What do you get when you mix a group of personal finance bloggers that believe in selflessly helping others with the holiday season that’s all about giving?  One heck of a giveaway, that’s what! A bunch of the Yakezie members (myself included) got together and pooled some money and books together and came up with [...]

Late last week, I participated in the 10th Yakezie Blog Swap. It’s a fun project where a bunch of Yakezie Personal Finance Blogs get together and swap some posts to give our audiences a little bit different perspective with a different voice. This time around my fellow bloggers and I were to share our Best [...]

The following is a guest post by Andrea from Nickel By Nickel. This article is part of the Yakezie blog swap #10 and the topic for this blog swap is The Best Go Green Method to Save Money. I’m sure you’ve all read the posts on laundry detergent, compost piles, insulation, rain-barrels and gardening and [...]

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that we (Americans in particular) are in a boatload of hurt, financially.  Take the outliers away, and we’re a nation (and world) floating up to our eyeballs in debt.  Here’s a test for those of you who commute to work.  On your way to work, or your [...]

This is an article by Sandy of Yes, I Am Cheap.com as part of the Yakezie Blog Swap. This swaps’ topic is “What motivates you to be financially responsible.” I had a somewhat difficult time with the topic of this blog swap, since I have never really sat down and thought about the things that [...]

The Yakezie March Madness BOY round 4 has come to a close. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to overcome the last ditch voters for Wealth Informatics. Congratulations to Wealth Informatics, for advancing to the next round. Only two more rounds to go! There’s only two “matches” to vote on this time, so it will take no [...]

It seems every year, about this time, everybody starts talking about this madness thing.  And they always attribute it to March.  I’ve never thought of March as that bad of a month, really.  (Ok, yes, I’m playing dumb.)  This year, Eric at Narrow Bridge, decided that the Yakezie group of Personal Finance Bloggers needed to [...]

Last Friday, I participated in the 3rd Yakezie Blog Swap.  As usual, it was a smashing good time, and I look forward to the next one.  A special thanks to Eric of Narrow Bridge Finance (and DJ Y0fi fame) for putting together the below list of links and saving me the trouble. Eric wrote about [...]

This is a guest post from Eric at Narrow Bridge Finance. This post is part of the third Yakezie Blog Swap. You can see my post, Cheap Shoes, Spendy Shoes, on his site too! You can find Eric on Twitter as @DenverEric. A Dream Was Born In middle school and high school, I grew to [...]

The following is a guest post from Squirrelers, as a part of the 2nd Yakezie Blog Swap. The topic is “What is your best day-to-day money saving tip” Most of us who are personal finance bloggers and/or blog readers are interested in finding ways to save money. Over the years, we have been given advice [...]