Welcome back to another Frugal Friday. This has been, once again, another crazy week. I think I have consumed more coffee this week than I have in the past month put together. It is a good busy though as we have brought on two new clients. (WOO-HOO!) As any business owner would, we are always pleased to add new clients. In this case, we’re particularly excited because these clients help diversify our business and show us our potential for growth. In fact, we discussed the possibility of hiring someone for the first time, which is exciting, but also a little overwhelming to be completely honest. Speaking of business, I had been away from the Taking the Plunge series the last few weeks and will be getting back to it next week. Mrs. Frugal Rules and I have a few posts written and scheduled for the next few weeks and have numerous more that we need to write. If you have anything you’d like to read about in terms of running a business, just let me know and it’ll be added to the requests we’ve received already. If this week was not busy enough, I seemed to have gotten on some spammers’ radar and received quite a few junk emails throughout the week. I use a pretty good plugin that catches the large majority of them but just got slammed this week. It always makes me wonder what goes through someone’s mind to actually spam others. They must have a lot of free time on their hands!
As usual it has been another great week in the blogosphere. While I was not able to read as many blog posts as I would’ve liked I did manage to catch a few. With how busy I have been lately I have rearranged how I read posts a bit to make it easier and more efficient for me. I’ll probably be sharing about that a bit in an upcoming blogging tips post. If you have the time this weekend, I encourage you to check out some of these great blog posts and check out their site some as they all have very valuable things to share.
Blog Posts
7 Steps to Take Before You Put Your Home on the Market on Eyes On The Dollar
5 Investment Strategies for the Wary Beginner on Prairie Eco-Thrifter
3 Secrets To Retiring Well on Money Smart Guides
Could Your Hobby Become a Business on The Happy Homeowner
Lincoln Says, Abraham Lincoln’s Best Quotes on Fearless Men
Everyone is in Business on Krant Cents
My Quest For Financial Independence on The Frugal Path
Big City Life, Is it Worth it? on Reach Financial Independence
How to Find a Credit Card With a Lower Interest Rate on Modest Money
4 Must Do Tasks to Retire By 60 on Rather Be Shopping
The Power of Big Fat Audacious Goals on The Free Financial Advisor
Fitness on the Cheap – Working Out At Home on Tackling Our Debt
Ways to Make Money at Home on I Heart Budgets
Becoming a Single Homeowner – Part 1 “The Plan” on Canadian Budget Binder
5 Things I Wish I Could Tell My 30 Year Old Self on The Random Path
5 Majors With the Highest ROI on Work Save Live
Making a Career Change Gracefully on My Personal Finance Journey
4 Tips to Sticking to Your Budget on Monster Piggy Bank
Is Your Blog on Your Resume? on Evolving Personal Finance
Tips to Pummel That Looming Holiday Debt on One Smart Dollar
Odd Search Terms
Retiring without savings…Hello refrigerator box!
Buying him wd40 for Valentine’s Day…Now that’s a man’s gift!
Good gift for guy with a $1500 Valentine budget…Spend $20 and save the rest!
How to not spend money for a year…Let me know how that works out for ya!
Cod Valentine gift for him…Nothing says Happy Valentine’s Day like a fish!
Why was there a Tony Robbins reference in Zero Dark Thirty…I don’t know, I have not seen the movie.
How to turn rich men on…You got me there.
Rich men get taken advantage of…I am starting to notice a trend here!
What are your plans for the weekend? Is anyone celebrating Valentine’s Day a little late to save some money and avoid the crowds?
Photo courtesy of: Chris Chidsey
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My favorite of the week is “5 Things I Wish I Could Tell My 30 Year Old Self”, and search term”rertiring wothout savings” just flat out gave me a good laugh. Thanks.
Jose recently posted..Tribute to a Coupon Queen
Mackenzie’s post was a very good one. You should see some of the search terms I get, it just makes me wonder how it drives people to my site.
Haha I love your search terms! Have a great weekend.
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You as well Michelle!
So your week was busy as well. I don’t know what is going on, but these days have just gone by. I have been extra busy at work, so I have not been able to focus on everything around the blogosphere. I have a lot of catching up to do. Have a good weekend John!
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Busy does not begin to describe the half of it Grayson. I need some serious toothpicks to keep my eyes open many days this week. Next week looks hopeful, but we shall see.
Thanks for the links, I am in good company.
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Not a problem sir!
Congrats on the new clients and potentially taking a step to hire a new employee. I’m sure you’re aware of this, but hiring an employee is something you have to get right. The problem I’ve seen is that many small biz owners are busy (obviously) they therefore don’t really have the time to interview 10-20 people (or more…if it’s needed) for an open position. Well, when you rush to make a decision or don’t interview enough candidates, you often don’t find the “perfect” one and end up having to let that person go down the road and then waste time looking again. With that said, do your diligence and invest the time up front! It’ll be worth it in the end.
