The RV Entrepreneur: Recent Episodes
Joshua Sheehan - Presented by RV Life
This podcast is for people who are interested in downsizing their life, creating remote income, and working from anywhere. The RV Entrepreneur is a podcast that supports entrepreneurs in and around the RV Community.
In this episode of the RV Life Entrepreneur Podcast, Rose and Glynn sit down with Tom DeWaard, Chief Commercial Officer at KING and longtime RVer, to talk about the launch of KING’s brand-new solar and battery products. Known for their innovative connectivity solutions, KING is now stepping into the energy space with a sun tracking solar and drop in lithium battery systems — designed to make off-grid living simpler, smarter, and more reliable.
Tom shares how his own RV lifestyle with his family influences the way he approaches supporting RVers, why reliable power is becoming just as essential as Wi-Fi for digital nomads, and what these new products mean for anyone looking to boondock with confidence.
Learn More and Connect:
https://kingconnect.com
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Join Glynn as he chats with Mike Towe of M2 Video Productions and Our RV Sunsets! Learn about Mike's journey from construction to Emmy-winning video production, the evolution of M2 Video Production, and how he and his wife Toni manage a thriving video business while traveling full-time in their RV. Plus, get insider tips on creating engaging YouTube content and the impact of AI on the video industry.
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www.m2videoproductions.com
YouTube - @ourrvsunsets
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Poet and van lifer Jeremy Brownlowe, aka the Typewriter Troubadour, has spent a decade creating custom poems on demand using a vintage typewriter at markets, festivals, and events nationwide. In this episode, Jeremy shares how a soul-searching road trip turned into a career, the realities of living as a mobile artist, and why he believes: Poetry Saves Lives. This a raw and inspiring conversation about freedom, creativity, and building a business around your art includes Jeremy typing an impromptu poem on the fly.
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typewritertroubadour.com
IG: @typewritertroubadour
FB: @Typewritertroubadour
IG: @cosmichealinghighway
RESOURCES
Adventures of a Tramp Printer
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Rose chats with Kevin and Patrice McCabe—longtime TV producers and the creative force behind RV There Yet? TV, a travel series on the Discovery Channel now entering its 4th season. After 25 years running their own production company, the McCabes pivoted during the pandemic to life on the road—creating a new kind of show that blends RV travel, exploration, and storytelling.
Hear them share how they pitched their idea to Discovery, what it’s like to film on the move, how they manage their team while traveling, and their best tips for aspiring creators and entrepreneurs. Whether you're in media or just looking to make your business more mobile, this episode is packed with practical insight and inspiration.
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https://www.rvthereyettv.com
https://www.youtube.com/@RVThereYetTV
https://www.facebook.com/RVthereyetTV
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What does it really mean to live the good life from the road? Full-time RVer and wellness entrepreneur Kimberly Henrie joins Jim to share how a wildfire evacuation led her family into RV life, how she blends wellness with entrepreneurship, and why balancing purpose, passion, and flexibility is key to thriving as a digital nomad.
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kimberlyhenrie.com
livingthegoodlife.us
alignable.com/groups/rv-entrepreneurs
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From pupil dilation research to designing custom campervans, Roberto's journey is anything but ordinary! On this episode of The RV Entrepreneur, hear how Roberto, co-founder of Vansmith, went from academia (yes, he has a PhD!) to the wild world of entrepreneurship, including co-founding Oru Kayak and the story behind its Shark Tank success. Then, discover the origins of Vansmith, the challenges of building a business amidst a pandemic, including overcoming a shop break-in and supply chain chaos, and the importance of investing in employees. Roberto shares his approach to creating raving fans, insights into the changing demands of the camper van market, and whether a custom build is the right choice for you. Plus, find out where he sees the industry going and the biggest mistakes he's learned from (including a Metaverse van token!).
Connect & Learn More:
https://thevansmith.com
https://www.instagram.com/the_vansmith/
Resources:
Navigating the Growth Phase on the Entrepreneurial Highway with Robert & Tosha Lackey of Bison | RVE 327
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve327/
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Running your business from the road? Legal protection isn’t optional. In this episode, Jim chats with Berkley Sweetapple —founder of a digital law firm for online entrepreneurs. Berkley reveals the most common legal missteps content creators and other nomadic entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them. Learn all about LLCs and sole propietorship, copyright vs. trademark, legal contracts, website policies, and real-life horror stories that could have been prevented. If you’ve been putting legal tasks off, this is your wake-up call.
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https://berkleysweetapplelaw.com
https://thebusinessstudio.com
IG: @berkleysweetapple
IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berkley-sweetapple/
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Rose sits down with Leeann Moore, one of the founders of Sister Corps, a nonprofit born from the RV community that mobilizes women volunteers to support disaster relief and community service efforts across the country.
Leeann shares how Sister Corps began as a grassroots response to Hurricane Harvey and evolved into a mission-driven organization built on teamwork, compassion, and grit. We dive into what it takes to lead a volunteer-based nonprofit, the emotional labor behind helping families in crisis, and how the RV lifestyle uniquely equips volunteers to show up where they’re needed most. Leeann also shares how they blend the heart of a nonprofit with the strategic mind of a business, empowering women to make a tangible difference in the world.
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https://sister-corps.org/
https://facebook.com/SisterCorpsTeam/
https://youtube.com/@sistercorps
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Join us as we hit the road with Jessica, the marketing and PR guru behind Jess Lifestyle Marketing! Like many of you – Jess runs her entire operation from her RV, proving that you can build a thriving business while living life on your own terms. In this episode, we dive into Jessica's journey from agency life to solopreneur success, exploring how her degrees from Valdosta State and Kent State, along with APR and CPRC credentials, have shaped her approach to marketing and PR. Learn how she helps businesses enhance their brand through tailored strategies, from crafting compelling press releases to managing online reputation. We'll uncover the advantages of working with a solopreneur, how she stays organized on the road, and her top tips for anyone considering a similar path. Plus, Jessica shares invaluable advice on navigating the ever-changing landscape of marketing and PR, and the importance of community involvement.
GUEST BIO: Jess is a full-time RVer and founder of Jess Lifestyle Marketing, LLC, where she helps small businesses elevate their brands through expert PR and marketing strategies. With over 20 years of experience, she holds a BFA in Speech Communications, an MA in Public Relations, and professional credentials including APR and CPRC.
Connect & Learn More
JessLifestyleMarketing.com
Instagram, Facebook & LinkedIn:
@JessLifestyleMarketing
Instagram & Facebook
@TheWalkersWandering
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What started as a way to keep a roof over her head turned into one of the most recognizable RV renovation brands online. In this episode of the RVE Podcast, Cortni Armstrong - better known as The Flippin' Nomad – shares how she built a booming business by leading with authenticity, taking design risks, and learning every step of the way.
Discover:
- The evolution of her business from Craigslist RVs to high-end custom builds
- How her Instagram presence sparked unexpected opportunities (including a Keystone + GMC partnership)
- The logistics of building stationary while living full-time on the road
- The not-so-glamorous realities behind the scenes of RV flipping
- Why pushback is inevitable—and proof you’re doing something original
This episode is a must-listen for anyone thinking about turning their creative passion into a lifestyle business on the road.
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Instagram: @theflippingnomad
Website: https://theflippingnomad.com
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Get ready for a dynamic duo! In this episode, we're welcoming Jill Shepard and Randy to the show. Jill brings a sharp eye for detail and a wealth of experience helping businesses optimize their financial health. Currently at The Campground Marketplace, she assists campground owners with P&L clean-up, ensuring financial statements are transparent, accurate, and attractive to potential buyers. Randy complements Jill's expertise with his extensive background in business and systems process optimization across a variety of industries, including resorts, campgrounds, and more. He's a master at simplifying complex workflows and implementing internet-based software tools, even pioneering tablet usage in the workplace! Together, Jill and Randy offer a unique blend of financial acumen and operational efficiency, making them the perfect guests to discuss improving campground profitability.
Connect & Learn More:
https://popknowscampgrounds.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-shepard-a53b737b/
RESOURCES
RVE Episode 382 - Campsite 360
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve382/
RVE Episode 322 - Ever Dream of buying a Campground?
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve322/
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What if learning something new didn’t require hours of reading or memorization? In this episode, Jim chats with Kevin Wensley, sailor, RVer, and the marketing mind behind Stikky Books—a smart, visually driven series of quick-start guides designed to help you grasp complex topics fast.
Discover the story behind the books, the neuroscience-based learning method they use, and why these bite-sized guides to night skies, animal tracks, and stock charts resonate with curious minds—especially RVers. If you're someone who enjoys learning on the go or sharing knowledge with others around the campfire, this episode is for you.
Learn more at https://stikky.com
Key Topics include:
- The origin and evolution of Stikky Books
- How the design supports real retention
- Learning through patterns, not memorization
- Why RVers and homeschoolers love them
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Rose sits down with Liz Amazing – RVer, leading RV consumer advocate, and YouTuber who’s on a mission to empower RV buyers and hold manufacturers accountable. After successful careers in wedding photography and real estate, Liz hit the road full-time and has since owned ten RVs. What began as a dream-come-true lifestyle soon revealed an industry plagued with defects, poor customer service, and a lack of consumer protections. Rather than stay silent, Liz took action.
Through her YouTube channel and website, she shares honest insights, exposes common new RV issues, and helps wronged consumers fight back – often securing buybacks and settlements on their behalf. She’s now one of the most trusted voices in the RV space, answering daily calls for help and pushing for real industry reform.
Liz opens up about her RV journey, how she became a fearless advocate, and why education, inspections, and transparency are essential for every RV buyer.
GUEST BIO: Liz Amazing is a leading RV consumer advocate, YouTuber, and photographer dedicated to empowering RV buyers and holding manufacturers accountable. Having transitioned from successful careers in wedding photography and real estate, Liz now leverages her years of RVing experience – including owning ten different RVs – to fight for fairness and transparency in the RV industry.
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https://lizamazing.com
https://youtube.com/@LizAmazing
https://letsrv.com/fulltime-rv-living-influencer/
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In this episode of The RV Entrepreneur Podcast, Jim sits down with Tony and Peggy Barthel, the friendly voices behind StressLess Camping, to talk about how their passion for RV education evolved into a thriving business. From giving seminars at RV rallies to publishing content that helps new and seasoned RVers alike, Tony and Peggy share the story behind their mission to make camping more enjoyable — and less stressful.
Discover how they’ve built community through education, what they’ve learned teaching RV Basics at campgrounds and events, and their thoughts on how the RV lifestyle continues to change. Whether you’re brand new to RVing or a well traveled camper, this conversation is full of practical wisdom, humor, and insight from two of the most trusted educators in the RV world.
Connect & Learn More
https://StressLessCamping.com
Instagram: @stresslesscamping
StressLess Camping RV podcast
https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast
RESOURCES MENTIONED
StressLess Camping Episode 91: Be More Dog - lessons learned from Jerry, the three-legged dog
https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast/0091
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From humble beginnings in 2010, James and Jourdan Hansen had a vision to change the transportation game. Launching Jimbo & Co Transport with a team of skilled independent contractors in Middlebury, Indiana, they focused on hauling cargo trailers for industry giants. Their passion and expertise propelled them to the top, and by 2013, they were the #1 cargo trailer transporter in the US, also claiming the #4 spot for RV transport! Hear how Jimbo & Co went from a start-up to a national force.
