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?
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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