Links 03-07-10

I started off the week the week with a nice surprise, getting linked to from Lifehacker: Should You Pay Off A High Balance or High Interest Rate Credit Card First? – Credit Cards – Lifehacker.  First, let me say I LOVE Lifehacker and read it everyday so I am humbled.  Second, it was my birthday so that was a great gift to discover.  Seems the subject of what credit card to pay first caused some controversy as there are 176 comments there right now.

I have a couple of giveaways running for the next few days here.  One is a giveaway for Robin Sharma’s new book The Leader Who Had No Title.  Sharma is the author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.  The book is about being a leader and getting ahead in life without worrying about your actual title.

The other giveaway is for WinX DVD Ripper Platinum.  This program will allow Windows users to back up their DVD’s.

I want to tell you about a group of personal finance bloggers I’ve been interacting with – The Yakezie Group.  The basic premise of the group was to visit each other and build up their Alexa rankings.  What’s its quickly become is a great group of bloggers looking for ways to build up a great community and grow each others sites.  Check out the original article on it from Financial Samurai – Creating Powerful Friends: Samurai’s Yakezie Alexa Ranking Challenge.  Daniel from Sweating The Big Stuff put together a great spreadsheet of the sites involved and their Alexa rankings.  Keep an eye out as you will see me highlighting members of the Yakezie group.  I hope to also have members adding their thoughts on various articles in the comments as well.

Here are some great articles I’ve read that you should too:

How Do I Teach My Child About Money? at MoneyNing.
how to raise children without regrets from Brip Blap.
Fastest and Easiest Ways to Go Broke by Steadfast Finances.
8 Effective Ways to Raise Frugal Kids at Man Vs Debt.
It doesn’t have to cost that much to have a baby! from Sense to Save.
Life Style Inflation: Why Your Savings Is Not Growing as Fast as Your Income by Personal Finance Ninja.
Quicken Essentials for Mac 2010 Review at Fiscal Geek.
Your Take: Boost Savings Rate by Cutting Taxes from Bargaineering.
Sometimes Saving Money Is About Principle by Financial Samurai.
Don’t Blame Others for Debt Do Something About It! at My Journey to Millions.
101 Common Money Myths from The Wisdom Journal.
Eliminate Credit Card Debt – 47 Ways To Save Money and Get The Cash You need to Get Rid of Your Credit Card Debt at Not Made Of Money.
Personal Finance Blogs on Facebook by MoneyCrush.
Small Business Money Management Tips at Cash Money Life.
Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs – Ranked By Traffic by FIRE Finance.
What if the unemployed worked for their unemployment checks? from Budgets are Sexy.
What Documentation Do I Need To Claim The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit by Bible Money Matters.
Should I refinance my mortgage? from PT Money.

If you have your own site and you would like to be listed in a roundup both Fiscal Geek and Debt Free Adventure have pages where you can submit your personal finance articles:

Submit your Post for FiscalGeek’s Friday Round-Up
Debt Free Adventure Weekly Personal Finance Link Rally

And here are the carnivals I’ve taken part in:

Budgets are Sexy: Carnival of Personal Finance #245 – “Dollar Doodles” edition.
Money Hacks Carnival #105: The All Government, All the Time Edition | Live Real, Now
Carnival of Debt Reduction » Welcome to this week’s Carnival

(If you’ve hosted a carnival that I participated in and I haven’t linked back please let me know!)

That’s it this week. Enjoy!!

Tagged as: blog carnival, Blog Roundup, Personal finance