Monty Loree: That's good to know. Basically what I'll do is I'll take those links and I make sure I add them to my post when I write about this.
Barbara Klare: Sure, no problem.
Monty Loree: So I want other people to know about those as well.
Barbara Klare: Because there's a lot of blogs out there and a lot of them are very prominent or, like you said, well-monetized or prominent or whatever. But these are three kind of regular people and it's really interesting watching their progress.
Monty Loree: Well there's some people that lean towards the SEO side of things and there's the people that actually write personally about their experience.
Barbara Klare: This is kind of like my People magazine version and I really like to see these personal stories. For me it's just really inspiring.
Monty Loree: Yes, exactly. What are some of your favorite personal finance products or services, websites? Like what kind of personal financing would you recommend for saving or investing?
Barbara Klare: I have two right now that I feel really good about talking about. The first one's billshrink.com and actually the two I'm going to talk about are both based out of the area and I've actually talked to the CEOs of both of these companies I'm going to mention. The second one I'm going to mention is lendingclub.com. So Billshrink - when I first saw them and started working with them, they were just comparing and helping you save money on your wireless bill and your gasoline usage. They now have credit card comparison and savings and CD rates comparison. But the reason why I like them is it's not just a comparison site. They have really done the back-end decision engine work that makes their recommendations be very, very personalized. So I think a common thing I found in personal finance is people say, “Oh I'm paying $200.00 for my cell bill. I really should look into that.” Then they don't because it's work and they don't want to call their cell phone provider and go through the whole thing. So really, very quickly you can go to Billshrink and enter your number and enter some usage numbers and guide you through. I found myself going through the process of trying to figure out my cell bill and what I should be saving on it. Much simpler using Billshrink.
