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Home > Personal > My Radio Interview With Gerri Detweiler

My Radio Interview With Gerri Detweiler

By Grayson Bell on December 20 5

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My Radio InterviewLast month, I was lucky enough to be asked onto a radio program to share my story.  You know the one I am talking about, right?  There should be no surprise to my regular readers that I have a debt story.  I have shared it here many, many times and there are quite a few of you that can relate.  If you want more background, you can read my first post on Debt Roundup.  You can also read how I paid off all of my credit card debt.  There was nothing easy about the process, but I feel much better now that I have no credit card debt.

Ok, enough about my back-story.  After I posted how I got out of credit card debt, I started to get contacted by people and organizations that wanted to share my story.  Why would they want to share my story?  I don’t really know.  Maybe because I didn’t get into debt the normal way. I ran a successful online electronics company for four years.  I was selling over $1 million worth of inventory a year.  It was awesome, except for the part about it affecting my health and relationship.  So, four years after starting the business, I shut it down.  You can read the whole explanation about why I did it.

Enter Gerri

One day I was contacted by Gerri Detweiler.  I have seen her around before and knew of her name.  She is the Director of Consumer Education for Credit.com.  She is also the host of Talk Credit Radio, plus an accomplished book author.  As a small blog owner, I was excited to have someone with such klout contact me.  I spoke with Gerri for a bit and she asked if I wanted to share my story on her radio show.  I have never done a radio interview before.  I have done some email interviews, but this one was a live show.  Being that I don’t back down from challenges easily, I said sure!

The Interview

My interview with Gerri was actually last month.  It was about a 15-minute segment where I spoke about my story and how I paid off my debt. I also got to give some advice to her readers about how they can get out of debt.  I thought it went well.  I started this blog to share my story, but more importantly, I wanted to help others.  Not only do I want to show people that getting out of debt is possible, I also want to show them how they can start growing their wealth.  You can’t just stop at paying off your debt, you have to switch to growing your wealth.

As I shared  my story, I told Gerri about my debt/savings allocation method.  It is what I used to pay off my debt and save at the same time.  It doesn’t work for everyone, but I know that I have spoken with quite a few people that have actually put my method into practice and it is working for them.  When Gerri heard it, she asked me what I would call it.  The problem is that I have no idea. I would love to create a name for it, but nothing is coming to me.

So, here is where I am going to ask my readers.  What would you call this method?  It is completely different than the snowball and avalanche.  Those are actually debt repayment methods.  My method is about paying down debt and saving at the same time.  I was thinking “Debt Switch”, maybe?  The purpose of the method is to flip people from a spending mentality to a savings mentality.

I would appreciate any ideas that you can come up with.  Anyway, I want to thank Gerri for reaching out to me and allowing me to be on her radio show.  I really enjoyed it.  If you want to listen, you can just use the player below. If that doesn’t work, you can just stream it online.

http://gdetweiler.audioacrobat.com/download/TCR-small-business-debt-Bell.mp3

What do you think about the interview?  Do you think it went well?  I hope you all have a great weekend and if you are about to travel for the holiday, stay safe!

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About Grayson Bell

I'm a business owner, blogger, father, and husband. I used credit cards too much and found myself in over $75,000 in debt ($50,000 in just credit cards). I paid it off, started this blog, and my financial life has changed. I now talk about fighting debt and growing wealth here. I run a WordPress support company to help business owners and bloggers who use WordPress get around tech challenges.

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  1. AvatarMatt Becker says

    December 20 at 8:59 am

    Nice Grayson! No creative titles come readily to mind, but I’ll let you know if I think of one. I do like the balanced approach a lot though and hope your message spreads.

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  2. AvatarLaurie @thefrugalfafmer says

    December 20 at 9:37 am

    Grayson, you did a terrific job!! You sounds professional and helpful, yet personable and friendly too. Great work! I think you should simply call it the debt/savings allocation method, like you did in the post here. Thanks to you, we’re using the same method, and loving it. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  3. AvatarJohn S @ Frugal Rules says

    December 20 at 10:06 am

    Very cool interview Grayson! I love the approach towards working down the debt as well as saving at the same time as I think it can make it easier to make that transition once the debt is gone.

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  4. AvatarAnthony @ Thrifty Dad says

    December 20 at 1:21 pm

    Very well done on the radio interview! Can’t believe this was your first. Love it! Looking forward to hear more of these from you. I must’ve missed your post earlier this year on the debt/savings split. Great idea!

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  5. AvatarGirl Meets Debt says

    December 20 at 1:31 pm

    Great interview Grayson! You made personal finance sound very “real” and “doable” and I think that’s awesome. ๐Ÿ™‚

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