Planting Dollars

Do, or Do Not, There is No Try

by Ryan

Yoda was a smart little green dude, who nailed it when he said: “Do, or do not, there is no try.” Everyday we try new things, we explore, and we work towards our goals. However, there isn’t often a rush or sense of urgency. “I’ll do it later” or “I have plenty of time” are [...]

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Waikiki Site - Can it Make Money Online?

by Ryan

This post is part of the Waikiki Site Series, in which I’ll show you how to build a successful travel niche website from concept to reality. We’ve come quite far in planning the site, but before we start building we have to check if it’s worth it. I’m not doing this for free so we [...]

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Is Passive Income Possible?

by Ryan

This is an Other Side of the Fence article, in which I take the opposite viewpoint of a popular idea and/or debate a specific thought. When scanning the personal finance blogosphere I ran across a guest post over at Fiscal Fizzle that read “There’s no such thing as passive income.” That’s a pretty bold statement [...]

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An Interview with Well-Heeled Blog

by Ryan

Today’s personal finance blogger interview is with W of Well-Heeled. Well-Heeled Blog is a personal finance blog on savvy living which includes building a solid financial foundation for tomorrow while enjoying life today. Read below to learn more about W’s experiences as a blogger and her own financial journey. Is well heeled your first blog? [...]

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How to Make Money From Your Hobbies

by Ryan

What kind of hobbies do you have? Do you go fishing, perhaps you enjoy underwater basket weaving, or even skydiving? Each of us have hobbies, but how can we use those to make us more money? I’m not going to tell you to start an Online Business with your hobbies (although you could and make [...]

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How I Went From no Blog to 122,661 on Alexa in 2 months.

by Ryan

As of today, Planting Dollars has been alive and well for 2 months, but it’s growth has been more than I expected thus far. It’s still just barely sprouting into the the giant tree it will be one day, but I’m happy that it’s sprouting quite quickly. As of today it’s ranked 265,565 on Alexa [...]

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Would Your Rather Have a BMW or Two Years of Your Life?

by Ryan

In my previous job (the one I recently quit) there was a secretary who drove a BMW M3. The picture above is of a BMW M3. She would often make digs at me for riding my bike to work and absolutely loooovvveeedd to talk about that car. I began to resent her and her annoying [...]

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Seeds of Knowledge 2.11.10

by Ryan

These weeks just seem to fly by… This has been a really fun week as my site was reviewed and I met a few more interesting bloggers. But enough about me… Great Posts This Week Include: James at The Infopreneur talks about Attracting Positivity, Not Negativity The Digerati Life gives a 101 lesson the basics [...]

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Are You a Financial Extremist?

by Ryan

There are a ton of different financial websites and blogs on the web. Each with their own strategy or mix of ideas. Reading through these blogs makes you realize that some ideas mix as well as oil and water. Enter financial extremism. The vast majority of personal finance blogs are middle of the road. Pay [...]

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Waikiki Site - Sizing up Your Online Competition

by Ryan

This post is part of the Waikiki Site Series, in which I’ll show you how to build a successful travel niche website from concept to reality. If I simply build a Waikiki site it’s not going to magically pop up onto the front page of Google every time someone searches. I wish that were the [...]