GUEST BIO: James and Jourdan Hansen are the owners of Jimbo & Company Transport, a RV transport company out of Middlebury IN.
Connect & Learn More:
jimboandcompany.com
facebook.com/JimboAndCompanyTransport
instagram.com/jimboandcompany
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What if your next campground neighbor could tune up your bike on the spot? That’s exactly what Scott Truett is doing with BikeRx, a mobile bike repair business designed for full-time RVers who want to earn real money on the road.
In this episode, Scott shares how he turned his lifelong passion for bikes into a scalable business model that helps RVers launch their own mobile repair operations — no franchise fees, no red tape, just a nice clean break into entrepreneurship. From salvaging bikes at the dump as a kid to running pop-up shops at farmers markets and now teaching others how to make people’s rides more enjoyable, Scott’s story is full of practical advice and inspiration for anyone chasing the RV dream.
Whether you're a cyclist, a side-hustler, or just curious about alternative income streams, this episode is packed with smart takeaways and entrepreneurial grit.
Connect & Learn More:
https://bikerx.net
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Rose sits down with globally recognized Instagram expert Jenn Herman to dive into the world of organic Instagram marketing. From her surprising shift from a science background to becoming one of the leading voices in social media strategy, Jenn shares her entrepreneurial journey and the core principles that drive real results on Instagram—without paid ads.
Explore the strategies new entrepreneurs need to succeed, including the importance of market research, storytelling, and building community through authentic content. Jenn unpacks how the Instagram algorithm really works, what metrics matter most (hint: it’s not likes!), and how to turn followers into customers by leading with value and connection.
Whether you're just getting started or looking to refine your content strategy, this episode is packed with actionable tips on content creation, consistency, engagement, and more.
Connect & Learn More:
https://jennstrends.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jenns_trends/
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Join RVE Podcast hosts Rose, Glynn, and Jim discuss their personal journeys in RV entrepreneurship, reflecting on their goals, challenges, and successes since their last check-in. They emphasize the importance of setting realistic goals, maintaining transparency with clients, and redefining success in the context of their nomadic lifestyle. The conversation also highlights the significance of customer service and community engagement, as well as the use of technology to foster connections within their community.
Connect & Learn More
Rose & Glynn: https://resetyourjourney.com/
Jim: https://liveworkdream.com/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Racery the Virtual Race Platform
https://racery.com/
Circle Community Platform
https://circle.so
A Micro-Niche Can Make Your Mobile Business Thrive
https://therventrepreneur.com/micro-niche/
Mastering Authentic Social Media Engagement with Loopie Media – RVE #370
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve370
Connection First Then Business: The RV Queens Approach to Entrepreneurship – RVE 392
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve392/
How Tank Rangers Turn Poop into Profit with Gabe Munoz – RVE 388
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve388/
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What happens when two professionals ditch the default life to boldly go into a life of full-time RV travel, remote work, and content creation? You get Trekers: Ari and Jessie Adler—a dynamic duo living out their slogan, Hike. Camp. Boldly Go.
In this episode, we dive into how Ari and Jessie juggle multiple income streams—including remote employment, consulting, workamping, and producing a YouTube channel—while exploring the country in their Airstream and custom van combo.
They share what it takes to manage time and expectations with clients, stay productive on the road, and keep their sense of purpose at the center of it all. Whether you’re dreaming of RV life or already on the road, this episode is packed with real talk about work/life blending, remote job hunting, and embracing adventure even when it feels uncertain.
GUEST BIO: We are Ari & Jessi, adventurers who travel nearly full-time in a 30-foot Airstream towed by a Chevy van that we outfitted for weekend excursions away from our trailer. We are excited to travel, camp, and hike across the U.S., sharing our adventures with others so they can make plans to follow our motto of Hike. Camp. Boldly Go. And we support our travels with remote work and workamping.
Connect & Learn More
Website: trekers.org
YouTube: youtube.com/@trekers
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Slack (team communication): https://slack.com
Volunteer.gov (National Park/BLM opportunities): https://www.volunteer.gov
Workampers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
RVE Episode - RVing to Alaska: https://therventrepreneur.com/rve385/
Hub & Spoke Travel: https://liveworkdream.com/2024/10/30/hub-and-spoke-travel/
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Sometimes the best business ideas come from the most unexpected places – like a demolished RV air conditioner! Glynn welcomes Deanna & Don from KoolRV to share their story of how a travel disaster in Montana sparked a journey into entrepreneurship. We’ll talk about how identifying a problem, DIY solutions, and a whole lot of grit turned a broken AC unit into KoolRV Solutions. Discover how this RVing couple went from roadside repair to product launch, the challenges they faced, and why this company was truly born out of necessity – and a little bit of duct tape!
GUEST BIO: Don and Deanna met on the road and started RVing together in 2022. After an accident involving their a/c unit, Don discovered a flaw and created a product to help increase the efficiency of RV air conditioners. Together they launched KoolRV in June of 2023.
Connect & Learn More:
https://koolrv.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Koolrvinc
https://www.instagram.com/koolrvinc
https://www.youtube.com/@koolrvinc
RESOURCES
RV Life with Patti Hunt #122
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When Michele and her husband Connor discovered a campground for sale in rural Pennsylvania, they didn’t just see a piece of property, they saw potential. In this episode, Michele shares their journey from life on the road as remote workers to campground owners re-imagining what it means to create an experience destination, not just another stop along the way.
How? They transformed a storage-filled pavilion at Rustic Acres into The Hub – a welcoming space for remote workers and travelers alike. And, they modernized outdated reservation systems and updated the website.Plus, Michele unpacks the mindset, marketing strategies, and community spirit required to turn a campground into something more.
Learn how purpose-driven hospitality is shaping the future of outdoor travel—and why saying hi to your neighbor might just be your campground’s secret superpower.
Connect & Learn More
Rustic Acres: https://camprustic.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rusticacrescampground
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camprustic/
RESOURCES
Clarios County, PA:
https://camprustic.com/index.php/area-information
Resnexus (Reservation System)
https://resnexus.com/resnexus/reservations/book/179AFE2B-7476-4D5F-80D0-DCDC081B46AF/
RV LIFE Trip Wizard
https://rvlife.com/feature/trip-planning/
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In this episode of The RV Entrepreneur Podcast, Rose is joined by Kate White – former UX designer turned full-time RVer, podcaster, and community builder. Kate shares how leaving a high-paying tech job led her to a more meaningful life on the road, homeschooling her kids, building a brand, and connecting with a powerful network of women entrepreneurs through her podcast, RV Queens.
We dive into the importance of collaborative community for nomads, what it takes to launch and grow a podcast on the road, and why embracing failure is essential for entrepreneurial growth. Kate also shares some powerful tips and mindset shifts for RV women entrepreneurs.
GUEST BIO: Kate White is a former UX designer who never imagined she’d be living in an RV or homeschooling her kids. In 2022, she and her husband left their suburban life in Omaha, Nebraska, to travel the country in search of a new place to call home. Instead, they discovered a thriving community of people embracing a non-traditional way of life. Inspired by their stories, Kate launched the RV Queens Podcast to connect, support, and celebrate high-achieving women who are building businesses while traveling full-time. She believes RV life isn’t just about adventure—it’s a path to greater freedom, flexibility, and a life designed on your own terms.
Connect & Learn More:
Website: rvqueenspodcast.com
Instagram: @rvqueenspodcast
RESOURCES MENTIONED
RV Queens Podcast Episodes:
How to Reframe FAILURE and Keep Moving Forward
Are you making these 3 MISTAKES in your business?
SPECIAL OFFER
Listeners of the RV Entrepreneur podcast can get 25% off their RV Queens community membership
Promo Code: RVE
www.rvqueenspodcast.com/community
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Overwhelmed by the world of Facebook and Instagram ads? You’re not alone — and you’re definitely not doomed. In this episode, Jim chats with Amanda Robinson, The Digital Gal — a certified Meta Lead Trainer, international speaker, and the brains behind Swift Kick in the Ads.
Amanda breaks down what actually works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to paid social media advertising, especially for small businesses and solopreneurs. From targeting and creative to budgeting and analytics, she shares pro tips and practical advice for entrepreneurs looking to run smarter, more effective ads — all while balancing life on the road.
Whether you're just getting started or ready to scale your Meta ad strategy, this conversation is packed with real talk, expert insight, and a few hilarious stories from Amanda’s life as a digital nomad.
Connect & Learn More:
- Website: https://thedigitalgal.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedigitalgal/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedigitalgal/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandarobinson1/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Meta Business Suite
https://business.facebook.com/
Swift Kick in the Ads
https://thedigitalgal.com/swift-kick-in-the-ads/
Nimble CRM
https://www.nimble.com/
Project Management: ClickUp
https://www.clickup.com/
Calendly Scheduling
https://calendly.com/
Thinkific Learning Platform
https://www.thinkific.com/
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Ken and April ditched their (adult) kids before they could ditch them and created a life of craft beer travel and adventure by writing travel guides, podcasting, and creating a camp for travelers. They've been on the road for nearly seven years traveling all across the country and beyond. Feeling the pull to find a few roots, their travels and adventures will never be done, just different. They aim to inspire others to follow their dreams, and the best way to start is 1) start and 2) say hi to a stranger! They want their story to inspire others to live their dreams - not just dream about them. You only get one life, don't wait until something tragic happens - make it happen now. Their entire lifestyle revolves around community. It's what they love about craft beer. It creates community and conversations and helps to show us that people are good humans.
GUEST BIO: Ken and April ditched their (adult) kids before they could ditch them and created a life of craft beer travel and adventure by writing travel guides, podcasting, and creating a camp for travelers. They've been on the road in their 24-foot RV for 6 1/2 years traveling all across the country and beyond. Feeling the pull to find a few roots, their travels and adventures will never be done, just different. They aim to inspire others to follow their dreams, and the best way to start is 1) start and 2) say hi to a stranger!
Connect & Learn More:
https://livingastoutlife.com
https://campcarpediem.com
Camp Carpe Diem Discount Code: RVE20
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingastoutlife/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingAStoutLife/
Podcast: Craft Beer Travel & Adventure - Dok Brewing
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/craft-beer-travel-adventure/id1505617113
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Morgan Munkvold joins Jim to share her journey from a Subaru Outback to van life and entrepreneur. She discusses the evolution of her travel experiences, and lessons learned along the way to starting her own solar power design and installation company. She reflects on the challenges of entrepreneurship, the importance of community, and her transition from a consulting career to merging her business with Explorist.Life.
Morgan emphasizes the joy of connecting with nature and people while navigating the ups and downs of life on the road. She shares the intricacies of setting up off-grid electrical systems, the benefits of merging businesses for support and knowledge sharing, and the importance of effective communication within a distributed team. Discover insights on balancing work with a love for travel, common mistakes in solar power setups, and the significance of planning and budgeting for the best solar energy system to meet your needs.
GUEST BIO: Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Morgan Munkvold is a passionate road traveler who hit the road solo in 2015 and later moved into a Ford Econoline for full-time van life. Her early struggles with power systems inspired her and her husband to launch an off-grid solar installation shop in 2022. After merging with EXPLORIST.life, Morgan now helps fellow travelers stay powered up and prepared for life off the grid.
