MoneyBlogNetwork Launches

Five of the top Internet personal finance bloggers today announced they have banded together to create a first-of-its-kind personal finance blog network designed to put personal finance wisdom, best practices and commentary just a mouse click away.

The new network, with headquarters online at www.moneyblognetwork.com beginning today, will be composed of the following top-performing personal finance bloggers:


“We’re confident the MoneyBlogNetwork will be the top ‘one-stop shop’ for personal finance information upon its introduction,” said FMF of Free Money Finance. “Combined, the five founding members get more than 4,000 daily visitors and more than 10,000 daily page views, and their work has been recognized in Newsweek, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, The NY Times, Yahoo Finance, PC Magazine and others.”

The new network will begin with the five founding blogs and may elect to add others over time. Readers can subscribe to its high-quality information for free using an RSS feed, which can be accessed though the network’s home page.

The network will launch with a bi-weekly newsletter that will give all subscribers access to special activities at the MoneyBlogNetwork, such as select content, new contests and special offers. In particular, all newsletter subscribers will be automatically entered into all network contests.

Blogging networks have seen growing success in the past year. In October 2005, America Online announced the purchase of Weblogs Inc., a network of Web sites focused on a wide variety of topics. The deal was estimated at approximately $25-million, though financial figures were not disclosed.

–nickel

January 30, 2006 | Filed Under Network 

Comments

21 Responses to “MoneyBlogNetwork Launches”

  1. RS on January 22nd, 2006 11:45 pm

    Congratualtions guys. This sounds like a great idea and I wish you all the success in the world.
    -RS

    PS Comments work now…thanks Flexo.

  2. retireat30 on January 23rd, 2006 12:02 am

    Well done guys. A hearty congratulations to all as well.

    TT

  3. Nischal on January 23rd, 2006 1:27 am

    Hi,
    Good to see this site.
    I will be using this site to know more about finance.
    But I see the date as Jan 30th, 2006 on top of this post. Is something wrong?
    Thanks.

  4. Flexo on January 23rd, 2006 1:48 am

    Good observation, Nischal. We used that date to ensure the article stays at the top of the scroll for a while. It’s a temporary solution, but it works for now.

  5. The Unknown Professor on January 23rd, 2006 10:12 am

    Congratulations on a great idea.

    There are definite economies of scale in the blogosphere. And I’m sure it’ll be a great success.

  6. Dave on January 23rd, 2006 11:22 am

    Excellent idea! I was hoping something like this would come along. It seemed only natural.

  7. Sharon on January 23rd, 2006 1:00 pm

    I am so excited about this site! What a great resource for people to learn about money. I write a blog about debt and credit. I look forward to enjoying this site! Congrats!

    Sharon

  8. Frugal Momma on January 23rd, 2006 1:34 pm

    Congratulations on a great decision.

  9. John on January 23rd, 2006 3:24 pm

    Congrats. At this point in my life, it feels like a good time to read up on this stuff to prepare for my future. This site will surely be a good source in looking up advice and information. Good Job!

  10. Justanotherblogger on January 23rd, 2006 4:43 pm

    Good luck. What will become of the original blogs?

  11. fivecentnickel.com on January 23rd, 2006 5:13 pm

    The original blogs will continue on as before. The network is primarily intended as a synergistic endeavor between our separate sites, and will provide us with the latitude to take on projects that wouldn’t be possible if we were to work separately.

    –nickel

  12. Ashish on January 24th, 2006 5:40 am

    I am not able to find the RSS feed for the site. Can you post the link here?

  13. fivecentnickel.com on January 24th, 2006 10:48 am

    Ashish, the RSS feed is linked from the little buttons on the bottom of the right sidebar. Here is the direct link:

    http://www.moneyblognetwork.com/feed/

    –nickel

  14. Financial Fruition on January 24th, 2006 3:46 pm

    Very interesting…..I have too many questions to ask. My first question would be, how did the pfblog take this, as five of his gold channels have departed to make their own (FMF has already been removed from pfblog)?

    I will be very intrigued to see how this goes. Good luck guys!

  15. Flexo on January 25th, 2006 1:29 am

    The concepts and goals of the two networks are very different. I haven’t heard from MM personally on the topic — I imagine he’s busy with his new assignment overseas.

  16. mapgirl on January 25th, 2006 2:12 pm

    Cool! I will be adding this to my blogroll tomorrow!

  17. mapgirl on January 25th, 2006 11:40 pm

    Actually I did it just now!

  18. D. J. Marco on January 27th, 2006 10:39 am

    Good luck in all things BLOGGING… and be sure and encourage visitors to ROAM a bit while here. Remember, it’s just a MOOSE-CLICK away! Hope the GR Press article helps with promotion. Later.

  19. Kc on January 27th, 2006 4:21 pm

    Looks like allthingsfinancial is down. Too much publicity?

  20. fivecentnickel.com on January 27th, 2006 5:26 pm

    Works for me:

    http://www.allthingsfinancialblog.com/

  21. JiggaDigga on April 7th, 2006 1:38 pm

    Great reading, keep up the great posts.
    Peace, JiggaDigga