Episode 322: TMBA322: One For the Writers

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle

Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen

Digital Nomad, Business, Ecommerce, Society & Culture, Amazon, Founders, Cash Flow, Places & Travel, Founder, Business Owner, Cashflow, Management, Entrepreneurship, Million, Operator, Operations, Profits, Distributed Team

4.9 • 527 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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http://www.tropicalmba.com/oneforthewriters/ This week's episode is one for the writers, bloggers and creators. Dan and Ian have invited Jodi Ettenberg on to the show this week. Jodi is the author of a blog called LegalNomads.com, and she makes a full time living as a writer. She recently gave the closing address at the TBEX conference, where she talked about what it takes to make a living writing full time. You're going to hear why Jodi feels that strong narratives are so important, along with her views on the balance between making money, keeping your integrity and making great art. You'll also hear her thoughts on how travel writing might develop over the next few years.

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0:00.0	And I sympathize with people saying, well, we have to travel somehow.
0:02.8	How are we going to pay for it?
0:03.8	But normally I tell them, you know, just don't do it through your blogs.
0:07.0	Find a side job, do freelance work, get, you know, part-time work visa, whatever it is.
0:11.7	But if you want to build a business specifically around the words and travel together,
0:17.3	then I think you do need to think about how much of the goodwill that you're taking
0:21.5	from your readers at the beginning and where it's going.
0:27.3	Hey, podcast, listener.
0:28.8	Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your
0:32.8	earbuds, you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better,
0:38.6	more profitable, location independent businesses. If you'd like to learn more about what we do
0:43.6	and download our entire back catalog, check out tropical MBA.com.
1:00.5	And whatever has inspired you to introduce the podcast this week.
1:02.5	Oh, I didn't say I was going to introduce it.
1:04.3	I said I had some jokes to make.
1:05.0	Oh, really?
1:06.1	I had some insights.
1:08.3	Well, why don't you just open with the joke?
1:11.6	Or should you want me to open with the traditional sort of?
1:15.9	No, we can open with the jokes. So this week's episode, our producer, Jane.
1:23.8	It's one for the writers. spoke with Jody Ettenberg. I'm just being the hype guy now. You're laying down the rhyme. I'm being the hype guy.
1:29.5	And I just had a little bit of insight to share. So over the holidays, we were down in Florida together. Everybody knows that everyone's parents now live in Florida. So it's a pretty amazing
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