Becoming a Digital Nomad with Jessie van Breugel
Combining travel with entrepreneurship is something that many of us dream of. But what are the financial aspects of being a digital nomad? How can one make informed decisions about where to work and plan a budget?
In this conversation with Jessie van Breugel, he shares how being a digital nomad allows one to break free from traditional work constraints. And since Jessie is a highly sought after LinkedIn Brand strategist, he explains how entrepreneurs can leverage platforms like LinkedIn to create content that resonates with their target audience and attracts potential clients. (and he shares a few tips on how to craft persuasive content that drives engagement) *wink
🎙️📺 Catch the interview on Spotify, Apple, other platform, or on YouTube.
How to find new SaaS Partnerships (Part II)
If you missed Part I, see it here.
#3. Survey your customers. When I was at Bonjoro, to find out what tech integrations we should put on the roadmap, we sent a survey to our customer base and simply asked – what company would you like us to integrate with?
We also asked what other tools and applications they use for their business. One of the popular tools that many Bonjoro customers use is Canva. So, although it didn’t make sense for us to do an integration with Canva, I did find an influencer who often talked about Canva.
When I reached out to her, I asked if she’d want to share her knowledge about Canva and content distribution with a large audience for free. In return, I asked if she would be open to having me on her show where I could present and talk about Bonjoro to her audience.
She happily accepted and this turned out to be one of the best relationships partnerships we ever formed 🙂
#4. Competitor research. If you have a competitor that already has a fully fledged partnership program, chances are they have a page or portal detailing these partners.
An example is Hubspot’s partner portal. By reviewing their list of partners, you should be able to create a list of ideal partners that you can reach out to.
#5. Run a query against your CRM data and pull out any email domains that don't match your customers email domains. This indicates a 3rd party managing their account, perhaps a consultant or an outside IT org that might be a good fit as a partner. 😉
The benefits of working with such a 3rd party is that
- They know the product (This means less sales training potentially)
- They trust the product
**Bonus**
The Google expert method
Use Google to find potential partners. For example, if you are an eCommerce brand and want to find potential partners, you can do a search for “eCommerce business consultant”, “eCommerce Shopify consultant”, or something similar.
Results will usually show a list of consultants, agencies and everything in between.
It’s Time to Play
Some cool links
🇪🇺 This time lapse of Europe’s changing borders is cool! (who knew Bulgaria has been around since the 1200s)
😁 I’m really enjoying watching this
✒️ What the font - a free tool that helps you determine which font is being used when uploading a screenshot.
Good quote: Interesting people
People with interesting lives have no vanity. They:
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swap cities
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invest in projects with no guarantees
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are interested in people who are their polar opposites
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resign without having another job in sight
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accept invitations to do things they have never done before
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are prepared to change their favorite color, their favorite dish
They start from zero countless times. They are not frightened about growing old.
They climb on stage, shear their hair, do crazy things for love, and buy one way tickets.
– Martha Medeiros, translated by Gio Sguario
I like this! I’ve checked off swapping cities, investing in projects with no guarantees, and accepted invitations to do things I’ve never done before - like being the host for How To Web’s Tech Transfer event next week. I’m a bit nervous as it’s been a while since I’ve spoken on stage in front of a large audience 😆
The End
Anyone here battling long cold-like symptoms? 😰
I’ve had a cough, stuffy nose, and congestion for 3+ weeks now. What the hell!?
Here’s me and Chief Revenue Officer Irina Zamfir from EasySales yesterday at the eCommerce Talks conference. I got to help out with planning their eCommerce Bingo game that participants got to take part in and also deliver a workshop on how to build your personal brand.
Check out the video I made about the event here.
To getting over sickness,
Eric M.
