Travel Freedom Podcast (Tom Williams)

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How we kept our costs so low in Mongolia. We interview Meg from Ulaanbaatar about her favourite places in Mongolia and some of the most unusual superstitions. Plus: How we discovered the local festivals that even the tour operators don't know about.

• Feature: How we travelled Mongolia east to west for only $33 per person per day.
• Interview: Meg from Megmongolia.com chats about some of her favourite places in Mongolia and some of  the most unusual superstitions.
• Find & visit the Local Naadam festivals for Free!

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We discuss:

• The biggest mistake travellers make
• How do you know if someone is trustworthy on the road?
• One great method to avoid getting ripped off by taxis
• The safest thing to do if someone tries to mug you
• How to avoid being a target for crime
• The best ways for female solo travellers to stay safe
• Ways to make sure your insurance company will pay out on a claim.
• Safest way to look after your passport
• Why your insurance will not always cover you
• Quick fire round - Will your insurance cover you if......?
• Will your insurance pay out if you have had more than one beer?

[tweetthis]Have 2 wallets. The mugging wallet and the real one hidden in your undies![/tweetthis] [tweetthis]Keep your ATM receipts in case you get robbed and need to claim insurance.[/tweetthis]  

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We are on another break while we focus on our upcoming Travel Blog Monetization Virtual Summit (Coming in March). Check out www.travelblogsummit.com for more info.

If you missed any of our old episodes, now is a good time to go back and listen!

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We experience gravity on a whole new level with a 50 second free fall in EmpuriaBrava. Costa Brava expert Jaume Marin, shares some of the reasons the catalonian region of spain should be on your travel bucket list. Plus, we go to prison in Castello d'Empuries.

• Feature Topic: Getting chucked out of a plane has been one of the most adrenaline intense experiences of our lives.
• Local Interview: Jaume Marin, head of Costa Brava (Spain) tourism.
• Fun/Travel: We visit the small, lesser known walled town of Castello d'Empuries and end up in prison...

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www.travelfreedompodcast.com/051

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We stumble across a traditional backstreet restaurant, in the heart of Barcelona, where the owners make you instantly part of the family. Discuss Barcelona's place as a digital nomad hub. We podcast from 1000 meters from a hot air balloon in Barcelona province. Plus, everything you'll ever need to know about olive oil!

Topics:

• Do old style family restaurants still exist in the tourist centre of Barcelona? Yes! We find one by accident and get a hear warming family welcome.
• The 10 euro lunch menu with way too much wine!
• We discuss the top reasons Barcelona is a great digital nomad hub
• Pickpocketing and crime risks in Barcelona
• Cost of living
• Alternative parts of the city that are ideal to stay in long term
• Cava for brunch
• Amazing tapas bites you just can't find in the tourist restaurants
• We fly over Barcelona province in a hot air Balloon!
• The truth about the Extra virgin olive oil you are getting back home

FULL SHOW NOTES: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/056

We will help you discover a travel freedom lifestyle career. We talk about what to expect in coming episodes and about our background as long term travellers and digital nomads. We explain the format of the show: Money Mondays, where we interview expert digital nomads and Travel Thursdays where we share the secrets of how to travel much more affordably. All this coming up in the 5 Dollar Planet Travel Podcast!

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SUMMARY: We visit a traditional micro brewery, eat schnitzel and sausages filled with cheese, ride a Segway through a storm and talk wine and Christmas markets with Helena from Vienna Tourism.

• Get christmassy with over 22 permanent christmas markets annually in Vienna as well as plenty of pop-up markets that appear every year.
• Vienna is the only Capital in the world with a large wine production within it's city limits.
• Alternative Coffee culture - and historic coffee culture added to the UNESCO intangible cultural protected list in 2011
• We eat Sausage stuffed with cheese!
• We try some unexpected home made beers, including hemp beer and chilli beer.
• We get caught in a storm on our Segway tour.
• Schnitzel! Of course.
• A Viennese pastry shop run by retirees - they have the best recipes!

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Summary: Why having a travel blog will save you a fortune, even if you are not a travel blogger. Plus, we visit Thessaloniki, Greece to eat the famous spicy gyros and we learn about some of the stranger Greek traditions and superstitions. We discuss:

• Feature Topic: Travel adventures for free, including "The legend of Tripod Tom"
• Local Interview: Mae from Greek Weddings & Dimitra from Greece Tourism
• $5 Food: Gyros - The number 1. value for money foodie choice
• $5 Fun/Travel: White Tower - Thessaloniki's iconic tower

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Summary:

We discuss:

• Feature Topic: Why Slow travel is the key to discovering travel freedom sooner
• Destination Feature Topic: Chinese Superstitions in Hong Kong & The Hong Kong Protests - why they are happening & the reality of life as a protester.
• Interview: Featuring local twitter activist Chris. We talk to Chris about his favourite local things to do in Hong Kong, Food and nightlife.
• $5 Foods: Curry Fish Balls. Hong Kong style szechuan hot pot.
• $5 Fun/Travel: Visit the IFC tower - BYO Beer.

