The Time Is Now

This episode is part of a series of episodes where I answer a question from the Tandem Nomads Audience in 15min or less.

"The size of your email list is directly correlated to your potential to reach your revenue goals."

This is a question from Cath Brew who asks:

What You Will Learn

What is essential to be able to plan your revenue goals

How to realistically predict and calculate your revenue goals

How to get consistently better at planning and predicting your revenue

Resources And Inspiration:

Download your free workbook to build the foundations of a successful portable business.

Following up with potential clients

Stop dreading clients rejections & email un-subscriptions. Focus on this instead!

How to create free content that will grow your portable business

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It can take over 10 years to see an idea and a big ambitious vision come to reality. During this journey, it is the little steppingstones through the highs and lows of this journey that matter and that allow you to build the foundations of a successful business.

However, what often happens during this journey is that our business growth is closely connected to our own personal growth as individuals and not just as entrepreneurs.

"I always listen to other people’s advice and keep learning but I try to stay tuned to my own instinct and vision to make decisions in my business."

In this episode, Doni Aldine shares her inspiring story and how her journey has led her to business and personal growth. She shares her experience of building a global media brand and how she balances continuously learning from others with trusting her own instinct to make the right decisions.

Doni Aldine is the founder and editor-in-chief of Culturs Magazine, a multi-platform media network focused on cross-cultural identities, Doni draws from her own experience as she is a globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation American who, by age 19, lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents.

Doni has grown Culturs into a global brand, regularly reaching tens of thousands of dedicated readers. She is a FOLIO Top Women in Media 2020 Honoree for her work with "Culturs".

As an expert in media and global culture identity, she has consulted for companies such as Warner Brothers Studios and Turner Network Television. She has also worked with Wonder Woman Director Patty Jenkins, Star Trek actor Chris Pine, the Peter Tosh Estate (Peter Tosh is a founding member of the Wailers with Bob Marley) in Jamaica and WarnerMedia and Warner Bros.

What You Will Learn

How the search for identity and impact influences the entrepreneurial journey

What fears and limiting beliefs could slow your growth

What shifts can help propel the growth of a business and personal level

Resources And Inspiration:

Self Coaching Guide: 5 Questions Every Solo Parenting Mum Needs to Answer

Most popular guest episode of 2020 – Take back control of your time! – With Kate Erickson

How to build your tribe to thrive as a solopreneur

Find Doni Online

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Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Clubhouse: @cultursmag

Youtube

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This episode is part of a series of episodes where I answer a question from the Tandem Nomads community in 15min or less.

"Just because your consistent marketing efforts need to be focused on a specific niche does not mean that you won’t be able to attract and serve clients outside of that niche."

Here is today’s question from Vici who asks:

What You Will Learn

Why it is important to have a clear niche

How to know if it is time to change your niche

How to progressively expand or change your niche

Resources And Inspiration:

Download your free workbook to build the foundations of a successful portable business.

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With today’s fast paced lifestyle, particularly if we are globally mobile, it can be so difficult to make the time to commit to our dreams and our goals.

This challenge is even greater for parents in general, so imagine how complex it would be if you were a solo parenting mom. If a solo-parenting mom can do it, so can you!

"I decided to be my own career manager and do it just like I would have if I was working for a company"

In this week’s episode you will hear the inspiring story of Rhoda Bangerter and her insightful tips on how to make the time, even if you do not have the time.

Rhoda Bangerter is the founder of A Multicultural Life, a certified coach for solo parenting moms in long distance marriages and the author of the book “Holding the Fort Abroad”.

She was raised in France, with a Welsh dad, a Syrian Armenian mum and is married to a Swiss man. Her husband has traveled abroad for work throughout almost their whole marriage. During this time, Rhoda has been solo-parenting and experimenting with various ways to hold the fort while creating a joint life in a long-distance relationship.

Along the way, she realized there were a huge number of moms around the world who experienced the same challenges but with no resources to guide them through this journey. This led her to run extensive research, share her learnings through her book, ‘Holding The Fort Abroad’, and develop her coaching services to support solo parenting moms in long distance relationships.

Rhoda speaks about the challenges of solo parenting and how to thrive in multicultural marriages. She has been featured in various platforms such as Families in Global Transition, Coffee with Expat Women, and Ute’s International Lounge.

What You Will Learn

What is the mindset shift that is necessary to be able to make the time

What is the SEEDS strategy that will allow you to take action

What to do when things get too overwhelming, and you might want to give up

Resources And Inspiration:

Self Coaching Guide: 5 Questions Every Solo Parenting Mum Needs to Answer

Most popular guest episode of 2020 – Take back control of your time! – With Kate Erickson

How to build your tribe to thrive as a solopreneur

Find Rhoda Online

Website

Instagram

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This episode is part of a series of episodes where I answer a question from the Tandem Nomads community in 15min or less.

"Social media does not help you gain visibility, it helps you build your credibility."

This is a question from Sarah who asks:

What You Will Learn

The biggest mistake that people make on social media.

What will truly help you build your audience and get engagement

What you should focus on instead of the number of followers

Resources And Inspiration:

Download your free workbook to build the foundations of a successful portable business.

How to get your clients see you as the go-to expert

How to grow your audience and engagement on Instagram

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Do you want to have a business, but you don’t want to be the face of your business?

Unlike coaching, teaching and consulting, developing an e-commerce business can allow you to run a business while staying in the background.

However, not all online businesses and e-commerce businesses can be portable. In this episode, you will learn how to make sure that your e-commerce business can be portable.

