I usually refrain from ‘blogging about blogging’, but March has been a banner month for No Credit Needed. As you can see from the graphic in the right-hand column, No Credit Needed now has more than 3000 subscribers. Traffic to the site also reached an all-time high. So, I wanted to take an opportunity to thank those sites that sent traffic my way.

Social Networking Sites / Online Aggregators / News Sites

Stumble Upon - (Click to see all of my stumbles and to add me as a friend.)
Consumerist
Money Blog Network
Bloglines
PFBlogs.Org
Personal Finance Alltop
Carnival Of Debt Reduction
Finwikian (Click to visit my Finwikian page.)
Festival Of Frugality
Netvibes
MSN Money Central

Personal Finance Blogs (Which Sent A Minimum Of 100 Visitors)

Get Rich Slowly
Free Money Finance
The Simple Dollar
Paid Twice
All Financial Matters
Five Cent Nickel
Consumerism Commentary
Frugal For Life
Lazy Man And Money
My Money Blog
Mighty Bargain Hunter
Chief Family Officer
Wise Bread
The Digerati Life
My Open Wallet
No. Calories Needed (My weight-loss site)
Be Thrifty Like Us
My Dollar Plan
Cheap Healthy Good
Blogging Away Debt
Million Dollar Journey
My Two Dollars

The personal finance blogging community rocks! It will be a long time before I do another ‘blog post about blogging’ - but I did want to thank my fellow bloggers for such an awesome month. I hope you’ll visit their sites, and let them know that ‘NCN’ sent you!

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I’m in the process of upgrading the software that manages all of my websites.  If you see anything that looks a little quirky - I’m working on it.  Hopefully, I’ll have everything looking ‘just right’ in a few hours.  Thanks for your patience.

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I don’t know how many of you are using StumbleUpon - but I’ve been using it for the past few weeks and it’s pretty amazing. Basically, you visit the StumbleUpon website, add the StumbleUpon bar to your browser, and start ‘Stumbling’. You can set up a profile for your favorite types of sites - and StumbleUpon will ‘guide’ you to sites, based on your profile settings. If you want to see my favorite sites - and add me as your friend - visit my StumbleUpon page. If you add me as a friend, I’ll gladly return the favor.

By the way, if you ever see a post that you like here at No Credit Needed - feel free to ‘Stumble It’. I’ll get a web-traffic boost, you’ll help share the debt-free message with the world, and we’ll both feel great!

For those of you into Twitter - I also have a Twitter page. I love Twitter - and yet I don’t know why. It’s a very, very unique service / site. I find myself visiting three or four times a day. Click here to view my Twitter profile and ‘follow’ me.

Finally, if you haven’t already done so, please consider subscribing to No Credit Needed -

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You will receive free updates from your faithful anti-credit, pro-cash blogger, me, NCN!

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I received an interesting email today. “Julie” asks -

Hey, NCN, why did you start blogging about debt reduction in the first place? And, now that you are debt free, do you get tired of writing about debt reduction?

Well, “Julie”, I started No Credit Needed because I was looking for a way to connect with like-minded people. In fact, when I started the blog, I didn’t really know that there were other “personal finance” blogs. I just thought that it would be cool to share my journey with the world - and I hoped that I might be able to find folks who liked to talk about debt reduction. I considered No Credit Needed to be a kind of ‘online journal’ - a place for me to share my thoughts and ideas.

In April, I’ll celebrate my third year of blogging. I must admit, I’m amazed by the number of people who visit my site, leave comments, and share their own stories. I am, quite literally, just a regular dude. I have a great wife, two awesome kids, a job I love, and friends that I enjoy - and yet, every week, thousands of folks stop by to read what I’ve written.

Do I ever get tired of writing about debt reduction? No way! Sure, my goals have expanded beyond debt reduction, but I still enjoy writing about debt reduction and debt repayment.

Now that I’m debt free, my goals have evolved. Personally, I want to learn more and more about personal finance, and I want to provide for my wife, my kids, and our futures. As far as the blogging goes, I hope to continue to connect with my readers, inspire them (a little) and be inspired by them (a lot).

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