Nomadme | The Digital Nomad Daily Show

On today’s podcast, we’ve got freelance writer and co-host of the amazing Nomad & Spice Podcast Viv Egan. A Digital Nomad since 2014, she now considers herself Location Independent, since she does work from a home base in the UK, but travels whenever she likes (and of course can run her business from anywhere). Viv dishes out tips, resources, and some of the many types of writing jobs out there to get started with a freelance writing career, and tells you what you really need to get started as a freelancing Digital Nomad. Stay emPowered, Beck

Shortcuts are a great way to get ahead, if you can find real ones. Focus on your business and it’s purpose, then the platforms will come easier, because you’ve been focused on the right thing. Put in all the effort you can before moving on to something else from your business platforms. Stay emPowered, Beck

Healthy lifestyle is important when adding the stresses of travel and running a business. In today’s episode, I’ll give you my recipes on how I start each day at my home base in Bangkok. Stay emPowered, Beck

Regular vacation travelers pack up and drag around luggage sometimes bigger than they are.  Doing all this then moving it all to the new place every couple of days is tiring, even for people only traveling only a few weeks. This excess packing of giant bags of things you’ll never need would make Digital Nomad life impossible. When I travel, no matter for weekend trips or a 4 week trips, I always bring the same small bag. Listen to today’s podcast for the many ways to deal with things you can’t live without and even free up cash to start your business. Stay emPowered, Beck

Thailand is such a widely-known Digital Nomad hub, mostly congregated around several major hubs. But there are many places still that work great for Digital Nomads, even if most of them never go. I recorded this when just back from our short trip to Khao Sok. Find all about this secret (for now, lol) place in today’s podcast Stay emPowered, Beck

People always ask what skills they should learn to become a Digital Nomad. But that's the way it really works. Learning random skills if you have no goal for what you want to do is pointless. The way I think about Digital Nomad skills is more about the type of work you want to do, and each has it's own skills Hear the way I break it down in today's podcast. Stay emPowered, Beck

Prepare to be amazed in this episode, because I'm talking to Lise Cartwright. Lise is pretty much THE BOMB. Yes, she's a prolific author and coach. Yes, she wrote 7 books in 7 weeks but she also has a strategy. (She would have to, right?) She's sharing that strategy with us today - not just to write a book, but to self publish it and everything that entails. The goal here is to show you that writing a book doesn't need to be the big scary thing everyone thinks. It's more about breaking it down into chunks that are achieveable. So let's do this! Stay emPowered, Beck

I was introduced to Amar recently and was blown away by his action taker personality - I really love that kind of entrepreneur. Amar co founded Zenmaid, software as a service for companies that organize maid services. He also runs entrepreneur retreats at Italian volcanoes. Epic. Stay emPowered, Beck

When I first arrived in Thailand, I lost my bank card immediately. It was a huge problem. I just always thought I wouldn't be able to set up a Thai account, so I didn't for about two years. Now I have accounts in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the USA and the UK. And working on more! I think it's a lot easier to just have a local account for things so I set them up all the time. Honestly if you want something you will find a way to do it. And if you don't want it enough you will find a lot of excuses. But getting an account in Thailand is easy, it just takes persistence. I tell you the banks to use and avoid, and what to say when you want to open an account in Thailand. Stay emPowered, Beck

In this episode, I take a question from a nomad Facebook group and give some advice. It's just advice from my experience, and what I would do. The question is about leaving home for a year and whether or not to prepare all the visas in advance. Listen in to find out the (my) answer... Stay emPowered, Beck

The advice in today's episode is pretty simple. You might not like it. You ma not want to hear it. It's not going to make things more fun. But it's true, and I wish I would have listened to it years ago. It's to focus on one thing, don't give up on it, be consistent with it and OWN it. I was so indecisive for so long, I wasted a lot of time. Enjoy this episode! Remember to jump over into our Facebook group, 6 Figure Digital Nomads. Stay emPowered, Beck

In this episode I PLEAD with you to stop waiting for investment in our big idea before you get started, or waiting until you've saved up thousands until you'll create a product. Create the product sales page and then see if people will pay you! Better yet, just talk to people and see if they will pay, then send them a Paypal button. Create the product for them according to their specific needs, get testimonials, double the price and then sell to other people. Don't forget to join our Facebook group, Six Figure Digital Nomads :) Stay emPowered, Beck