Connect & Learn More:
https://explorist.life/
https://shop.explorist.life/about-our-services/
https://morganmunkvold.substack.com/
https://www.instagram.com/morganmunkvold
Episodes Mentioned:
Adventure Van Expo
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve304/
Caravan to Alaska
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve385/
Moonfab
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve372/
RESOURCES:
Power Audit Calculator
https://explorist.life/power-audit-calculator/
ABYC Certification
https://abycinc.org/abyc-for-technicians/
Asana Project Management
https://asana.com/
Honeybook CRM
https://www.honeybook.com/
Rose sits down with Gabe Munoz, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and full-time RVer who built Tank Rangers, a successful RV holding tank cleaning business. Gabe shares his journey from military service to entrepreneurship, the lessons he learned from work camping, and how he grew his business through social media, networking, and industry collaborations.
We dive into the power of community in the RV world, the importance of educating customers on tank maintenance, and how Gabe is expanding Tank Rangers through franchising—helping others start their own mobile service businesses. We also get into the number one reason for black tank clogs and how often our tanks should be cleaned.
This is a great episode packed with insights and practical advice about launching a service-based business on the road and how to turn poop into profit!
GUEST BIO: Gabe is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served as a K9 handler and is now the owner of Tank Rangers, a veteran-owned RV holding tank service business. Tank Rangers was born on the road, started by Gabe and his wife, Alissa, a U.S. Army veteran & Traveling healthcare provider. As full-time RVers, they understand the importance of proper tank maintenance and have built a team dedicated to helping fellow RVers keep their systems running smoothly. When he’s not working, he enjoys life on the road with Alissa, their son Oliver, their Belgian Mal, Thor, and their Aussie, Ranger.
Connect & Learn More:
https://tankrangers.com
https://www.facebook.com/TANKRANGERSRVTANKCLEANING
https://www.instagram.com/tank_rangers
RESOURCES
Valtera Flush King: https://amzn.to/426TJYz
Liquified*: https://liquifiedrv.com/
MORryde*: https://morryde.com/
*Promo Code: TANKRANGERS
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Jim chats with Dr. Jordan Grumet, AKA: Doc G. to explore the themes of entrepreneurship, financial independence, and the FIRE movement. Follow along as we discuss the journey from following traditional career paths to pursuing passions, and the importance of purpose over mere financial goals. Doc G shares insights from his personal experiences as a hospice physician turned blogger, podcaster, and author. He emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to life that integrates purpose, happiness, and financial wellness.
Doc G shares his concepts of meaning and purpose, emphasizing the importance of personal narratives in shaping our happiness. He distinguishes between Big P and Little P purposes, advocating for a more process-oriented approach to fulfillment.
Discover the significance of community and connection in achieving happiness, and how to address the common anxiety surrounding one's search for purpose. Ultimately, Doc G encourages listeners to engage in activities that light them up, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from enjoying the process rather than fixating on audacious goals.
GUEST BIO: Doc G’s interest in becoming a doctor ignited when his father, an oncologist, died unexpectedly in the prime of life. This profound and life-shaping boyhood loss compelled him to dedicate his early career to the art of medicine. He was an Assistant Professor, first at Northwestern University and then at The University of Chicago. He has been a medical director of several nursing homes, started multiple palliative care programs in extended care facilities, and is an associate medical director for a hospice provider. After shaping his personal finance plan around the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement, Doc G began a new chapter by becoming semi-retired by the age of 45. Today in addition to his work as a hospice doctor, he intertwines medical insight and financial wisdom in writing and speaking engagements that explore the topics of wealth, abundance, and financial independence to help people live meaningful lives. He publishes the Earn and Invest podcast about personal finance and wellness, and has also run several small businesses including a concierge medical practice, an online art gallery, and is the author of two books, including his latest The Purpose Code, How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy, published in January 2025.
Connect & Learn More
https://jordangrumet.com/
https://www.earnandinvest.com/
The Purpose Code – How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy
https://amzn.to/4hizM6B
Taking Stock – A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life
https://amzn.to/4kOj2Ht
RESOURCES
Happiness = Freedom + Meaningfulness on RVE #383
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve383/
Early Retirement Now
https://earlyretirementnow.com/
The Skeptic's Guide to FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early)
https://nickwolny.com/financial-independence-guide
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Heather Ryan is the owner of Tax Queen, a tax firm supporting entrepreneurs and digital nomads. After RVing full-time for almost 5 years, she now splits her time between a home base in Colorado and traveling. This has given her a legitimate grasp on the tax complications of being nomadic. In this episode, we discuss several important takeaways that can have a real impact on preparing your taxes. Grab a pen and get ready to take notes on some great insight into managing taxes while traveling in your RV.
YOUR HOST: Glynn Willard
GUEST BIO: Heather Ryan is the owner of Tax Queen, a tax firm supporting entrepreneurs and digital nomads. After RVing full-time for almost 5 years, she now splits her time between a home base in Colorado and traveling. She has a legitimate grasp on the tax complications of being nomadic. While travel is a passion, you might also find her sampling local beer and wine as she travels the world.
Connect & Learn More
Website: tax-queen.com
Instagram: @taxqueendn
Facebook: @ryantaxqueen
YouTube: @tax-queen
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Jim welcomes Kim Ryals from Caravan to Alaska to share her journey from nonprofit executive to full-time digital nomad, and running a boutique RV caravan service to Alaska. Kim discusses the logistics of planning small-group trips, and the benefits over travleing solo or in larger more structured caravans. She shares the challenges and rewards of leading caravans, and offers insider tips on exploring the Last Frontier.
She shares tips from her extensive experience traveling to Alaska, while balancing work with adventure, and the importance of planning for both enjoyment and connectivity. Discover must-see highlights, the value of guided travel experiences, and how to prepare for unexpected challenges on the road.
As entrepreneurs running multiple endeavors, Jim and Kim also discuss logistics and business formation – identifying when one might consider forming an LLC versus operating as a sole proprietor. The discussion also touches on marketing strategies, and the dynamics of group travel, while providing valuable insights for aspiring entrepreneurs and RV enthusiasts alike.
Kim is a a full-time digital nomad who emphasizes the significance of diversifying both travel experiences and revenue streams, while achieving a healthy work-life balance. No discussion about the Last Frontier is complete without some memorable experiences from Alaska, including close encounters with wildlife and breathtaking natural beauty.
Whether you're considering a solo trek or joining a guided group, Kim's expertise will help you prepare for the adventure of a lifetime!
Key Takeaways:
- 1Preparation is Key for an Alaska Road Trip.
- Alaska is Bigger Than You Think!
- Community and Local Knowledge Enhance the Travel Experience
- Expect Limited Connectivity on the Drive North & South
- Plan for Extended Travel Time
Connect & Learn More
https://caravantoalaska.com
RESOURCES MENTIONED
The Milepost:
https://amzn.to/432OlaL
Seacor Tours:
https://seacortours.com/
Trusted Housesitters:
https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/
Caretaker Gazette:
https://www.caretaker.org/
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What does success really look like? For Karla Parra, it wasn’t the corporate career, the degrees, or the external achievements—it was the freedom to live life on her own terms. In this episode, Karla shares her journey from growing up on the beaches of Mexico to pursuing the "American dream" in the U.S., only to walk away from it all in 2019 to travel full-time in an 84-square-foot camper with her husband and two dogs.
Over five years on the road, Karla rediscovered her Mexican heritage, built a coaching business helping women in corporate find more joy, and ultimately embraced a “slowmad” lifestyle in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she’s now writing her first book, her memoir.
Discover:
- The mindset shifts that helped Karla leave corporate life for full-time travel
- How RV life led her to reconnect with her roots in Mexico
- Her transition from coaching to becoming a full-time writer
- The importance of building a life from the inside out instead of chasing external success
Connect & Learn More:
Coloring Across The Lines:
https://karlaparra.substack.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/karlaexploradora/
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In this episode of the RVE Podcast, Jim sits down with Joel Holland to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, the explosive growth of Harvest Hosts, and the challenges and rewards of scaling a business while maintaining a life of adventure.
From Burnout to RV Life – Joel shares how a spontaneous RV purchase led him and his wife to embrace full-time travel, ultimately inspiring his next business venture. Discover the power of smart growth. Learn how Joel took Harvest Hosts from 6,000 members to more than 250,000 in just a couple years by refining the host network, implementing new technology, and strategic marketing. Joel shares isights on acquisitions & scaling challenges based on the merger with Boondockers Welcome and recent acquisition of Escapees RV Club.
Purpose Over Profit – Jim and Joel discuss how success isn’t just about money but about building something meaningful that benefits partners, members, and the RVing community. Learn how balancing work, adventure, and purpose leads to fulfillment. Finally, hear how Joel breaks down his happiness formula with the simple equation: Happiness = Freedom + Meaningfulness.
Connect & Learn More
Harvest Hosts: harvesthosts.com
Boondockers Welcome: boondockerswelcome.com
Brit Stops: britstops.com
Escapees: escapees.com
Xscapers: xscapers.com
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Jenn & TJ Ammond of Campsite360 join Glynn to discuss their lifestyle of traveling full-time with kids while scaling their successful business, Campsite360. They share their experience with marketing, scaling the systems, and what the future holds for Campsite360. These two really are building the future of campground immersion. Discover the technology and equipment they use for filming virtual tours, the systems they've developed for indexing and organizing data, and their plans for scaling the business in the future.
Jenn and TJ also discuss the evolution of their marketing strategies, focusing on the integration of social media and trade shows to drive traffic to campgrounds.
Key Takeaways:
- Outsourcing work to local photographers has allowed for more flexibility.
- Continuous learning is essential in entrepreneurship.
- Balancing family and business requires effective logistics and planning.
- Indexing campground data is crucial for maintaining accurate information.
- Scaling the business is a gradual process that requires careful planning.
- Maintaining a focus on helping RVers is key to their success.
Connect & Learn More
https://campsite360.com/
https://www.instagram.com/campsite_360/
https://www.facebook.com/campsite360/
RESOURCES
Insta360 Cameras & Accessories
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Jim welcomes back mobile internet experts Chris and Cherie from the Mobile Internet Resource Center to provide an update on the best mobile internet solutions for RV Entrepreneurs. Key topics include the evolution of campground Wi-Fi, the importance of redundancy for reliably accessing internet on the road, and the pros and cons of satellite internet options like Starlink and Amazon's upcoming Project Kuiper alternative.
Hear the facts from Cherie and Chris about the various solutions for mobile internet, emphasizing the importance of integrating multiple solutions for redundancy. Discover how to assess individual internet needs, the significance of investing in future-proof technology, and the value of community support when navigating mobile internet challenges. You'll also hear about common mistakes when setting up your internet arsenal, along with advice on how to avoid them.
Key Takeaways:
- Redundancy in internet solutions is crucial for staying connected.
- Alternatives to Starlink are emerging, but cellular remains a strong option.
- 5G technology has improved significantly, often outperforming satellite options.
- Assess your unique internet needs before investing.
- Invest in technology that supports multiple carriers.
- Understand your data usage requirements before purchasing.
