Meet the bloggers: Queercents.Name: Nina Smith Age: 39 Location: Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.queercents.com Year launched: 2006 Visitors: 11,500 since launch in May Why you started: "Each of [the writers who contribute to the Queercents blog] had their own individual personal finance blogs. Queercents enabled us to collaborate and aggregate our content to better serve the LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community." Purpose of blog: "To inspire and inform people. Our readers want to make smart financial choices, or perhaps need a little encouragement with saving and investing." Year you quit your day job: "Not yet" How you pay your bills: "Advertising" Biggest advertiser: "Google ads" Single or partnered: "Partnered to Jeanine Scalero. We've been trying to get pregnant this year. It gives me plenty of material." Strangest posting: "On occasion, I like to write about celebrities: Glenn Close being frugal, Kathy Griffin Kathy Griffin (born November 4 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedienne, producer, and actress. She has also been a voice actress and a red carpet commentator. Griffin is a self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity. divorcing her moneystealing husband, and Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an Emmy Award winning American journalist, author, and television personality. He currently works as the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. keeping track of his business expenses." Three cons of blogging: "Posting has become an obsession. Everything you read, watch, and experience becomes a possible post about money, and you never quite know who is reading. It makes you feel a bit exposed putting yourself out there." |
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