“Two people who started with a few travel stories and a dream of creating an income solely out of our storytelling!” Ruben and Rachael are a couple-travel-bloggers (who knew that was a ‘thing‘!?) and they’ve made living the dream come true. True ‘paradise people’, creating a business around ‘how to get and live the travel and on-the-move lifestyle’. They’ve formed Gamintraveler – a collection of travel guides and stunning inspiration.
Rachel from the Phillipines, is a solopreneur, working in the online scene since 2012. She crafts social media and content strategy for various clients in the US, AUS and the UK. Working remotely, she aims to be a full digital nomad soon.
Ruben left his life as a taxi driver in Spain behind, sold his house to travel the world. In Asia, he met Rachael through Couchsurfing, where they they started their blog – first just as a hobby. Ruben has never looked back .. travel was in his soul and now, with Rachel they are soul mates creating a life of bliss and bonus banking it!
Together
They believe in working for the things that you love, and taking accountability of your own freedom. They are about living in the NOW rather than later.
Sam has gone from a life of strict timeing when an officer in the Royal Marines to a life of his own pace and charge.
After travelling the world (but passport still humming) Sam established one of Europe’s top watersports companies – Tantrum Kitesurf which due to it’s inovative ways of teaching oftentimes results in, not just sporting excellence but life changing perspectives on living.
Like many who take time and tide into their own hands, the world becomes a place where deeper insights are a magnet. This has resulted in qualifications as a Bulletproof Peak Performance Coach and FDN Practitioner. An ability to never stop learning is something that drives Sam and when you’re master of your own time – that’s something that ensures every one of his moments count!
Bianca runs a multi facited company called Girls Love Boards. But it doesn’t stop there. It was easy to step away from the ‘norm’ as Bianca has instead filled her life full of passions. Along with managing three great horses, a business which includes world class events .. and her life. Someone who creates her destiny – working hard – balanced with love, good times and wild horses!
Hela Sikora is one of the 10%! It’s how she describes herself and her experience of being one of the few, leaving her home town behind, successfully! Growing up in Poland, instinctively she knew knowledge was going to be her ally. Learning English after both Polish and Russian, (whilst listening to German TV!) – she expanded her world mentally and then acutally. A talented and realising Graphic Designer Hela traveled the world on her terms. With the experience this brings, she now has a healthy design business balanced with her passion for kite surfing. Hela has designed her life in both senses of the word.
There’s never been a better time to be a small business owner or to be starting a business. GaryVee
🤔 Why?
The cost of getting started online? — Next to nothing.
It’s never been easier to get your message out there. — Facebook Live, YouTube, Instagram, SnapChat, LinkedIn, Twitter. It’s all right there for you.
Overload
Here’s the problem…
Everyone else has the same opportunity.
So everybody is doing it.
While it’s never been easier to get your message out there…
It’s never been harder to get anyone to ‘care’. To break through the ‘noise’.
You’ve poured your heart into your business. All those sleepless nights. 18 hour days. 7-day weeks. You’ve tried it all.
Built your website.
Built your Facebook Page.
Built your YouTube Channel.
Written blog posts.
Optimized your content.
And nobody seems to care. Nothing’s working like it should. And none of these things will work… Until you understand ONE thing.
Story matters. Nothing matters as much in your online marketing.All the cool tactics, tricks, and technology is great.But it’s just noise without a story. Because you can mess all these things up (your landing page, emails, Facebook Page, etc.).But if you get your story right, people will listen. Don’t let any marketing ‘gurus’ fool you.There are no magic techniques. No silver bullet that will make your business succeed. The only ‘secret’ to great marketing is an ancient truth. Great story.
Because story is how we connect with the world. Your ideal customers too.They are living a story which they tell themselves. Have you put yourself in their shoes?Know what really drives them? As a business owner you must truly understand the story they are living.
What is their pain?
What truly keeps them up at night?
What are their desires?
What is the better future they want?