Connect & Learn More
Personal blog: https://technomadia.com
MIRC: https://RVMobileInternet.com
YouTube
- /@technomadia
- /@mobileinternetresourcecenter
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Mobile Internet Resource Center
https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/
Working Remotely
https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/working-remotely/
PREVIOUS EPISODES
RVE #9: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/rve/episodes/RVE-009-Technomadia-on-Mobile-Internet--Self-Driving-RVs--and-the-Nomadic-Career-ea375r/a-a19o21j
RVE #104: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/rve/episodes/RVE-104-Technomadia-on-Boat-Life--Mobile-Internet--and-Escaping-Hurricanes-ea374u/a-a19o20r
RVE #213: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/rve/episodes/RVE-213-How-to-Get-Internet-for-RVers-2021-Guide-ep806f/a-a4dcmjg
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Rose and Glynn sit down with Brenda Puckett, a registered RV technician and certified RV inspector, and Dana Hext, a certified RV technician and inspector. Together, they teach women how to confidently operate and maintain their RVs through approachable, hands-on education.
In this episode, Brenda and Dana share their inspiring journeys into the RV tech industry, how their personal experiences shaped their passion for empowering women, and the importance of education and training in RV maintenance and safety.
They discuss the challenges and opportunities of working in a predominantly male field, the supportive community they’ve found at the National RV Training Academy, and how their hands-on workshops through 52U are helping women gain confidence in operating and maintaining their RVs.
From entrepreneurial insights to practical tips on getting started in RV tech and inspections, this episode is packed with advice for nomadic entrepreneurs and aspiring RVers alike. Tune in to learn how you can turn your passion into a business, gain technical skills, and join a growing movement of empowered RV owners.
Connect & Learn More
Brenda: https://queenbeerv.com
Dana: https://empowerrvservices.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@52WaysandCounting
RV Rookie Course: https://queenbeerv.com/education-queen-bee-rv-rv-rookie-training-courses/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
NRVTA: https://nrvta.com/
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Happy 2025! The RV Entrepreneur Podcast crew discuss goal setting and intentions for business growth in the new year. Discover the significance of setting realistic goals, the importance of the journey over the destination, and how to redefine success in both personal and business contexts.
Jim, Rose, and Glynn emphasize the value of making promises to customers and the role of genuine care in building lasting relationships. This discussion also touches on overcoming distractions, celebrating small wins, and maintaining a healthy balance between personal well-being and business success.
Key Takeaways
Setting small, attainable goals reduces stress and pressure. The journey is more important than the destination in business. Redefining success can lead to a more fulfilling experience. Promises establish trust and reliability. Building community fosters loyalty and support among customers. Genuine care for customers enhances relationships and business success. Prioritizing health is essential for sustaining business performance.
MEET YOUR HOSTS
Rose & Glynn: https://resetyourjourney.com/
Jim: https://liveworkdream.com
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Circle.so: https://try.circle.so/forfree
Google Notes: https://www.google.com/keep/
The One Thing: https://amzn.to/42hJvWN
RELATED EPISODES:
Fit Body Fit Business:
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve369/
Relationship Marketing:
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve337/
Building Genuine Partnerships:
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve365/
Jim sits down with Jenell Jones from the Wandering Individuals Network to discuss the big Quartzsite RV Show. Learn all about the show and why it's on the must-do list for any full-time RVer. Hear who attends and who exhibits at the event. Beyond the big tent, discover the camping culture in and around Quartzsite, local attractions, and the unique experiences that come with attending the show.
Jim and Jenell share tips for navigating the challenges of working remotely while at Quartzsite and highlight the importance of community among RVers. This episode provides with practical advice for making the most of any visit to Quartzsite, including boondocking etiquette, lesser known attractions, and local resources.
GUEST BIO: At 60 years old, Jenell Jones sold everything she owned, bought a 36-foot RV and drove off by herself with no plan. Since then, she has traveled to Alaska, looped the US three times and visited 41 of the 62 national parks. At 63 she bought the Wandering Individuals Network, an RV Club dedicated to the solo RV traveler. She creates exclusive itineraries, lead trips and teach others practical tips and how to thrive in a life of RV travel.
Learn more about Jenell and the WINs:
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve302/
RESOURCES:
Quartzsite RV Show
https://www.quartzsitervshow.com/
The WINs
https://wanderingindividualsnetwork.com
Quartzsite Dump Sites:
https://rvdumpsites.net
The Desert Bar
https://www.facebook.com/p/Desert-Bar-100064811283188/
Quartzsite RV Show History:
https://riversandsrvresort.com/blog/the-history-behind-quartzsites-famous-rv-show/
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Lucinda and Will Belden are living their dream by traveling full-time in an RV while running their publishing and event hosting businesses from their RV. They have learned to adapt to challenges, be more assertive and confident, and prioritize flexibility and transparency in their work arrangements.
Lucinda and Will Belden own and operate Direction Wide Open. They join Glynn to discuss their lifestyle of traveling full-time in an RV while running their business remotely. They share their experiences of overcoming obstacles such as technical issues with their equipment, poor internet connectivity, and the challenges of balancing work and personal life on the road.
They also discuss the importance of following one's passion and being willing to put oneself out there to receive feedback. They emphasize the need for assertiveness and confidence in demanding a fair rate for services provided.
GUEST BIO: Lucinda is a travel writer (retired travel agency owner) and Will is a full-stack computer programmer (not retired). They have been full-time RVers since 2019 and together they keep busy hosting RV events and rallies around the country, publishing articles for RV & motorcycle blogs as well as several books on Amazon.
Direction Wide Open:
https://dwo.net
Socials:
https://facebook.com/directionwideopen
https://youtube.com/@DirectionWideOpen
RESOURCES:
DWO Media Page: https://dwo.net/media
DWO Books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4gGkOYE
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Jim speaks with Mike and Susan from RV Blogger about transitioning from traditional jobs to becoming successful RV content creators. Blogging since 2018, they discuss he impact the COVID pandemic had on their business growth, and the importance of finding a niche in a crowded market. Tune in to discover strategies for standing out, the significance of branding, and adapting to constant changes in search engine algorithms.
This conversation highlights the importance of email marketing and measuring success through creating consistent quality content. Mike and Susan share their insights on building a successful online presence through email marketing, and multiple monetization strategies. Hear how they focus on quality content more than metrics.
If you want to transition from traditional jobs to a fulfilling RV lifestyle, or are on the road and want to achieve long-term success, this episode is for you.
GUEST BIO: Susan and Mike are 3/4 Time RVers. They have four daughters and three grandkids so they travel and go home every couple months to visit everyone. They run three successful RVing websites RVBlogger.com, TravelTrailerPro.com, and MotorhomeFAQs.com. They also produce the RVBlogger YouTube Channel and have a popular private Facebook Group. And they send out four weekly newsletters to an email list of more than 155,000 subscribers.
Website/Socials:
https://rvblogger.com/
https://traveltrailerpro.com/
https://motorhomefaqs.com/
https://www.youtube.com/RVBlogger
https://www.facebook.com/groups/RVCampingforNewbies
RESOURCES MENTIONED
ProBlogger
https://problogger.com/
Kit (Formerly ConvertKit)
https://kit.com/
MailChimp
https://mailchimp.com/
ActiveCampaign
https://www.activecampaign.com/
RVE on Email Marketing:
Email Marketing and Solopreneur Survivor Skills with Liz Wilcox – RVE 343
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve343/
The 411 on Email Marketing: A Starter Guide for RV Entrepreneurs
https://therventrepreneur.com/the-411-on-email-marketing-a-starter-guide-for-rv-entrepreneurs/
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In this episode, Rose chats with Kaylee Pace of Big Tex Campgrounds about her journey to building a family-run campground in Texas. Kaylee shares how her husband, Josh, left behind a stable career to pursue their dream, the challenges of starting a business from scratch, and their unique approach to creating a campground that feels like a step back in time. From finding the perfect land to fostering community and nostalgia, this episode is packed with inspiration and insights for RV entrepreneurs looking to follow their own bold dreams.
GUEST BIO: Kaylee Pace is the co-founder of Big Tex Campgrounds in Ben Wheeler, Texas, where she and her husband, Josh, have created a unique, family-run RV park that prioritizes natural beauty, privacy, and community. Kaylee’s passion for RV living began in 2012 when she lived in a camper as a single mom while attending college, an experience that ignited her dream of creating a campground. Combining her love for simplicity and community with Josh’s years of experience staying in RV parks during his pipeline career, the couple turned their shared vision into reality. Kaylee is a hands-on entrepreneur who is dedicated to providing guests with a nostalgic and memorable camping experience.
Website:
https://www.bigtexcampgrounds.com/
Socials:
https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtexcampgrounds
https://www.facebook.com/bigtexcampgrounds
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Land Watch:
https://www.landwatch.com/
Canton Trade Days Flea Market
https://www.firstmondaycanton.com/
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Kubi and Luki Jacisin are not your typical RVers, nor do the fit the stereotype of any typical entrepreneur. But they are living life to the fullest on the open road while persuing their passion for flight and creativity. And, they support their endeavors with multiple revenue streams and a serious sense for adventure.
GUEST BIO: Kubi & Luki Jacisin are the Twin Dynamic Duo that is WARN THE WEST. They were born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts to a pair of Slovak Immigrants who escaped to the US for Freedom & Opportunity. Their lives are proof that the American Dream is still here for the taking. After graduating college and working in the Biotech Industry they moved out West in 2020 to pursue their dreams.
Learning to fly empowered Kubi & Luki to bring the same energy and freedom they experienced in the air, down to their earthly pursuits. WARN THE WEST is their ultimate fusion of ART & ADVENTURE through fearless & creative self expression.
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https://www.warnthewest.co/
https://www.instagram.com/warn.the.west/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Cross Country Magazine
https://xcmag.com/
King Mountain Glider Park
https://www.kingmountaingliderpark.com/
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Are you a content creator or campground looking to enhance your social media presence?
In this episode, Rose & Glynn are joined by Lauren DeHaan, the founder of Nomadic Influence, a unique business that connects content creators with campgrounds in a way that embraces the nomadic lifestyle. Lauren shares her journey into RV life, the challenges of being an entrepreneur, and the inspiration behind her innovative business model.
Lauren discusses the importance of networking, the detailed vetting process for creators, and offers actionable tips for campgrounds and content creators looking to elevate their social media presence. She also explains how the map feature of Nomadic Influence sets her business apart, making it easier to coordinate with creators on the move.
You’ll also hear about Lauren’s plans for the future of Nomadic Influence, the rewarding relationships she’s built in the industry, and her passion for creating meaningful connections.
What You’ll Learn:
- How Nomadic Influence bridges the gap between content creators and campgrounds
- How content creators can join Nomadic Influence to collaborate with campgrounds
- The importance of networking and relationship-building in business
- Practical tips for enhancing social media presence as a creator or campground
- The unique challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship on the road
Connect with Lauren:
https://www.nomadicinfluence.com/
https://www.tiktok.com/@nomadic.influence
https://www.instagram.com/nomadic.influence
Resources Mentioned:
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Pillar: https://get.pillar.io/
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Moon Fabrications launched their versatile vehicle awning just as the COVID 19 pandemic negatively impacted many companies. But it may have been a boon for their new business. Jim chats with Henry Proegler from Moon Fab to learn all about the Moonshade, a vehicle awning for outdoor adventure in any rig. Hear how they experienced exponential growth upon its launch, and discover how creating a community of passionate fans contributed to the success. Henry shares tips for content creators hoping to partner with brands, and what he looks for when selecting influencers to work with.
