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Today Marks My 4th Anniversary as a Blogger!
By JLP | October 13, 2008
I’ve been blogging for FOUR YEARS!
It’s hard to believe but it’s true. I started blogging on October 13, 2004. You can check out my first blog post here. I moved to a Word Press blog in August of 2005 under the URL of AllThingsFinancialBlog.com. I had that name for several months until a Tennessee bank sued me for using their trademarked phrase. Turns out that bank is in financial troubles so they might sell me the rights for dirt cheap! In a way it’s kind of funny in that they were so worried about my blog using their phrase while they were writing crappy mortgages! LOL! You gotta love it!
Anyway, it’s been a mostly fun ride. I have blogged about many topics and pissed off lots of people whenever I strayed off course with a political post displaying my mostly conservative ways. I’ve also given away lots of books and stuff over the years.
I want to thank ALL of my readers. Without you, none of this would be as much fun. I LOVE writing posts and getting reader input—even if they don’t agree with me.
Here’s to FOUR MORE YEARS!
Oh, and before I forget, the winner of the latest giveaway of the Buffett book was commenter 51, Ravanche:
Congratulations to her!
The rest of you, don’t worry. I’m sure there will be plenty more giveaways over the next four years!
Topics: Blogging | 27 Comments »
October 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Here’s to you good sir! I’ll be drinking to your continued success tonight!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Thanks, Tom!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Thank you!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I’ve only been reading you for the last two years but it’s so nice to see bloggers who’ve been around as long as you have. Here’s to another 8 years, and exponential increases thereafter!
October 13th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Congratulations!! 4 years is a long time! And the fact that you might get your domain back is icing on the cake. Cheers!
October 13th, 2008 at 11:52 am
congrats, jlp. always enjoy my daily read here. thanks.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
BSCC,
I don’t want my old domain back.
October 13th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Congratulations Sir,
I discovered this fine blog only a few months ago but have really enjoyed reading it – even the “off course political posts.”
Keep up the great work – I appreciate all the info. you share with us!
October 13th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Happy Anniversary! Looking forward to lots of future good reading from you!
October 13th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Happy blogoversary, JLP! I’ve been reading for over 3 years and look forward to reading for many more
October 13th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Congratulations!
I’ve just started blogging recently. Hopefully I’ll have as much success as you have. Any suggestions?
Hopefully, quality content is the main key to success in blogging.
Caleb
http://www.mefinanciallyfree.blogspot.com
October 13th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Dude, 4 years is awesome! Congrats!
October 13th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I have only been reading your blog for for less than a year after reading about it in a national publication. Most of the time I have found entertaining and informative. Thanks
October 13th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Congrats on a job well done. Keep up the good work.
October 13th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Congraducations. I live your political posts because the government has grown so large that everything they do has a drastic impact of my personal finances.
October 13th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
JLP,
I have only been reading for about 3 months…not sure where I found out about you at this point, but first visited because of our SE Texas connection.
I now live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, but I graduated from Vidor and Lamar University. I am a true compassionate conservative, more liberal than Bush on social issues and more conservative on fiscal issues. Pretty hard to do….but I can handle it.
If you want to see Philadelphia, we have a large home and are 20 minutes from downtown….one hour from Lancaster, and hour and 1/3 from Hershey (the kids will love Hershey Park), a two hour train ride from Washington, DC and New York….you don’t need to spend money on lodging.
Roger
October 13th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
How nice of the market to join the celebration of your 4th anniversary.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Congratulations! I hav ebeen on board for a few months, but have enjoyed it all.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Happy Blogoversary!! I look forward to the next 4!
October 13th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Congratulations on four years..here’s to four more!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Congrats! After trying to do blogging myself and burning out quickly (now down to about one post every few weeks or so), I’ve learned how hard it is to keep coming up with original, interesting content.
Keep it up!
October 13th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Congrats JLP…so nice to have a fav blog to read. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know what to do w/myself. Perhaps keep a cleaner house?!!
October 14th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Wow! 4 years is forever in blogging
. So many people quit way to soon, but here’s to four more years and an even better run!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Keep up the good work, JLP. And here is to 4 more years.
October 14th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Congratulations! Four years is not an easy accomplishment, so many blogs stop after four months!
October 15th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
4 years, I don’t know any bloggers that have been writing for 4 yrs
October 15th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Congratulations on this kind of consistency. Most bloggers last about a year and fade away into the atmosphere