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- March 2010 (6)
- 15: 3 Reasons Your Blog Needs A Logo (7)
- 11: The Life List And The Microsite Model: Mighty Girl On How To Price Out A Content Column (7)
- 09: Joking About Unpaid Writers At MamaPop Is Serious Bidness (90)
- 08: Five Things To Include In Your Blog’s Media Kit (1)
- 03: The Momversation Model: Corporate-Sponsored Video Content (79)
- 01: The 5 Stages In The Life Of A Daddy Blogger (62)
- February 2010 (9)
- 26: More On Dooce And HGTV: Is The Future of Mommy Blogging An Expansion of Platforms? (31)
- 25: Announcing The Great ABDPBT Product Placement Experiment (10)
- 23: The Mayflower Model: Design Mom Pitches A Deal To A Brand That Already Appeals To Her Readership (28)
- 10: Concessions To The Pioneer Woman: Is BlogHer Giving More Ads To The Pioneer Woman At Our Expense? (35)
- 10: Resources On How To Network More Effectively (2)
- 08: 19 Surprising Things You Can Do With Bleach, According To The Frugalosphere (2)
- 04: My First Stab At The CopyBlogger Model (7)
- 03: Google Giveth, And Google Taketh Away (11)
- 01: 5 Disturbing Developments Ripped From The Cultural Imagination Of Last Week (15)
- January 2010 (11)
- 28: Dear Apple: Names Are Important (21)
- 27: Diet Tricks Of The Not-Even Internet Famous (26)
- 24: What The Dooce/HGTV Deal Means For Us (47)
- 22: Lap Band Alley (1)
- 20: Rumor: New York Times Gearing Up To Charge For Online Content (10)
- 18: How To Start An LLC Without A Lawyer (2)
- 13: Kindle v. Nook v. Skiff: They All Are Going To Lead Me To Spending More Money (15)
- 11: Four Reasons Why Sponsored Tweets Are A Waste Of Everyone’s Time (8)
- 08: Weigh In: Lose It Or Lose It (29)
- 06: Get Free Shipping On Amazon Every Time With Filler Item Search (0)
- 04: 4 New Year’s Resolutions That Will Boost Your Net Worth (10)
- December 2009 (11)
- 30: Friction And The Sale of Digital Media (1)
- 28: 4 Business Goals For ABDPBT In 2010 (7)
- 23: Process: Will I Be Hood Foe-Evah? (1)
- 18: Still More Evidence That The Green Movement Is Fucking Gross And Hazardous To Your Health (2)
- 16: Why What Matters Now Is Audacity (12)
- 14: Are You A Natural-Born Professional Blogger? (8)
- 11: Aquaphor Hates Babies, And Indisputable Proof That Target is a Den of Inequity (2)
- 09: Target Uses A Game To Encourage Cashiers To Check You Out More Quickly (1)
- 07: 4 Reasons To Keep Believing In The Extraordinary (5)
- 04: Yet Another Piece of Evidence I Did Not Need That The Green Movement Is Fucking Gross And Overly Obsessed With Excrement (8)
- 01: MomDot And The Bastardization of The CopyBlogger Model (33)
- November 2009 (11)
- 30: 5 Tips For Cyber Monday Shopping (0)
- 25: Microsoft And Murdoch: The Only Question Is Who Is Dumb, And Who Is Dumber? (0)
- 23: 5 Ways To De-Stress For Less (1)
- 18: Why I Won’t Ever Get Taken By A Door-To-Door Scam Artist (Again) (5)
- 16: 5 Things The NBA Can Teach Us About Business 2.0
- 13: Still Another Piece of Evidence That The Green Movement Is Not Only Pretentious, Annoying, Sick and Macabre, But Also Just An Excuse To Be Cheap And Gross (6)
- 11: 8 Tips For Cutting Costs On Your Divorce (4)
- 09: 11 Tips For Cutting Costs On Your Wedding (9)
- 06: Adventures In Permission Marketing: The Anthro Card (1)
