How to Make Friends with Career Columnists and Influence Mainstream News Organizations

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Six Simple Money Tips to Get You Back on the Financial Track

This was a 2006 post from codymckibben.com, originally written for a college student audience, but the tips are really great for anyone. Enjoy!
It’s not easy being a student. Paying for tuition and books, rent, and the occasional entertainment, even if you are working, can be quite a challenge. But good news is here: you can [...]

Interview Series with A Few Prestigious Female Authors

I’ve been working hard the past two weeks on getting an interview series together for Ramit Sethi’s site IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com. We are hosting interviews with authors and experts on women and personal finance/entrepreneurship, so it’s been very interesting so far. The series starts this week, so keep an eye on IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com for more info. Also, I [...]

Interview: Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich and PBwiki

Transforming the World

This is syndicated from a 2006 article I wrote for Prosper Magazine when I served as project leader on a student blogging project for the 2006 Perspectives conference in Sacramento, California.
Transforming the World, One Website at a Time
When Prosper Magazine asked me to take the lead on its student Perspectives blog event, I jumped at [...]

Personal Finance: Budgeting

I’ve been reading a lot of financial stuff lately, trying to figure out how to budget my money now that I’m actually making a real salary, and get out of debt and get into investments.
Ramit Sethi writes a great financial blog over at I Will Teach You to Be Rich, which is especially good for [...]