QUOTE: "HK politics is like a buffet where all you get is tofu. You eat all you want but only get tofu"

You can submit your own $5 food or fun experiences to our rapidly growing $5 Planet Map. OR tweet suggestions to @5dollartravel or #5dollarplanet  

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Summary:

Are you are struggling to make a money from your blog? We discuss the core strategies that are working for bloggers right now and how to choose which are right for you.

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We head to Amritsar, India to visit India's most visited attraction and end up accidentally discovering the best Indian bread on this planet! Plus, surprisingly bendy soldiers at the India-Pakistan border ceremony.

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Even if you don't have kids you'll want to learn from Josh & Erin Bender - Family travel lifestyle experts. The benefits of an "on-the-road" education and the biggest challenges kids pose to their nomad parents. Plus, we celebrate 2 years on the road! Feature Topics in this episode:

• Why Kids are not a barrier to travel
• What are the biggest challenges to long term travel with kids
• Living in Bali in a high quality place for a Family of 4 for $2,500 - all inclusive.
• Why travel is a better education for your kids
• Transitioning from a web development business to being full time bloggers.
• Running competitions to monetize your blog
• Why advertisers are not paying for your writing, and what they are paying for...
• How having kids doesn't affect your opportunities to work with travel companies
• Why Family travel bloggers find it easier to get free stuff
• Getting paid to travel by a sauce company?
• Travel Lifestyle does not have to be permanent

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The Stories behind Mexico's most famous dish: Tacos. This is the first part of our 2 part pilot release.  Get ready for Foodie Info-tainment!

"The Dish" is a new food/travel podcast from Tommo & Megsy, in which we explore the stories behind the world's most famous dishes. For more info, head to https://foodfuntravel.com/thedish/

In this episode you will learn:

• How tacos became a dish - and when.
• What was the first ever taco style? (We go eat it, live!)
• A roundup of some of Mexico's tastiest taco styles
• What was the largest & most expensive taco in the world?

We keep things fun, light and tasty from start to finish!

Featuring Taco Professional & Food Historian, Jeffrey Pilcher (University of Toronto)

Get the full show notes at https://foodfuntravel.com/001 + a list of 24 amazing tacos from around the world, submitted by food/travel bloggers.

Part 2 is available to our patron subscribers now for early access. Part 2 & the rest of season 1 will be published to the public all at once in April / May 2018

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Mr Scott Eddy… Serial entrepreneur, Networking superstar & Twitter magnate, has over half a million twitter followers and gets almost 100% of new business through twitter. Scott shares his secrets to turbocharging your twitter account. Feature Topics in this episode:

• Why the real benefit of twitter has nothing to do with getting content shared.
• What is the most important factor to building a massive twitter following
• The importance of twitter chats
• How to get over your fear of "Going all in" leaving your old life behind and discovering travel freedom
• Who you should follow on twitter to turbocharge your own following
• Building a half million twitter following in less than 4 years
• The "Pay it forward" Entrepreneurial community
• Politeness goes a long way… Even on twitter.
• Why getting followers means nothing if you don't give back a reason for them to engage.
• Is it too late to become huge on twitter?
• Why even nomads should choose a location for twitter
• Why buying followers is a waste of money.

[tweetthis]Travelling is like gasoline for Entrepreneurs it makes your creativity explode[/tweetthis] [tweetthis]The world ain't coming to you. You've got to go to it! - Scott Eddy[/tweetthis] [tweetthis]Twitter sex is short: 140 characters and it's all over [/tweetthis]

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How the "My Tan Feet" Blog made over $36,000 in their first two years. The monetization and customer targeting tips that can help your blog start printing money right away. Feature Topics in this episode:

• Why you should develop a flexible brand from day one
• Why niche = authority
• Why blogs are better for audiences
• How choosing the right niche can make or break your business
• Why targeted email sequences convert readers into customers
• Choosing affiliates that work
• Why Adsense can still work for you
• Pitch or fail. Why bitting the bullet and cold emailing is often the only way to grow your income
• Why being able to do simple video will get you more blogging work
• The importance of an auto responder sequence with evergreen content
• Why email beats social media and google every time
• Building a quality email list with a 70% open rate
• An engaged audience will get you more sponsorship and earnings than a larger, unengaged audience
• How to build your own press trip
• Why you shouldn't just rely on affiliate programs that already exist.

Interview Guest: Samantha & Yeison My Tan Feet 5 Steps to Kickstarting Your Dream Lifestyle: Download here (Last chance to get the book for free!) MONDAY TOOL: Aweber: Email marketing newsletters World Nomads Insurance - Specifically designed for digital nomads, flashpackers, adventure & long term Travellers - Get a 5% Discount with our coupon code: WN5DP Trusted Housesitters.com - Use discount code 5DP to get a 15% discount on membership

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We discuss:

• Feature Topic: Are you suffering from stuffocation? Your possessions are your prison! Why material things do not make you happy, but experiences do.
• Local Interview: Dimitra from #visitgreece tells us about food, culture and cool things to do in Athens.
• $5 Food: Saganaki - Fried yellow cheese for $5? Yes please!
• $5 Fun/Travel: Coffee is Greek therapy. Making new friends has never been so easy, or affordable!

