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Learn How to Make Travel Pay for Itself with Tangerine Travels [Podcast]

Podcast #156 – Learn How Maddie and Jordan from Tangerine Travels Make Travel Pay for Itself

Description: Learn How Maddie and Jordan from Tangerine Travels Make Travel Pay for Itself

Less than 2 years ago, Jordan and Maddie quit their careers in the US and sold nearly everything they owned to travel through Mexico. With no prior video-production experience, they started making videos about their travels, and today their YouTube channel has more than 100,000 subscribers. This will be only the 3rd time in over 3 years where Marc is speaking with Millennials. However, Jordan and Maddie are doing what many of you would like to do – travel and make travel pay for itself.

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Marc welcomes you to Episode 156 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. If you are enjoying this podcast, please share it with other like-minded souls. Subscribe on CareerPivot.com, iTunes, or any of the other apps that supply podcasts. Share it on social media or just tell your neighbors and colleagues. The more people Marc reaches, the more people he can help.

Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life Third Edition is available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Powells.com, BooksaMillion.com and many other fine online retailers.

This will be the last episode for 2019. Marc will publish the next episode with Thea Kelly on creating a career pivot resume on January 6th. He will likely only publish 2 episodes in the month of January but resume a weekly publishing schedule in February of 2020. Marc has episodes scheduled all the way through April.

Now on to the podcast…

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Why did Maddie and Jordan start to travel? They were both unhappy in their careers. Maddie had health issues largely caused by the food available in the U.S.

Originally, they were bloggers on Steemit.com. This a platform where you can make money with upvotes by readers and be paid in cryptocurrency. They noticed that hardly anybody was adding videos to their blog posts with the crash of cryptocurrency and the monetization of YouTube channels.

How long did it take to start making money? It took 6 months to earn enough to cover their monthly expenses for living in Mexico. They used these other sources of income:

  • YouTube ad revenue
  • Patreon
  • Sponsorships – Tried this but found it is a lot of work
  • Affiliate marketing

YouTube commenters say both good and bad things. The vast majority are positive. Focus on the good comments and block/delete the bad ones. The number one reason people quit being a YouTuber is the comments. Maddie and Jordan talk about how these comments get under their skin. They have developed a thicker skin but it is still hard.

They had a plan which they deviated from after 3 months and never went back to their original plan. They had to be flexible. Maddie had to learn to be flexible. They determine where to go next by flying via Scott’s Cheap Flights website. Do they find living in Mexico to be dangerous? They feel safer in Mexico than in Arizona where they came from. They did a video called The REAL DANGERS of MEXICO.

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They also did a video called HOW ON EARTH We Afford to Travel FULL TIME.

For a Baby Boomer traveler’s perspective, check out my interview with Barbara Weibel – Inspiring Story from One of the Top Baby Boomer Travel Bloggers [Podcast].

The Career Pivot Membership Community continues to help the approximately 50 members who are participating in the Beta phase of this project to grow and thrive. This is a community where everyone is there to help everyone else. Marc is recruiting new members for the next cohort. If you are interested in the Career Pivot Membership Community and would like to be put on a waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community.

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  1. December 22, 2019 at 3:19 pm

    I just a accidentally ran into this , podcast, literally sitting in my comfy Sunday house clothes which involves my comfortable Tangerine Travels T-shirt! I was speaking earlier today encouraging someone to start a YouTube channel to display their talents. So interesting to hear this information from Jordan and Maddie!
    Thanks for interviewing them!

    • Marc Miller says

      December 22, 2019 at 4:02 pm

      Ann,

      I am glad you like it. I met Jordan and Maddie briefly last year when they were living in Ajijic. They have learned a lot from their experiences and people can learn a lot from them.

      Marc

  2. December 22, 2019 at 3:20 pm

    I just a accidentally ran into this podcast, literally sitting in my comfy Sunday house clothes which involves my comfortable Tangerine Travels T-shirt! I was speaking earlier today encouraging someone to start a YouTube channel to display their talents. So interesting to hear this information from Jordan and Maddie!
    Thanks for interviewing them!

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