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Exclusive Interview with Marie-Claire from http://personal-finance-management.blogspot.com

Marie-Claire is the founder of one of the most popular personal finance blogs on the net. She is a certified management accountant by profession, and has worked for several Fortune 500 companies in New York City. On her blog she discusses topics on the wide range of personal finance subjects from investing, taxes, insurance to retirement.

This is a rare chance to get inside the mind of a personal finance expert:

1 - Marie-Claire, thankyou for taking the time to speak to us today. My first question is what is the greatest reward of being a well read blogger?

The joy of knowing that my ideas on personal finance are read by many people and in some way these ideas will able to help them.

2 - What is your motivation for blogging?

I started blogging as a hobby. Sometimes I have free time during weekends so I came with the idea of writing a blog. My work is related to finance and investing that is way my blog is focused on personal finance management.

3 - If you had to start over with http://personal-finance-management.blogspot.com what would you do differently?

No, I think I’m well satisfied with the attributes of my blog.

4 - We noticed you have had numerous Digg homepage successes, was that something you planned to achieve?

I was a Digg.com reader before writing a blog. Someone posted my article on Digg.com that`s when I noticed my site generated more traffic.

5 - What effect did those bursts of traffic have on your blog?

#1. Some of the readers of Digg are also bloggers so I got more backlinks on my blog, if there are interested in my blog posts.

#2. I got additional subscribers to my feed.

6 - What tips would you give to bloggers looking to get on the Digg homepage?

#1. Create a complete profile on Digg. This means that you should post some of your photos, link your Facebook profile and put your email address so that if there is a negative or positive feedback on your Digg post your friends can contact you.

#2. Your site should provide rich, compelling content and a good user experience, then your site will receive more interested Digg users.

#3. Write about controversial issues. Most Digg users belong to younger age group. When you write an article thinks about topics that is important this age group or things that will be helpful to them.

7 - Have you considered moving from blogspot to your own domain?

I have considered having my own domain but I will maintain Blogger as a blogging platform. Blogger is easy to use, easily indexed by Google (before Digg I get most of my traffic hits on Google searches) and I have no problems in back-end maintenance. This option is best for me because I don`t have to pay for webhosting anymore and if my traffic spiked because of Digg I will have no problem regarding bandwidth issues.

8 - For someone like myself who is fairly new to personal finance, what snippets of advice would you give?

Read my blog and subscribed to my feed.

9 - What does the future hold for you and http://personal-finance-management.blogspot.com ?

My vision for the future for my blog is to get more loyal readers through increased in feed subscription base. I also use my blog as a scratch pad for my plan to write a book on personal finance in the future.

Marie-Claire, thanks for taking the time to speak to us, and all the best for the future.

Retiredat21 Team