You can submit your own $5 food or fun experiences to our rapidly growing $5 Planet Map. OR tweet suggestions to @5dollartravel or #5dollarplanet

This podcast is new, so help us out. Please leave your comments below so that we can make changes to future episodes based on your feedback.

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We discuss: Our everyday method for getting cheaper flights. Plus, this week we are in Marrakech, morocco. Our safety expert Phil Sylvester gives us some top tips for staying safe in Morocco and we drink amazing spiced tea!

• Feature: An everyday method for Getting the cheapest flights - no miles, points, scams or standby rates.
• Interview: Phil From World Nomads - Safety in Morocco
• $5 Food: Cake & Spiced Tea
• $5 Fun: Sunset at the Jamaa El Fna with overpriced tea.

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Travel food tips that will save you a bundle. We picnic at the Eiffel tower and enjoy one of the best free fireworks shows in Europe. Laurie from The Paris Blog gives us her expert take on undiscovered Paris.

We discuss:

• Feature Topic: We reveal our top 3 tips for enjoying authentic local food, anywhere in the world, for way less money.
• Local Interview: Laurie from The Paris Blog shares her expert knowledge of her second home, Paris.
• $5 Food: Our Eiffel tower Picnic and some of the coolest, affordable cafes in the Monmarte district.
• $5 Fun/Travel: Cheaper entry to museums. Flea markets and the most outrageous people watching in Europe.

You can submit your own $5 food or fun experiences to our rapidly growing $5 Planet Map. OR tweet suggestions to @5dollartravel or #5dollarplanet  

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Summary:

Could most corporate jobs soon be location independent? Our guest Fabian, TEDx speaker and serial traveler for 14 years, reveals insights from his startup diaries project which interviewed remote workers on how they escaped traditional lives to find more freedom. Listen to this episode if you want inspiration and information on what it is like to be location independent and ways you could achieve it.

• Why people choose to re-define their work lives
• Fabian's incredible story of 14 years as a full time traveller
• Why living in nomad hubs will grow your business
• New co-working spaces in Morocco
• The biggest Challenges people face living a location independent life
• Alternatives to blogging for an online income
• The future of corporate jobs - will the cubicle be a thing of the past? And reasons would corporations change that model?
• How Fabian got to Speak at TEDx
• Safety when visiting Brazil and other parts of South America

Show Notes: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/044

SUMMARY

If you currently make less than $200 a month from affiliate sales, or are new to affiliate sales, we introduce tips and strategies that will help you generate passive income from your travel blog.

• How to choose the right affiliates for your brand - that won't offend your readers
• Which travel affiliates convert well
• Which Affiliate networks are best for travel bloggers
• Plugins to save affiliate pages from google slaps
• How to get you affiliate money into your bank account the easy way.
• A checklist: 4 Thing that you need to get right for an affiliate to convert.

Competition:

http://www.worldnomads.com/competitions/great-escapes

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Corporate America is taking over podcasting. Grow your audience now before it costs a fortune. With over 1 Million downloads per month, John Lee Dumas (Best of iTunes 2013) makes a six figure monthly salary from podcasting. John tells us how to launch a successful podcast in 2015 before it's too late. Feature Topics in this episode:

• Podcasters Paradise - Free Webinars http://www.travelfreedompodcast.com/paradise
• Why should bloggers start a podcast
• Is podcasting the business solution for you?
• Why there has never been a better time to start a podcast - get in before its full
• The importance of indie podcasters finding a narrow niche
• Why podcasting will replace radio, soon!
• How to get new listeners quickly
• How important is iTunes new and noteworthy?
• The importance of iTunes artwork

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Travel Hacking: How to become a top house sitter in no time and get free accommodation worldwide. Plus, get ready for the craziest water fight on Earth - The Thingyan festival in Burma is off the chain! We discuss:

• Feature: The Thingyan Water Festival, Myanmar
• Travel Hacking Central: Can Anyone be a house sitter? 3 tips to become a top house sitter in no time

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This is the audio only teaser. A video teaser is also available. Or head to www.5dollarplanet.com to learn more.

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We explore Budapest's Street art scene and the ruin bars of district 7 (including the famous "Szimpla Kert"). We stay at Retox and discover what it's like to stay or work at a party hostel - mental! Plus we eat a traditional Hungarian 2 course lunch for only 3 euros

• Budapest's Ruin Bars
• Street Art in Budapest
• What it's like to work in a party hostel
• The unexpected American food revolution in Budapest
• Goulash and how to find a 3 Euro, 2 course lunch menu

Full Show Notes:

www.travelfreedompodcast.com/058

Summary:

IBM’s Social Media Strategist, Alex de Carvalho, explains how to create a brand that clearly identifies you and your company and that can grow with you as your company develops. Plus, how to evolve or re-brand when things aren’t working out.

Get Alex's quick branding tips and the quick blog setup cheat sheet by visiting the show notes.

Full Show Notes: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/066

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Summary:

Security, improved site speed, SEO, email list and social building, increase engagement, increase profit. There are a lot of plugins we use on all our Wordpress blogs. This is our list of essential ones that you shouldn't be without.