- 04: Why The Backlash Against Debit Cards Confuses And Perplexes Me (4)
- 02:
1016 Ways To Make The Holidays Cheaper & Easier That Don’t Involve Giving Your Friends and Family Gifts They Will Immediately Throw Away — Revised And Expanded For 2009 (4)
- October 2009 (15)
- 31: Of Note This Week — Personal Finance Edition
- 30: What Lady Gaga’s Poker Face Can Teach Us About Creativity And Marketing (64)
- 26: 6 Recent Print Media Headlines That Suck (0)
- 23: Why The Future of Blogvertising Is Display Advertising 2.0 (1)
- 21: A Confederacy Of Something Or Other: My Much-Anticipated Broad Summit Post-Game Analysis (85)
- 19: 5 Ways Nostalgia Threatens Your Financial Security (1)
- 17: Of Note This Week — Personal Finance Edition
- 16: Confessional: When I Am Emotionally Uncomfortable, I Tend To Spend Too Much Money (5)
- 14: 2 More Pieces of Evidence I Didn’t Need That The Green Movement Is Not Only Pretentious And Annoying, But Also Sick and Macabre (10)
- 12: Why Free Makes People Uneasy: Deconstructing 5 Missives From Crossword Douchebags (9)
- 10: Of Note This Week — Personal Finance Edition
- 09: How To Keep From Throwing Valuable Things Away (3)
- 07: 159 Personal Finance Tips From The School Of Hard Knocks (2)
- 05: Crappy Upselling Tactics: When I Buy Stuff Because I’m Embarrassed Or Because I Didn’t Know How To Say No (1)
- 02: When Money And Ambition Lead You To Publicly Support a Rapist, It Is Time To Quit Or Switch Careers (8)
- September 2009 (16)
- 30: Considerations For The Online Border Personality (113)
- 28: 8 Ways To Make Budgeting Easier When You Are Self-Employed (1)
- 26: Of Note This Week — Personal Finance Edition
- 25: A Well-Placed $20 Can Get You A Table At Dan Tana’s, But Browned Butter And Sage Ravioli in Santa Barbara Will Run You About $100 (4)
- 23: The Case For Killing Newsweek; Or, The Real Reason The Print Media Business Is In The Toilet (0)
- 21: 8 Arresting Advertisements And Gee-Whiz! Guerrilla Marketing Stunts (2)
- 19: Of Note This Week — Personal Finance Edition
- 16: Why The Secret of Successful Bookselling Is To Let People Copy Your Ideas And Put Them On Wikipedia (4)
- 14: The Five Pillars Of The Lululemon Athletican Faith (1)
- 12: Of Note This Week — Personal Finance Edition
- 11: Why More People Should Shut Their Traps And Send Their Kids To Trade Schools (0)
- 09: Can You Buy Enthusiasm For Your Brand? (11)
- 07: 5 More Age-Appropriate Tips On Teaching Kids About Money (5)
- 05: Of Note This Week — Personal Finance Edition
- 04: Further Evidence I Didn’t Need That The Green Movement Is Pretentious and Annoying (14)
- 02: The Trader Joe’s Guide To Building A Cult Following (24)
- August 2009 (18)
- 31: 10 Ways To Live Luxuriously Today Without Mortgaging Your Family’s Future (8)
- 29: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 28: Brand Bullying: Is It The Power Of Social Media? Or Is It Just The Power Of Celebrity? And Who Will Protect Maytag From Us? (46)
- 26: Eleven Moms Is Two Short Of a Baker’s Dozen, Plus Or Minus Who Gives a Crap, So Get Over Your Jealousy And Get Back To Work (40)
- 24: 4 Sure-Fire Methods For Getting Out Of Jury Duty That Work (5)
