I’ll be the first to admit that my lifestyle can be lonely, but I’ll also be the first to sing its praises because whenever I visit a new city, I meet some of the coolest, most interesting people and many of them have become lifelong friends and members of this community.
This happened tenfold just recently when I attended the Dynamite Circle Meetup for digital nomads in Bangkok run by Dan at Tropical MBA and met awesome people like Andrew Youderian and Mark Manson, both guys that I interviewed on my podcast shortly after meeting them.
Despite the fact that I’m not based in a city like San Diego in the US where a lot of great online business marketers and podcasters live, that certainly does not stop me from connecting with them like I did recently when I met Michael O’Neal and my good friend John Lee Dumas.
And when it comes to longer-term partnerships, I’ve found that living from my suitcase doesn’t put any limits on what I can produce.
For three years the lovely Natalie MacNeil and I worked together on a joint program and saw incredible success with our ability to attract high-potential members.
Throughout the program, Natalie MacNeil would be in Italy, Canada, or Bali and I would be in Thailand, Germany, or Spain, so most of our planning happened over Skype and email, with meetups in Berlin, Waterloo and New York City along the way.
While we made the time to meet up around the world for strategizing and lots of downtime, it wasn’t necessary for us to be in the same place to create the success that we did. As a matter of fact, the diversity of our locations was a big contributor to how widely we could market the program and the international reach that we attracted.
The same applies with attracting your ideal clients. I firmly believe it’s not necessary to be in the same timezone, let alone country as them, so long as you set your intentions from the beginning. If you’re clear on your desire to be location independent and that you’ll meet only virtually, you’ll attract clients comfortable with that.
In this video, you’ll learn:
- Four advantages for your business from consistent international travel
- Three tools for connecting with potential partnerships and joint ventures
- One assumption you might be holding onto that isn’t true about location independence
- How to time your travel so you make the most valuable connections at the right time
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In chapter 10 of The Suitcase Entrepreneur book , I dive deeper into the pros and cons of living with no base and traveling internationally so you can really decide if this lifestyle is a good fit for you.
In the comments below, tell me about your experiences with international partnerships!