Full Show notes: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/065

Summary:

We spent one month in Essaouira, on Morocco's Atlantic west coast. We explore some of the most "freshest" local food markets in the world, discover the winding backstreets and history of the medina and find a local massage that was more than we bargained for...

Topics:

• Shopping for the freshest raw chicken - So fresh it's still warm!
• The history behind The Essaouira Medina and fortress
• The largest lounge we've had in an apartment - ever! Only $350 a month.
• Kitesurfing on the atlantic coast
• The massage of death!
• Amazing fruit and veg markets and the secret to finding good tagine in Morocco

SHOW NOTES: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/039

We discover traditional czech food, the unexpected micro-brewery scene of Prague and that the city has a lot more to offer the adventure traveller within minutes of the city centre than you'd ever know! Plus - A UNESCO site without the tourists...

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Summary:

16 countries across 2 continents… We've experienced and eaten a lot! Today our favourites (and least favourites) in food, attractions, journeys, destinations, accommodation, drinks and more! Could we have eaten the best burger in the world in 2015? Time to find out.

SHOW NOTES: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/041

We reveal our latest travel tip that just completely changed and improved our travel experience and saved us from being homeless. And, anyone can implement this. Plus we chat with Betty from Bratislava tourism and explore the history, food and wine of Europe's "Little-big city"

• Feature: The best travel tip we have discovered in over 2 years and how it saved us from being stuck in a dorm with the loudest snorer on earth.
• Interview: Betty from Bratislava tourism (LINK)
• Food: Pierogi, Bratislava nut rolls and much more!

We are Switching to a once a week format From June 1st. Money Mondays & Travel Mondays will alternate until further notice. So listen in Monday 8th June for our first "Travel Mondays" episode. And then Join us again on Monday 15th June for the next money mondays Episode.

Due to our busy schedule we just don't have time to produce two episodes a week right now to the level of quality that we want. So, we hope, by producing less episodes we can raise the standard for what we publish.

Thanks for listening, your feedback is always welcome.

SHOWNOTES: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/029

Meeting new people is part of the travel experience. But how do you connect with new people easily in unfamiliar territory? We give you our top 5 tips. Plus, we visit the Capital of the Republic of Macedonia and discover amazing breakfast for a dollar as well as exploring the amazing value at the Bit Pazaar

• Feature: 5 Ways to make friends on the road
• Destination - We visit Skopje, the capital of FYROM (Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia)
• $5 food: Burek
• $5 Fun: Old town, Bit Pazaar markets

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Summary:

We ride the most uncomfortable form of transport ever devised by man into the Sand Dunes of the Sahara desert on the Moroccan-Algerian border, near Merzouga, Morocco. We eat Berber pizza, try the famed Berber whisky, and try our hand at sand-boarding.

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We discuss:

• Feature Topic: Off Season Travel - Amazing Savings and the weather can be better than you think if you do your research. We detail exactly how we got to stay in a palatial apartment, 5 minutes walk from the beach for $350 a month.
• Interviews: Nicholas Montemaggi from the Emilia Romagna Tourism talks about Bologna.
• $5 Food & Fun - The Gelato Museum and Italy's best kept secret… Aperitivo!

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Coach Deb Cole is the PR director for TBEX (Travel Bloggers Exchange - the largest travel blogger event in the world) and NMX (The New Media Expo). She has recently changed her frequent traveller lifestyle into one of full time Travel Freedom - you can read about Coach Deb's adventures on her blog. Feature Topics in this episode:

• Why every blogger and online businessman has another job: Marketer.
• Why Email still trumps social media hands down.
• How to introduce yourself to super famous bloggers at conferences and social events.
• Youtube vs Podcasting for 2015?
• Why having a flood of competitors is a good thing.
• Why Negative publicity works.
• Why Travel Freedom is the best lifestyle.

We love to hear from listeners about how we can improve the show or what you love about it already.

FULL SHOW NOTES: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/053

Summary:

Giant beers, hearty food and a fairy tale castle that inspired Disney. Oktoberfest is just around the corner but Munich is a year round destination with a lot to offer no matter when you visit. We discover Food, Fun & Adventure in Bavaria's Capital, without the Oktoberfest crowds.

Full Show Notes: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/060

Summary:

3 common mistakes that are slowing your email list growth. 4 steps to keeping your emails going direct to the inbox, not to spam. Email Marketing expert Tom Tate from Aweber discusses how email is a more effective way to connect and sell to your audience than social media. Plus, we explain the ESP (Email Service Provider) we use to manage and automate email to 4,000 subscribers across multiple lists.

Get your first 30 days with Aweber for free:

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Summary:

New to using AirBnB? We answer concerns and offer tips and tricks to stay safe and get the most out of your experience. We visit Asia's most flamboyant festival, Masskara in Bacolod. Plus, what it's like to sleep in a 300 bed dorm on a party ferry.

