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August 2011

My First Check From Google

08.31.2011

Woohoo!!! I received my first check from Google! I added Adsense in February and made $3.44 that month. At that rate it would take quite a while to cross the $100 threshold. Fortunately, we kept working on the blog and was able to gain more readers and increase our earning from Google every month. Thank you readers for supporting Retire By 40! I made a graph to show the monthly and total earning from Google Adsense. It looks like the monthly earning will stabilize at around $50/month for now. I would be quite happy to get a Google check every [...]

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Communicating Overseas for Less

08.29.2011

The following is a guest post from Sunil. My wife and I have family spread all across the world who we often visit.  Due to the nature of what I do and both the need and desire to be connected throughout no matter where I am physically, it is important for me to have a reliable and affordable means of communication.  I will share with you what has worked well for us as we constantly “trot the globe”. Most of my phone calls while traveling are back to the US. I used to use my cell phone to make these [...]

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Yakezie Blog Swap #10 And More…

08.28.2011

First of all – Congratulation to Derek @ Life and My Finances for his one year blogging anniversary. He is giving away an iPad2 and other prizes so head over and enter the contest!   Welcome to the 10th Yakezie Blog Swap. This time around my fellow bloggers and I shared our Best Go Green Method To Save Money. As always, I was amazed at what people came up with and shared. Please check out the different tips below on how you too can save money and be green: Nickel by Nickel tells us how they read green using ebooks [...]

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Cheap Places to Retire Abroad

08.26.2011

The following is a guest post by Lisa, full-time blogger and part-time firefighter, at Home Insurance Comparison, an Australian personal finance blog created to help readers to save money on their home insurance. Move over Florida… some of the cheapest places to retire are abroad! Between the economy, taxes, and the Social Security system hovering in a questionable state, many frugal minded individuals have become complacent with the fact that their golden years may not be all that rich. But life is what we make it… and it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way.  Retiring abroad isn’t a new [...]

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Dividend Portfolio Update

08.24.2011

Disclaimer: I am not a finance professional and all materials below are for informational purposes only. I do not endorse any of these companies and you need to do your own research before investing in any stocks. I’m a buy and hold investor. I am too slow to react to the market news and by the time I decide to sell, I’m usually too late. This approach may not be optimal when the market dropped 8%, but it’s the strategy that I can stick with. Buy and hold works well for me when the stock market goes on a roller [...]

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