The Time Is Now

Have you been dwelling on one or many business ideas but did nothing about it? You need to stop this!

In order to do so, it might help you to understand the three most common reasons people do not bring their business idea(s) to reality. I will also share with you what to do instead if you want to turn your business idea into reality!

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What you will learn

What are the three things to avoid if you really want to turn your business idea to reality

What to do instead to define and start your portable business

Why it is best to act rather than think

Resources and inspiration

Check out related podcast episodes and important info on the topic:

How to find your niche & become the go-to-expert – Marielle Evertsz

How to describe your business in an effective way and attract clients

Questions you need to ask when conducting your client survey

10 ways to get things done and control your time

TN68: 3 steps to career and life reinvention with Sundae Bean

TN95: How to create free content that will grow your portable business

TN134: How starting my business made me a better mom – With Emily Rogers

TN132: Keeping up with your goals while living on the move – With Mariam Ottimofiore

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If you wonder what it takes to start your own portable business, or if you doubt if you can do it, this episode is for you!

Emily Rogers will share with you how she found her business idea, tested it, launched it, and learned from her clients to keep growing it, all of this in just one year!

But there is another bonus she did not expect from starting her business, which is how it allowed her to grow personally, as a woman and as a mom.

In this episode, Emily will share how starting her business changed her. You will also hear some of the surprising conversations that her business has led her to have with her daughters, and how she changed the way she communicates with them thanks to that.

Emily Rogers comes from Australia and has been living overseas for 20 years. She met her husband in New Zealand while working in hotel management. She had then shifted her career becoming an HR manager for Greater China in a professional services firm.

A career she had to put on hold as her husband’s job took them to Hong Kong, Mumbai (where their first daughter was born), New Delhi (where their second daughter was born), Chongqing, Taipei and now New Zealand.

While raising her daughters on the move, Emily got involved in the field of leadership and capacity development as a Senior Action Learning Coach with the World Institute for Action Learning. She also volunteered in her daughters’ schools and various NGOs.

However, as her daughters grew and she had more time for herself, Emily realized that she wanted something more and wanted to make a bigger impact. That is when she joined the Business Idea Accelerator program and found the right business idea for her.

In just under one year, Emily managed to launch her business called Expat Parenting Abroad and got her first clients while testing her innovative business concept. Expat Parenting Abroad provides support groups for expat moms in a very different way than anything else that exists on the market, she also provides individual coaching services.

What you will learn

What helped her find her business idea

What did she learn while starting and growing her business

Why does she say that this experience changed her as a mom

Resources and inspiration

Check out related podcast episodes and important info on the topic:

From Trailing Spouse to Expat Entrepreneur: Common Ground

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Loss of identity, loss of confidence, feeling guilty of wanting more, wondering what to do in order to find a source of fulfillment and revenue while living on the move… These are some of the common challenges that expat spouses experience as they try to continue to build their career while supporting their partners’ career and taking care of the family through multiple transitions.

The most common advice to expat spouses often involves the term “reinvention”! A lot of expat spouses are in fact encouraged to reinvent themselves: get new degrees, learn more languages, volunteer and venture into new fields or even take jobs that are underqualified for them.

“Finding sense of stability and purpose on the move cannot happen if expat spouses have to reinvent themselves after each move!”

Let’s put the spotlight on this big mistake of thinking that we should reinvent each time “who we are” professionally (or even personally) in order to build a career abroad. In fact, that will only lead to more frustrations, disappointments and exhaustion after trying to start from scratch again and again.

“You do not need to start from scratch in order to build your own source of sustainable and portable income!”

In this episode, we will discuss how to take a simple new approach to tackle the dual career challenges and discover how to build “your own thing”, a portable career that truly fits to WHO you really WANT to BE and WHAT you really WANT to DO, despite all the frequent moves.

What you will learn

Why it is time to stop talking of “reinvention”

What are expat spouses common career challenges

What question needs to be answered instead of how to reinvent yourself

Resources and inspiration

Check out related podcast episodes and important info on the topic:

3 steps to career and life “reinvention” with Sundae Bean

3 Reasons Why Starting a Business is THE Solution for Expat Partners

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It is already quite difficult to keep up with our goals and grow our businesses when life is so busy, but it can get even more complicated when living abroad and moving from one country to another.

Mariam Ottimofiore shares how she managed to commit to her goal, finish, publish and promote her book while going through a messy transition and moving with her family from Dubai (UAE) to Accra (Ghana).

Mariam Ottimofiore is a Pakistani expat who has spent the past 17 years living abroad in the US, UK, Germany, Denmark, Singapore, UAE and Ghana. She is an economist, writer, researcher, author and blogger at ‘And Then We Moved To’ in which she explores expat life, raising multicultural and multilingual children, and world travel. Her newly published book ‘This Messy Mobile Life; How a MOLA can help globally mobile families create a life by design’ (Summertime Publishing 2019) is the first book in the expat genre that ties in multiculturalism, multilingualism and mobility to equip international families to navigate the complex challenges they face as a modern family. Find her contacts below!

