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Today on Dough Roller, we are talking with Harlan Landes! Harlan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Plutus Foundation, which provides resources and grant money to assist the independent financial media to create, develop, and administer programs that enhance financial literacy, education, and empowerment. He also ran one of the first personal finance blogs, Consumerism Commentary. In this episode, we talk about Harlan's financial journey from losing everything, to creating a foundation that deals in millions of dollars a year. We'll also hear about Harlan's saving and investing methods. Calls to Action: Follow Dough Roller on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dough-roller/ Follow Dough Roller on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doughrollermoney/ Follow Dough Roller on Twitter: https://twitter.com/doughroller Check out the Dough Roller website and blog: https://www.doughroller.net/ Timestamps: 00:00- Introducing Harlan Landes 01:52- Harlan's first blog Consumerism Commentary 09:37- How Consumerism Commentary became a business 19:53- Harlan's next move after selling Consumerism Commentary 32:21- How and why Harlan founded The Plutus Foundation 37:10- Harlan's next projects 39:00- Where to keep up with Harlan Mentioned in the Episode: Plutus Foundation - https://plutusfoundation.org/ Harlan's Twitter - https://twitter.com/harlanlandes
Harlan shares his journey to financial literacy and how he now supports financial literacy in our communities through the Plutus Foundation. Take away: Be careful who you get your financial advice from and what their motives are. Action step: Find the right financial channel for you. Money Learnings: Harlan grew up a happy, nerdy kid. There was no talk about money. Bio: Harlan Landes is the founder and executive director of the Plutus Foundation, which he founded in 2015 to provide resources and grant money to assist the independent financial media to create, develop, and administer programs that enhance financial literacy, education, and empowerment In 2003, He founded one of the first independent personal finance blogs, Consumerism Commentary, to hold himself accountable for his own financial decisions, which helped launch an extensive community of publishers working to develop their own materials online, focusing on topics like budgeting, investing, and wise financial decision-making. Harlan also created the Plutus Awards to highlight independent financial publishers and to acknowledge and celebrate financial blogs, books, websites, podcasts, and videos. Harlan’s articles and other media have appeared in U.S. News & World Report, PC World, Yahoo Finance, and other publications and corporate presentations. Outside of financial media, Harlan is the executive director of the Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps. Highlights from this episode: Link to episode page Harlan starts off upside down financially. Why he started the blog. The reason we struggle with money. How to discern which information is best. The money behind internet marketing. Understanding media literacy. What's your plan for life? The line between balance and excellence. @harlanlandes @PlutusAwards https://www.facebook.com/plutusawards/ http://www.plutusfoundation.org https://www.plutusvoices.com/ Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let’s talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let’s figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It’s about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro-appointment-15-minutes If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ rocky@richersoul.com Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.
Consumerism Commentary was a site originally created and run up Plutus Founder, Harlan Landes. Consumerism Commentary was one of the very first personal finance websites to be founded and turned into a business. Throughout its lifetime, the blog’s mission has been to develop financially literate, capable, and successful human beings by sharing educational, entertaining, and … Continue reading Consumerism Commentary With Harlan Landes
Harlan Landes started Consumerism Commentary under the moniker Flexo in 2003. It grew to become a multi-million dollar blog, which he sold. The sum he collected allows him the Flexobility to volunteer and create passion projects like the Plutus Foundation and develop his next new business, Adulting.tv.
Thank you for reading this article, which comes to you originally from Personal Profitability.This week we have a special episode recorded live at FinCon in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am excited to welcome superstar guests Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income and Harlan Luke Landes from Consumerism Commentary. My good friend and former guest Jeff Fruhwirth from Sustainable Life Blog joined us as we talked business, budgeting, social media, […] The post PPP019: Expert Money and Entrepreneurship Tips Live from FinCon appeared first on Personal Profitability.
Thank you for reading this article, which comes to you originally from Personal Profitability. This week we have a special episode recorded live at FinCon in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am excited to welcome superstar guests Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income and Harlan Luke Landes from Consumerism Commentary. My good friend and former guest Jeff Fruhwirth from Sustainable Life Blog joined us as we talked business, budgeting, social media, […] The post PPP019: Expert Money and Entrepreneurship Tips Live from FinCon appeared first on Personal Profitability.
Thank you for reading this article, which comes to you originally from Personal Profitability.This week we have a special episode recorded live at FinCon in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am excited to welcome superstar guests Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income and Harlan Luke Landes from Consumerism Commentary. My good friend and former guest Jeff Fruhwirth from Sustainable Life Blog joined us as we talked business, budgeting, social media, […] The post PPP019: Expert Money and Entrepreneurship Tips Live from FinCon appeared first on Personal Profitability.
Today on the show we have, whom I think is a true leader in the financial education space. He is one of the first personal finance bloggers to really take the stage in a big way in the early 2000's before financial blogging was really a thing. Similar to J.D Roth who has been on the show, who is the founder of Get Rich Slowly, a very popular personal finance site. We have on the show today H. Luke Landes, or Luke. He's the founder of Consumerism Commentary, you may have heard of it, one of the first independent personal finance blogs. And on it, Luke held himself accountable for his own financial decisions. He had quite a journey to financial independence. The website became one of the most popular to provide basic financial guidance to, particularly young people, focusing on education, awareness, and decision making. Luke also had an accompanying podcast on which he's interviewed me several times and so I'm happy now to have him on my show and put him in the hot seat. Luke is also the founder of the Plutus Awards, a way to highlight independent financial publishers. I actually took home the Plutus Award last for Best Personal Finance Book when I published "When She Makes More". So I'm deeply grateful to Luke and to all those involved in the awards for that honor. And speaking of Plutus, Luke is also the founder, the new founder of Plutus Foundation, a community foundation with a mission to provide opportunities for the financial media community to support programs that enhance the financial capability and well-being of citizens of the world. What a mission! For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.
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Luke Landes is most well known for building Consumerism Commentary, one of the grandfathers of personal finance blogs, into a business that was acquired for seven figures by Quinstreet in 2011. What isn’t as obvious is that Luke raised the profile of Consumerism Commentary by being an active member of the community. In addition to […] The post MBP #19: The Brilliant Strategy Used to Lift Consumerism Commentary to 7-Figures appeared first on Microblogger.