How Digital Nomads Can Become Successful Entrepreneurs With John
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Listen to our interview with digital nomad Name:
🔥 How John went from digital nomad freelancer to running his own content agency
🔥 Key takeaways on how digital nomads can become successful entrepreneurs
🔥🔥🔥 And so much more must-know digital nomad lifestyle tips for (aspiring) digital nomads!
“You need to set out a good work ethic towards your goals and you also need to be adaptable to whatever unfolds in front of you.”
You need to set out a good work ethic towards your goals and you also need to be adaptable to whatever unfolds in front of you
Get ready for an episode with digital nomad entrepreneur John. He started his journey with a career in crypto trading but quickly realized that getting a sustainable income would be tough. So instead he focused on copywriting and his career kicked off by accepting low-paying projects. Today he runs a successful global content agency specializing in crypto and fintech. In this episode, he shares successful methods for building his business from scratch. We love John’s fresh perspective on how digital nomads can become successful entrepreneurs and if you’re a digital nomad entrepreneur, freelancer or have a side hustle – make sure to listen to this episode.
From digital nomad freelancer to running a content agency
John has lived the digital nomad lifestyle since 2018 and started his journey in the digital nomad hub in Lisbon, Portugal. At the time, the cost of living was decent, enabling him to have a comfortable lifestyle while building his career. At first, John was using his savings and was very excited about cryptocurrencies. His focus was to become a full-time crypto trader. It was easier said than done and he shifted to copywriting to make a living. The first gigs weren’t high paying at all but it was a great stepping stone to building up his writing skills as a freelance copywriter. His hard work paid off as he runs a content writing agency specializing in complex topics such as crypto and fintech. His agency’s specialty is writing content in an appealing and digestible way.
Key takeaways on how digital nomads can become successful entrepreneurs
Living in a more affordable place can reduce a lot of financial stress and this is one ingredient on how digital nomads can become successful entrepreneurs. John chose to live in Lisbon because he realized that because of the low cost of living, he could focus on building his business and still enjoy the city. He shares that if he were to live in London, building a business wouldn’t be possible.
Business owners, freelancers, and entrepreneurs have to wear many hats every day. We talked about this with digital nomad entrepreneurs Chelsea, Anne, and Micaela on the podcast, and John shared in our latest podcast episode the same opinion in this episode. So how digital nomads can become successful entrepreneurs by discovering the different success methods businesses could use helped him grow his agency. A couple of methods he used to grow his online business are:
#01 Avoid spreading yourself too thin
Find your niche and focus on only doing a couple of things. He learned that when you spread your focus too thin by offering various services, your value proposition becomes vague. This results in not finding the right clients or any clients.
#02 Share your best work with your network
Use digital content like a newsletter to showcase some of your best work. Share this with your network and clients so people learn about your expertise.
#03 Do an excellent job and get referrals
Always work to deliver excellent work so you can get referrals. Organizations and people who like you and your work are more likely to share it with their network. Chels shares in episode #20 – The Live Of A Traveling Website Designer how she created a referral system where her clients also benefit from referring her business. That’s a great idea and especially if you are just starting out.
#04 Make your business needs a priority
Be critical and focus on what your business needs to become more successful. This includes tracking where your returns (clients) are coming from and doing more of what works. This approach sounds easy but keep in mind that it takes time and patience as you’ll try different things.
‘‘At the end of the day, especially if you are doing it yourself and its the start, your time and energy is going to be limited so you can’t expect too much of yourself’’
The path of how digital nomads can become successful entrepreneurs isn’t always easy but definitely fulfilling if you love what you do. If you liked this episode and enjoyed The Digital Nomads Daily Podcast, make sure to rate it! Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to follow John and us at Digital Nomads Daily online.
How Digital Nomads Can Increase Focus And Have A Powerful Morning Every Day
Do you wake up every morning full of energy ready to concur the day? Angela Shurina joined The Digital Nomads Daily Podcast to share how she helps digital nomad and remote entrepreneurs achieve exactly that! She is a Performance & Brain Coach who helps people maximize their time and become more productive.
