Living and Working as a Digital Nomad

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dustin@townwebdesign.comDustin Overbeck

Living &Working

as a Digital Nomad

Dustin Overbeck dustin@townwebdesign.com

No Technical School teaches you how to be a Digital Nomad

No Classes - No Degree Masters Degree of Digital Nomad

No Technical School teaches you how to be a Digital Nomad

No Classes - No Degree

Solution:

1.Product/Service that people will pay for

2.Low overhead & operating costs

3.You are not your business (where you trade hours for dollars)

4.Your “office” is mobile

Masters Degree of Digital Nomad

DUSTIN OVERBECK

Twitter: @dustonio

Email: dustin@townwebdesign.com

ABOUT DUSTIN

• Founded Town Web Design in 2007

• Municipal Site Design & Hosting

• Powering over 350 Municipalities

• Four new customer sites per month

ABOUT TOWN WEB DESIGN

CAREER PATHS

(1) Focusing hiring in a Metro area Are they located in an area where I want to grow a team?

(2) Recruit candidates who have Call Centers experience Did they advance quickly while working in a call center?

(3) Group your best candidates together; weed out the slackers Can they follow detailed instructions and do they match criteria above?

(4) Interview and Test for technical hardware Is there anything that could prevent them from doing their job well on a daily basis?

(5) Will they make great teammates with your existing team? Do they seem like a great person to be with and to work with? Do they fit in the corporate culture?

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9 to 5 - Cubical “Robot”

9 to 5 - Cubical “Robot” Digital Nomad

Advantages•Regular Paycheck

• Insurance & Benefits

•Work with many coworkers

•Career path

Advantages•Regular Paycheck

• Insurance & Benefits

•Work with many coworkers

•Career path

Disadvantages•You have a boss

•Have to work everyday

•Have to do as you are told

Advantages•Excellent work/life balance

•Pick who you want to work with

•You are in 100% control

•Higher risk = higher reward

Digital Nomad

Advantages•Excellent work/life balance

•Pick who you want to work with

•You are in 100% control

•Higher risk = higher reward

Disadvantages•No steady paycheck

•Unconventional

•Requires self-discipline

•Need to stay motivatedDigital Nomad

Earning “Coconut Cash”•Living on the beach

•Working 4 hrs a day

•Earning enough money to survive

•Living on the beach

•Working 4 hrs a day

•Earning enough money to survive

The Solution•Find 10 customers

•Charge them $100/mo

Earning “Coconut Cash”

Digital Nomad Capital of the World Chiang Mai, Thailand

NomadList.io

Achieving “Baller” Status

•Working on the business, not in it

•Very scalable business

•Flying First Class; 5-star hotels

Achieving “Baller” Status

•Working on the business, not in it

•Very scalable business

•Flying First Class; 5-star hotels

The Solution

•Build a Team

•Find 10 customers

•Charge them $1000+/mo

PRODUCTS

• SaaS Product

• Source from China

• Sell on Amazon /eBay

• Sell eBooks

• iOS development

SERVICES

• SEO

• PPC Campaigns

• Copywriting

• Blogging

• Wordpress Plugin development

• Podcasting

Businesses To Run

• Information Products

• Web Design

• Hosting

• Explainer videos

• Marketing Automation

• Lead Generation

• Business Coach

• Video/podcast editing