Personal Finance By The Book

Twitter: @PFbythebook

As Janice and I raised our four children, we thought we were doing all right, but we weren’t . We bought new cars we couldn’t afford. We used credit cards regularly and were constantly telling each other, “We need to get this thing paid down.” Then, a few years ago, I started listening to Dave Ramsey on the radio. His simple, hard hitting message struck a chord in me. I went home and told Janice about this guy who has the gall to tell people to grow up, sacrifice and get out of debt.

THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER

We read his book, “The Total Money Makeover” and we were hooked. We made a budget and got serious about attacking our debts. We sold an expensive car and bought a less expensive car. We even paid off our house! I started hosting Financial Peace classes at our church and was amazed at the interest in our church and community. We were seeing dozens of people get out of debt and get control of their money. I knew that God had more plans for me. What if I could help lots of people with their finances?

STARTING A BUSINESS

It was time for me to get certified to do financial counseling and open my own business. I started Plemon Financial Coaching in the fall of 2006 and have loved meeting and helping dozens of people. Some are deeply in debt and some are quite wealthy. But all had one thing in common: they did not have a plan. By learning their short term and long term fiancial goals, I help them develop a biblically based plan to achieve those goals. In fact, my Mission Statment reads, “I promise to give others hope by helping them meet their financial goals through the use of biblical principles.”

TIME FOR A BLOG

I have learned much about personal finance during these past few years and as I have been learning I have been writing. My financial coaching experience gives me plenty of real life scenarios that readers relate to. I have been the Money Columnist for the Southern Illinoisan newspaper (circulation 30,000) since October, 2007. I also write a weekly column for my home town weekly newspaper. Friends and readers have encouraged me to start a blog, so “Personal Finance by the Book” seems to be a natural progression for me.

NOT ABOUT ME

But this endeavor is not about me. It is about you. I want to be your consumer advocate. I want to give you good reasons to do the right things with your finances. I plan to be open and transparent about my own journey and how it dovetails with biblical principles and your own journey. I covet your input. If you disagree with ANYTHING I write, please speak up. And if I get something right, I appreciate your taking the time to let me know.

I thank you for joining me on this journey. I sincerely wish to be a source of hope and encouragement for you. I want to help you win at money and life.

 

Stats Summary+/-

Personal Finance By The Book has a Wise Score of  50.48, which ranks it #319 among personal finance blogs.

Wise Score is an average of six statistics: MozRank, Number of Links to Domain, Klout Score, Twitter Followers, Alexa Rank, and Compete Rank. A Wise Score of 90 means the blog is better than 90% of its peers "on average". Learn more.

Date  Rank  Wise Score  MozRank  Linking
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Followers
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Likes
2017-7-2731950.485.352,29739.081,2482,231,0000
2017-7-2731950.485.352,29739.081,2482,231,0000
2017-7-2731950.485.352,29739.081,2482,231,0000
2017-7-2731950.485.352,29739.081,2482,231,0000
2017-7-2731950.485.352,29739.081,2482,231,0000
 

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Twitter+/-

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personal finance enthusiast and financial coach, new blogger, columnist, Dave Ramsey Fan, Christian, Love to help people get out of debt
Tweeting since 4 July 2009 (14 years 38 weeks)

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Social Media Reach & Influence (by Klout)+/-

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Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Klout Score39.08The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @PFbythebook's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach12True Reach is the size of @PFbythebook's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @PFbythebook actually influences.
Network Score1.230-100 rating of the influence level of @PFbythebook's engaged audience.
Amplification Score2.00 0-100 score of the likelihood that @PFbythebook's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.
Klout Description of @PFbythebook
@PFbythebook is effectively using social media to influence their network across a variety of topics
Klout Classification of @PFbythebook
Networker You know how to connect to the right people and share what's important to your audience. You generously share your network to help your followers. You have a high level of engagement and an influential audience.
Influential Topics Influenced By Influencer Of
  • Personal Finance
  • Debt
  • Finance
  • Retirement
  • Money
 

Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Majestic SEO

Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Referring Domains7,103Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains4Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs3,790Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks316,180Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs16,645Number of URLs for given item type present in index - these are NOT backlinks, but rather URLs belonging to given domain or subdomain: this metric is useful as an indication of domain content size.