you were slammed with thousands in medical bills but [...]

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20 questions that your financially unprepared friends are afraid of

Note: In many cultures, you would be considered a huge jackass for asking these questions out loud.

1. How much money do you spend each month?
2. Where does it go?
3. Where do you want it to go?
4. Are you rich?
5. What does rich mean to you?
6. Hey, how’d you pay for that iPhone?
7. How much do [...]

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The Money Diaries: The young employee about to lose her job because of the economy

Today is another post in the Money Diaries series, which is based off New York Magazine’s Sex Diaries. We’ve collected stories from real people about their spending habits over seven days, anonymized them, and posted them here.

Today’s post is by a 23-year old woman living in NYC who has had a steady, well-paid job for [...]

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