Here is a great free resource Mariam prepared for you:

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Nomad Nation!

Tandem Nomads started in November 2015 with the mission to support expat partners turn their dual career  challenges into a successful portable business. Since then, we have been on such an amazing journey together and made so much progress!

This was only possible thanks to  those of you tuning in, taking action and to your precious feedback. I am so grateful to you for that.

Every year I publish a survey to understand where you are on your journey and how I can support you. But this time, I have made it super short and simple to answer, your time is truly valuable and appreciated! Please click the link below to answer these quick questions.

There is nowadays so much content out there and I can imagine that it can get overwhelming. That is why I am committed to focus on quality versus quantity!

In fact, it is so important for me to make sure to provide you the quality support you need. And I can only do that if I can know what are your next goals and challenges to grow a successful portable business.

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THANK YOU!

What you will learn:

What is the story behind Tandem Nomads

What I need to know to support you

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What are the differences between being a digital nomad and running a portable business, especially as an expat spouse?

What can expat spouses learn from how digital nomads run their career and businesses on the move?

You will discover in this episode some surprising differences but also important learning lessons from digital nomads to expat spouses who want to build a portable career.

To discuss this topic, I invited Katharina Von Knobloch who ran an interesting survey to understand the difference between digital nomads and expat partners.  You will discover some very surprising facts!

“Why is the media so positive when covering digital nomads and so negative when it comes to expat partners’ career?”

Katharina von Knobloch is an Expat Partner Coach helping women in transition around the world. She is on a mission to empower relocating spouses to find their own professional identity. As an expat partner herself, she has lived and worked in five different countries and has used her own experiences in combination with her coaching education and research in the field of expatriate management to make the modern challenges of expat partners more transparent. She also has a blog called Share the Love. She is originally from Germany but currently located in the United States.

The “gig economy” is said to be the future of work and traditional careers paths are replaced by new work and lifestyle models.

The rise of digital nomads across the world is a sign of these new trends that are happening today and already widely common.

What you will learn

What are the surprising findings from Katharina’s survey

What are the differences between digital nomads and global nomads (expats in general and expat spouses building a portable business in particular)

What can expat partners learn from digital nomads

Resources and inspiration

Check out related podcast episodes and important info on the topic:

What Expat Partners Can Learn From Digital Nomads

Find Your Professional Identity Abroad as the Expat Partner

TN92: 3 Reasons Why Starting a Business is THE Solution for Expat Partners

TN127: Highly needed skills that expat partners should consider as business ideas!

Digital Nomad Girls Community Facebook Group

Definition of Digital Nomad

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Are you focusing on the wrong things in your  business?

Every other episode on Tandem Nomads is solely focused on providing you very practical business and marketing tips designed to helped grow a successful portable business.

Here are the top 3 most popular marketing and business episodes from the first half of 2019 that will help you focus your energy and attention on the right things in order to grow your portable business effectively.

1. How to keep attention and attract clients when you explain what you do

Do you sometimes hesitate or struggle when you have to describe effectively your business in a networking event or on your marketing materials (ex: website, sales page, brochure?)

You do not have to worry about this anymore!

“Knowing the exact vocabulary that your clients use to express their needs is key!”

In this episode, I will share with you very practical templates you can use to describe your business, product or service and attract more clients or referrals!

If you are a published author and you’re struggling to increase your book sales, or if you are considering writing a book, this episode is for you!

If you never thought of publishing your book, know that this episode is also for you; publishing and selling books can be a very rewarding experience but also a fantastic way to gain credibility in your field.

However, as much as technology has made it easier to publish and promote a book, making revenue out of books sales can be quite challenging.

“Don’t try to crowdfund before you have a crowd”

2. Get over the fear of putting yourself out there with this simple shift

Do you feel resistant to putting yourself out there through social media, video, networking or even sending your newsletter consistently?

Know that it will be very difficult to grow a successful portable business if you do not accept to face these fears or resistance and get out of your comfort zone.

 

 

“Putting yourself out there is not about yourself”

But how can you do that when it is so ingrained in you? It is all about baby steps! And this is what we will cover in this episode.

3. 3 crucial goals your website has to achieve

You have about 15 seconds to make an impression on your website’s visitors! That is indeed the average time that people stay connected to a webpage.

A lot of freelancers, coaches, solo-entrepreneurs and small business owners worry about their website looking “good”. That is not were the focus should be!

Whether you already have a website or are about to build one, this episode will take you through the essentials and templates to make your website turn visitors into customers!

“The only purpose of your website is to convert visitors into customers, esthetics will not do that!”

You will discover the 3 goals that your website had to achieve, and some more insights to help you build an effective website.

These are particularly important information if you want to grow a successful portable business!

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You will not be able to grow a truly sustainable portable business if you do not put self-care and your health at the center of your priorities and the way you run your daily routines.

