In Toulouse, the blog “Radin Malin” saves you money
34,000 subscribers on Facebook, 50,000 on TikTok, 10,000 subscribers on YouTube… His name may not mean anything to you, but Marc Mazière is a very popular Toulousain on the web. Since 2015, he has been blogging”stingy malin“, where he dispenses his tips and good plans for to save money, manage your budget and invest.
Aged 33, the blogger has always had a taste for tips. A faculty that he developed through his family situation.
I come from a modest family, my parents are disabled, we were in debt so I always had to manage and try to get the maximum with the minimum. But I didn’t experience it badly, it was like a game, and it still is by the way”, explains Marc Mazière to L’Opinion Indépendante.
A scholarship student, without a car or a license, then unemployed for two years, the young man was always on the lookout for the slightest savings.
“My friends pointed out to me that I had to write a book to share my good plans. Finally, it drifted into a blog, it’s more in tune with the times,” he says.
It explains how to invest money
An activity that has now become his full-time job. After living in Paris and working in customer service atAir France for several years, he was broadcast from his job in 2017, on his 30th birthday. Since then, the Toulousain has devoted himself to his blog as well as to the social networks that accompany him and allow him to live thanks to the advertising revenues and the partnerships set up.
At the rate of one article per week, he shares everyday tips, personal or suggested by those around him. Sometimes, the young man works on in-depth articles, in particular to explain to his readers how to invest money.
“Buying rental property when you’re at minimum wage is possible. I started from scratch and today I have three apartments in Toulouse. It’s simple to do but there are a lot of limiting beliefs “, says the blogger.
123 tips for saving money
Among the most popular articles of “Radin Malin”, the “123 money saving tips” or even the “12 best applications to earn money”. The recent news on thefuel price increase also seems concerned about its readership. “As soon as I post an article on Facebook about fuel or shopping, it works right away,” says Marc Mazière.
For his part, the Toulousain does not know precisely how long he will have to feed this collection of good plans. Especially since he was a pioneer in this field seven years ago, but things have changed a lot since then.
Now it’s becoming more professional, I have a lot of competition and quality competition. I plan to continue as long as I can, but at the same time, I have another project: to open an English school”, confides this thirty-something, graduate of a master’s degree in applied foreign languages.
Until then, Marc Mazière has been recognized for providing his advice and tips on the blog “Radin Malin”. A sector that should still have a bright future ahead of it…