“Poorer than You” is a blog geared to advising college-aged, or recent college gradates, about how to live a frugal life style and start making money.  The blog, which is kept by Stephanie, is filled with ways to cut back spending such as one’s social spending, or entertainment spending, while also providing tips for ways to make a few extra bucks here and there or plan-ahead saving.

 

In general, I would say the blog does not keep fantastic traditional ethics.  Many of the postings are personal accounts the weave in good advice for readers, or just personal stories.  She does, however, do a good job at integrating something with news value into each of her blogs, which make most postings useful to read.  She does not simply keep a personal diary.

 

However, her stories are not entirely well-researched, nor does she contact primary sources to tell her stories.  Still, the blog is captivating because she is a good writer and stays on topic.

 

I like the style of the page, and especially like that there is a green strip down the side which is a bit symbolic of money and investing.  I also like the blog is professionally kept.  She updates frequently, she has RSS feeds, links to other money-advice sides, and offers Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites of hers to follow.

 

She also has maintained a concentrated audience and provides information that people would want to know about. Her blog definitely fills a niche market.

 

Anyone could do it.  A small advice blog for college-aged folks wanting to make money.  I could do it. But she already did it.