Comments on: New Beginnings, and The Future of Elite Edge Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/ Money | Minimalism | Mohawks Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-284388 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:41:05 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-284388 In reply to Joe.

Yup – I could have monetized it a lot more, but I didn’t like how it intrudes the user experience so I opted purposely not to :) And I also don’t like blogging specifically *to make* money as it’s not as authentic or transparent, so they were all calls I made early on and had to be okay with the consequences… which didn’t turn out too badly in the least ;)

]]> By: Joe https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-284346 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:06:20 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-284346 I started reading your blog years ago. I’m wondering… if the financials were appealing to you in selling your site, why not just monetize it? The alternative is leaving it after 6 months, and it is clear you will be missed. It looks like you have huge traffic here and could have made a lot from monetizing and perhaps selling at a much higher price down the road.

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-283044 Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:04:06 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-283044 In reply to Peej.

Haha, thank you! I owe you a beer!

]]> By: Peej https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-282994 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:42:33 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-282994 I’d like to think that my recent subscription to the Motley Fool Stock Advisor enabled them to make this purchase possible. YOU’RE WELCOME, J. MONEY. ;)

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-282865 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:52:12 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-282865 In reply to Lulu.

Hey Lulu!!

Always nice seeing you around town :)

Dug into my inbox to see the first time we connected and looks like it was back in December of 2008!! Wild!!

Here’s to another 11 years of friendship!

]]> By: Lulu https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-282808 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:45:02 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-282808 Hey J. Congrats on the move/decision. It’s been fun knowing ya and having you as a blogging buddy back in the day. I’ve been taking ‘sabbaticals’ on my blog too due to life (grad school, moving, new tenure track job) so I get what it is like to feel like you need a change. All the best and keep making those sexy budgets!

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-281877 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:26:34 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-281877 In reply to Alex.

Yeah – plus the values can fluctuate so much so I just went the super conservative route of leaving out knowing that one day later it would (probably) be accounted for :)

As for history of blog sales – you’re absolutely right! In fact, I literally told the Fool that I’ve never seen a site *get better* after it was sold, to which they replied “that’s why we need YOU to help us set a better example!” So that’s actually part of my “job” over there with them now – to do things in a way that keeps the community and sites nice and healthy as they continue to acquire more :) So if anything goes down, you can put the blame on me! Haha…

I also have it in the contract to be able to write on whatever I please and in my same style here too or else there’s no point! And they 100% agreed with it! So I’d say we’re off to a great start so far?

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-281875 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:14:28 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-281875 In reply to Frugal Safari.

Thank you, sir!

Life/biz good for you over there?

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-281874 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:14:06 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-281874 In reply to Kat Crews.

No need to cry in the wine just yet – I’m still here blogging away as I’ve always been! So hopefully you can still enjoy for a while! :)

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/new-beginnings-and-the-future-of-budgets-are-sexy/#comment-281873 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:12:53 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=61824#comment-281873 In reply to Chickenwizard’s DivBlog.

Ugh, yeah – that was a slow death over there :(

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