It’s almost time for Halloween, so I thought a pic of carved pumpkins was fitting.
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Happy Friday everyone!
What’s up everyone? It’s Friday!
This week has been a tiring one for me, mainly because I’ve been staying up a bit too late. A few updates and random thoughts:
- So far I referred 2 people to DraftKings via my *monster* 1,500 word post on Is Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) a Good Way to Make Money?
I’m pretty happy with the referrals considering this is a personal finance site. I hope this post ranks on Google and gets some more eyeballs. When you refer someone on DraftKings you can technically make money off the referral “forever” i.e. as long as they keep buying into tournaments.
This actually is the reason I’ve been a bit tired this week. I decided to start working on a Daily Fantasy Sports niche site and kind of started it on a whim on Sunday. It’s really exciting to work on a second website but I’m not naive to how much behind the scenes work there is, especially at the beginning.
- I finished reading a book that could very well end up having a huge impact on my life. The book is called All In Startup.
I finished it late on Sunday night and immediately tweeted with the author, Diana Kander. I’ve tweeted with a number of other authors of books I’ve read that I like and I’m starting to take it for granted. Getting directly in touch with an author – especially a best-selling author – was nearly unthinkable just a few years ago.
If you plan on launching a startup at any point in your life, this is the one book you need to read. I’ll have a post about it sometime soon here, but I can’t stress enough what an impact it could have on your life. There’s a reason it has 60 five-star reviews, 5 four-star reviews, and 0 one, two, or three-star reviews.
I’ll stop there as this post is getting lengthy quick. Time to watch the latest episode of The League on DVR. It’s sad how obsessed I am with that show.
Below are the posts we published this week:
- On Monday I shared You Won’t Believe What the Show Breaking Bad is Actually About
- On Tuesday I explained How to Get Started in Freelance Writing
- On Wednesday Erin explained How To Get Your Spouse Interested in Your Financial Situation
Posts of the Week:
As usual, here are 5 posts that I enjoyed this week from around the blogosphere.
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- Natalie from The Finance Girl gave 5 Pieces Of Advice For Choosing A Career
- Raquel from Practical Cents talked about HBO Going Solo: Shaking up the Cable Business Model
- Erin from Journey to Saving had some HUGE news in Day Trip to Asheville Recap (Plus a Surprise!)
- Andrew from Living Rich Cheaply is Embracing Minimalism
- Shannon from Financially Blonde had a guest post about goals titled Mushaboom
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Thank you so much for including my Mushaboom guest post, DC! I was so excited to be on Financially Blonde this week :). Love the pumpkins. Can’t wait for Halloween. Have a fabulous weekend!
Thank you so much for the link love, DC! I get so excited and appreciate it so much! And I really like your fall-spirited photo :) I hope you have an awesome weekend!
Thanks for the book suggestion – I will definitely be checking it out. My sister is hosting a haloween shin dig tomorrow so that’s what we’ll be doing. Other than that, hopefully spending some time relaxing! Have a good weekend.
Thanks for sharing Mrs Frugalwoods guest post on your weekly roundup!! I always say the book that changed my life was Happiness by Mattheu Ricard because it changed the way I processed what happened to me and readjusted my life focus from making things about me to making them about helping others. This weekend we are going to Philly for our god daughter’s birthday party and soccer game on Sunday. I am just hoping for no rain because we have had a rough few days here with the Nor’easter. Have a great weekend!
Hey DC, Thanks for including my post on your roundup! Not much going on this weekend. We had family visiting last weekend so it’s nice to have a low key weekend. I’ll be sure to check out the giveaway roundup. I’ve been following your advice and entering more to increase my chances. Have a good weekend.
Good luck on your new website. Maybe sports and not finance is the path to riches!
I love that you can tweet to your favorite author too, and many actually respond! This weekend I’m an actor in a haunted house. Pretty fun side gig. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff is always a favorite as well as The Four Agreements.
High School football for us this weekend. M son has a game and then it’s off to homecoming. Enjoy the weekend.
Thanks for sharing DC. Good luck on the new website…sounds pretty interesting. Back in the day…years ago, when I was a fantasy sports addict, I wanted to start a fantasy sports site. I regret not working harder back then and keeping it up. It was mainly because I lacked the technical know how probably. Oh well…can’t wait to check out your site.