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Learn More and Connect
https://moonfab.com/
https://www.facebook.com/moonfab.co/
https://www.instagram.com/moon_fabrications
https://www.youtube.com/@moonfabrications
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/
Moon Vehicle Experts
https://moonfab.com/pages/experts
Zombie Loyalists, by Peter Shankman
https://amzn.to/3OHPyff
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In this episode of The RV Entrepreneur Podcast, Glynn and Rose sit down with Chris Kapperman, who has been living the full-time RV life with his family for the past six years - all while maintaining a full-time in-person job. Chris shares his inspiring journey of leaving behind a traditional lifestyle and embracing the freedom of RV living. He dives into the evolution of his YouTube channel, which started as a private space for family updates but has grown into a valuable resource for RV enthusiasts focused on maintenance, repairs, and product reviews.
Chris opens up about the unique challenges of balancing his tugboat job with content creation, the importance of RV maintenance education through courses like the RV Tech Course, and how it can empower RV owners to become more self-sufficient. We also explore the critical role of community, flexibility, and continuous learning in the RV lifestyle.
Throughout the conversation, Chris shares insights into the strategies behind growing his YouTube presence, staying true to his values in product reviews, and leveraging the YouTube algorithm for success. Plus, he gives us a sneak peek into his family’s future travel plans and what’s next on their journey.
Connect With Chris:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyWait
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__whywait__/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.kapperman.5
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Get to Know Glynn - RVE #369
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve369/
NRVTA:
https://nrvta.com/
40% Off with code: WHYWAIT
Jim welcomes Lupe from Loopie Media to share invaluable insights into effectively managing your social media strategy. Lupe discusses the importance of understanding the voice and messaging of clients to genuinely represent the brand. He also addresses the necessity of adapting strategies to keep up with changing algorithms. Tune in to discover tips for enhancing your brand presence without compromising authenticity.
Discover what type of engagement that matters most, how different that may be depending on the brand or product, AND what statistics and insights to review when evaluating your engagement. This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to improve their social media presence while staying true to their brand's voice. Finally, hear about Lupe's passion for working as a traveling bartender and decompressant at music festivals.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Bert & Lupe on the Road
https://www.facebook.com/austexguys
Hootsiute
https://www.hootsuite.com/
Meta Business Suite
https://business.facebook.com
Traveling Bartender Groups
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=traveling%20bartender%20group
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Jim and Rose welcome Glynn Willard as their new co-host to The RV Entrepreneur podcast. Hear his backstory about running a fitness business to discover the similarities between maintaining a fit body and fit business. Glynn also shares important insight about operations from behind the scenes when growing a product based business. And, enjoy a healthy discussion about redefining success.
Connect with Glynn & Learn More
Reset Your Journey
https://resetyourjourney.com/
Get to Know Rose episode #357
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve357/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Will It Fly? by Pat Flynn
https://amzn.to/3ArObOz
RVE News Articles:
Non-negotiable Traits
https://therventrepreneur.com/successful-remote-business/
Growth Inhibitors
https://therventrepreneur.com/growth-inhibitors/
Also Listen To:
Terra Bikes Episode #313
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve313/
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Want to get your foot in the door as a technician at an RV dealership? Or, ever considered starting one? Maybe you've thought about running your own mobile RV maintenance shop. Life long RV industry expert Dave Helgeson offers tips and advice for all of the above.
Dave is a technical writer for popular RVing websites, and an expert speaker at RV shows and events. He shares the many job opportunities that exist in the RV industry, including hands-on technical work or seasonal and regional jobs. Discover why YouTube may not be the best place to research RV maintenance. And, learn how creators can stand out in the crowded RV content space.
Take a deep dive deep into RV maintenance and discover what you need to know if considering a job as a technician, or starting a mobile repair shop. Meanwhile, this discussion reveals plenty of tips for the DIY crowd who prefers to work on their own rigs.
GUEST BIO: Dave Helgeson has been around travel trailers his entire life. His grandparents and father owned an RV dealership long before the term “RV” had been coined. He has served in every position of an RV dealership with the exception of bookkeeping. Dave served as President of a local chapter of the RVDA (Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association), was on the board of advisors for the RV Technician Program of a local technical college and was a board member of the Manufactured Home and RV Association. He and his wife Cheri operated their own RV dealership for many years and for the past 29 years have managed RV shows. Dave presents seminars at RV shows across the country and was referred to as "The foremost expert on boondocking" by the late Gary Bunzer, "The RV Doctor". Dave and his wife are currently on their fifth travel trailer with Dave doing all the service, repair and modifications on his own unit.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
National RV Training Academy
https://nrvta.com/
RV Technical Institute
https://www.rvti.org/
RV LIFE Network
https://www.rvlifenetwork.com/
TOOLS:
Manometer
https://amzn.to/4eZ7dtY
Multimeter
https://amzn.to/4eCDjw3
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Join guest Jenn Green as she shares the three email funnels that every RV entrepreneur will want to have in place when hitting the road. These email funnels will help you stay vulnerable, personal, relevant, and more intentional with your marketing. Better yet? They work for you while you're on the road.
GUEST BIO: Jenn Green is an ADHD Mama and Wifey fuelled by mocha lattes and reality TV. She is also your soon-to-be business bestie and the email marketing master you’ve been dreaming of. As a certified funnel pro, she's here to makeover your email marketing so you can easily grow your audience, enroll clients on automatic, book out your waitlist, and change your little corner of the world.
Connect with Jenn:
- Website: www.thejenngreen.com
- Socials: @jenngreenmarketing
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Nail Your Newsletter
https://www.pages.thejenngreen.com/nail-your-newsletter-2/
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Heather Applegate is a former archaeologist and photographer who now runs a unique apparel printing business out of her customized van, which she calls her mobile workshop. On the road, and at festivals, she creates designs and prints clothing and accessories for individuals, other businesses, and events. Heather's business model allows her to bring her services directly to customers, on the spot, offering convenience and personalization. Her focus on quality and keeping things simple helps create a sustainable business she can do anywhere. Currently based in TN, traveling to festivals across the country, but working to be full time on the road by 2025.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- How Heather transitioned from brick-and-mortar to a mobile business, downsizing her operation while maximizing profitability
- The logistics of converting her van into an off-grid mobile printing studio
- The challenges and rewards of running a product-based business on the road
- Tips for finding the best festivals, RV shows, and events to sell your products
- Why simplifying your product is key to success
- The importance of perfecting your product and staying true to your passion
- Heather’s creative process and some of her favorite items to design
- Insights into the financial side of selling at festivals, including what to expect during the busy season
- Tips for aspiring nomadic graphic artists and product-based entrepreneurs
Connect With Heather:
nomadicgraphicsllc.com
instagram.com/nomadic.graphics
facebook.com/nomadicgraphicsshop
Mentioned In This Episode:
RVE episode #332 with Neil Gibson of Nomad Electric
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve332/
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MAK shares how to transcend influence with the work they're doing at Bound for Nowhere. Beyond any typical RV content creation, they're producing meaningful movies and creating genuine organic relationships with amazing brands. MAK and her husband Owen have been traveling the globe in all sorts of overlanding rigs for more than eight years. They've been movie makers and storytellers for much longer than that. But above all, they consider themselves artists.
Learn helpful tips for landing brand partnerships, crafting deals, and nurturing long term relationships. Discover the bare bones necessary for a good pitch deck, and what that is if you don't know. Hear what it takes to tell a good story, and what tools are best for everything from planning and project management to production and distribution. And if you're not that good at marketing, discover how that may not be as important as you think if you create the best possible content you can produce.
GUEST BIO: MAK & Owen have been living and working from the road for nearly eight years and travel under the name Bound For Nowhere. They're traversed most of North America and are preparing to embark on the Pan American Highway. As adventure photographers and filmmakers they document travel, the outdoors and the personal development that comes from it. In their travels they seek long distance backpacking, remote surf breaks, spearfishing, good food, wildlife of all kinds but have a keen interest in birds.
Connect & Follow:
Bound for Nowhere
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BoundForNowhere
- Website: http://boundfornowhere.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bound.for.nowhere/
Camp Nowhere Podcast
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Spotify: https://www.headnowhere.com/Spotify
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@campnowherepod
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Website: http://www.Campnowherepodcast.com
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camp.nowhere.podast
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Audiotechnica Mic - https://amzn.to/486T0cb
Zoom Field Recorder - https://amzn.to/482D0b8
Rode Shotgun Mic - https://amzn.to/3NjCnRc
Davinci Resolve - https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Riverside - https://riverside.fm/
Transistor - https://transistor.fm/
Notion - https://www.notion.so/
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Entrepreneurs were never meant to be content production houses. Learn from Sandy Sidhu about how you can stop feeding the beast and start leaning into more strategic and affordable ads. On this episode, Sandy Sidhu and co-host Kimberly Crossland talk about the best types of ads for going off-grid, how not to overspend (especially when you're traveling), and how to get going from start to finish with ads.
GUEST BIO: Sandy Sidhu is an accomplished ads specialist dedicated to problem-solving, analyzing results + making suggestions to the client based on their results. She loves all things technology + geeking out over Facebook ads & marketing strategies. She left the corporate world to pursue her own digital marketing business over 10 years ago.
Connect with Sandy:
https://www.sandysidhumedia.com/bookcall/
https://www.instagram.com/adswithsandy
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On this episode of the RVE Podcast, Angela and Vince DiLoreto from Fitting In Adventure delve into the unconventional strategies that define their success as RV entrepreneurs. Discover how Angela breaks typical content creation rules to focus on authenticity and passion-driven content. Spoiler Alert: It's all about enjoying what you do and being genuine. Explore their unique approach to digital marketing and how prioritizing genuine engagement over algorithms has shaped their creativity and their lifestyle.
From a childhood dream of RV living to embracing full-time life on the road, the DiLoretos share their transition from traditional living to becoming RV content creators always on the hunt for adventure. Discover the joys and challenges of living, working, and producing content while living life to the fullest on the open road.
Topics Covered:
- Transitioning to full-time RVing and the decision-making process behind it.
- Strategies for content creation focused on authenticity and passion.
- The role of digital marketing in promoting RV-based business ventures.
- Practical tips for managing life and business while traveling.
GUEST BIO: Our mission at Fitting in Adventure is to Showcase that an adventurous life doesn’t have to mean expensive trips that begin with passport stamps (although we love those too). You can find an adventure to feed your soul nearby too! We hope our adventures big and small inspire you to add some adventure into your life!
Connect with Angela & Vince:
https://fittinginadventure.com
https://www.youtube.com/@FittingInAdventure
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelamdiloreto
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Notion: https://www.notion.so
TripAdvisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com
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Looking to get your brand featured in the media? Need guidance from a top PR expert? This episode is just what you need! Heather Holmes, the founder and CEO of Publicity For Good, brings over a decade of experience as a publicist with a mission to help purpose-driven consumer brands expand their reach, build credibility, and make a positive impact. Remarkably, she grew Publicity For Good into a seven-figure company while living and working from her family's Airstream for 3 1/2 years as they traveled across America.