- 22: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 21: What Everybody Ought to Know About Buying A New Mattress (4)
- 19: Aloof Doof: Get Automatic Updates When Something You Want Is Posted On Craigslist (1)
- 17: 3 Signs The Economy Might Be Improving (1)
- 15: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 14: Amazon Prime: Is it Worth it? A Case Study (7)
- 12: Personal Finance Quandry: The Airport Shuttle Ride (5)
- 11: Herr Governator, Can We Start Depositing Checks Via iPhones Like They Do In Texas? Puhleeez? (5)
- 10: 6 Purchases You Should Never Make On Credit Cards (0)
- 08: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 07: The New Consumerism (0)
- 05: Why Must This Economic System Always Champion And Reward Mediocrity? (0)
- 03: Attack Of The Reusable Bags (1)
- July 2009 (12)
- 30: Branding In Web 2.0: The Debate Rages On (1)
- 20: 5 Travel Tips For Cheap And/Or Lazy People Who Insist On Having Everything Just So, Even When They’re Away From Home (2)
- 18: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 17: Business Swag (6)
- 15: When In Doubt, Start Your Own Jewelry Line (7)
- 11: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 10:
1012 Tips For Maximizing eBay Profits (1) - 08: Online Advertising: Will The “Interruption” Format Ever Work Again? (6)
- 06: 15 Sports That Require You To Be Filthy Rich (Or Dirt Poor) (3)
- 04: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 03: Weighty Stuff (0)
- 01: The Economy of Pets (4)
- June 2009 (16)
- 29: 3 Unexpected Economic Effects of Michael Jackson’s Death (2)
- 27: Of Note This Week–Personal Finance Edition
- 26: The Peculiar Economy of the NBA: How Would We Act If Money Were Emptied Of Value? (4)
- 24: Bernie Madoff Begs For a 12-Year Sentence (0)
- 22: 6 Resources For Teaching Kids About Money (3)
- 19: Mortgage Company Supervisor To Me: “I’m Not Surprised You Flipped Out–If That Is Indeed What Happened.” (3)
- 17: Pokens For Grown Ups (5)
- 15: The Five Secrets of Successful Business Card Exchanges (2)
- 12: Stop Gap Jobs: Your Defense Against Petty Debt (2)
- 10: They’re Here! (5)
- 08: 23 Unusual And Occasionally Strange Ways To Make Extra Money (3)
- 05: Trader Joe’s: Selling Shitty Beer Is Easier If You Make It Seem Like Part Of An Effort At Simplyifying You Life
- 04: Card Star iPhone App Digitally Stores All Your Rewards Program Cards–Free For A Limited Time (1)
- 03: Listing the Net Worth of Personal Finance Bloggers (5)
- 02: Latvia Calls On Paris Hilton (Sort Of) To Boost Its Sagging Economy (0)
- 01: 12 Clever Uses For And Fun Facts About: Onions! (1)
- May 2009 (12)
- 29: It’s Expensive To Be Poor (3)
- 28: The Physical Class System of Lakers Games (2)
- 26: The Niche Of Good Writing And Valuable Content (10)
- 25: 14 Crazy Alternative Uses For Coffee (2)
- 22: Grocery Shopping and The iPhone (3)
- 21: Putting Your Blog Feed On Kindle (0)
- 20: Frugality Is Not A Moral Imperative (5)
- 18: 7 Crazy Alternative Uses For Olive Oil (6)
- 14: Taking Care of Bidness Cards (20)
- 13: Can You Make Money Blogging? And, If So, How Much? Pls. Thx. (5)
- 12: Just Married: Maintain Separate Accounts? (6)
- 11: 6 Offbeat Home Remedies From Japan (0)
- April 2009 (18)
- 30: 529 Accounts and The Volatile Market: Reader Question (1)