"I noticed that I let my limiting beliefs dictate my business and decided to change that"

My guest in this episode, Susan Dib shares how she became an expert in e-commerce and learned how to make her business portable thanks to the drop shipping method. She also shares her tips on how it works.

Also, you will hear how Susan discovered some of her own self-limiting beliefs and the huge aha moment that led her to make a big shift in her business.

Susan Dib has a BSc. Civil Engineering, and a Masters in International Business (MIB) – EAE Business School/Camilo Jose Cela University (Spain) and is a certified Green Project Manager from GPM Global. Since 2005 she has lived in 3 continents as an expat spouse and is now located in New York where she launched her e-commerce businesses and developed her expertise in digital marketing. She also co-founded Vicomms NY, a New York City certified Women-owned Business Enterprise in the fields of branding and creative design, where she holds the position of business development.

What You Will Learn

What kind of business you can create when you don’t want to be the face of your business

How drop shipping works and allows e-commerce businesses to be portable

What big aha moment made Susan radically shift her strategy and put herself out there

Resources And Inspiration:

What is dropshipping? Shopify

Affordable drop shipping courses at Udemy 

High ticket drop shipping course & products 

Susan’s aha moment (Scroll down to see her picture)

Amazon FBA - Fulfillment by Amazon

Find Susan Online

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LinkedIn

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Most solopreneurs are failing to follow up with potential clients, especially when they don’t respond or say no!

If that is you, you need to know that you are leaving money on the table when you do that!

I get it - following up can feel very uncomfortable and the fear of rejection often stops us from showing up for our clients.

"You are leaving a lot of money on the table when you skip following up with potential clients systematically."

In this episode, I explain the radical mindset shift that will change how you perceive following up with potential clients. You will also get some practical tips of how to do it effectively.

What You Will Learn

What key mindset shift you need to make to follow up effectively

How to follow up effectively with potential clients

What to do when you do not get any answers

This Episode Is Also Available In A Blog Format:

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Resources And Inspiration:

Sales Follow-Up Statistics and Process - The Power of Follow-Ups

What door-to-door sales taught me about entrepreneurship

Hubspot

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Is this you? You know that you need to get your financial $h!t together, but you are kind of closing your eyes or you keep postponing the time to sit down (with your partner) and make a plan!

Personal finance can feel scary and frustrating, especially when starting a business and not having consistent revenue. My guest this week, Julie Duszak of Fund Your Joy shares how you can take control of your money so you can chase your dreams.

"Personal finance doesn’t have to be frustrating. Quite the contrary-- it can be freeing."

In this week’s episode, Julie also shares her key tips for becoming a personal finance badass.

Julie Duszak is an accredited Financial coach and the founder of Fund Your Joy. She helps women increase their financial know-how, align their money and priorities and make sense of how they deal with money.

After spending over 15 years working in the private and public sector, she quit her career to move abroad and that was when her career as financial coach was born with her burning desire to help women feel confident, empowered and generally badass.

What You Will Learn

What it means to build a financial safety net, even when you are not the main breadwinner in the household

What key factors you need to consider to take control of your money.

What the big mistakes to avoid and how to get your financial $h!t together

Resources and inspiration:

Download Julie’s free financial wellness checklist

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

Planning your finances with your partner. Hui-Chin Chen – Taiwan

Expat Life Planning – Best of Series

How to be prepared in case of divorce within an expat couple?

Find Julie Online

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Facebook

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What has a cat to do with being a successful solo-entrepreneur working from home and particularly a business women? Here are the key mindset shifts to make yourself a priority, own your space and be taken seriously in your household, no matter how much revenue you make.

"Taking your business seriously starts with owning your space"

If a cat can claim its own territory in a new home, what is stopping us from creating space for our business at home? Even before the challenges of home schooling and the pandemic, many solo entrepreneurs struggled to create their own workspace and the time they need to focus on their own business. This week I am sharing what we can all learn from a cat and the steps you can take to make yourself and your business a priority in your home and with your family.

What You Will Learn

What the relationship is between cats and running a business from home

What key mindset shift needs to happen to make yourself a priority

How to be taken seriously and ask for the support you need

This Episode Is Also Available In A Blog Format:

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Resources And Inspiration:

The 4-Part Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Process

Chéri(e), on s'expatrie !: Guide de survie à l'usage des couples aventuriers. (EYROLLES) (French Edition)

Expat partners are not taken seriously – This is how it can change – Alix Carnot

The one thing than men do better than women

5 steps to making yourself a priority

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In 2013, psychologist Vivian Chiona had a very clear vision of providing psychology services ‘without borders’. Today Expat Nest is a global mental health platform, providing expats with support in six languages, working with 20 therapists.

 "I invest in professional advice and follow my intuition to make important business decisions."

In this week’s episode, Vivian shares how she became one of the first psychologists to offer online services, turning her ambitious vision into a scalable portable business, even when she faced major challenges with her own health.

Vivian Chiona, founder and director of Expat Nest, is a psychologist specialized in both Child & Adolescent Psychology and Health Psychology. As a bi-cultural, multilingual expat with family all over the world, she is familiar with the blessings and challenges of a mobile life and offers quality professional assistance to clients with expat-specific challenges. Vivian has been recognized in the ‘100 Most Inspirational Women in the World for 2020’ as announced by the Women Appreciating Women organization.

What You Will Learn

What helped Vivian turn her ambitious vision into reality and become a pioneer in online therapy

How she managed to not give up on her goals while going through major health challenges

How she built a business that is portable and scalable beyond her own time

Find Vivian Online

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Facebook

LinkedIn

Email

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