The Time Is Now

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!

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!

What you will learn:

Why esthetics of your website is not what you should focus on

How to capture website visitors attention

How to turn them into potential customers

What should you focus on when building your website

What are the online tools that can help you achieve these goals

This episode is also available in blog format

Resources and inspiration:

Check list to build your website

SEO resources with Neil Patel

Average time spent on a website

99 design to find a web designer or graphic designer

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Click here to download your free website templates to design a website that converts visitors into customers!

Share in the comments what changes will you make based on this episode’s insights

Life can be really hectic especially when you are a global nomad and living in frequent transitions. The advantage of a portable business is that you can make it fit your needs and lifestyle.

Our guest in this episode, Allison Hamilton-Rohe, shares how she adapted her personal styling business to be able to take care of her family who needed her full attention in a crisis situation.

Also in this episode, you will see how Allison managed to transform her styling business,that requires a physical presence with clients, into a success portable business that she can run consistently with no disruption from where ever she is.

“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

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.

What you will learn

In this episode, you will learn:

How Allison found her business idea when she wanted to leave her corporate career

How she transformed her physical business into a portable business model

How she managed to adjust her business in order to take care of the major family challenges she was going through

What kind of agreements she needed to have with her husband to make it work

Her tips to create a flexible business and lifestyle

Her next step to scale her business

Take action now

Download your freebie guidebook to grow a successful portable business

Did this interview inspire you? Please leave a review on iTunes. Click here

Find Allison Online

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You really want to achieve your goals and grow your business, but never seem to have enough time to make things happen?

In this episode you will discover the 10 simple strategies and tools you can implement to get things done and gain productivity.

If you want to learn how to manage your time successfully for the long term:

What you will learn:

What needs to happen to be able to implement these tips effectively

How to remove all distractions and stay focused

How to turn your to do list into a ”done list”

What are the recommended tools to manage time effectively

What are the important habits to create in order to get results

You like to read? Find this episode in blog format

Resources and inspiration:

Planner by Michael Hyatt

Freedom journal by John Lee Dumas

Project management

Content scheduling

Gmail Canned responses

Text expander

Batching your food and eat healthy!

The miracle morning

Take Action Right Now

Download free video course: 5 steps to take control of your time and your life

Answer the question in the comment below: what is the one tip you will implement to get things done?

 

Expat life can lead to a series of important decisions regarding your career, your portable business and also your personal life and family choices.

If you are an expat spouse, you might feel that you do not have any other choice than to give up your career or live in countries where you are not happy.

In this episode, with Katia Vlachos, we discuss how to deal with this feeling of “not having the choice” and how to evaluate if you are indeed making conscious choices about your life and career on the move.

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.

What you will learn

How to make the choice to say “yes” or “no” to a move abroad, especially as an expat spouse.

How to make the choices that will lead to building something meaningful in your life and career.

What are the 5 areas of life to consider when making these choices?

What to do when there is no alignment in the expat couple.

How to know if it is time to stop an expat experience.

How to know if it is time to consider divorce if the relationship in the expat couple is not working.

Resources and inspiration

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

Check out Katia’s articles and insights on expat divorce: Click here to read!

Learn about the legal aspects of expat divorce with an expert on international family law: Click here to listen!

Get inspiration with this interview on how to reinvent your career with Sundae Bean: Click here to listen!

Interview with an expat couple and how they made their choices: Click here to listen!

Take action now

Share with us your insights and what you’ve learned from this episode with the Tandem Nomads Community

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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!

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!

What you will learn:

What is the preliminary exercise to do before promoting your business

What are the 4 types of information you need to give when you describe your offer

Why you should use the term “promise” instead of “elevator pitch”

How to create your “promise” statement and describe your product or service to attract clients

How to describe what you do when you are not talking to a potential client but still encourage referrals

How to use the “promise” template when networking

How to use the “promise” template on your salespage

This episode is also available in a blog format

Resources and inspiration:

Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich: Create Winning Ads, Web Pages, Sales Letters and More

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

TN97: How to find your niche & become the go-to-expert – Marielle Evertsz

Take Action Right Now

Download your free templates to describe your business effectively and attract clients! Click here

Did you learn useful tips in this episode? Please share your feedback below!

 

It can be easy to get overwhelmed, especially when running a portable business and taking care of a family on the move. Jodi Harris shares with you some simple ways to relieve stress and find serenity.

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

Jodi Harris is a mother of 3 TCKs, a wife of a US diplomat, a certified coach, a mindfulness teacher, and a writer.  Prior to moving overseas, Jodi 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. Because she has over 15 years experience working with individuals living away from their native culture, she is an expert at reminding the global and mobile community how capable and amazing they really are while supporting people in finding a sense of home no matter where they go.

