Comments on: Review This Blog – Man vs Debt

By: Ines Grigg

Ines Grigg — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:38:46 +0000

Thanks so much for the promo code. I was able to get the promo to work, every little bit of savings helps out. I will take a look to see if you have any other promo codes.

By: Paypalbox

Paypalbox — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:35:43 +0000

Wow 125+ comment? that’s great.. congrats.. bro!!

By: abrablog

abrablog — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:55:26 +0000

thats really great blog. I hate debt.

By: Eugen Oprea

Eugen Oprea — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:59:04 +0000

Darren, I think a good idea to follow these monthly reviews is a post with the changes that each blogger implemented and worked.

Looking forward for your thoughts about this.

Regarding an improvement for Adam’s blog, if he wants more visitors to subscribe to the newsletter, then the subscribe sections needs to be more visible. When I am looking at the sidebar, all my attention is got by the RSS and Twitter calls to action.

Have a look around and get some inspiration from other websites. Look at ProBlogger. Darren added there a nice “Subscribe” button, which calls to subscribe.

By: Paul Sabaj

Paul Sabaj — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:17:42 +0000

I love the site and the articles. I do feel that the site needs to define the niche a little more as this would have more for the under fourty crowd.
The content was great and the amount of posts. Love all the feedback on this site. Thnaks

By: ZK @ Web Marketing Blog

ZK @ Web Marketing Blog — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:40:37 +0000

When we click on twitter at your page its open in same window hence we landed in twitter and lost to your page, it should open in new window. So that reader do not have to type or do anything extra to be in your page.

Good to see that you use Thesis, these people offering $30 discount – http://www.thesisdiscounts.com/

Like your tagline – Get out of debt … Get into life.

Rating – 6.5/10

By: Trevorlawrence

Trevorlawrence — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:20:08 +0000

Nice blog, a thorough insight! America’s exploding debt is a ticking time-bomb. No one can say for sure what might trigger a crisis and when the bomb might explode, but this much is for sure: America’s current level of borrowing is unsustainable.

America’s debt crisis is reflected both in our exploding national debt and our astounding level of borrowing from foreigners, as measured in the current account trade deficit. Every day we fail to address these problems, we increase the chances that the country will be facing an economic crisis of major proportions.

By: John Bardos - JetSetCitizen

John Bardos - JetSetCitizen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:52:22 +0000

Adam is doing a fantastic job. He is proof that hard work and talent are an unstoppable force.

Making money from a blog like this will likely require huge traffic and Adam is well on his way here. I don’t know if there would be a big market for ebooks and a membership site, but they might help with a little extra revenue.

I would probably focus on affiliate programs for credit cards, online financial sites, stock trading, etc. Provide honest evaluations and detailed how to information and he will likely start earning a solid income.

By: Fred de ConseilsMarketing.fr

Fred de ConseilsMarketing.fr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:59:45 +0000

Hi,

Here is some advices :

- Change the font of the blog : Times new roman is less easy to read and uglier. Try Tahoma or Arial.

- Explain what is “The Milicia”, I thought it was an ad for a game !!! For exemple “The Against Debt Militia”, ” Join the Anti-Debt Cause”…

- The picture of the “The Milicia” is not nice. You should by a good picture from DreamStime, Fotolia (less than 1 ¤).

- Put 1st the Newsletter subcribing, the RSS are fun and usufull, but it is the emailing list that will give you money.

- Cut half the size of your heading picture, it is too much size.

- Put a “Read More” to read more about the post, thanks to that you will show more article on home page (right now you have to scroll long long time).

- Vary your pictures and themes : having 2 times on home page Comics Superhero made me thought that it was a comic book Blog !!

- Put on your sidebar more social networks, such as Facebook

- Feature others ebook ads in your home page to earn money throught affiliation

- Add your own Twitter timeline in the sidebar to show people that it is worth to follow on twitter (not just jour blog post)

- Add some ads in the heading of you articles when you open them full (after read more).

- Work on your footer : add the services you are selling (teaching, contacts…).

- Propose consulting to help people to free their debts trough a form on the side bar.

- Put on your sidebar (you have plenty of white space) a selection of tool to free your debts : books, services…

- Put some affilation links on you tweets

- Propose to company to advert on your blog (put this in the footer).

- …

Good luck :D

By: Char (PSI Tutor:Mentor)

Char (PSI Tutor:Mentor) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:12 +0000

I like your site~ the homepage is clean and simple, your header is light and sunshiny, and full of smiles. Your logo is cool, v creative me thought. And I like your writing voice, your conversational and witty. luck you ~:-)

Myself will not be signing up to your newsletter due the pro-war title. However, I will be recommending your blog to newbies I meet who are not familiar with what a blog is.

