Plutus Awards Podcast
You will be inspired by these stories. Hear from the top financial authors, podcasters, video creators, and speakers. What are the secrets of their success? This podcast is for the independent financial media. Bloggers, writers, podcasters, and more will hear from the best of the best. The Plutus Awards Podcast is hosted by Sarah Li Cain (Beyond the Dollar) with assistance from Plutus Awards founder Harlan Landes and long-time Plutus Awards volunteer Miranda Marquit. In each episode, Sarah or a guest host speaks to content creators, entrepreneurs, Plutus Award winners, and your idols in the financial media. For more about the Plutus Awards, visit plutusawards.com.
Episodes
In today's episode, Dr. Derricka Harwell shares how early success without the right systems and people in place can be costly.
She tells what she learned, how she figured out what didn't work, and the successful decisions she made the second time around.
https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/derricka-harwell-haste/
We can build courses and do webinars, but these actions don't guarantee success.
Adrienne Taylor speaks with Michelle Jackson about the need to be authentic and vulnerable with our audiences and the importance of seeing people and not just sales.
https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/adrienne-taylor-wells-purposelessness/
Notes and summary from this episode
Adrienne-I’m the founder of Tailored Wealth Saver and our goal is to ...
It is hard to know what areas to focus on when building your brand. One thing is clear, you can not do everything! Felicia Gopaul shares with Michelle Jackson how trying to do everything hurt her brand and what focuses allowed her business began to thrive.
https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/felicia-gopaul-misalignment/
Felicia-It’s funny, we talked about how we mak...
When you are unclear and confused about the direction of your business, others will be too. Terri Huggins-Hart and Michelle Jackson discuss clarity and intentions in business and how ownership develops in a freelance career.
Show notes: https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/terri-huggins-hart-vagueness/
Marcia Armstrong joins us to talk about the sin of inconsistency. Marcia shares how too many zero revenue months forced her to look at her business and the steps she took to turn things around in a little over 30 days.
https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/marcia-armstrong-inconsistencty/
Fear and perfectionism are the constant enemies of a creator.
Today, Michelle Jackson speaks with Amanda Page about how creators can overcome these obstacles and take risks in developing projects that may feel out of reach for them.
For more information, visit the show notes at https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/amanda-page-perfectionism
For more information, visit the show notes at https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/rahkim-sabree-hubris
Welcome to Series 6 of the Plutus Awards Podcast hosted by Michelle Jackson. Our community is filled with hundreds of stories from creators and entrepreneurs just like you. And through this show we share these stories of challenges and successes from bloggers to podcasters, from writers, speakers, and more.
In this season we talk ...
Welcome to Series 6 of the Plutus Awards Podcast hosted by Michelle Jackson. Our community is filled with hundreds of stories from creators and entrepreneurs just like you. And through this show we share these stories of challenges and successes from bloggers to podcasters, from writers, speakers, and more.
In this season we talk about a somewhat taboo topic — the deadly sins that personal finance (and other content creators) can m...
For more information, visit the show notes at https://plutusfoundation.org/2022/natasha-scott-omission
Welcome to season 2 of the Plutus Awards Podcast hosted by Michelle Jackson. Our community is filled with hundreds of stories from creators and entrepreneurs just like you. And through this show we share these stories of challenges and successes from bloggers to podcasters from writers, speakers and more.
In this season we talk about a somewhat taboo topic-t...
In the first episode of this season I spoke with Harlan Landes, founder of the Plutus Awards, Plutus Foundation and Plutus Voices events. It’s a great conversation about the evolution of the Plutus ecosystem and what motivates Harlan to do the work that he does.
The main question that the Plutus Foundation will be exploring this season is the tension that content creators in the personal finance space feel when deciding whether or ...
Rachel Hernandez is known as The Mobile Home Gurl. Rachel talks about listening to what your audience tells you they want, leaning into your authority and how making mistakes helps content creators find the right products and services for their brand.
- Rachel Hernandez- Who started her project in 2007 and currently runs Adventures in Mobile Homes
- How has creating content online changed since 2007?
- Focus was on blogging, wr...
Patrina Dixon is the It’s My Money Lady. We talk about the impact that COVID had on her business and the unexpected opportunities for growth that occurred from pivots that she had to make during that time. We discussed why she loves affiliate marketing what it is and what isn’t and how her community guides her business decisions.
- Patrina Dixon-It’s My Money Lady she teaches people how to live better lives through understanding...
Joseph Hogue is creator of the Let’s Talk Money YouTube Channel with over 500,000 subscribers.
We talk about candidly wanting to earn money as an online creator, letting go of projects that aren’t serving you well and the important questions that multi-passionate content creators need to ask themselves in order for their projects to grow.
- Equity analyst background-private wealth management and in 2013 decided to start an onlin...
Angela and Regina are co-founders of Women’s Personal Finance, a massive community that is a safe space for women to talk about all aspects of how money shows up in women’s lives.
We talk about monetizing a community like this one, the purpose it serves and being able to lean deeper into the brand mission through intentional monetization.
Jillian Johnsrud is the author of Fire the Haters, a book that isn’t about the FIRE movement, but is all about creating content online and the challenges that may impact your brand. We talk about how different seasons of life influence her business, the pushback on content creators positioned in the FIRE space aren’t they allowed to make money too? And why Jillian has decided not to attend any events in 2022
- Jillian writes and...
Today's guests are Julien and Kiersten Saunders of Rich and Regular. We talk about the importance of knowing how to talk to your audience vs. at your audience. How they decided on a monetization strategy that allowed them to stay out of the pockets of the community that they serve with their content and the goals that they have for their upcoming book. Julien and Kiersten Saunders introduce themselves “Rich and Regular” and their u...
Can your business succeed if making money isn’t its guiding factor? Perhaps in the most successful businesses, creating monetary value isn’t the primary objective -- or, at least, owners have another purpose in mind.
In this episode, Sarah Li Cain has a candid conversation with J.D. Roth, founder of Get Rich Slowly. J.D. di...
Success is not necessarily defined by how much money you make or how many subscribers you have. You can create your own vision of success, and your metrics may be unique to you. It helps to know what’s within your control and what’s beyond your control, and define your success accordingly.
In this episode, Sarah Li Cain speaks with Candice Latham, brand business...
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