Thursday, June 19, 2008

A Question for My Readers

I just announced the impending shut down of my other blog, The New Frugal Mom.

While I enjoyed writing about deals and ways to save money and generally be smarter about money management, I had an, "A-HA!" moment when I looked in the mirror and noticed that I wasn't wearing a SuperHero cape.

(Yes, that is my sarcastic self speaking but as the sarcasm is aimed at myself, I think it's perfectly acceptable.)

So, despite the fact that The New Frugal Mom was posting some cranking stats and had the capability to become something bigger (as in, actual revenue-generating), I decided to shut her down within a week.

Along with the necessity of sleeping a few hours every 24-hour cycle, I'd also become very concerned with the integrity necessary to write a good personal finance blog. I'm no financial guru. We have debts to pay off like many of you out there. And while transparency (see, Jane - there it is again) in blogging is a brave quality I greatly admire, I'm never going to reveal the finer details of my financial life on any blog. The risks are too great.

Because I believe firmly in keeping my readership in the loop with what I do on my blog, I want to tell you about some things you'll see here at W-M as a result of this change:

*Weekly Kroger Deals (Cincinnati) on Mondays (sale/coupon match-ups) as part of BeCentsAble's Grocery Gathering;

*A compilation of some of the best posts from The New Frugal Mom moved here to Writer-Mommy;

*New posts (I'm thinking a weekly feature; more on that below) here at Writer-Mommy that deal with some aspect of frugality, finance, deals, or earning revenue online or on your blog; and,

*New affiliate program advertising campaigns.

My question to you smart mommyfolk readers is this:

Would you like me to host a weekly blog carnival with a Mr. Linky box geared toward personal finance/saving money/making money with your blog?

I do not intend to shut down The New Frugal Mom only to move that operation here and completely change what I do here at Writer-Mommy.

But I would like to continue sharing some of the great ideas I stumble here and there with my readers - that's the best part of blogging! Sharing information that can help others.

If this is something you'd be interested in seeing and/or participating in, please drop a comment below or email me. I'd love to hear your input.

Thanks!

3 comments:

Monica @ Paper Bridges said...

well, that's not for me. I hate math.

Andrea said...

Marianne - I really think if this is your blog and you want it to represent all of the passions you hold, you should include the other stuff. Just like in most reading material, people can skim past what they don't necessarily care to read much into. I say go for it!

Marianne Thomas said...

Andrea, thanks!

I agree, and I also think that blogging is such an amazing means of sharing information with the intent to help others...just because you can.

Smiles.

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