Bloggers!
We’re happy to announce the next Blog Carnival, called “Friends And Money“!
The Carnival’s an event that’s been running since our earliest days as a community. If you’re new to 20SB, and a lot of you are, you can check out some of our past Carnivals by clicking here.
A Blog Carnival is a community-wide 20SB event in which we all post around the same topic. We’ll give you a few days to contemplate the topic and fit it into your posting schedule, and then we’ll circle back and highlight a couple of the posts that really stand out. The whole thing happens over the course of about a week or so.
We’re happy to have a phenomenal partner working with us on this particular Carnival. Charles Schwab Community Services got in touch with us when they heard about you guys because they hope to create positive change through financial education, philanthropy, and volunteerism. In light of the recent trip to Vegas a lot of our members were lucky enough to take, we thought it’d be fun to share thoughts on our pocketbooks! A bit of irony, yes!
Schwab Community Services is launching some pretty cool stuff this month, and they asked you to be a part of it. We agreed to work with Schwab because they were so adamant about making an impact and building something people love, with no product motivations at all. They aren’t selling anything. They focus on doing cool things, and helping as opposing to selling.
So here’s what they’re up to, and then we’ll get onto the Carnival (and cash prizes)…
A Check Up
They’ve got a new financial fitness check-up tool they’d like all of us to test drive, and have expressly asked for your feedback. They launched the tool this week, and your thoughts are going right to the team behind the product.
Check it out to quickly determine where you stand financially, and be sure to include your score in your Carnival post so we can all compare! If you think it’s useful, tweet about it and use #$friends hashtag!
Money Mondays
The second new feature they’re rolling out is Money Mondays, a campaign of weekly money tips directed at young adults. They’re hoping to produce useful content, answer relevant questions, and otherwise participate in the conversation around this stage of financial life. They’ve launched a twitter account, @schwabmoneywise, too, so go follow them if you’re interested.
So, on to the fun stuff! We’re throwing a Carnival, and you’re invited!
Carnival: Friends And Money #$friends
Topic: We figure you have a lot in common with your friends or you wouldn’t be so close, but your bank accounts may not necessarily share common balances. No one wants to miss out on a good time or be the only one without trendy jeans, but can you always afford it? What is the one thing you must splurge on and what could you do without? Or tell us about a time you were glad you tapped the ATM (or the time you wished you hadn’t).
How do your friends and others affect your choices regarding money?
How To Participate: Write a blog post about your take on the topic and mention your quiz score. Be creative! Be funny! Share your perspective with all of us, and we’ll collect all the posts to see what our peers are saying and thinking.
Submit: In order to submit your post and be considered for a prize, please drop us a link to your post for consideration. In order for your post to be considered for the carnival, it’s important that you avoid any discussion of specific investing strategies or tactics, or comments on individual stocks or other securities. Because we’re working with a financial institution, there are some regulatory requirements that obligate us to screen the posts to make sure they’re not inappropriate. Thanks for understanding.
Prizes: Charles Schwab has been generous enough to offer five lucky bloggers a cash prize for writing fun and innovative content! That’s right…five lucky bloggers will get $100 each, so get creative, heartfelt, or hilarious. You all have unique voices, so we’ll do our best to highlight a few that really stand out.
Submission Deadline: You need to drop a link to your post here by midnight on June 30th. We’ll announce winners within about a week. All submissions will be reviewed by a team of our 20SB Team members and representatives from Schwab, and we’ll be looking for originality, creativity, and compelling pieces.
Looking forward to everyone’s post! If’ you’re on twitter, use #$friends hashtag so we can find you!
If you have any questions at all, shoot us an email or find us on Twitter.
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