Best money saving blogs – Kochie vs Penina

It’s nice to get my name up in lights in the best money saving blogs category. I’d like to thank creditcard.com.au for their fabulous story entitled: If Finance Blogs Were Movies. I was impressed. Not only was I chuffed with the angle they took on this one, but I was also smitten by the caricatures of all us finance bloggers.

Here’s a snippet of my blog battle with Kochie

The following first appeared here: Creditcard.com.au

The Top Australian Finance Blogs Reviewed

Everybody loves movies, but not everybody loves enough of the helpful info that personal finance blogs provide. It’s understandable, we’re sure thinking about paying the bills doesn’t exactly give you that warm fuzzy feeling you get at the end of The Wizard of Oz, or the sense of satisfaction you feel when you realise Batman set the controls to Auto Pilot before flying the bomb out over the ocean.

So, to get more non-financial types reading more helpful finance blogs we decided it would be fun to think about what movies different finance blogs would be if they were ever developed into blockbusters (or old classics). It’s a different way of looking at it – and we hope you find it at least a bit entertaining!

We also only want you to be reading the blogs which you will actually find useful, especially if you’re new to the world of finance. That’s why each of the six blogs reviewed below has been given a Hollywood Star rating out of five.

Best Money Saving Blogs

David Koch: The Kochie Blog

Rating:

4 1/2 Hollywood Stars. The only reason we took half a Hollywood Star off this blog is because it might be hard to hear back from Kochie himself if you actually do write in – but only because he’s so busy and popular!

Who’s behind it?

One of the 50 most recognised (sometimes described as trusted too) Australian TV personalities; former business journalist, self-confessed economics nerd and Sunrise morning television co-presenter David Koch.

What does it cover?

Some sections are larger than others, but all are pretty well written, the advice is clear and easy to understand, and has the air of someone who knows what he’s talking about, which is what the world sorely needs when it comes to personal finance – and which of course Kochie does! What does it cover? The Kochie Blog covers everything from finance for the home, investments, tax advice and the stock market to opinion pieces, plugs for the latest Kochie book, inspirational people and role models and kids’ money advice. It also links to his Business Builders blog, where he has advice tailor-made for those who own their own business.

What movie would the Kochie Blog be?

Reading Kochie’s blog can make you feel like the people on the streets of New York must have felt when they saw Iron Man flying overhead towards the end of the Avengers, or when Spiderman comes swooping down and scoops up the falling taxi with MJ locked inside in his web. One minute the news is chaos and financial doom and gloom, but when you’ve read about it from Kochie’s perspective, you feel as safe as houses all over again and ready to take back control of your financial future. Because of that we’ve chosen The Avengers as the movie that most closely resembles the Kochie Blog. It’s all encompassing, and represents team work.

Best Money Saving Blogs

Penina Petersen: The Savings Room

Rating:

4 Hollywood Stars. This is a really useful, quirky resource, but it’s worked out that good advice often doesn’t come for free so charges for the best content. (Note: Not anymore – it’s all FREE!)

Who’s behind it?

Australian women with a penchant for fifties style distressed housewife pictures that make budgeting look like a funky retro home wares store

What does it cover?

This site is run very professionally, and has a number of excellent resources, but you have to pay a membership to subscribe and get to use them. There are samples of newsletter articles and resources, to give you a taste, and it looks to be mostly tips for saving money on shopping and cooking, and as mentioned a lot of helpful looking budget spread sheet links for members. We have to hand it to this site for providing the odd non-related but really useful article too, with video posts and titles such as ‘Top 10 party tips for avoiding a hangover’ thrown into the mix. This is the kind of site members would be spending a long time on! It mixes entertaining articles with the info you need to know and does a nice job of it.

What movie would The Savings Room be?

This site is the kind of modern, quirky and fun place you’d actually like to escape to on a boring Saturday afternoon or when it was raining outside. The odd-ball graphics, bold colours and text and bizarre Savings Room Jingle make us feel like we’re watching something along the lines of Scott Pilgrim vs The World, and the level of creativity is about equal too.

Best money saving blogs – Final words

Oh. Here’s that jingle if you haven’t heard it!

Makes me just wanna dance a little jiggy…

Thanks again creditcard.com.au for your take on this one. Nice work. Damn. Kochie beat me by half a star but then – he is famous.

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