• Money saving Feature: AirBnB FAQs, tips and tricks.
• Tips for getting a safe property and getting discounts (AirBnB)
• Travel Features: The Masskara festival, Philippines & Staying in a 300 bed dorm.
• A whole duck for $7 in Bucharest?
• The return of story corner...

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We discuss:

• Feature Topic: We reveal how we save thousands of travel dollars a year just by being clued up about taxi scams.
• Local Interview: Featuring Mariellen of breathDreamGo.com, we learn about the history of Varanasi, local food and more!
• $5 Food: Curry with a view, and some of the most buttery bread on the planet!
• $5 Fun/Travel: We take a boat ride along the Ganges for less than $5 in Varanasi, India.

You can submit your own $5 food or fun experiences to our rapidly growing $5 Planet Map. OR tweet suggestions to @5dollartravel or #5dollarplanet  

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This podcast is new, so help us out. Please leave your comments below so that we can make changes to future episodes based on your feedback.

Want more Travel Freedom while we are on a break?

Go back and listen to some of our favourite episodes:

www.travelfreedompodcast.com/002 - Deb Cole on New Media Marketing

www.travelfreedompodcast.com/012 - Scott Eddy on building a twitter following of over 600,000

www.travelfreedompodcast.com/049 - We visit Seville, Spain! Eat Tapas and talk flamenco.

We'll be back with more brand new content on December 7th!

SHOW NOTES: www.travelfreedompodcast.com/032

We interview some of the top travel bloggers in the business. Feat. Jodi Ettenberg (Legal Nomads), Derek Baron (Wandering Earl), Gary Arndt (Everything Everywhere), Indie Travel Podcast, Nathaniel Boyle (Daily Travel Podcast) and many more!

• Blog Monetization tips from top bloggers
• Tips for getting the most out of conferences
• Inspirational quotes on why long term travellers choose a travel freedom lifestyle
• What first time conference goers got out of attending

5 steps to kickstarting your dream lifestyle, our new ebook is now available at 5dollarplanet.com/dreamlifestyle and successful author Tim Leffel shares the mistakes which online authors make when they first try to earn revenue from publishing. Feature Topics in this episode:

• Why people are afraid to travel full time or simply think they can't
• Why online, multiple revenue stream income is better than employment
• Where are the best digital nomad hubs to go and live - for less money
• How outsourcing can rapidly grow you business
• The 18 best countries to have a better life for half the price READ HERE
• How to deal with your stuff and family and friends if you move abroad?
• Why traditional book publication is a waste of time for most people.
• The most important first step before writing your ebook
• How to get your book out there and selling copies
• How to make your book worth more than just a book

We love to hear from listeners about how we can improve the show or what you love about it already.

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Head honcho for 2 of the largest trade shows in the business: NMX (New Media Expo) and TBEX (Travel Bloggers Exchange),  Rick gives us his insider tips on succeeding in the world of new media and cutting through the noise of an overcrowded online space. Feature Topics in this episode:

•  Why going to conferences is so important for business success
• Is new media better than traditional media?
• What are TBEX & NMX and why they could benefit you
• Why new media is interactive and inclusive
• How to network with people who are bigger than you
• How to cut through the "noise" of other online content
• Will there ever be a day when newbies simply can't rank on google?
• Content is king but community is queen
• Why TV is on its last legs
• Why friendly blogging communities are about to become enemies
• Is Organic reach on Facebook over?

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At $22 per person per day, full time travel has cost about half what living and working in Australia used to cost us. We explain all of our expenses in detail so you can emulate our success. What have we spent our money on? What was good value for money?

• Feature: Psychologists prove why an experience based lifestyle will make you happier than 
• Main Topic: 2 years of budget data. How much have we spent and what we have spent it on. Learn how our $22 per person per day budget has been spent.
• What have been the biggest expenses. Where should we have spent more, where could we have spent less?

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Do you even need a blog? We talk about the importance of blogging in 2015 and Photographer of the year Gary Arndt from everything-everywhere shares his knowledge of using photography to monetize and the importance of keeping your audience happy over making money. Feature Topics in this episode:

• There is more to internet success than travel blogging
• Going from total beginner to photographer of the year in just 7 years.
• How to leverage photography to monetize your blog
• Why your audience is more important than making money
• Why you can't expect to be a top blogger overnight
• Why you should never just play to your audience

We love to hear from listeners about how we can improve the show or what you love about it already.

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Is Thailand the ultimate cauldron for first time digital nomads? We talk about the pros and cons of choosing Thailand to get your start and compare Chiang Mai to Koh Phangnan for being the best hub to choose. Plus, we announce the "Travel Bloggers Retreat" - for which we are guest speakers.

Topics:

• Why you should move to Thailand to grow your business faster
• Best Thai visa options for location independent business people
• Koh Phangan vs Chiang Mai? Is the new digital nomad hub going to give the world's top hub a run for it's money?
• Co-working spaces - costs and benefits
• Are Thai authorities cracking down on digital nomads?

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With almost half a million followers on Pinterest, Nienke Krook is an expert at engagement and implementing Pinterest to get traffic and build her brand. She reveals her top tricks, tips and secrets to harnessing the power of Pinterest for your own site.