In the episode, she shared helpful tips and since we loved it so much, we invited her to host an interactive workshop inside the DND Club to go deeper on this topic. The Digital Nomads Daily Club is our online learning hub where digital nomads connect, share experiences and can learn from each other. It’s an interactive experience and DND Club members can rewatch all past and future workshops anytime. Since the DND Club just launched and we have a special early-bird promotion. Get access for one year for $49, only $649 and always have a seat at our private workshops! We host a new workshop with an experienced digital nomad every other week to share the HOWs on working remotely, running a business, traveling the world and everything in between!
Angela’s goal is to help people deliver more at work so they can experience more in life. In her work, she translates the neuroscience of high performance and “happy brain states” into nutrition, lifestyle, behavior protocols, and environment design.
Digital nomads move around and the change of locations isn’t always the best ingredient for strong routines. So digital nomads and remote workers need to pay attention to their morning routine to ensure they feel motivated and focused daily. This doesn’t happen overnight but through neuroscience-based hacks, tools, and tips, anyone can change their state when needed and make the best out of their day from anywhere.
5 tips on how digital nomads can increase their focus
Angela works with a powerful morning formula that includes 3 different elements to focus on. The power morning formula’s main purpose is to instruct you every single day for top performance, empowering the right mindset, and reinforcing beneficial habits. According to Angela, a productive morning consists of having 3 things:
High levels of energy
High levels of motivation
High levels of focus
High levels of morning energy
The main key to having energy in the morning is a great night’s sleep. Three things to have in mind for the best quality and restorative sleep that Angela shares are:
Maintaining a regular sleep makes the best nights. The more regular your sleeping schedule is, the easier it gets to fall asleep, and the more optimized your sleep becomes.
Get around 8 hours of sleep hours every night.
The essential hours of sleep are from 10 pm – 4 am.
Kick start the day with high levels of morning motivation
The higher your dopamine levels are, the more motivated you will feel every morning. Angela shares some tips to raise your dopamine in a natural and healthy way:
Exercise and moving your body in the morning stimulates dopamine. It doesn’t need to be a long run or a 1 hour at the gym. It can be a walk, stretches, yoga, or anything that feels right for you.
Try to get sunshine on your body every morning for at least 20 minutes.
Wake up your body with a cold shower. The colder and longer the shower is, the more dopamine your body creates. This is a great boost for your focus and keeps you awake.
Digital nomads need to boost their focus actively
It happens to everyone that sometimes our brains wander off while trying to work or complete a task. Before you realize it becomes impossible to pay attention to what’s important and it’s hard to get work done. In order to focus, Angela emphasizes having clear goals and limiting distractions. Here are 3 hacks:
Write down your goals for the day en define the meaning of done for the tasks you want to accomplish.
Get rid of distractions around you and work in a space that stimulates focus. Stunning views, people, pools and a messy desk aren’t the best for deep focus work.
Keep breathing and do breathing exercises to regain your focus.
Watch the workshop Many more tips and practical exercises in the workshop
These were just a couple of super helpful tips for digital nomads and remote workers to have a powerful morning every day. Inside the DND Club you can find this workshop and future workshops hosted by experienced digital nomads.
We created the club to share practical behind-the-scenes tips used by digital nomads daily to succeed in their business and lifestyle. It’s exciting to share the knowledge you often don’t see on Instagram in one place. Since we recently launched the club you can now enjoy the early bird offer for $49 only and get access to all future workshops for one year.
Every country offers a range of unique experiences that attract travelers and digital nomads. Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, is known for its diversity and stunning scenery and it’s on the bucket list of many digital nomads and remote workers. But what makes this city so attractive for digital nomads? In this article, we will share 5 reasons why digital nomads and remote workers LOVE staying in cape town. If you are interested in visiting this vibrant city, make sure to stick around because we have a special gift for you!
Remote workers and digital nomads love Cape Town for a reason
Can you imagine nomadding from a destination that has it all? Looking at what most digital nomads look like in a place, Cape Town is becoming more popular as it ticks many digital nomad perks. We listed down 5 of the top benefits of working remotely from Cape Town and enjoying the digital nomad lifestyle.