Sucks about the emails…I got spammed with at least 50 trackbacks on the site this week. It was pretty easy to delete them all but it was still annoying.
Enjoy your weekend sir!
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Thanks Jason! I completely agree with you Jason about doing our due diligence and taking our time in hiring someone. I think it’s a few months away, but the main thing is that taking our time will help us out in the long run. The nice thing is that we already have a pretty good network set up already of known copywriters that we can potentially draw from or get referrals from.
I hear you on the spam. I’ve received 20 or so on two different days and they happen at the same time of the day. It is easy to delete them, but yes it is very annoying. Have a good one Jason!
Love the blurb about your “odd search terms”.. that’s great!
Thanks. As I am sure you’re well aware, it’s crazy what brings some visitors to a blog.
Exciting news about adding a couple new clients, congrats!
Thanks for the mention and have a great weekend.
Kyle James | Rather-Be-Shopping.com recently posted..Frugal Hack #7: Use Coupon Alerts To Save Money
Thanks Kyle! It is quite exciting to see the growth of our business.
Sounds like your business is doing great. Good luck with the employee and thanks for including Jason’s guest post.
Kim@Eyesonthedollar recently posted..My Lack of Attention Cost Me Money in Fees!
Yes it is Kim, it’s a good problem to have but it truly helps you see that there is only so many hours in the day. Have a great weekend!
That’s great that your business is doing so well!
Great news!
Thanks for the mention and have an awesome weekend!
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Thanks Mackenzie! You have a good one as well.
Hey mate, that’s great, congrats on the new clients. I’m sure you are both going to take this business to new levels in 2013 and I wish you all the success. Cheers my friend.
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Thanks Mr. CBB! Now you know why I’ve not been lurking around FB as much lately.
I hear ya with the spammers John, I’m always dealing with them. I’m looking for a plugin to help get rid of them better, because I’l get a few thousand in my spam section on my website each week. Anyways have a great weekend and I will defiantly be avoiding the V-Day crowds.
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Yep, and they all have been coming in at the same time of the day the last few days. One or two is nothing, but come on…25 all within a five minute span? Have a great weekend Chris!
A big congratulations on signing on the new clients! That is always exciting!! Hiring is a tough decision for sure but it may be the best way to be able to juggle everything well. Thanks very much for the include too. I really appreciate it.
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Thanks Sicorra! It is exciting, but it also shows us that we can only do so much between the two of us. Hiring will be difficult, once we get to it, but we’re going to make sure and do our due diligence to make sure we get someone good.
Have a great weekend John, huge congrats to you and your wife for getting new clients!
Catherine recently posted..My Biggest Money Mistake, Ever.
Thanks Catherine! You have a good one as well.
Congrats on new clients. There is nothing more exciting than adding clients and seeing your business grow. I feel like a bit of a dud – I never get have any cool search terms. Apparently I need to try harder in that area
Have a great weekend!
Shannon Ryan @ The Heavy Purse recently posted..Weekly Roundup: February 11, 2013
Thanks Shannon! It I neat to see and it feels good because you feel like you’re doing something right. Oh, you’re not a dud at all!
The search terms all come in time and truth be told, so many of them bounce that it dilutes other numbers.
Great search terms and congratulations on the new clients. I like using CAPTCHAs to prevent spammers but it’s also a barrier to a more open comments system. Goold luck!
Chris @ StockMonkeys.com recently posted..Why Should You Start Retirement Planning Now?
Thanks Chris! CAPTHCA’s are good, but drive me nuts as a reader, so I’d rather not add them to my site. Thanks for stopping by!
Great work with the new clients John and you’ve also turned job creator, things are going well! Have a good weekend.
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Thanks Adam! We’ll see if we become job creators, but it definitely looks like that may come to fruition as some point soon. Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the shout out this week John and also for inclusion to your blogroll
I also got a massive amount of spam this week- lots more than normal.
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Not a problem Glen, happy to do so.
It has been the same for me. I wish I had that sort of time that I could do something as ridiculous as that.
We are probably going to go out to dinner tomorrow for Valentines day (if we don’t get snowed in again). Congrats on the new clients!
KK @ Student Debt Survivor recently posted..Big Beer Companies Paid Me $350 Last Year
Our plan is to go out tomorrow as well to go wine tasting. I’ve never been wine tasting, so I am looking forward to it.
Great round up John!
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Thanks Marvin!
Thanks for including my post! Love those search terms..hahahaha
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Not a problem Jen! Have a great weekend.
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Congrats on the new clients!! I use akismet for spam and only get 1-2 per day that go through the filter. Thanks for the mention
Thanks Pauline. I don’t use askimet, but the one I do use is another good one as well. I do know that other bloggers have been getting slammed by it as well.
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