Comments on: The Wrong People Are Reading Personal Finance Sites

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:51:33 +0000

Actually I got this link purely by accident. Looked at just the right page, and I’m actually pulling husband in the room every morning to show him what i’ve read. It was actually your “The Road To Financial Armageddon” that kinda made me go “whoa”. Mainly because when you described the way your parents handled their finances, it occured to me you were talking about mine. My husband and I have taken a big step this last year to get out of debt and start saving, But always, always blamed ourselves 100%. Money mistakes all our own. But after reading that it made me rethink. And now I feel challenged with a new goal. Preventing my own child from recieving ideas about financial no nos that I dealt with. Still reading, still enjoying. ^^

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:56:40 +0000

I think being in debt can be a lot like thinking you’re in love (with the wrong person). Everyone else can see it, and even tell you what to fix, but until you come to face the reality yourself there’s not much help for it. Unfortunately I’ve experienced both. Luckily it’s never too late.

By: Start Conversations About Money » The Weight of Money

Start Conversations About Money » The Weight of Money — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:56:35 +0000

[...] Thanks to a submission to the Carnival of Debt Reduction #61, I stumbled across a post by The Simple Dollar: The Wrong People Are Reading Personal Finance Site. [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:11:16 +0000

I still think that there is a lot of value within these sites; you will get picked up by google and other search engines. Once you start getting traffic from that you will have new readers who you can help out.

But there is something that you missed; you aren’t writing to a completely converted choir. For example I’m still learning about the whole world of personal finance. I put myself into debt years ago and now I’m struggling with it and learning a great deal from bloggers like yourself (while writing about it).

By: Kira

Kira — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:45:16 +0000

We’re all pretty much preaching to the choir – a lot of people who are in financial trouble and could benefit from reading some finance blogs simply stick their heads in the sand and don’t want to hear about it. Finances are something to be endured to most people.

Short of using traditional advertising on non finance sites, I think you’re doing all the right things.