What you will learn

In this episode, you will learn:

What mindfulness means and how to practice it in everyday life

How to apply simple mindfulness using a mindful breathing exercise

The difference between mindfulness and meditation

Jodi’s top 3 mindfulness practices to help when overwhelmed and stressed

A top mindfulness tip when going through a rough transition period, like moving to another country

“Ask yourself who do you want to be in that moment of stress” – Jodi Harris

Highlights from the episode

About Jodi and what she does for global entrepreneurs (1min:14sec)

One tip for those starting to grow a global and mobile business (4min:48sec)

How Jodi describes mindfulness (5min:59sec)

A mindful breathing exercise and a chance to experience mindfulness yourself (8min:37sec) 

Online resources for mindfulness and meditation (13min:43sec)

What is mindfulness meditation (14min:50sec)

Dan Siegel’s “Name it to tame it” method and why it works (18min:59sec)

Moving mindfulness (20min:31sec)

Ask yourself who you want to be in the moment of stress (22min:14sec)

And more ways Jodi practices mindfulness (28min:07sec)

Resources and Inspiration

Meditation tool: https://insighttimer.com

Mindfulness expert: www.drdansiegel.com

Mindfulness resources: www.gaia.com

Previous Episodes with Jodi

Episode 20: Introduction to Personal Leadership with Pari Namazie Vienna 

Episode 21: Slow down and savor, you might see the windows that you haven’t noticed before – Jodi Harris 

Take Action Right Now

Share your own mindful practices in the comments below and tell us what works for you.

What did you learn about mindfulness? Let the Tandem Nomads community know.

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Are you thinking too small with your business? Or are you thinking too big?

A lot of people fail in business because they set the wrong goals, but also because they did not properly reflect on what they really want to achieve through these goals!

In the case of expats and expats spouses, this is even more true when their lifestyle makes it even more difficult to create a sustainable business on the move.

It is in fact not so much about deciding if you should think big or small, but rather understanding what is it that YOU really want to achieve through this business.

“Your future is created by what you do today”

In this episode, you will discover the 3 types of businesses to consider, the pros and cons of each type of business and the 5 categories of questions you will need to reflect on in order to create a thriving business that truly fits your needs, your dreams and your lifestyle.

What you will learn

How to know if you should think big or think small when setting up your business goals

What needs to happen before setting the right goals for your business

What are the 3 types of businesses

What are the pros & cons of each business

What are the criteria to evaluate what type of business fits you best

How does this business alignment matrix work

Resources and inspiration

Define your big WHY and areas of IMPACT:

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

Design a vision board

Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live

The Magic of Thinking Big

Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Designing a business that is truly portable:

TN90: What is a portable business and how to make it scalable

TN101: 3 mistakes to avoid when planning a business abroad

Take Action Right Now

Download your free business alignment matrix and assessment.

 

When being an expat spouse, it can be quite challenging to continue a rewarding career, build confidence and a strong sense of identity while moving from one country to another. This is an issue that is specifically familiar to a lot of female spouses. You will see that it is not that different for some male spouses either.

Michael Ginsberg shares his inspiring journey of how he went from a deep loss of identity to reinventing himself and growing a successful portable business in renewable energy.

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.

In this episode, he shares with you how he went from searching jobs while moving from one country to another for his partner’s career abroad to creating his own consulting business in renewable energy.

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 has managed government relations and business development efforts for government agencies, renewable energy firms, and non-profits, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Green Energy, and World Learning. He holds a MS in Sustainability Management from the Columbia University and is a Certified Energy Manager, LEED AP O +M and NABCEP Solar PV Associate.

What you will learn

What Michael did to start his career and find jobs on the move

How he went from looking for a job to starting his business

How he managed to deal with the loss of identity and depression that he experienced at the beginning of his career journey abroad

How he got his first clients

How he turned a business that requires physical presence into a portable business

What to answer when people ask why he lives abroad and avoids making it about his spouse’s job

What is his business model and how he generates revenue

How did Michael grow his business on the move

Resources and inspiration

How to get a local number: www.vonage.com/business

Take action now

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It is not always easy to know what to say or write when reaching out to a potential client or partner.

Let’s for example say that you want a potential client or partner to accept a meeting with you, feature you on a podcast show, invite you to speak at a conference or simply buy your product or your service.

How many times have you been stuck wondering what to write when trying to convince someone to work with you?

In this episode, I share with you the magical formula that you can use every time you want to convince someone about something that is in both of your interest.

Do you want to find more practical examples of how to use this formula?

What you will learn in this episode

What is important to know before starting to approach someone to sell something?

How does this formula work?

How to not be pushy when selling something or trying to convince someone.

What are some examples where this formula can be helpful?

Take action now

Answer the question in the comment section: For what situation will you use this formula?

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Rashmi Zimburg is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and a specialist in Ayurvedic recipes.  As a global citizen and a mother of two daughters, Rashmi is passionate about food as a source of healing and energy.

In addition to growing up in India and the USA, Rashmi has accompanied her diplomat husband through various postings to Algeria, Indonesia, Austria, Japan and now Australia.

Growing up surrounded by a large extended family where healthy and unprocessed food was the norm, eating according to Ayurvedic rules was second nature to her.

Rashmi also studied food and Ayurveda extensively for more than a decade while navigating her life through each country and exploring the different food cultures.

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

What you will learn

How Rashmi ended up specializing in Ayurvedic health and food.

What do Ayurveda health and Ayurveda food mean?

What are the 6 tastes of Ayurveda?

The food combinations to avoid for a healthy diet.

Some easy and healthy food routines to take even when we have a busy life.

The important things to realize about eating and food for your body.

Resources and inspiration

Previous episode with Rashmi about her journey as a diplomatic spouse: www.tandemnomads.com/31

Tri-Dosha tea recipe: www.chezrush.com/food-is-medicine-1/

Vegan recipes: www.connoisseurusveg.com

Take action now

Download Rashmi’s suggested Ayurveda recipes: Plant Based Foods and Spices

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