• Pinterest is not a social network
• How Pinterest can help you represent your brand and personality
• Unexpected options for engagement on Pinterest
• Why Pinterest helps you sell more than Facebook
• Why and how to SEO your Pinterest boards
• How to make affiliate sales now that Pinterest doesn't allow affiliate links
• How to get people to click through on pins to your website / blog
• Common Pinterest mistakes to avoid

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Was February our cheapest month travelling in 2 years? If so, how did we do it? Plus we re-visit our time in Seoul, South Korea, staying in a volcanic spa for $27 a night and eating amazing food. Our guest Runaway Juno tells us about her favourite things about Seoul.

• Feature: Visit Europe on $7 a day - we just proved it's possible
• Interview: Runaway Juno
• $5 Food - Kimbap, its like Korean sushi, And Mandu - Korean dumplings
• $5 fun - We visit the toilet museums!

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Topics:

How video can be a full time income for your blog.

Who is interested in paying bloggers for video and how to pitch them.

Relationships before pitches.

The new course to turn you into a travel video pro.

How to look outside of your blog for income.

The importance of credibility over short term gain.

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London on a $5 planet budget? - yes it is possible! We visit Camden markets and reveal how we can go out for food and beer on a super cheap budget. We also outline 3 of our best money saving transport tips for Europe. We discuss:

• Feature: Transport Travel Hacks, our top 3 money savers for getting round Europe
• Interview: Charlie from Walk Eat Talk Eat tells us about East London history and the burgeoning street food scene. There is more to modern British cuisine than you think...
• $5 Food - Beigels, but not like anything you'll ever tried before… Plus we grab a beer at the cheapest pub in England.
• $5 Fun - We visit the British museum - It's free! And awesome!

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• The new Zipkick intelligent booking app that is working with bloggers
• Using twitter to land big fish really works - tips to help you succeed at networking with twitter
• Networking doesn't start with business
• The elements of a product launch strategy and how they work together
• How to leverage people to be desperate to advertise your launch for free
• Why cold sales pitches are the least effective method for getting launch support
• The importance of brand alignment in getting raving supporters

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Summary:

From the insanely busy walking markets to the surprising abundance of Thai-Western fusion food, Chiang Mai has got a little bit of everything for the modern digital nomad. We find food, fun and even some classic Thai luxury, in part one of our two part Chiang Mai Podcast.

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Methods to figure out what to charge and how to nurture long term relationships with brands. PR expert Sara Robles discusses how to value yourself and how to make companies take notice of you.

• How to pitch hotels for free accommodation - the right way.
• How to learn what a company needs from you
• Why email is not the way to build business relationships and some methods that work much better.
• How to gauge when to push a business relationship further
• Why you shouldn't be "all business"
• Why its all about stalking.
• Why interacting in blogger groups can help you find the right businesses too
• How many people you should email at any given company
• When you should start talking money
• The PR Formula for knowing what to charge for your blogging work
• Why your value as a blogger goes way beyond providing links at a "cost-per-click" rate
• What to do when campaigns go wrong.
• How to perpetuate the relationship

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• History of Strudel
• Lots of sausage! Even Sausage with cheese in.
• We sit down to dinner with Peter from Innsbruck tourism to discuss history and food of Innsbruck and Austria
• You won't always find the most unique dishes on the English menu
• We try some of the more unusual local foods including a spleen soup and grey cheese in oil and vinegar
• We visit the historic Hofburg palace
• Kase Spatzle is yum!
• Winter and summer activities in Innsbruck
• The traditional microwbrew scene in Austria
• Festivals and jazz in Innsbruck

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$76 per day in passive income? Plus freelancing = supporting a family of 4 while travelling the world full time. Sharon Gourlay proves that great SEO and affiliate linked articles (even without an effective email list!) are all you need to discover travel freedom.

Topics:

• Is Yoast SEO as good as you think it is?
• Why you shouldn't find keywords for the articles you want to write but should find keywords before you decide what to write.
• Why SEO is a waiting game and you should not get impatient
• How to find long tail keywords
• How to use google webmaster tools to improve SEO ranking super fast
• Why you shouldn't rely on google
• Are you wasting your time with social media?

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Carol Cain of Girl Gone Travel is former PR turned pro-blogger. Feature Topics in this episode:

• Finding a Personal brand that lasts forever is almost impossible
• The worst PR mistakes that Newbies Make
• How to profit from unpaid press trips
• How to build lasting long term PR contacts that will grow your business
• How to keep on top of your PR by choosing the right "super" contacts
• The benefits of not being a diva
• What is PR in 2015? And how it can benefit you.

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Summary

It's easy to get overweight eating so much yummy food on the road. Our top tips for staying fit while traveling. Plus, we visit Seville, Spain, eat incredible crispy Octopus, discover the secret flamenco that the tourists don't see and try Sangria with an unexpected ingredient!

• Staying fit on the road.
• Visiting The largest Gothic Cathedral in the world
• Octopus and craft beer in Mercado Triana
• The secret history of Seville's Flamenco tradition plus how to see authentic Flamenco today.
• Spiced up Sangria that hits the spot
• Spanish story corner - I bet you can't wait to here my Spanish accent.

