Pocket of Money Podcast

About Pocket of Money Podcast

Making money and managing money are two separate skills. Dr. Maria James, The Money Scientist™ and successful guest entrepreneurs discuss creating a thriving business and establishing personal financial security. Don’t be a successful entrepreneurs whose personal finances aren’t great or the person who fails in business but is great with your personal finances. If you’re an entrepreneur, solopreneur, working a side hustle, or small business owner this is for you. Let’s talk about what it takes to be successful in business and build wealth.

Publisher

Pocket of Money Podcast

Category

business · education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Feb 2017

Latest episode

24 Mar 2021

Latest episodes

66 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Mar 2021

   POM065: Maximize Credit Card Rewards & Travel For Less with Lee Huffman

   After over a year of quarantine and as countries and places start to welcome more visitors, you may be starting to plan trips. You may already have a list of where you’re going to travel. You’ll definitely want to listen to this episode of the podcast where I speak with Lee Huffman of Bald Thoughts about tips to use credit card rewards to travel for less. Listen and subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pocket-of-money-podcast/id1209808150), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pocket-of-money-podcast), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4Oqsc1R2Tx7UfIWqTtusvn?si=2cqI9yW8RXe4rqsXejVw0w) Lee Huffman, Bald Thoughts I used to work in corporate finance for a regional bank in Los Angeles. When it was made clear that it was time to leave, I quit my $200,000 job and moved to Nashville. Now, I write travel and personal finance articles full time and host the weekly We Travel There with Lee Huffman podcast. I also freelance write for many popular websites, including Forbes, Investopedia, FinanceBuzz, NerdWallet, SlickDeals, and more. Bald Thoughts Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/baldthoughts/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/BaldThoughts) What You’ll Learn: In this episode, we discuss: * How to travel for cheap or low cost * How to use credit card miles and rewards to travel * How to prepare your credit to get the best credit card rewards * How to pick the best reward cards * How many credit cards you should have * A system to manage all your cards and rewards * How to find the best experiences and spots when traveling Resources Mentioned: * Cashbackmonitor.com (https://www.cashbackmonitor.com/) * annualcreditreport.com (https://www.annualcreditreport.com/) * Debitize (http://baldthoughts.com/debitize) * Award Wallet (http://baldthoughts.com/awardwallet) * We Travel There Podcast (https://wetravelthere.com/) * Bald Thoughts (https://baldthoughts.boardingarea.com/) * 7 Days to Your Dream Vacation (http://baldthoughts.com/free-email-course) Thanks for Listening If you have any comments or questions about this episode, leave a comment below. If you liked what you heard subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts and rate it. This helps the podcast show up for others.

2. 

   10 Mar 2021

   POM064: 10 Top Budgeting Mistakes and Questions Explained

   One of the main things that prevents people from consistently budgeting is how they perceive a budget. A budget is often looked that as a way to restrict spending or spend less money. However, a budget is simply a plan for your spending. The budget is a major piece of the plan to achieve financial goals. Is the plot of where your money should go in order to make progress with financial goals. Budgeting does take some practice to get it right and, in the beginning, as in when you start using a budget or trying to become consistent with using a budget, a lot of questions will come up. There will be different scenarios regarding life events or your savings or your debt are how to handle certain situations that will come up. That’s what I discuss in this episode: the top budgeting mistakes and questions that may be preventing you from successfully budgeting. Listen and subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pocket-of-money-podcast/id1209808150), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pocket-of-money-podcast), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4Oqsc1R2Tx7UfIWqTtusvn?si=2cqI9yW8RXe4rqsXejVw0w) Resources Mentioned: WISE Financial Fitness (https://wisefinancialfitness.com/joinwise/) WISE Financial Fitness is filled with personal finance and business courses, protocols, and resources to increase your financial fitness. You can be paired with a Junior or Senior Money Scientist to craft a comprehensive money strategy for your unique situation. WISE Budget Box (https://wisefinancialfitness.com/wise-budget-box/) The WISE Budget Box will help you Go from “I hate budgeting” to consistently planning, successfully budgeting, and saving money every month. In the box you’ll receive everything you need to implement the 90 day budgeting system including the wise budget planner, fun financial and goals stickers you can use in the planner, and saving and debt tracking sheets. You’ll also have continuous access to the WISE Financial Fitness online academy filled with courses, protocols, and digital resources. Just when you start to fall off, the WISE Budget Box will give you a motivational jolt and you’ll get the box in the mail filled with a new set of tools every 90 days. How I Decreased My Food Budget by 79% (https://pocketofmoney.com/decreased-food-budget-79/) I decreased my food budget by 79% and it didn’t have much to do with couponing. Food can be one of the more expensive categories in your monthly budget. It’s not a fixed expense, the amount is dependent on you. But that’s also the problem, the amount is dependent on you. Financial Planning Roadmap 2nd Ed (https://pocketofmoney.com/product/financial-planning-roadmap-2nd-edition-undated/) This financial planner helps you consistently budget (by month or paycheck), analyze your budget, and track and analyze side hustle earnings for profit. If you don’t like your financial situation, then change it. Thanks for Listening If you have any comments or questions about this episode, leave a comment below. If you liked what you heard subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts and rate it. This helps the podcast show up for others.

3. 

   16 Feb 2021

   POM063: 8 Tax Tips to Better Your Business and Personal Finances with Atiya Brown

   In this episode Atiya Brown, The Savvy Accountant shares: * the most common mistake new entrepreneurs make with finances * what documents entrepreneurs should track for taxes * the best tools to track items for business records * the most important items to track to avoid problems with taxes * personal finance tips for entrepreneurs * money management tips to better your credit the most important tip to get business credit Listen and subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pocket-of-money-podcast/id1209808150), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pocket-of-money-podcast), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4Oqsc1R2Tx7UfIWqTtusvn?si=2cqI9yW8RXe4rqsXejVw0w) Atiya Brown, The Savvy Accountant Atiya S. Brown aka The Savvy Accountant is a CPA, CA, and a Certified Financial Educator Instructor. She has over 15 years’ experience in the accounting/finance world. She attended The John Molson School of Business (JMSB) in Montreal, Canada for both undergrad and graduate studies. She finished in the top 5 of her graduating class before completing the Chartered Accountancy examination to become a CPA, CA. Atiya is the creator of The Savvy Accountant™ – where she specializes in helping small business owners maximize their financial position and position them for growth. She has a particular expertise within the real estate industry and is their go-to Accounting and Tax Advisor. Resources Mentioned: What Are The Money Rules? (https://www.whatarethemoneyrules.com/)by Rayna Brown This is a children’s money book written for children by a youth author. MileIQ (https://www.mileiq.com/)– mileage tracker Savvy Accountant (https://thesavvyaccountant.co/) – business website for Atiya Brown Live Financially Savvy (https://www.livefinanciallysavvy.com/)– personal finance website from Atiya Brown WISE Financial Fitness (https://wisefinancialfitness.com/joinwise/) WISE Financial Fitness is filled with personal finance and business courses, protocols, and resources to increase your financial fitness. You can be paired with a Junior or Senior Money Scientist to craft a comprehensive money strategy for your unique situation. Thanks for Listening If you have any comments or questions about this episode, leave a comment below. If you liked what you heard subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts and rate it. This helps the podcast show up for others.

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