// Projects
A list of current and past projects:
Budgets Are Sexy // BudgetsAreSexy.com // 2008 – present
“A personal finance blog that won’t put you to sleep.”
- Over 20,000,000 views
- Winner of 11 industry awards
- 35,000 Twitter followers, 15,000 FB Fans, 25,000 email subscribers
- Featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, Huffington Post, L.A. Times, Kiplinger, MSN, U.S. News & World Report, Business Insider and more
- Incredibly active and engaged community with over 100,000 comments
- Turned the blog from a hobby to a full-time (“real”) job within two years
- Been motivating people to pay attention to their money every since!
Rockstar Finance // RockstarFinance.com // 2013 – present*
“The best of personal finance.”
- Over 5,000,000 views
- Awarded “Best Microblog” in 2014
- 8,000 Twitter followers, 6,000 FB Fans, 8,000 email subscribers
- Named one of the best sites for money advice by Business Insider. Twice.
- Launched industry’s first fully-searchable blog directory, housing 1,400+ active personal finance blogs around the world
- Raised over $20,000 of Good through its Community Fund
*J. transitioned out December, 2017
Love Drop // LoveDrop.org // 2011 (retired)
“Spend a dollar, change a life”
- Raised over $90,000 of money and gifts within 12 months (including a car)
- Grew team to over 1,000 members across 10 different countries around the world
- Traveled the country “dropping” love on 12 beautiful, and well-deserving, families
- Documented project via film a la Home Extreme Makeover (“Move that truck!“)
- Jump started the 1st Financial Blogger Conference with a large-scale charity event
- Engaged local media and support through each visited state
- Harnessed the power of micro-giving, proving that $1 really can change a life!