In this episode you will hear a selection of previous episodes where these guests share with you some great insights and inspiration on this topic:

Keeping up with your business in situations of personal crisis – with Allison Hamilton-Rohe

Allison Hamilton-Rohe is a Personal Style Coach, Founder and CEO of DailyOutfit. She created a unique, trademarked formula to help customers create a personal style they inhabit with ease.

She comes from the United States. Before moving abroad and launching her portable business, she used to work in medical advertising developing campaigns for major corporate brands.

Allison is a global nomad, TCK and expat spouse who lived in Belgium, the UK and The Netherlands where she turned her business into a portable model.

At time of this interview, she is back to the US, living in Silver Spring, MD with her husband, two kids and Dutch bunny.

“You do not need to figure it out all at once, start with the first small step you can take, but don’t give up!” – Allison Hamilton-Rohe

Preserve your health and the energy you need in your business with easy Ayurvedic recipes – Rashmi Zimburg

Rashmi Zimber is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and a specialist in Ayurvedic recipes.

As a global citizen and a mother of two daughters,she is passionate about food as a source of healing and energy. In addition to growing up in India and the USA, she has accompanied her diplomat husband through various postings: Algeria, Indonesia, Austria, Japan and now Australia.

After a career in Finance and Cross Cultural Training, as a health coach Rashmi brought all her special skills and life experience together to guides people live healthier using natural food and ingredients.

“If you want to run a business, if you want to get up in the morning and have energy to function for the entire day, your body better have the bandwidth to deal with it. Put the oxygen mask on you first” – Rashmi Zimburg

How to use mindfulness when life is too overwhelming – with Jodi Harris

Jodi Harris is a mother of 3 third culture kids, wife of a US diplomat, certified coach, Personal Leadership senior facilitator, mindfulness teacher, and writer.

She has over 15 years experience working with individuals living outside of their home cultures and prior to moving overseas practiced as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is originally from Austin, Texas and has lived in Spain, Northern Ireland, Japan (twice), the Dominican Republic and Madagascar.

Through her coaching practice, World Tree Coaching, LLC, she works with diverse clients all over the world through one-on-one coaching, group coaching, and facilitation. She specializes in reminding the globally mobile community how capable and amazing they really are and supports people in finding a sense of home no matter where they go.

“When you know how to identify your emotions you can work through them more effectively” – Jodi Harris

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Nomad Nation, it is time to live in our century and be innovative!

There are some skills that are nowadays in high demand and that can be so easily turned into a profitable and portable business.

I would love to see more expat partners take the opportunity to venture into these fields.

If you are not afraid of stretching your comfort zone or learning some tech and hard skills, this is your opportunity to find some great success!

If you already have a business, this will help you know what tasks and expertise you should delegate wisely to grow.

What you will learn:

What skills that would be a great business opportunities for expat spouses

Why it is important to consider these skills

What you need know when you go into one of these business ideas

This episode is also available in a blog format:

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Resources and inspiration:

3 Reasons Why Starting a Business is THE Solution for Expat Partners

The 25 most in-demand technical skills of 2019, according to LinkedIn

These are the 10 most in-demand skills of 2019, according to LinkedIn

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Here are the top 3 guest episodes of the first part of 2019!

Interestingly, they are all closely related to the journey of reinvention and building a strong identity while living on the move and creating your own source of growth and happiness!

From identity loss to a thriving portable business in sustainable energy – With Michael Ginsberg

Michael Ginsberg is a sustainability professional with expertise in green buildings, solar PV, energy policy, and government relations. He also serves as an energy management trainer and policy advisor for the U.S. Department of State on issues of energy diplomacy.

Through his firm, Mastering Green, he has advised the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Long Term Planning and the UN Development Program on climate change adaptation measures in NYC and West Africa. Michael is also the author of Harness It: Renewable Energy Technologies and Project Development Models Transforming the Grid.

Are you making conscious choices in your expat life? – With Katia Vlachos

Katia Vlachos is a researcher and policy analyst by training, with a Master’s from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the RAND Corporation. In the first chapter of her career, she worked for more than a decade as a researcher and defense analyst in the United States and Europe. In her second and current chapter, she followed her passion and built on her personal experience and extensive research to publish her book entitled A Great Move: Surviving and Thriving in Your Expat Assignment. Katia is also a co-active coach, trained at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She works with expats and globally mobile professionals at various stages of their transitions, including international moves, career change or relationship breakdown.

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Who do you become during life, family and career transitions on the move? – with Jerry Jones

Jerry Jones is an American Transition Specialist with Leadership Development International who lives with his wife and two children in Qingdao, China. He provides training and coaching for individuals, families, schools and companies who are wrestling through the challenges of life and work in a cross-cultural context. He also writes and develops resources designed specifically for the expat world. He loves to dig deep into the nuances of discovering joy and rhythm in the chaos of transition and change. His work can be found at The Culture Blend.

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