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How to: The Personal Finance Blogosphere Tutorial for Millionaire Nurses!

Friday, December 18th, 2009

I have blogged for  3 months now, about” The Millionaire Nurse”. It’s been great fun to communicate with nurses and others all over the world.

When I  read other personal finance bloggers, many of whom have been around for 4,5, or 6 years or more, I am impressed, and awed by their persistence, creativity, and passion to continue to teach people about the intricacies and challenges of personal finance.

A few of the gray beards out there, for you  who are new to the genre, include: ” The Mighty Bargain Hunter“The Simple Dollar”, “Free Money Finance”.” Wise Bread“, and “Get Rich Slowly” to name just a few that I enjoy.

Once you have read these blogs for any length of time, you get a feel for the site and the blogger.  Except in the case of Wise Bread, which has turned into a Mega-Blog, with forums, guest posts, and multiple bloggers- (Not a bad thing- the site is packed with great posts, and information, but you  just don’t get the personal feel.)

I have also gotten to know (read) a few of the new kids on the block.  They would include The Frugal LawyerLiving With Common Cents, and Two Dog Casa to name just a few.  Go to the “users” page at Cash Commons for several more great blogging choices.

But Dr. Dean, so many personal finance bloggers, so little time, what do I do????

Well one way to handle it, is to download a feed reader into your computer or smart-phone.  Then that orange square icon in the upper right corner will deliver new posts from whoever you sign up, don’t forget me, The Millionaire Nurse Blog , directly to you without your surfing the web.

You can also use one of the aggregators listed, except they only have the older bigger bloggers so far, rookies like me take a while to show up on their radar screen.

And to those bloggers who have preceded me, I want to thank you.  Thanks for your hard work and for setting the standard for us new guys- trying to find our voice and  break into the genre.

And for my nursing readers, new to the world of Personal Finance Blogging, check out the sites linked  above.  Use one of the aggregators listed on the right side of this column to find other bloggers that “speak” to you-that will help you  find the answers to your own financial difficulties.

And of course, don’t forget to book mark this site-although the name,  The Millionaire Nurse is hard to forget for most nurses, (that being the idea, of course!)

The Millionaire Nurse Goals

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Many of you have read the About the Millionaire Nurse page above which gives an overview of the origin of this blog and my mission.

I want to spend a few minutes of your time on my goals and techniques:

  1. Motivate: I want to give my readers the reasons to go to the trouble, yes I know it is a lot of trouble, to get a handle on their finances.
  2. Educate: I want to give my readers the tools  to help them reach their financial goals.
  3. Castigate: If you need  embarrassing, yelled at-yes I will even stoop to using guilt-to get you motivated.
  4. Masturbate: Yes, it rhymed,  I needed to wake you up, and thinking about personal finance is sometimes something you do when you are alone, and in the dark too.
  5. Renovate: If you are like me, what you are doing now, may not work as well as it should.  Be open to new, different and improved ways to manage your money.

I think that is enough of that.

So what are the main barriers to my effort?

I think the main barriers are twofold:

  1. Getting the word out-you can’t help those who don’t know you exist-so send the link to this blog to all your friends and co-workers.
  2. Earning your trust-this I can only do by providing you with information that you find useful/helpful in your quest to get your family/personal finances in control and helping you to learn to build wealth. I will try to be consistent and persistent.

Seth Godin,  the author and leadership guru, in his blog this week, had a post on “The People you should listen to.”  I agree with his assessment that many people listen to folks whose agenda is different from yours-so be careful  who you select for this honor.

If there is anything I can do to help satisfy your concerns about my agenda, then let me know.  This is a two-way street and I am open to suggestions and constructive criticism.

And if you need immediate help, check out my FREE e-book on “Emergency Money Resuscitation” and you will also receive a free mini-course on personal finance.

What is a Millionaire Nurse

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

My  blog is directed at nurses and their personal finances. My passion is teaching nurses and learning from nurses about managing their money and succeeding in building wealth.

Not just to have money, but to obtain freedom. The freedom to explore the world. The freedom to know that with life’s ups and downs, that they are not putting themselves and their family at risk by not building a sound financial support system.  The freedom to live their dreams, rather than being tied down by debt.

The current deep financial recession, along with all the hype about the proposed overhaul of the health care and health insurance system has all of us a little nervous.  With good reason.

I hope to accomplish this with sound, basic, and easy to understand financial and money management advice and support. occasionally a kick in the behind may be appropriate as well. I will try to identify great blogs, websites, articles and products that will help with these goals.

Their are a lot of great blogs, websites, books and other sources of information about learning and managing personal finances.  But none that I can find directed at nurses.  So this blog, and my other tools (soon to be published book-The Millionaire Nurse,  and website- www.themillionairenurse.com) will be directed at you nurses, using medical and technical terminology, to assist nurses in understanding financial information in a form that makes sense.

Please let me know your comments, questions, and any recommendations.

Thanks, Dr. Dean