Comments on: Rich Slick Pays Homage To Key PF Bloggers

By: RichSlick

RichSlick — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:08:26 +0000

Well these are sites that I visit daily because I like what I see and read. I stop by some others on occasion just not enough to get me excited enough to link

By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:37:50 +0000

Thanks for the mention.

I’m sure I’m on the borderline of getting left off the list for the following reasons: I do have ads, I participate in linkfests (but on the weekends, consider it “extra”, and I talk about saving money more than I would like. I’d rather talk about the making money side of the equation, but I often don’t have things to say about it. I’m too Lazy to start a company by myself, and I make too much money at my day job to justify going back to get an MBA – unless I got into Stanford, Harvard, or Sloan (all long-shots) and wanted to work quite hard after the degree. This leaves me with some limited options to get EXTREMELY wealthy. I try to explore the rest of options to the fullest.

You mentioned only linking to the best of the best, but I noticed that you didn’t link to any of the PF bloggers that you mentioned here. Should we conclude that they didn’t make your cut?

By: Trisha

Trisha — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:01:07 +0000

Thanks so much for the pat on the back! One of your readers came to my blog and emailed me to let me know you enjoy reading it! I am also flattered that I am the only real estate investor/blogger that you chose for your list of favorites. I don’t have to try to keep it interesting–I just report the facts! The weirdos of the real estate world keep it interesting for me…unfortunately.

By: broknowrchlatr

broknowrchlatr — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:02:06 +0000

Those are great principles. I have msot of the same. However, if my site got really popular (which it probably never will), I would probably do ads for the free money. I can’t help it, I’m greedy

I guess linkfests or for the only purpose of being goody-goody with other bloggers in the hopes that they will recipricate.

When I link, it is normally because I got the idea for a post from someone else’s blog on a related topic.

By: Rich Slick

Rich Slick — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:32:38 +0000

broknowrchlatr,

Early on with my blog, I made some rules that I try to strictly follow:

1. I won’t have any ads.
2. I won’t participate in link fests.
3. I would do my best to not regurgitate someone else’s material.
4. I would not insult my readers by assuming they’re too stupid to know that they should “spend less than they earn” or “save money by skipping your daily latte.”
5. I will back up my investment ideas and strategies with REAL transactions posted as they happen and not theoretical market returns.
6. I won’t link to other sites unless they’re the best (in my opinion) of the best.

I’ve repeatedly read in various places that most people seem to hate linkfests. Why are bloggers still doing them?

By: broknowrchlatr

broknowrchlatr — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:32:35 +0000

I agree with your point about people expressing their own independent thoughts. I am less than enthused when I see a post that goes “Here is info I liked about topic X” and then they paste in the whole dang thing. Then, someone else throws a link to the first post in a link fest post (sorry to people who do this, but I do not knwo who likes this other than people thanking them for the linkage).

When people submit unique ideas or personal stories, I am most interested.

Several of your preferred sites are mine also.