In this episode you'll learn:
- Heather's intentional decision to live in an Airstream while building her business
- Benefits of PR
- How to craft a compelling story
- Different types of media
- Common misconceptions and value of PR
- PR strategies for entrepreneurs starting out
- Hiring a PR firm and when to work with one
- Low cost and creative PR strategies
- How to build confidence in pitching to the media.
Connect with Heather:
https://publicityforgood.com/
https://www.signalraptor.com/
https://www.instagram.com/publicity.for.good/
https://www.instagram.com/heatherdesantis/
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Just like there's uncertainty when you hit the road in your RV, there's also uncertainty when start a business. While you often think you know what you want to do, it's not until you've put your ideas into motion that you're able to fine-tune what you want and uncover what lights you up. That was the case for Jennilyn Gaitan who founded Hot Mess Fix Chick after hitting the road and starting her business. In this episode, you'll discover how she found her most valuable offers by listening to her customers. You'll also discover why she believes in the importance of multiple income streams, good connectivity, and a curious heart in entrepreneurship and life.
GUEST BIO: Jennilyn Gaitan has been a full-time RVer since November 2020. She has worked in administrative roles in multiple industries over the last 20 years of her career. From handling the admin side of photography businesses to admin roles in retail, higher-ed and real estate, to finally starting her own virtual administration business, Hot Mess Fix Chick. She loves travel, has visited 42 states in her RV (that she tows too!) and would go to Disney World every day if she could.
Connect with Jennilyn:
https://www.jennilyngaitan.com/
https://journeywiththegs.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennilyn-gaitan-88bb9192/
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RV LIFE presents this commercial free Ask Us Anything episode of the RVE Podcast recorded Live during The RV Entrepreneur Workshop during the 2024 Hershey RV Show, with Kimberly, Rose and Jim answering questions from attendees about everything from the never-ending life/work balance game, SEO for Youtube channels, how to start a podcast, social media vs. word of mouth marketing, and so much more.
Many thanks to all the attendees and everyone who helped make The RVE Workshop and RV LIFE After Party @Hershey 2024 a success including our partners; Jayco, KoolRV, Open Road Resorts, Lithionics Battery, Airskirts, RVTV, Open Roads fuel card, Clear Two Oh, Workamper News, and more.
Meet Your Hosts:
- Jim Nelson @LiveWorkDream - https://liveworkdream.com/
- Rose Willard @ResetYourJourney - https://resetyourjourney.com/
- Kimberly Crossland @KimberlyCrossland - https://kimberlycrossland.com/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
- The RVE Talent Pool - https://therventrepreneur.com/talent/
- Video AI - https://vidyo.ai/
- Zombie Loyalists, Peter Shankman - https://amzn.to/3B7kqSX
- Workampers Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping/
- Derscript Podcast Editing - https://www.descript.com/
- Pad Flynn: How to Start A Podcast - https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/guides/how-to-start-a-podcast-tutorial-pat-flynn/
- Skool Community Platform - https://www.skool.com/
- Semrush - https://www.semrush.com/
Related RVE Podcast Episodes
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325 - 10 Ways I Make Money While I RV with Kathy Belge https://therventrepreneur.com/rve325/
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351 - Running a Land Investment Business From the Road with Jill DeWitt https://therventrepreneur.com/rve351/
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316 - From High Stress Corporate Job to RV Entrepreneur with Suzy Wraines https://therventrepreneur.com/rve316/
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Dive into the harmonious world of Chuck and Michelle, known on stage as The Status Crowes. Discover how this dynamic duo transitioned from the default life to full-time RVing, fueled by their passion for music and independence. From their first exposure to RV life via YouTube to becoming the ultimate all-request acoustic duo, Chuck and Michelle share the evolution of their musical career and RV lifestyle. Recorded as we gear up for the Hershey RV Show where The Status Crowes will perform at the RV LIFE After Party.
This episode offers a blend of personal stories, professional insights, and the unique challenges of booking gigs while on the road. Whether you're a fan of heartfelt performances or curious about nomadic living, join us for an engaging discussion that resonates with freedom, adaptation, and the art of following one’s own path. Hear hekpful tips that apply to musicians, speakers, or any entrepreneur pitching themselves or their products. Listen to the end to learn why you shouldn't be a donkey.
GUEST BIO: The Status Crowes are Chuck & Michelle, the ultimate all-request acoustic jukebox duo. With a repertoire of more than 1,500 songs, they pride themselves on making every show unique, and gladly take requests from their audience. Pop, Rock, Country, R&B, Oldies, or Current Hits. Combining their passions of travel and performing, they live the full-time van lifestyle in “Gwenivan”, their self-built, fully customized Ford Transit.
Connect with Chuck & Michelle:
https://statuscrowes.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/StatusCrowes
https://www.facebook.com/statuscrowes
https://www.instagram.com/statuscrowes/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Bands in Town: https://www.bandsintown.com/
Gig Salad: https://www.gigsalad.com/
RV LIFE Trip Wizard: https://tripwizard.rvlife.com/
Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps
Open Mic Finder App: https://www.openmic.us/
Roadside America App: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/mobile/
Harvest Hosts: https://harvesthosts.com/
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Ready for a realistic yet inspiring look at what it means to live, work, and homeschool on the road? Rose sits down with Vanessa Russell of The Adventure Detour, who, along with her husband and daughter, has been living the full-time RV life since 2015. Their journey began with a desire for more family time and a deeper sense of connectedness. This decision to hit the road led Vanessa to start blogging about their adventures, which opened the door to writing opportunities for RV-related websites and magazines. As their presence grew, they expanded into content creation, collaborating with brands to produce social media ads and more.
Vanessa discusses the freedom that comes with being an entrepreneur, particularly when it comes to finances and setting your own schedule. She shares valuable tips on finding a sustainable travel pace and navigating the sometimes tricky world of campsite availability. The conversation also delves into the unique balance of homeschooling and working from the road. Flexibility, Vanessa notes, is key–whether it’s prioritizing travel or adapting homeschooling to fit your ever-changing schedule. She encourages embracing the experiential learning that road schooling offers, turning every journey into an educational adventure.
However, working on the road isn’t always as glamorous as it might seem. Vanessa highlights the challenges, such as finding reliable workspaces and securing internet access. Budgeting is another significant hurdle for full-time RVers. Yet, these challenges are all part of the adventure, often leading to memorable stories shared around the campfire. Vanessa’s advice? Stay flexible, adapt to the unexpected, and connect with the supportive RV community. There are numerous resources out there for RV entrepreneurs, and plugging into them can make all the difference.
Connect with Vanessa:
https://TheAdventureDetour.com
Instagram: @theadventuredetour
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It's time to go in-depth with RV Entrepreneur co-host Rose Willard, a lifelong entrepreneur and former figure skater. Rose Willard and her family hit the road in 2020 to explore and road school their family. During their adventures,, they started a YouTube channel and blog, which is appropriately called Reset Your Journey. During their adventures on the road and in entrepreneurship, Rose and her husband, Glynn Willard, learned the importance of niching down, diversifying income, and knowing the competition.
Listen in as she shares how they managed inflection points along the way and how you can do the same in your journey.
Connect with Rose:
https://resetyourjourney.com
https://www.instagram.com/resetyourjourney
https://www.facebook.com/resetyourjourney
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
National Parks Pass:
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm
The Dyrt App:
https://thedyrt.com/
Luno Life Inflatable Mattress:
https://amzn.to/4cyLMhQ
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Angela and Jeff run Constant Creations - a popular Etsy store creating personalized decor and gifts using a variety of graphic production equipment, supplies, and plenty of inventory, all from their Class A RV. Find out how they fit everything in their rig, and balance work with the nomadic lifestyle they Enjoy.
Discover storage tips and tools for invenory management. Learn how making connections is the best marketing, and how providing the best customer service will help you stand out in the crowded marketplace. Angela also shares tips for working the craft fair and festival circuit. Bonus: Hear their best advice for finding workamping jobs and negotiating the terms you need when working from the road.
Connect With Constant Creations:
Etsy: ConstantCreationsCo
https://www.etsy.com/shop/constantcreationsco/
Facebook: Angela Warner
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075988826667
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/
Square: https://squareup.com/
Finding Fairs and Festivals:
https://festivalnet.com/
https://www.fairsandfestivals.net/
Stock Designs & Graphics
https://www.freepik.com/
Workampers Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
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Annette Jalbert is a counselor, coach at Deliberately Designed Life and an RV Park owner. She’s also an avid RVer, who often travels with her husband across the United States and Canada. Through her desire for adventure, she has transformed her business into one that can be done from anywhere in the world.
Listen in as we discuss how you can tap into a healthier mindset as you pursue a life of adventure in entrepreneurship and RVing. Annette will share tips on how to unapologetically seek the life you desire and show you the behind-the-scenes of how she’s designed her business to be location-independent.
Learn more about Annette Jalbert at DeliberatelyDesignedLife.com.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annettejalbertcounselling
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Benjamin Freedland has overcome some serious adversity to launch and grow a successful Recreational Vehicle transport company from the ground up and become an "exclusive shipper" on the uShip platform with 67 five-star reviews. And he did it all in less than a year.
He attributes his success to providing exemplary customer service, and clear communication with 100% transparency. This shows in the personal challenges Ben shares with us, and what he learned from those experiences which helped make him the successful entrepreneur he is today.
GUEST BIO: Benjamin Freedland successfully founded Recreational Transport LLC, a company dedicated to providing transportation services for new RV owners, ensuring seamless delivery from dealerships and auction houses to their new homes. In the past year alone, Benjamin has built the business from the ground up after overcoming great adversity and has completed over 50 long-distance RV deliveries for both dealerships and private owners, logging over 50,000 miles in the process. His exceptional service has earned him “exclusive shipper” status on uShip, where he received 67 five-star reviews.
Connect with Ben:
https://recreationaltransport.com
ben@recreationaltransport.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556616466216
RESOURCES MENTIONED
uShip: https://www.uship.com/
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn a passion for travel and adventure into a successful business?
In this episode Rose sits down with Paul Aubert, the visionary founder of Noovo Vans. Paul and his dedicated team of entrepreneurs have created a thriving business that began with a spirit of adventure and the creation of Natasha, their legendary hotel bus. Natasha has journeyed through 16 countries, carried 60 eager adventurers, and covered an astonishing 26,000 miles across the Americas, setting the stage for what would become Noovo Vans.
Paul shares his inspiring journey from that first epic road trip to building a business known for its high-quality, custom van conversions. We delve into the unique design process, the importance of customer satisfaction, and the innovative approaches that keep Noovo Vans ahead in the competitive market. Paul also opens up about the challenges and triumphs of entrepreneurship, offering valuable advice for anyone looking to start their own business in the RV or van conversion industry.
Whether you're a van life enthusiast, an aspiring entrepreneur, or simply curious about the creative process behind these amazing vans, this episode is packed with insights and inspiration.
GUEST BIO:
Originally from France, Paul embarked on a memorable van trip from San Diego to Buenos Aires, a journey that not only deepened his passion for exploration but also set the stage for Noovo. This adventure, shared with his friends and future co-founders (Benoit and Antoine), inspired them to reimagine the concept of travel, blending the essence of comfort with the spirit of adventure. With a background that marries his French heritage to his love for the open road, Paul has been instrumental in guiding Noovo's design philosophy, ensuring that each campervan embodies beauty, sustainable comfortable living and the thrill of discovery. At the heart of Noovo, under Paul's leadership, lies not just the craftsmanship of campervans but the cultivation of stories on wheels, fostering a community where each journey is an adventure shared. Paul's journey from the picturesque landscapes of Central and South America to the innovative designs of Noovo campervans reflects his belief in a life well-traveled, where home is truly wherever you park it.