Affordable cost of living for digital nomads
One of the biggest motivators for digital nomads and remote workers is the value for money. Often this entails experiencing a better quality of life than offered in the home country and the cost of living plays a huge role in that. Nomadlist estimates the cost of living as around $1700 a month. This is pretty decent for traveling remote workers with a full-time salary for Americans and Europeans.
Fast landscape
What makes Cape Town unique from other digital nomad hubs is the variety of landscapes. Imagine desserts, forests, mountains, vineyards, sand dunes and stunning beach resorts all easily accessible. This is why many digital nomads prefer to stay in Cape Town for at least a month to live the digital nomad lifestyle to the fullest. South Africa is also known for its safe road trips and is highly recommended and of course, you cannot miss out on the incredible safaris.
Unique outdoor activities
The beautiful landscapes come with amazing outdoor activities with are fun to experience in groups or with your digital nomad spouse. If you are an ocean lover, get ready for surfing, diving, kite surfing and even whale watching. Beach volleyball is popular among the locals and other activities such as hiking and bouldering and climbing in the Cedarberg Rocklands are waiting for you.
Digital nomad foodies will have a blast
If you are a wine lover or want to learn more about wines South Africa should be on your list. This also goes for the digital nomads who love a delicious cup of coffee and great food. The local wine routines in The Western Cape are highly recommendable as it has some of the best wines in the world. These are great weekend getaways to unwind and fully recharge.
Wi-Fi in the city and places to work from
Without Wi-Fi, keeping up with work and the digital nomad lifestyle is going to be tough but that is not an issue in Cape Town. The city offers plenty of Wi-Fi cafes and co-working spaces where you can get work done and meet like-minded people.
What is the best way to experience Cape Town for digital nomads
Cape Town sounds pretty amazing right?! It’s definitely on the top of our digital nomad locations to visit. Traveling to a new place can be overwhelming as you have to figure out everything repeatedly. We also cover this in our book Digital Nomads With Confidence and give many tips shared by experienced digital nomads to ease the process.
Going to unknown territories is also a lot of fun, especially when it’s in a hub where there is a lot to do. Cape Town is one of these places where you want to have that perfect balance of traveling and working online. One of the best ways to do this is to join a travel group for digital nomads.
The biggest benefit of joining a travel group is that everything is arranged and you basically have to get your ticket, hop on a flight and arrive. Things like co-working space, adventure and meeting like-minded people are all part of the travel group experience.
Explore Cape Town with an experienced digital nomad and local
Our digital nomad friend and community member Andrae is your person when it comes to nomadding from Cape Town. She has been living the digital nomad lifestyle for a couple of years and has traveled the world. So she understands what digital nomads seek and she knows all the must-see spots in Cape Town.
Even more exciting is that Andrae is organizing a special Cape Town Retreat for digital nomads and remote workers. We love this initiative and it gets even better because all DND readers and podcast listeners get $100 discount with the code ‘’DND’’
So what are you waiting for? Go pack your bags and let’s fall in love with the digital nomad paradise in Cape Town! Enjoy $100 off with the code DND. Apply via this link
How To Improve Your Relationship With Money And Create An Online Business You Love With Laura
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Listen to our interview with digital nomad Laura:
🔥 How Laura became a digital nomad
🔥 Tips for a successful mindset that are a gamechanger
🔥 Books that will improve your relationship with money
🔥 What does working with Laura as a coach look like
🔥🔥🔥 And so much more must-know digital nomad lifestyle tips for (aspiring) digital nomads!
“When my relationship with money improved, everything else improved.”
Digital Nomad Introverts Never Need To Be Lonely With Marcel
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Listen to our interview with digital nomad Marcel:
🔥 Shifting careers – from running an IT company to keynote speaker
🔥 Learn the difference between being introverted and shy.
🔥 How to build a community as a digital nomad
🔥 Essential tips on how to make deeper connections when you travel
🔥🔥🔥 And so much more must-know digital nomad lifestyle tips for (aspiring) digital nomads!
“If you’re an introvert, don’t try to become an extrovert.”
Shifting careers – from IT company to keynote speaker
Marcel is the founder of Trendingjobs.com, which is a job search website in the United States. Even though remote work is a hot topic right now, his website isn’t focused on remote jobs. After running his business for a while Marcel didn’t feel fulfilled anymore. He wasn’t sure about his next steps and he was actively trying to figure out what sparks him joy.