By: Living with Balls

Living with Balls — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:47 +0000

I would just post a teaser on the mainpage rather than posting the entire article. You probably lose out on pageviews because no one is scrolling down all the way to the bottom to see your other posts.

By: Galvahaha

Galvahaha — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:44:18 +0000

The advice I would give Adam is to continue to keep providing quality content to his readers and don’t worry so much about the monetization of his blog, the money will come if he continues to add value to them. I will also recommend to him that he reach out to some other bloggers in his industry by doing a few guest posts for them because that will help him capture a new audience and also establish a relationship with other bloggers within his industry.

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:26:50 +0000

I envy Baker. He’s made some wonderful strides with Man Vs. Debt, his life in traveling, Man Vs. Fat, etc… I have no doubt you will go much farther in your successes.

I love the transparency of the blog. I love that Courtney is going to start taking a part in Man Vs. Debt. I love the layout of your blog. I understand the Militia. I have no constructive critism to offer. It’s great! You write great! Keep it going. :)

By: pochp

pochp — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:27 +0000

Here’s my two cents worth Darren:

I think his header photo should be edited –it’s blurred while it’s so easy to edit pics. It doesn’t even blend with the Militia invite.

His site is too glaring or bright –tiring to eyes.

Since his stats are still low, I think he shouldn’t display it.

I don’t like giving criticism, constructive or not, to people I don’t personally know, Darren. So I request that you don’t relay my critique to Man vs Debt.
Despite my criticism, my praise for Adam’s helpful site tops it all.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:04 +0000

I have to agree with the squeeze page for joining the militia. If you could condense the opt-in page so it’s easier to digest without scrolling down so far, it may be easier for people to understand and join.

I’m a visual person and like pictures and examples. Your header brings your personality and life to the site, even before a new visitor scrolls down to see what else is there. It sets the stage for what’s next. I’d leave it.

Ken

By: Mike Stenger

Mike Stenger — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:32:53 +0000

Wow…to be honest, I’m actually having a hard time coming up with advice for Adam’s blog! Very impressed Adam, love the concept and you really are delivering some great, valuable information. The first step in doing anything, whether it’s online or offline, is spreading value and you’re doing a good job of that.

Now, you said you wanted to continue to find ways to encourage people to comment. This is only optional but adding a commenting system such as Disqus could make it far more inviting to comment.

Obviously that’s very optional as there are many popular blogs without it. Disqus just has a lot more functionality and some cool things built in.

Nonetheless, good luck with everything dude and keep killing it!

Oh, and I find it funny that the guy who hosts Man vs. Food on the Travel channel, his name is Adam as well :-)

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:17:17 +0000

This site kept me up all night, I loved reading Baker, but as a businessman, he is missing so much…

OK so you dont want to spam your readers with ads… I can understand that part… I actually think it is cool that you dont…

BUT people know you need to survive, sign up for paypal, and be as honest as you always are…. and put a donate button with a little text between google and your ways to connect…

I like your idea, I love your writting ability, I have never donated to a site like yours, but I got to be honest I looked for a button to throw you a few bucks, as I respected reading without the distractions of ads all over…

I got alot out of your site, I looked at your list of stuff, and said damn am spoiled rotten, I have 3 motorcycles, 2 cars, and Lord only knows how many pens….

Also you dont want to SPAM your site, how about a few product reviews as post with links for your aff code, under a seperate category, PRODUCTS I USE… dude your sign up rate would rock…

As for the design of the site… I would get rid of the full post front page… make them click in a level to see more, get them use to digging for the information… also as a reader I tried to skip a posting and it was very difficult to skip XMEN which was hard for me to relate to…

I wish you luck you inspire me to get my butt in gear….

John

By: apol

apol — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:17 +0000

You did a wonderful job in your blog Adam. I guess what you did and all the designs on it were pretty great, that’s why you grow a lot of subscribers on it including me. Also i feel like you’re a good person, the way you write and construct the words in your blog. No wonder it is a big hit in just seven months time, incredible.

By: Trevorlawrence

Trevorlawrence — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:55:42 +0000

Great Blog Adam! I don’t have much experience here, but I understand that often times, high interest credit cards and other unsecured loans can have their interest rates reduced by negotiating with the companies.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:18 +0000

The only 2 things I can suggest when having a quick look is to maybe add a more descriptive home page title and change your post titles so they stand out more so either bigger font or different link colour as your articles are quite long so when quickly scrolling down the page it is hard to see where a new post begins.