Connect with Noovo Vans:
Website: https://noovolife.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/noovovans
IG: https://www.instagram.com/noovovans/
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You May Also Like: The RV Life Podcast
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Have you ever wanted to convert a school bus, or maybe build a custom camper from an ambulance? Perhaps you need to sell surplus fleet vehicles or used equipment? Greg Barry has built the platform to meet both these needs. He recently celebrated the 18-year anniversary of launching Municibid to connect governments with buyers looking for used vehicles. Now, Greg has launched Surplus.com to do the same thing for private industry.
Whether you're looking for your next skoolie project, or need to sell a dump truck, Greg has made the process easy and affordable. Learn how he built these sites and why. Discover the challenges he's overcome, and how he's built a completely remote team for development, sales, and marketing to build his dream lifestyle business.
GUEST BIO: Greg Berry is the Founder & CEO of Municibid and Surplus.com. Greg started his first business out of high school in 1998, served on his local city council in 2005, and as a result founded Municibid in 2006. He sold his IT company in 2010 to focus on the exploding growth of Municibid. As he now launches Surplus.com, Greg enjoys taking his RV on long trips across the US.
Connect with Greg:
municibid.com
surplus.com
@municibid @gregmberry across all socials
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Upwork
Dynamite Jobs
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Have you ever looked at the many parcels of land you drive next to on your trips and thought, “I could sell that to make money from the road!” Meet Jill DeWit, an RV Entrepreneur who has taken land sales on the road from her Class A.
Jill DeWit is half of the husband and wife team who owns Land Academy. Together, they invest in land and teach others how to do so profitably and from the road. They have also founded numerous other businesses to help ease the process of buying and selling land from anywhere in the country.
If you’re interested in starting in Land Academy, RV Entrepreneur listeners are being offered a special gift of $500 tuition! Use the code RVLAND500 at checkout.
Join Land Academy: LandAcademy.com
Follow Land Academy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LandAcademy
Listen to the Land Academy Podcast: https://landacademy.com/category/podcasts/
Follow Land Academy on Instagram: instagram.com/landacademy
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You May Also Like: The RV Life Podcast
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Historically, people of color have been underepresented in the RVing and outdoor industries. The reason may surprise you. And, Earl B. Hunter, Jr. is on a mission to change that.
Earl created Black Folks Camp Too after a cross country RV trip with his son where they saw exactly one other black family RVing. This is changing, partly due to the work he's doing with the Unity Blaze campaign.
The Unity Blaze Way is how campgrounds, outdoor industry brands, and RVers can initiate change to foster inclusiveness in camping, for everyone. It all begins with understanding why black people have traditionally avoided camping in the woods. Tune in to discover the facts behind generational fear, lack of inclusion, and the steps we can all take toward more inclusivity outdoors.
Connect With Earl
Black Folks Camp Too
https://www.blackfolkscamptoo.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Blackfolkscamptoo
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackFolksCampToo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/earl-b-hunter-jr-25925918/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Unity Blaze
https://www.blackfolkscamptoo.com/unity-blaze/
Unity Blaze Academy
https://edu.blackfolkscamptoo.com/
Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU)
https://www.thehundred-seven.org/
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Rose sits down with Dr. Brenda Uekert, a sociologist, financial coach, speaker, author, and full-time RVer who is passionate about achieving financial freedom while caring for the planet.
In this episode, Brenda shares her journey from a traditional career to embracing life on the road, offering insights into her steps toward financial freedom.
We'll explore her innovative concept of "eco-wealth," where financial success and environmental stewardship go hand in hand. Brenda also discusses her book, "The Money Road Trip," which serves as a guide for achieving financial goals, and introduces us to the Planet Smart Finance Fest, an event dedicated to sustainable finance and investing.
Key Takeaways:
Eco-Wealth Concept: Brenda's innovative idea of "eco-wealth" emphasizes growing income, reducing expenses, and making environmentally responsible financial choices.
Holistic Financial Freedom: Financial freedom isn't just about accumulating wealth but also about enriching life with meaningful experiences, connections, and values.
Income-Expense Gap: The importance of increasing the gap between income and expenses to achieve financial stability and freedom.
Time Autonomy: Valuing the freedom to choose how and where to spend your time, a key benefit of the RV lifestyle.
Sustainable Finance: Insights into sustainable investing and financial practices that benefit both personal wealth and the planet.
Planet Smart Finance Fest: An event created by Brenda that focuses on sustainable finance and investing, providing valuable resources and networking opportunities.
Practical Tips: Brenda shares actionable advice on achieving financial goals, aligning financial practices with personal values, and living a more sustainable lifestyle.
Tune in for a wealth of practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you balance financial success with a sustainable, fulfilling lifestyle.
Books Mentioned:
"Smart Women Finish Rich" by David Bach
"Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine" by Mike Michalowicz
Connect with Brenda:
https://linktr.ee/drbrendau
https://drbrendamoneycoach.com/
https://drbrendamoneycoach.com/coaching/does-adversity-make-us-stronger-heres-my-story/
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Adam Rosen isn't an RVer, but he is a true digital nomad. And he hates that term. Jim finds out why, and discovers how he has grown a successful email outreach company while traveling the world.
What exactly is Cold Email Outreach? How do you ensure your first email contact doesn't end up in the spam folder? What precautions can you take to ensure your domain reputation isn't damaged? How do you craft a message that resonates with your target contact? And, what's the best Call To Action you can include in your cold emails?
Jim sits down with eocworks.com founder Adam to answer all these questions and more. We also discover what The Nomad Cloud is, and how it can help anyone hoping to succed while traveling full-time or working from the road.
GUEST BIO: Adam Rosen, a world-traveling entrepreneur who sold his first tech startup in 2019. He now leads eocworks.com, helping companies get sales through cold email, and thenomadcloud.com which supports entrepreneurs who want to explore the world.
Connect with Adam:
Email Outreach Company
https://eocworks.com/
adam@eocworks.com
https://www.instagram.com/adamirosen/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamirosen/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Instantly Email Warmup
https://instantly.ai/
Email Marketing with Liz Wilcox:
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve343/
Spin Text Tools
https://spinbot.com/
https://spinbot.info/
https://free-article-spinner.com/
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Organization is one a big challenge when RVing. It’s even more challenging when trying to run a business from the road. That’s where Brittany Dixon from The Dixon Detour comes in to help.
Brittany is a Business Operations Specialist and helps business owners make more money while having work life balance. A former Event Planner & Professional Home Organizer, Brittany is now the Marie Kondo for Businesses with her Consulting Services. As the CEO of Brittany & Co, she uses her organization skills to help business owners simplify to amplify their income, impact & influence!
When Brittany is not helping business owners, she is raising her twin girls, Kenna & Layla with her Husband Steven Dixon, Living The Full Time RV Life & Reading Fiction Every Spare Minute She Gets!
BRITTANY & CO www.bcohq.co
www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyjdixon/
THE DIXON DETOUR
b.link/thedixondetour
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Dave Berman settled in Viet Nam after traveling the world on his Help the World Laugh Tour. He has since adopted the name ĐƠN GIẢN (pronounced Dun Za-an), which literally translates to "Simple" in Vietnamese. Throughout his journey he produced more than 1,000 videos of people laughing with him from all over the world - while posting a video every single day for nearly three and a half years.
Dave is an author and coach who is now focused on helping others discover infinite simplicity as ĐƠN GIẢN. Join Jim as he takes a take a wild trip with his long-time friend through his "Simple Book of Infinity". This elegant presentation of thought provoking phrases will open your mind to the infinite supplies of creativity, potential, awareness, and yes laughter, that we all have within us. We can all discover these infinite possibilities and become the best we can be, IF – as ĐƠN GIẢN tells us – we learn to get out of our own way. To do that, he coaches people to become who they most want to be, with everything happening for them, not to them. He helps people resolve inner conflict, end self-sabotage, improve relationships, listen better, love more, and quit trying to fix what isn't broken. His Simple Book of Infinity is a great place to start, and Jim shares the nuggets of wisdom he found within it.
Connect with ĐƠN GIẢN
https://davebermancoaching.com/
WhatsApp: +84 777 33 6213
RESOURCES MENTIONED
The Simple Book of Infinity
https://davebermancoaching.com/simplebook
Daily Laughers #111 with Jim, Rene & Dave (2016)
https://youtu.be/_1WfGVF3E4Q
Laughter Yoga vs. Infinity Laughter:
https://DaveBermanCoaching.com/differences
What To Do When You’re Feeling Stuck
https://therventrepreneur.com/feeling-stuck/
Be More Dog Authors Explain Living in the Now
https://bemoredog.net/living-in-the-now/
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Rose Willard chats with Ashley Whaley, co-founder of Podshark Media and full-time RVer, about why every entrepreneur should consider starting a podcast.
In this episode, Ashley shares her inspiring journey of leveraging podcasting to elevate her business and how you can too!
What You'll Learn and Discover:
- Entrepreneurial Insights: How Ashley began her entrepreneurial journey and the key lessons she's learned along the way.
- Podcasting for Entrepreneurs: How it can help amplify your brand and connect with your audience, and how consistent content creation, audience-centricity, and action-driven strategies can conquer fears and uncertainties.
- Practical Tips: Actionable advice on starting and growing a podcast, including content strategy, audience engagement, and ways to measure success.
- Podcasting Insights: How it createspersonal growth, authority establishment, content creation, community engagement, and financial gains.
GUEST BIO:
Ashley's entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 19, igniting her passion for community and autonomy. Now fully immersed in the RV lifestyle with her husband and two daughters, they're reveling in newfound freedoms while growing their business and embracing homeschooling. Their bold move to RV living slashed their expenses by 85%, propelling them closer to their dream of owning land and building a home.
Mentioned in this episode:
Shure podcast mic- https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones?lpf%5Bpage%5D=1&lpf%5BshowTop%5D=true&lpf%5Bpp%5D=6&lpf%5BexpOpts%5D=true
AirPods
riverside.fm
https://streamyard.com/
Garage Band- https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/
Libsyn- https://libsyn.com/
Zoom
Connect with Ashley:
Website:
www.podsharkmedia.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/podsharkmedia
https://www.instagram.com/ashleytwhaley
Podcast:
https://www.podsharkmedia.com/podcast
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Get to know your RVE Podcast hosts with another Get Know Us segment. Jim sits down with co-host Kimberly Crossland to discuss the evolution of her RV LIFE, and her entrepreneurial journey.
As you'll hear, Kimberly is an excellent storyteller. But she shares much more than her back story. Listen carefully, because Kimberly drops a number of gold nuggets for anyone growing a small business from the road. We discuss the importance of personal branding. And, we talk about her three buckets approach as a service provider. Kimberly also provides important details about her Three Eyes approach including Inspiration, Intention, and Interest which can be applied to achieve success with all of your content development and marketing efforts.