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We discuss:

• Feature Topic: We reveal how much it has cost us to travel the world for the last 21 months... It's way less than staying home would have cost.
• Local Interview: Featuring "Mr G" owner of the Prizren city hostel. We talk about the history of Prizren, advice for budget travellers and fun things to do.
• $5 Food: Bread, Meat and Cheese... We consume some exciting local varieties and get a meal for two in a nice town centre restaurant for only $5 per person.
• $5 Fun/Travel: We discover some fun things to do for less than $5.

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How to become a housesitting pro in just 3 months.

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Mr G's Hostel: The Prizren City Hostel - Free beer for all guests, all night! http://www.prizrencityhostel.com/

Our feature restaurant in Prizren: http://www.besimi-beska.com/

Another Excellent restaurant for eating Burger stuffed with cheese (Pleskavica): http://www.tesyla.com/

How to live in Cambodia from as little as $7 a day

Snap Seed - Photo editing for your mobile device, Snap Seed on Android

Trail Wallet - Budget tracking app

Never Ending Voyage - The blog from Erin & Simon, Creators of Trail Wallet

The town of Prizren with the fort on the hill on the left.

The Bread Balloon (Completely hollow bread!) and Sharr cheese: Prizren, Kosovo

"Pleskavica", Burger stuffed with cheese: Prizren, Kosovo

View from the path below the fort of Prizren and the old church ruins on the left.

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Topics:

• How to stay with a real nomad family, not in a tourist Ger.
• Breaking down in the middle of the Gobi Desert - When travel to remote areas goes wrong.

5 Dollar Planet Travel Podcast covers topics:

Location independence.

Location Independent living.

Travel Lifestyle.

Digital Nomad.

Lifestyle Careers.

Living Abroad.

Cut your living expenses.

Travel the World full time on $23 per day.

Learn how to make money from blogging.

Learn how to generat an online income.

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Summary:

In January 2015 we switched to carry on only with sub 10KG (22lbs) in our carry on backpacks. We discuss the ups and downs of minimalist travel as well as our ultimate minimalist wish list for if we were starting from scratch again as digital nomads.

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A better life for a fraction of the price? SE Asia on $7 a day, the real cost of Asia that the tourism agents don't want you to know about. A meal for 2 on the beach for $4, PLUS: How to beat the police and motorbike scams.

• Feature: Asia on $7-$15 per person per day.
• Story Corner: Motorbikes of death! The realities of hiring a scooter in Cambodia - Plus how to beat the scams.
• $5 food: Beach meal

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Want to make cash for posting articles on your blog? Megan Jerrad from MappingMegan.com makes a full time income from writing on her blog. She shares her top tips for finding paid assignments and how much you should charge for your words. Feature Topics in this episode:

• The importance of making direct contact with readers/listeners
• How to know what to write about to get people loving your content
• How to know if someone likes your pitch, without having to ask them
• What are sponsored posts and how do you make an income from sponsored posts
• How to avoid being google slapped and losing your page rankings.
• How to avoid pissing off readers when publishing lots of sponsored content
• How to choose what sponsored content is right for your site
• Guest posting for exposure
• What are contact swaps and why should you do them
• Getting covered in puffin shit in Iceland
• Pitch to big blogs for paid writing work
• Is it easier to be a freelance writer than it used to be?
• How much should you charge for freelance writing?
• How to know if sponsored posts you get offered are spammy?
• Should you charge more to include a social media campaign with each guest post
• How to find a PR Agent who will get you sponsored post work
• Having a template of prices so you can respond to PR quickly
• How to get the word out that you are accepting guest posts
• How to avoid "Super Hero Syndrome" and free up time

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Chris Ducker - the founder and CEO of Virtual Staff Finder and the Live2Sell Group of Companies Gary Arndt - Everything Everywhere The Mid Game - PR Network - connect with influencers. LAN Airlines Cision - PR software and...

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Are you sure you have the right business? Or can't even decide what sort of business or blog to start? Todays masterclass covers how to make sure you are heading in the right direction and how to kickstart your digital nomad career! Feature Topics in this episode:

• How you know if you are cut out to be an entrepreneur
• How to differentiate a passion from a business plan
• How to discover your "Sweet Spot" - the match between you passions, skills and which of those is saleable.
• Why Passion for a project does not have to be full on to start with.
• How to choose a great niche
• Should you think about an end product, before building an audience first, or get an audience and then develop a product around their needs?
• The importance of an avatar - how to cater for the right people to make your business a success.
• How to know if there is a market for your product / service / idea
• How to grow an audience quickly, from scratch
• How to use kickstarter to build an audience
• The importance of accountability in getting projects completed
• The key to a successful crowd funding campaign is...
• The importance of making a list of what you really want from life - your dreams

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Summary:

Hong Kong is one of the best foodie destinations in the world. We delight our tastebuds with everything from down and dirty local cantonese food, to up market French tapas. We wash it back with a healthy serving of wine at the international wine and spirits show.

