Where did you first hear about MSE or Martin?

Former_MSE_Andrea

Poll Title: Where did you first hear about MoneySavingExpert.com or Martin? To comment on this poll click reply.

a. BBC Radio 2
b. BBC Radio 5
c. ITV1 This Morning
d. ITV1 Trevor MacDonald
e. BBC 1 Breakfast News
f. Sunday Express
g. Other TV/Radio Programmes
h. Other Newspaper/Magazines
i. Other other
j. After buying the Money Diet
k. From a friend/relative
l. Search Engine
m. The old Simply Money days
n. I know Martin personally

MSE_Martin

My big question here - i put 'other other' in the options and it is doing very well.

What type of things are 'other other?'

martin

Tony_H_3

I haven't voted, but I can tell you that mine would be Other Other. In my case it was a recomendation by a member from another forum PC Advisor actually.

robnye

i heard about this website from another money saving type of forum

ibforum and money

at the time i was heavily involved in claiming misselling of an endowment policy

i was already into ringing around for some things like house/contents insurance.

but since have done much much much more

so cheers Martin... ;D

oh and every one else who contributes........ :-*

MSE_Martin

Aha! Now i understand - i've added it as an option

jo_b_2

I'm glad you've asked this as I've often wondered how so many people come across this site.

I read about it in a piece in Mother and Baby Magazine last year, involving budgeting for your new baby. Have since spread the word to lots of others, so hopefully 'word of mouth' should figure quite highly on your survey.

madmummy_2

I remember distinctly a journey home one night listening to radio 5 when one Martin Lewis was banging on about BT charges etc. He was tearing them to pieces about the charges compared to other suppliers. The website was mentioned, I memorized it, came home and the rest is history.
I'll hold my hands up and confess to being responsible for MATH being on the site. Most of my colleagues have had the weekly email at some stage or other as have most of my friends. Anyone who does not wise up financially by reading this site is completely barking!

divadee

Mine was from this morning with phil and fern (who i love ;D) about 18months or so ago i think.

Pat__3

Mine was from this morning with phil and fern (who i love ;D) about 18months or so ago i think.

Me too I also found out from this morning programme, and remember how fascinated I was with the advice he was giving having never heard anything like before, especially when he mentioned the 3 for 2 offers in supermarkets, terrific Martin!!

Pat__3

Martin, When was the very first time you went on TV, ??? which programme ???

I'm sure other people would be interested too, I ask as I want to know how long I'd been missing out on your very good advice

MSE_Martin

RESULT

Previous Poll Topic: Where did you first hear about MoneySavingExpert.com or Martin? To discuss this poll visit the polls section in the chat forum

a. BBC Radio 2 35.1% - (533 Votes)
k. From a friend/relative 21% - (319 Votes)
b. BBC Radio 5 9.5% - (144 Votes)
c. ITV1 This Morning 9.1% - (139 Votes)
Another Website or Chat Forum 5.8% - (88 Votes)
g. Other TV/Radio Programmes 4.8% - (73 Votes)
l. Search Engine 3.5% - (54 Votes)
h. Other Newspaper/Magazines 3.2% - (49 Votes)
i. Other other 3.1% - (48 Votes)
j. After buying the Money Diet 1% - (16 Votes)
n. I know Martin personally 0.9% - (15 Votes)
m. The old Simply Money days 0.9% - (14 Votes)
e. BBC 1 Breakfast News 0.7% - (11 Votes)
d. ITV1 Trevor MacDonald 0.4% - (7 Votes)
f. Sunday Express 0.3% - (5 Votes)

Total Votes: 1515



As for those who asked "when did i first appear on TV"

Well the very first time was in the crowd seeing Big Daddy wrestle in Chester when i was 8.

After that it was a long wait. I think the next time was as President of my University Students Union i did an interview for about westminster (i still have it somewhere). There were a few more about that time

When it comes to money, i was a radio reporter/producer for radio 5 biz/miney coverage for a short while.

However the real answer is presenting the Deal of the Day on Simply Money TV (a now defunct channel on Sky). That was where i developed 'MoneySaving' though it wasn't called that then and where i started doing the research. I started at SMTV (i wish) on 2 Jan 2000 and the first prog was on 23 Jan - the first ever 'Deal' was on current accounts. (if you go to the site's gallery you will see some of the fun stuff i did whilst doing that porg)

Martin