The Points Guy Tries to Translate His Miles Hacking Wisdom to Webisodes


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Video is a different game that written content, but Kelly's been a master of monetization so far. If viewers find him likable, too, he'll be headed in the right direction.
It's been a good few years for the points industry and Brian Kelly, the founder of The Points Guy. After seeing strong month-over-month growth to the website, The Points Guy was successfully acquired by Bankrate, a consumer financial services company, and expanded its editorial and operational teams, pulling in key hiresĀ from AOL and Budget Travel. Now Mr. Kelly is expanding into the video space. Called The Points Guy TV or TPGtv, the new show is produced by Break Point Media (the same team that launched Yahoo Travel's A Broad Abroad) and fol