Your role is to help them get there. By crafting a story that allows you to change their lives.Because people fundamentally buy for one reason. They are investing in a better future.
Sean Ogle takes up the story ….. A few years back, I wasn’t stoked about my position as a financial analyst, and I knew I wanted to run my own business. The problem was, I had no idea what I wanted that business to look like.
I could go one of two routes. I could take one of my crazy ideas and go the startup path, try and chase down funding, spend 80 hours a week to found a company, and take years off my life while trying to make it happen. Or I could build a lifestyle business, where I was the only employee and made just enough to support myself while having more freedom to do the things I really wanted to.
I was outta there!
I took off to Thailand and decided to give the latter a shot. Three years later, I’m absolutely convinced that for the majority of the people with entrepreneurial aspirations, you’re better off starting a lifestyle business than pursuing a startup.
Here are 7 reasons why:
1 . You are not Instagram. For every startup that sells and makes millions, there are hundreds — if not thousands — that fail or, even worse, continue to just barely make it, sucking the life out of you in the process.
Building a startup is building a 9-to-5. While it’s fun to start up running on nothing but adrenaline and Red Bull, the excitement wanes and the monotony sets in after a few months. Many startup companies turn into really bad 9-to-5 jobs for the founders. They get mired in day-to-day details and work harder than anyone else, but they don’t get the benefits they signed on for as an entrepreneur in the first place. For example, Jun Loayza who, after getting over a million in funding and successfully selling two companies, left his current startup to pursue a lifestyle business.
2. You won’t wait years to turn a profit. So someone gave you a bunch of money and told you to go build your business — cool, but that doesn’t mean you’re profitable. When you work for yourself, your overhead is limited. Salaries, office space, benefits? That’s all on you. I started my most recent business with less than $500 and it took me three sales to become profitable. Most startups are lucky to be profitable after three years!
seriously!
3. You can work from a beach with a Mai Tai. You know that dream everyone had after reading the 4-Hour Workweek where they’re chillin’ on a beach with a cocktail, working from a laptop? That’s really possible. Sure, those haven’t been the most productive days of my life, but a lifestyle business lets you choose when and where you work — generally, all you need is an Internet connection. This year I’ve already worked from places like Vail, Playa del Carmen, Cuba, New York, China and Jordan among others — all without skipping a beat in my business.
4. You’ll have more flexibility than Gabby Douglas. You say you wanted to become an entrepreneur for increased flexibility and control in your life? Fat chance in a startup, especially when you’re playing with someone else’s money. As a lifestyle entrepreneur, you truly have the flexibility to set your own schedule. Take Laura Roeder, for instance — she moved from Southern California to spend a few months in London, where she got to attend this year’s Olympic games. A lifestyle business is one that promotes the lifestyle you want to live. For many, that’s more time with friends and family; for others, it’s travel and adventure. You get to decide.
5. Stress is minimized. As an entrepreneur, stress will never go away — it comes with the territory. But you’d better believe that while starting up, it has the potential to be much worse. Thoughts like “How am I going to make payroll this month?” and “Revenues were 30 percent less than projections, what will the investors think?” or “My partners and I have drastically different opinions of where the business should go, what do I do?” are all common issues in a startup. A lifestyle entrepreneur has no one to answer to but themselves, thus reducing the stress that comes with common business problems. Stress of getting started can be minimized even further by running your business from abroad, where it’s cheaper to live.
6. Are all startups bad? Of course not. Are all lifestyle businesses beaches and daiquiris? Not a chance. However, if you’re looking to maximize your enjoyment while have the freedom and security that comes with knowing you have full control of your life, then a lifestyle business may be exactly what you need.
Ruben left his life as a taxi driver in Spain behind, sold his house to travel the world. In Asia, he met Rachael through Couchsurfing, where they they started their blog – first just as a hobby. Ruben has never looked back .. travel was in his soul and now, with Rachel they are soul mates creating a life of bliss and bonus banking it!
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