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Financial blogging is an industry unto itself. It seems some of the most sought after advice sites on the internet are those that deal with financial matters. True, we all want to live a better life. A life free of money hassles and nothing but luxury, but do we really want to get there without putting in any effort of our own? Some people do, but to be fair most people reading these blogs are only trying to find a better way to manage their personal finances. And why shouldn’t they?
Financial advice has become so competitive that there are even crowd favourites who have built quite a following and there are seminars specifically held for financial bloggers so they can further perfect their art. Such a seminar, the FinCon 11 Conference, was held on 11 September 2011 when 250 finance bloggers turning up to make it a packed house. Included in the attractive infographic advertising for the conference, was the promise that you would be able to get advice from the top 20 bloggers posting online at the present time while at the seminar.
Of the top 20 bloggers who are currently posting their finical advice online, the bloggers considered to be in the top nine, to have the coveted sites and achieve rock star status as the headliners for the Fincon Conference are:
- Ramit Sethi of ‘I Will Teach You To Be Rich.’ Ramit earned the top position because of the 250,245 subscribers he has on his blog as well as him having 22,275 followers on Twitter.
- Amanda Steinberg of ‘Daily Worth.’ Amanda has 100,000 subscribers to her blog and 53,882 Twitter followers.
- Trent Hamm of ‘The Simple Dollar.’ Trent boasts 88,601 followers and 13,087 Twitter followers.
- J.D.Roth of ‘Get Rich Slowly.’ J.D. has 84,828 subscribers and 8,421 people following him on Twitter.
- Lyn Truong (and others) of ‘Wise Bread.’ Lyn and her friends have attracted a total of 31,931 subscribers to their blog and 18,626 Twitter followers.
- Adam Baker of ‘Man vs Debt.’ Adam presently has 9,038 subscribers to his blog and 9,569 followers on Twitter.
- Peter Anderson of ‘Bible Money Matters.’ Peter proudly has 4,792 subscribers as well as 8,510 followers on Twitter.
- Luke Landes (Flexo) of ‘Consumerism Commentary.’ Flexo has attracted 9,547 subscribers to his blog so far and has 2,879 Twitter followers.
- J. Money of ‘Budgets are Sexy.’ J. Money has so far secured 4,135 blog subscribers and 7,638 people following on Twitter.
Another blog worth a special mention is The Consumerist. This is a blog put together by the Consumers Union. Its executive editor is Meghann Marco and Ben Popken is the managing editor. Different contributors post on the site daily. Its main focus is on issues concerning consumerism and the experience different people have regarding their involvement with matters pertaining to consumerism, especially where different corporations and companies are involved. Many of the topics are brought forward by the editorial team but the biggest percentage of story ideas for this US based site are reader submitted.
Kristy is a freelance personal finance writer who aspires to one day make it as a financial blogging rockstar herself. Kristy currently writes for Life Insurance Finder where she helps people get the best deals on their life insurance rates as well as providing them with comprehensive guides to life insurance.