At the end of this post is an Excel spreadsheet that contains the brackets for the 2012 version of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (if you're wondering what I'm talking about, click here.) A few things to note about the competition:
- The games will begin on Monday, February 6 and new ones will be posted every other day through the initial round. Each set of games will be up at least a day and a half, but after that, I'll probably cut them off and name a winner. Some may go longer (especially those posted on Fridays), but not much longer than three days. I will send you an email shortly after your post goes up to remind you that you're in a game.
- The winner will be named in a comment left at the bottom of each post. I'll note that this set of games has now concluded and tell which posts won. If you need an example of what this looks like, look at my comment near the end of this post.
- The some of the included posts earned automatic bids since I judged them to be the best from 2011's Best of Money Carnival winners. That is why some blogs will have more than one post included -- these entries do NOT count against the one blog/one post limit (this is one major benefit of winning a weekly Best of Money Carnival competition.)
- If your post is in the competition, you are allowed to vote for yourself. Others will do it, you might as well too. But you can only vote once per game, just like everyone else.
- If your post is in the competition, you're allowed to ask your readers to vote for you. Again, others will do it, you might as well too. If you feel it's too promotional to ask people to vote for your post, you can simply point them to the competition and ask them to vote for the best post. ;-)
That's it for now. Good luck to all!
Thanks for organizing this fun annual event. Let the games begin!
Posted by: Kay Lynn @ Bucksome Boomer | February 02, 2012 at 09:44 AM
Gret stuff FMF. Thanks for including my post!
Posted by: Nick | February 02, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Are we supposed to talk trash? :) Haha! j/k
I'm a Pats fan in NYC and the trash talking around the office is consuming my life this week!
Posted by: Nick | February 02, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Should be another fun March Money Madness, looking forward to it!
Posted by: Tom Drake | February 02, 2012 at 10:43 AM
Will be exciting to see the competition. Thanks for including my post.
Posted by: Van Beek @ Stock Trend Investing | February 02, 2012 at 10:59 AM
It will be a huge accomplishment to beat the opponents in fats few rounds. All good inclusions. All the best competitors!
Posted by: SB @ One Cent At A Time | February 02, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Oops, I forgot to enter in time.. *sigh. Oh well, good luck to all who entered!
Posted by: Peter | February 02, 2012 at 01:07 PM
FMF, thanks for hosting this again.
Posted by: jim | February 02, 2012 at 04:47 PM
Looking forward to it!
@Nick, I'll trash talk with you if you'd like. ;-)
Posted by: Crystal | February 02, 2012 at 05:54 PM
Let's get ready to rummmmmmbbbble!
Posted by: Financial Samurai | February 02, 2012 at 08:29 PM
Great looking brackets; what a week for me to be occupied with school work, though... Ah, well, all the more reason to work harder to get in next year. (We'll have to do better at keeping track of this next year, Peter!)
Posted by: Roger the Amateur Financier | February 02, 2012 at 11:37 PM
Looks like a good mix of articles! Should be fun!
Posted by: Jacob @ My Personal Finance Journey | February 04, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Yes...thanks Sir!
Posted by: Neal | February 05, 2012 at 10:53 AM
This should be a lot of fun
Posted by: Roshawn @ Watson Inc | February 05, 2012 at 06:43 PM
Nice! It's a plan Crystal, although I had to eat a few words this morning at work after that Patriots Super Bowl fail last night...
Posted by: Nick | February 06, 2012 at 11:29 PM