That’s really cool the author responded! If you do a review of the book, maybe she would be willing to do a little interview? I hope things go well with the new site. I think the post you mentioned takes care of “what’s new” with me. =) Thanks! This weekend we’re hoping to celebrate with my parents.
Thanks for the book recommendations, DC! I’ll have to check them out. I have never thought about tweeting an author, which is smart and thank you for suggesting it! I’m always on the lookout for good books and hope they audio versions. I enjoy reading but finding the time is hard but I listen to a lot of books while I work out. :) I have a big fundraiser I’m chairing next week, so I have to spend time on that and hopefully sneak in something fun with the family too! Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Frugalwoods Hey no problem! I’m glad you were able to post on Shannon’s site. Hope you have a great weekend too!
theFinancegirl Hey no problem! I saw that you shared my link as well, thanks for that. I hope you have a great weekend too!
BudgetforMore I HIGHLY recommend that book, probably more than any other book I’ve ever read :0 Have fun at your sister’s party!
blonde_finance Have a great time in Philly! I saw some of the weather reports from out East – terrible. Flooding is my worst nightmare. I will have to check out that book thanks for recommending it.
Practical Cents Best of luck on this week’s giveaways! I think there are more “big” giveaways this week than I’ve ever had. I went out of my way while i was on PTO to find the travel ones and some of the big giveaways (like the Ford F-150 from Miller Lite). Hope you have a great weekend!
Eyesonthedollar On the surface it seems like a potentially high-paying business strategy. We’ll see if I can get the site built fast enough and get eyeballs in front of it. Either way – challenge accepted!
Beachbudget I will have to check out those books, thanks for sharing. I love that the authors respond. Every time I’ve tweeted them they’ve responded, and most of the books I read are by pretty well-known authors. Hope your side gig goes well this weekend, sounds like fun!
DebtDiscipline Nice! Hope your son’s team wins!
Andrew LivingRichCheaply No problem Andrew, thanks for commenting on my site so often I really appreciate it. My wife’s Dad DID actually program a fantasy site, but our league and maybe a couple others were the only ones to use it. I think some people probably got a big payday who started those small sites by being bought up by ESPN or some of the other big companies. Don’t get too excited about my site – keep your expectations as low as possible haha. I don’t think it will be anything amazing, but if it gets people to sign up I will have succeeded.
Erin @ Journey to Saving Great idea, Erin! I didn’t even think to interview her but I will definitely consider that. Yes, your post did update me on what’s going on in your life : ) Hope you have fun this weekend!
ShannonRyan I would HIGHLY recommend checking out the all in startup book! It’s honestly the best book I’ve ever read. I stayed up way too late reading it some nights but couldn’t help myself.
Best of luck getting ready for the fundraiser and I hope you have a great weekend!
I’m a big fantasy football guy and I know you can make good money on referrals, I’ve considered the exact same thing as FF is the new poker.
Embracing minimalism was awesome! I loved that post too.
EvenStevenMoney Yep that’s what a lot of people are referring to it as. I don’t think it will ever be quite as big as poker is/was, but it definitely will grow leaps and bounds the next five years.
MoneyMiniBlog It was a really great post. I am definitely not a minimalist so I enjoy hearing those perspectives.
I would absolutely say that the Bible has had the biggest impact on my life. Having studied it seriously and intensely for 7 years now, I can honestly say that it ROCKS. :-) Have an awesome weekend, DC!
Nice round up this week DC. You got me interested in All In Startup with this post, so I think I’m gonna check that out soon.
The post that resonated with me most this week was “How to get your spouse interested in your financial situation”. I had a hard time doing it with my wife and still do sometimes so it was helpful to get a few more tips!
Laurie TheFrugalFarmer I felt a bit bad not mentioning the bible in my post and making “all in startup” sound like it’s more impactful than the bible. I should have clarified. Hope you have a great weekend, Laurie!
John Green Glad you are going to check out the book and enjoyed Erin’s post! Relationships and finance is an important topic to cover because every couple deals with financial issues and not seeing things the same way.