Including:

• Egg Tarts
• Bowrington Food Market
• BBQ Honey Pork & Goose!
• Alchemy Dine in the dark
• Aqua Luna Harbour Tours
• Mr Wong's Unlimited Food & Wine Buffet
• The International Wine & Spirits Fair

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Want more clicks on your articles? You need better headlines. Chief copywriter from Copy Blogger, Demian Farnworth, discusses how to massively improve your headlines and then engage readers better once they land on your articles.

• Why you must treat blogging as copy writing if you want to engage readers in 2015
• Why list posts are still incredibly effective but "How to" has lots some of its power
• Demian's top tips for writing better headlines
• Why you keep "burying the lead" - and how to find it
• Understanding how to use the "4U's" of headline writing will massively increase click through
• Why short headlines just work better and when to use them
• Will journalistic style writing be replaced by copywriting?
• Why podcasting is the future of blogging
• Why most podcast headlines suck, and what to do about it 

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We discuss: How we keep our alcohol budget to a minimum even in more expensive countries, while still partying it up and making new friends. Plus, our local guest, Taku, tells us about Albanian history and sources us one of the most affordable meals in Europe.

• Feature Topic: We like to drink and we don't like to spend too much doing it - but we still want a good time. Maximum party, minimum budget! Our top 3 Tips for drinking cheap anywhere..
• Interview with local Albanian: Taku. We talk about The Albanian blood feuds and how only a few years ago, while the countries borders were closed, things were completely different in Albania.
• $5 Food: Pilaf and Kaçkavalli (Kashkaval) fried cheese
• $5 Fun: Visit the Rozafa Castle

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The Planet D are the largest blog in Canada. Feature Topics in this episode:

• Why Sponsorship may be all you need to make a full time living from your blog
• Why you must build your brand before trying to get paid.
• How much traffic you need to begin pitching companies for money
• Why your blogging career should not initially be about the money
• How newbies can pitch big corporations
• How Pitching can be more important than numbers
• How to contact the right people and get your pitch read
• How to leverage twitter and linked in to network with the right people
• What to put in your initial pitch email, the follow up and the full pitch.
• How long your initial pitch should be
• How to decide how much money to ask for

We love to hear from listeners about how we can improve the show or what you love about it already.

You can submit your own $5 food or fun experiences to our rapidly growing $5 Planet Map. OR tweet suggestions to @5dollartravel or #5dollarplanet  

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    ---- DISCLAIMER: We are affiliated with TBEX, Trusted Housesitters, World nomads, Lems Shoes, Cabin Zero - all companies we love and support. We are not affiliated with any other of the recommended products on this page. All our opinions, as always, are our own.

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Is it time to improve your website design in order to increase engagement? We talk website design, social integration and blog monetization with Raymond Walsh from Man on the Lam. Plus, the rumours are true. Romanian Internet is the fastest we've ever used, you won't believe just how fast it is!

• A unique method for finding a good website designer
• Tips for making sure you choose the right designer
• Using contests to re-launch your overhauled website
• The importance of small details to give your site a personality that people will remember
• Improving page rank and engagement by having a good design
• How much design knowledge do you need to design your own site?
• Multiple revenue streams and having side gigs to supplement blog income
• Why social media sharing is directly affected by your web design and how to increase sharing.
• How to buy other people's blogs and make steady profit
• Why Raymond chose travel freedom!

World Nomads

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Too busy to get all your blog/business tasks done? Worried that putting your business in the hands of virtual staff may lead to disaster? The people growing their business fastest are outsourcing. David Liem gives a 101 course on getting into hiring virtual staff. Why you should, how to do it and when to do it.

• Why resisting outsourcing is holding your business back
• Why having more time is ALWAYS worth the money
• When should you outsource?
• Simple steps for first time outsourcers to find the right staff.
• The benefits of outsourcing over hiring regular staff
• Tips on monitoring and managing virtual staff
• Ideas on what sort of tasks you could be outsourcing right away
• Whether you should hire cheap staff and train them, or get more expensive, experiences staff
• Which outsourcing platform you should use

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MONEY MONDAYS: Building an independent 30 day press trip saved us over $6000, learn how you can follow in our footsteps. Tips, tricks, advice on setting up your next press trip.

We detail all of our expenses, what we got in exchange for blogging and promoting companies and valuable tips and tricks that helped us make it happen.

We also unveil a little surprise that might really help you too...

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Sir Toby's Hostel, Prague - Get your 10% discount off your next stay with the code "travelfreedom"

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Summary:

Amanda from MarocMama built a 6 figure food tour business in less than 15 months leveraging traffic from her food-travel blog. She shares her strategies and gives actionable tips so you can emulate her success.

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• How to turn blog traffic into tour customers
• How to decide what tours to start offering
• Tips for dealing with local laws for tour companies
• How to grow your tour business by implementing the blogging community
• How to create a 6 figure tour business with zero advertising budget
• Best plugins and tools for managing bookings and payments.

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Summary:

Creating physical products can be a long process, but a very profitable one, if done right. Making mistakes early on can waste month and thousands of dollars. We chat with Jeremy from Tortuga Backpacks about avoiding the rookie mistakes and creating a profitable product business.