- 29: The Cabal Between Dryer Sheets and Frugal Websites Exposed (17)
- 28: A Visual Explanation of TARP (1)
- 27: 4 Products That Help Me Save Money (7)
- 26: Yard Sale Treasure Map (0)
- 24: Bank Failures Abound (1)
- 21: Stimulating the Economy with a Botox Syringe (2)
- 20: The Recession: Illustrated (0)
- 20: Budgeting: Nothing Humbling About It (2)
- 16: The Mystery Of Poor Performance On Standardized Tests By Californian Children Revealed (2)
- 15: Announcing . . . The Big Menu Planning Post I Promised You A Long Time Ago And Never Did, That I Ripped Off From Simple Mom (1)
- 14: Grocery Budget Confessional (12)
- 13: 3 Financial Quandries–What Do You Think? (4)
- 07: Stupid Advertising & Promotion: Morongo Casino (3)
- 06: 5 Thoughts On Suze Orman’s 5 Recession Rescue Steps As Presented On Oprah Last Week (7)
- 02: Announcing . . . ABDPBT: THE FORUMS!! (0)
- 01: The MLS Is Published By The Devil (6)
- 01: Relatively Cheap Cooking For People Who Hate To Cook: Pecorino-Crusted Chicken (10)
- March 2009 (21)
- 31: Buy A New Car, Write-Off Taxes On 2009 Return (3)
- 30: 5 Banking Hacks That You May Or May Not Already Know About, That Your Bank May Or May Not Offer (4)
- 26: Bad Money Advice (6)
- 25: How Much Cash Do You Carry Around? (3)
- 24: 8 Things I Still Waste Money On (Upon Which I Still Waste Money? Who Cares?) (11)
- 23: Via The Consumerist: Fill Out Your 2009 Worst Company In America Brackets! (2)
- 23: 5 Mistakes People Make When Doing Their Budgets (0)
- 20: Cheap Cooking For People Who Hate To Cook: Beef Short Ribs (0)
- 19: Cash-Back Credit Cards: What Do You Think? (9)
- 18: AIG CEO Claims To Have Asked For Half of Bullshit Bonuses to Be Returned, Fears Death Threats, Thereby Proving He’s Only About 50% Dumbass, As It Turns Out (4)
- 17: We Always Knew Investment Bankers Were Scumbags, But Here’s More Evidence, Anyway (4)
- 17: How the Economy Is Affecting The Business of Elective Surgery (0)
- 16: 4 Tips To Jump Start Your Emergency Fund (4)
- 12: Boo Fricken Hoo, Billionaires (1)
- 11: And The Single Greatest Tool For Increasing Your Financial Security Is . . . (0)
- 10: Solution to Financial Crisis Found!! (0)
- 09: 4 Factors That Distinguish A Recession From a Depression (2)
- 06: Recession-Proof Careers? Pshaw. (4)
- 05: Liquidation Sales and The Drive to Reach New Heights of Suck (0)
- 04: Cash Advances: The Dirty Little Secret of the Underpaid and Overspent (0)
- 02: 6 Extended Musings On The Possibilities Of Taking On Additional Liabilities In a Down Market (6)
- February 2009 (12)
- 25: ABDPBT Personal Finance Debt Snowflaking Pageant: Week 5 1/2 Progress Report (3)
- 24: Depression Era Cooking: Turns Out, It’s Not As Depressing As I Thought (11)
- 23: 7 Tips For Getting Started With Retirement Planning (0)
- 20: Tipping: What’s The Deal? Or, To The Guy At California Pizza Kitchen: Sorry for Stiffing You The Other Day (7)
- 18: 4 Sneaky Ways That Retailers Try To Get You To Overspend, Plus How to Avoid Them (0)
- 16: 3 Blogs About Money and Consumerism That You Should Be Reading (0)
- 13: ABDPBT Personal Finance Debt Snowflaking Pageant: Week Four (6)
- 11: Budgeting, Stimulating the Economy, and Choices: What To Do? (0)
- 09: 5 Ways to Resist Impulse Spending (2)
- 05: Bailout Bonuses: What do you think? (2)