This was a new array for Marcel and he tried different things to see what made him tick and what things weren’t his gem. His approach worked really well and he learned that hosting a talk was one of the things that made him spark. This wasn’t an overnight process though, and he shares that giving himself the time to discover different things was essential.
One of the experiences he loved doing was hosting a talk. So he brainstormed how to turn this into a new career path and decided to become a keynote speaker. While his first talk was about bootstrapping a business, this isn’t the topic Marcel is interested in sharing as a keynote speaker.
Community building is an important element of the digital nomad lifestyle and we often talk about this on The Digital Nomads Daily Podcast. But how do digital nomad introverts network and make meaningful connections? This question is close to Marcel’s heart as he identifies himself as an introvert. To him, this basically means he needs more alone time and if he spends too much time hanging out with others he gets drained. So his way of recharging is simple being on his own, probably more often than extroverts.
Today marcel has friends all over the world but creating his community wasn’t always easy. With trial and error, he found his way of community building without crossing her personal boundaries. Here are 5 things that helped Marcel feel more confident networking as an introvert
👉🏽 Focus on building a network of like-minded people that can become your long-term friends. 👉🏽 Use social media to share your location and ask for recommendations. 👉🏽 Visit Facebook Groups and explore Meetups to find events. 👉🏽 Book experiences like [tourguide] for example, a food tour or a free walking tour. 👉🏽 Check out hostels in the evenings. 👉🏽 Ask around if there is a WhatsApp group to stay tuned for new gatherings. 👉🏽 Make interactions fun so it’s more likely others will invite you for more experiences like road trips, hiking or diving etc. 👉🏽 Organize activities yourself and invite others via Facebook Groups.
The difference between being introverted and shy.
Some people get energy from being surrounded by people and others recharge from a lot of alone time. The folks who love doing activities alone can be identified as introverts, like Marcel.
One of Marcel’s realizations this year was that being introverted or extroverted is genetic and that shyness is something you can overcome. He experienced this firsthand as he used to be very shy. By working on his social skills, he learned to overcome shyness, and this has been important for his personal growth.
An example is that he discovered he wasn’t great at making new connections by moving away from his home and going abroad. It’s very likely that he wouldn’t learn this about himself if he would just stay in his home country and continue to live his life. It is a great example of how the digital nomad lifestyle is so much more than sipping coconuts and tropical adventures.
So living the digital nomad lifestyle gave him many new insights. This, of course, only happened because Marcel opened up to new experiences. He also shares that slowing down your travels and staying a couple of months in one place can really help create deeper connections.
Digital nomad introverts should prioritize working on their social skills
Going deeper into the challenges introverts face in the digital nomad lifestyle, Marcel explains that many introverted people most likely don’t have the practice and exploration extroverts have. Introverts are naturally inclined to be alone they just haven’t been out there to try new experiences. Putting this in perspective – Athletes spend a significant amount of time doing the groundwork and the same goes for someone’s social skills. If it doesn’t come naturally, all it takes is practice and getting ready for a challenge. Everyone can learn how to become good at starting a conversation with people you don’t know yet. This doesn’t apply to meetups but also impacts how confident you show up at work and pitch your business to potential clients.
A final piece of advice Marcel gives to all digital nomad introverts is that whatever you’re doing right now, do not try to be an extrovert. Shyness is definitely something you can overcome, but it will take time and self-reflection. And never be afraid to miss out or keep pushing yourself into crowds because others are doing that.
There is no reason to become a FOMO-victim and while others are getting energy from meetups, you can do what works for you! Marcel shares that he loves going out for dinner on his own and reading a book and prioritizes me-time moments over hanging out with others. In fact, if he goes to all those activities, his energy is drained and he is less fun to hang out with, and that does not go for him and his environment.
Calendar of social & growth activities
Weekly yoga sessions
Weekly guided hike
Mastermind & Skillshare sessions
Winelands full day trip
Private luxury room & bathroom
Pool, jacuzzi & sauna
Fasy WIFI & communal workspaces
Super safe & convenient area
Access to the larger Cape Town Nomad community
Dedicated retreat leader