In all the digital nomad groups I'm in (and there are a lot of them) I find that most of the questions are super generic "how do I get started" "how do I make a shopify store" "what is the best place to go" etc. I mean come on, how vague can you get? It's obvious these people are doing NOTHING and just talking. Someone actually building a business would ask something super specific, like, I am getting $1.20 likes on m Facebook page, how do I bring that number down?" or "I've applied for a Thai visa, how long will it take to get approved?" --> they are actuall DOING something instead of just talking about it. This is a mini rant about being more specific, to receive more specific answers. Don't forget to listen to more episodes of NomadMe, there are plenty to choose from! Stay emPowered, Beck

In this episode I talk to Jen Ruiz who has literally traveled more than most nomads in the last 12 months. The only difference is, she has a full time job and home and just does shorter trips. Jen drops some serious knowledge bombs on travel hacking and how to make the most of every vacation day- if you haven't taken the plunge to be a nomad yet and just want to get some travel done, this is the episode for you (but I highly recommend the other episodes too!) Just a reminder, to go back and listen to other episodes you haven't heard yet! Binge listening is A-OK with me! Stay emPowered, Beck

On today's episode, Mariza and I discuss how you can get started using cryptocurrency, and how we as a society are just scratching the surface of using the blockchain in our everyday lives. I really believe cryptocurrency is the future. I tried to ask questions I thought newbies would ask, Mariza is extremely knowledgeable and runs her own group on the subject. Check out her group She Knows Crypto on Facebook. The tagline is "stop being mansplained the blockchain" lol, if you think that sounds good I really recommend joining! Stay emPowered, Beck

Today I'm going to talk about driving traffic to your business or sales funnel. It's one of a big struggle some people have. Every business needs to get people to the business. There are a variety of ways to get these eyeballs to your site or funnel, and I'll cover each of these topics in future episodes. No single strategy works for every business model, but today I'll go over some of the most-used and most effective ways to get people (traffic) to your site so you can turn them into paying customers. Stay emPowered, Beck

In today's episode, I'm going to talk about the best place to start your life as a Digital Nomad. For those people who are just starting out: just got a passport, never traveled long-term, or been far from home, there are some things you should consider. You probably shouldn't go far from "home" straight away, depending on the type of person you are. But if you're more adventurous than that and confident you'll manage, I recommend Thailand as a starting Nomad spot. 1- Thailand has some of the best tourist infrastructure in the world. This makes things like transportation super-easy and all over the place. The signs are often in English, the visa system is relatively easy (relatively). 2- It's also very cheap, which takes a lot of stress off of building up your business, especially if you're just starting out. The internet is fast and cheap. Food, accomodations, and they have just about anything you'd think you would only be able to get back home.

Putting in work makes you good at something, not just some sort of natural aptitude. Past Beck honestly felt that there would be some “one thing” I could find if I looked hard enough. But that is not the way things work. You can become awesome at anything you choose. Find the thing you're interested in doing? What do you do when nobody's around, when no money is involved, and you're doing it because you love doing it? Do that thing. Put in the work, and you can get great at it. Listen to today's episode to learn more about making your own aptitudes. Stay emPowered, Beck

What happens when you reach goals of your dream day is that you feel like you need write more of them. But after achieving my dream day as I'd written it down, I also wanted to careful about becoming complacent. The dream day is really great, but there are still issues. So I had to come up with new goals. Especially as a Digital Nomad spending a lot of time overseas, planning your dream day becomes more difficult. And often when you think you want something...maybe desperate for it...often, when you get it, it's not what you thought it would be. It's amazing, but at it's really important that you have goals at every stage. I really want to know what your dream day looks like. Give today's episode a listen to learn how you can work toward your goals, reach them, and make constant progress. Stay emPowered, Beck

The people of Thailand celebrate their traditional Thai New Year for several days each year in mid-April in every corner of the country. It's the hottest month of the year here, and it has turned into the world's biggest water festival. It's called Songkran, and if you go outside, you WILL get wet, whether you want to or not! It's also one of the most popular times to come to Thailand, so both Thai people and foreigners alike all take part in this fun holiday. Stay emPowered, Beck