- 03: ABDPBT Personal Finance Debt Snowflaking Pageant: Week Three Progress Report (0)
- 02: Credit Risk Now Has a Favorite Store: Is Where You Shop Indicative of Credit-Worthiness? (0)
- January 2009 (17)
- 30: Refinancing v. Loan “Modification”: What is the Difference? (0)
- 28: How Many Stores Does It Take To Get Your Shopping Done? (7)
- 27: ABDPBT Personal Finance Snowflaking Pageant: Week Two (1)
- 23: Wamu to Me: Your Credit-Worthiness Is Appalling. CARD CANCELLED. (1)
- 21: More on the Credit Card Reforms: At Least This Time It’s Kind Of Good News
- 20: ABDPBT Personal Finance Snowflaking-Is-The-New-Hotness Pageant Report: Week One (1)
- 19: 5 Money-Saving Actions That Are Just Not Freaking Worth It, If You Ask Me (8)
- 15: Q&A: If The Fed Prints More Money, Won’t That Just Make The Dollar Worthless? Yes and No. And Maybe So. (0)
- 14: Credit Card Companies Are Bloodsucking Leech Vampire Fucks: Exhibt 853,432 (0)
- 13: Announcing the ABDPBT Personal Finance Snowflaking-Is-The-New-Hotness Pageant! (5)
- 12: 5 Rules for Debt Snowflaking (Who Knew There Was a Name for It?) (1)
- 09: Suze Orman Kinda Creeps Me Out. But Free is Free, People. (2)
- 08: Q&A: Store Credit Cards For Discounts? (2)
- 07: Previously Announced Credit Card Reforms Are To Be Reformed, In The Sense That They Are To Be Changed, But Not That They Are To Be Made Better (0)
- 06: Money Market Accounts and Money Market Funds: Same Difference? No, Sir! (2)
- 05: 10 Tips For Haggling; Because The Time to Haggle, as It Turns Out, Is Now. (0)
- 01: Coupons? Yes or No? (11)
- December 2008 (20)
- 31: Would You Like the Extended Warranty With That? No! (0)
- 30: Q & A: Debit Card Fraud Protection (4)
- 29: Financial Sanity 101: 6 Steps To Understanding Investing (0)
- 23: Financial Sanity 101: Understanding the Purpose of Savings (1)
- 22: 15 Signs Your Investment Advisor Might Be Running a Ponzi Scheme (0)
- 19: Changes to Credit Card Regulations to Take Effect in July 2010 (0)
- 18: Financial Sanity 101: Setting Financial Goals (2)
- 17: Financial Sanity 101: Avoiding Ponzi Schemes (1)
- 16: Financial Sanity 101: Stupid Tax (2)
- 15: 5 Things to Do/Have/Buy/Arrange For If You Want to be a Grown Up (3)
- 12: How to Deal With Paying Off Massive Credit Card Balances (3)
- 11: Saving Money: Tips From the Guvermint (0)
- 10: To Lease Or Not to Lease? (0)
- 09: Here’s What I Think We Should Do: Buy Low, Sell High (2)
- 08: 10 Tips for Maximizing eBay Profits (5)
- 05: 9 Tips for Selling Stuff: An Amazon Primer (4)
- 04: Life Insurance for Dummies (1)
- 03: Financial Sanity 101: The Debt Snowball (1)
- 02: Financial Sanity 101: The Baby Emergency Fund (3)
- 01: 10 Ideas for Making the Holidays Cheaper and Easier That Don’t Involve Giving Your Friends and Family Gifts They Will Immediately Throw Away (12)
- November 2008 (5)
- 28: Here is a Method That is Helping Newly Frugal Converts Get Out Of Debt: The Envelope Budgeting System (4)
- 27: Budgeting for the Self-Employed (0)
- 26: Financial Sanity 101: The Four Walls
- 25: What Everybody Ought to Know About Zero-Based Budgeting (12)
- 24: Now You Can Pay Off More Than $10,000 of Debt On Less Than $30K A Year, Too! (0)
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