Connect with Kimberly
https://kimberlycrossland.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberly.crossland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.crossland1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlycrossland1/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Narrow Your Arrow:
https://roadpreneur.substack.com/p/narrow-your-arrow-to-uplevel
Josh Interviews Jim:
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve298/
Email Marketing with Liz Wilcox:
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve343/
Cruisin' and Campfires:
https://cruisinandcampfires.com
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If you hate email as much as most entreprenuers do, this episode is for you. Email marketing is a must for any small buiness. But connecting with customers in their inbox can be challenging, and time consuming. Liz Wilcox says it doesn't have to be!
Join Jim on this deep dive with Liz on the subject everyone loves to hate: Email Marketing? What does it mean, how do you use it to your advantage, and where do you begin? You'll learn how to write a good subject line, and how that is NOT the most important thing to get people to open your email. Discover the different types of email, when to send them, and what they should say. You'll hear some recommended email management platforms, and learn how to determine which one might be best for you.
Liz also explains Automations, and how to best use them, or not. You'll understand what DMARC, DKIM and SPF authentications are, and why they're important. Finally, Liz shares her experience on the TV show survivor, and some survival tips that translate to your business and marketing efforts.
GUEST BIO
The Fresh Princess of Email Marketing, Liz Wilcox is an Email Strategist and Keynote Speaker showing small businesses how to build online relationships, package up their “magic” and turn it into emails that people want to read and, most importantly, purchase from.
Connect with Liz:
https://lizwilcox.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/emailmarketingwithliz
https://www.instagram.com/thelizwilcox/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Mailchimp: https://mailchimp.com/
ConvertKit: https://convertkit.com/
ActiveCampaign: https://www.activecampaign.com/
Grit, by Angela Duckworth
https://amzn.to/49fBiCc
RVE Community Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/therventrepreneurcommunity/posts/460410370968196/
RVE Podcast Episode #164
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rve/episodes/RVE-164-How-to-Stand-Out-and-Get-Noticed-with-Ed-and-Liz-Wilcox-ea378t
The Virtual Campground
https://thevirtualcampground.com/
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Stacy Maxon serves as the CMO at Fireside RV Rental, where she orchestrates marketing strategies, content creation, and public relations initiatives. In her pivotal role, Stacy has been instrumental in propelling Fireside to become a flourishing RV rental management franchise nationwide. Beyond her corporate responsibilities, Stacy wears multiple hats as a podcast host and author, generously sharing insights and anecdotes from her entrepreneurial journey and personal RV travels. Alongside her husband, Stacy co-owns an RV rental, repair, and storage business in upstate New York, further enriching her experience in the industry.
Podcast: www.rvrentalsecrets.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/stacyemaxon
Newsletter: www.firestarternewsletter.com
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Jim welcomes fellow marketing expert Brooks Smothers in a deep discussion all about marketing for small business. Consider this episode your Marketing 101 course for solopreneurs, content creators, or any small business owner. We're taking a deep dive into all the different types of marketing, and which strategies work best for creators, service providers, or any online business.
Learn the importance of developing a marketing strategy, and where to begin. Brooks provides a thorough breakdown defining the difference between branding, advertising, marketing and sales. You'll discover the importance of developing your brand story, and refining your niche, with great examples and tips for getting started. Spoiler alert: Your brand is not your logo.
GUEST BIO: Brooks Smothers grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. He has camped in the American West for as long as he can remember, from backpacking trips, car camping, van life (1978 VW Camper Bus traveled through 37 states and 1 US Territory), a tent trailer and now to a travel trailer — he’s experienced it. He has crisscrossed the United States by road seven different times and all via different routes. Plus, he has traveled and seen all 50 states. Professionally, he is a Social Media Director with a background in graphic design and visual journalism. He understands the importance of branding, and using the power of storytelling in content marketing.
Connect With Brooks:
RV Out West
https://www.rvoutwest.com/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
The Five Whys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_whys
Dot Cards
https://dotcards.net/
How I Built This with Guy Raz
https://www.guyraz.com/
Recommended Reading
Let My People Go Surfing
https://amzn.to/3Vz4Nf8
Zombie Loyalists, Peter Shankman
https://amzn.to/4cz6hw3
Guerrilla Marketing, Jay Conrad Levinson
https://amzn.to/43CMSGk
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Wondering how to navigate health insurance as an RV entrepreneur? Join Rose in this episode as Hayla Folden, a licensed health insurance broker and RV enthusiast, shares her insights on navigating health insurance options for those living life on the road. Drawing from her personal experience transitioning to RV life, Hayla discusses the challenges she faced and how she overcame them.
Learn about the crucial role of insurance brokers and gain valuable tips for selecting the best health insurance plan to fit your needs and budget. Discover why considering your domicile state could be helpful and how it impacts your coverage.
Hayla provides practical advice for finding healthcare providers while on the road, emergency care availability outside of your home state, and she addresses the unique challenges faced by those transitioning to Medicare. Plus, she shares free resources to aid individuals in their healthcare journey.
Key takeaways:
🔍 Consider working with a health insurance broker to find the best policy for your needs.
⏳ Start looking for health insurance 60 to 90 days before you need coverage.
💰 Think about your specific health needs and budget when choosing a plan.
🔍 Research health insurance options in your domicile state
📞 Call the number on your insurance card to inquire about in-network options.
⚕️ Utilize resources like telemedicine and urgent care based on cost and coverage.
🌍 Some plans offer nationwide coverage, but understand limitations.
👩⚕️ Build relationships with doctors and have an emergency plan in place.
🛣️ Plan ahead for prescription refills and access to care while traveling.
Hayla's Website:
https://haylafolden.com/
Connect With Hayla on Social:
https://www.instagram.com/Hayla_Folden
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Hayla's Better Doctor Playbook. Get your free copy of the exact process Hayla uses for herself and her family to find the best doctors for any medical condition.
https://haylafolden.com/better-doctor-playbook/
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Erik and Jeanne Anderson have been full-time RVing with their beloved “Hershey Pup” since hitting the road 2020. After their primary remote employment ended unexpectedly, Erik started writing RV related content and the couple did some workamping save on rent. Then they decided to publish a children’s book based on Hershey Pup’s RV adventures.
Knowing nothing about self publishing at the time, they did extensive research and figured it out. They are now working on their second book in the series. And, they share their thoughts on the publishing process, working with editors and illustrators, marketing a book once it's launched, and what they'll do differently next time. They also discuss their best methods for finding remote writing gigs and workamping jobs. Spoiler alert: That boils down to direct outreach and relationship marketing.
Learn More at www.HersheyPupAdventures.com
GUEST BIO: Erik and his wife Jeanne have been living, remote-working, and traveling full-time around the U.S. and Canada in their mid-size Class A motorhome since July 2020. They love hiking, biking, kayaking, and adventuring with their beloved Cavalier King Charles spaniel, “Hershey Pup”. A well-traveled pup, Hershey has happily wagged his tail through all of the “Lower 48” U.S. states, 6 Canadian provinces, and 38 national parks to date. Erik enjoys contributing his writings to many RV-related magazines, blogs and social media groups. They have published their first children’s book based on Hershey Pup’s RV adventures.
Connect With Erik:
Facebook: erik.anderson.378
Instagram: erikvtmtb
Facebook: Hershey Pup Adventures
Instagram: hersheypupadventures
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Products:
- K9 Sport Sack: https://amzn.to/3PyNgQF
Publishing:
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Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/
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Ingram Spark: https://www.ingramspark.com/
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Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/
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Illustrator: https://kidsbookart.com/
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Be More Dog: htts://bemoredog.net
Remote Work:
- Indeed: https://indeed.com
Workamping:
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https://www.volunteer.gov/
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https://www.workamper.com/
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
The RV Entrepreneur:
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Mutliple Revenue Streams: https://therventrepreneur.com/multiple-revenue-streams/
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RVE #337 - Relationship Marketing: https://therventrepreneur.com/rve337/
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Looking for the freedom to be more authentic while simultaneously becoming a magnet for publicity, attention, and sales? Today’s guest on the RV LIFE Entrepreneur show shares how she has done just that simply by using Instagram to grow her RV renovation business.
Tessa Terry of Alchemy RV Renovation shares with us her unique approach to building a business through more creativity and simpler marketing. Her story is full of ideas about how to expand your revenue without feeling burdened by adding too much, and how to meet people where they’re at on their customer journey.
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Instagram: instagram.com/alchemyrvrenovations
Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091249713097
Website: alchemyrvrenovations.com
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Our discussion this time is for all entrepreneurs hoping to grow their network. Specifically, we're talking about relationship marketing, and the importance of connecting with others in a genuine way. Building new relationships can be difficult as a nomad. That's why we're speaking with Sue Brooke with Alignable. Jim explains how he has made some good connections on the platform - without all the distraction, negativity, and irrelevant content often found on Facebook. And, Sue helps us understand how Alignable differs from LinkedIn to connect you with the people who matter most to you. Spoiler alert: It's all about relationship building.
Enjoy this deep dive into relationship marketing, network building, redefining success and working with a mission. Sue provides tips for developing our networking skills, when so many of us tend to work in a bubble. She also offers helpful suggestions for breaking the ice with new contacts, and defines relationship marketing with some impressive examples.
GUEST BIO: Sue Brooke, Professional Speaker, Author, and Business & Marketing Strategist, possesses nearly four decades of entrepreneurial expertise. At the core of her business success lies the fundamental belief in fostering authentic relationships. Currently, Sue contributes her knowledge and leadership to Alignable.com's Advocacy team, where she spearheads educational programs for fellow business owners. Throughout her Alignable on the Road tour, Sue travels the country in her motorhome to actively support and engage with small business owners. Over the past three years, she has covered over 31,000 miles across 44 states, with plans to extend her journey through the rest of the lower 48 and into Canada.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Alignable on the Road Group
http://AlignableOnTheRoad.com
Sue Brooke
https://www.SueBrooke.com
Alignable University
https://www.alignable.com/learn/alignable-university
What Is Relationship Marketing?
https://learn.alignable.com/lessons/what-is-relationship-marketing-anyway
RV LIFE Trip Wizard
https://tripwizard.rvlife.com/
Send Out Cards
http://cardsfromsue.com/
[Sue's Affiliate Link]
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Join Rose Willard for an inspiring conversation with Dave and Traci Stanley, passionate travelers, entrepreneurs and full-time RVers, as they share their journey of building community on the road.
From their beginnings as home exchangers to becoming host consultants for CurbNTurf, Dave and Traci exemplify the spirit of connection and entrepreneurship in the RV lifestyle.
Discover how they turned their love for travel into a mission to cultivate meaningful relationships, and learn about the exciting opportunities CurbNTurf offers for fellow travelers.
Key Topics Covered:
- The journey from home exchanging to full-time RV living
- The role of host consultants for CurbNTurf
- Fostering connections and building trust on the road
- Entrepreneurial opportunities for RVers with CurbNTurf
- Advice for creating income while traveling
- The power of community in the RV lifestyle
Tune in to this episode for valuable insights, heartfelt stories, and a renewed appreciation for the connections made while wandering the open road.
Connect With Dave & Traci:
Email: daventraci@curbnturf.com
Learn More About CurbNTurf:
www.CurbNTurf.com
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Podup Podcasting Platform:
podup.com?fpr=david28
RVcast Podcast:
www.RVcast.com
RV Convention:
https://rvconvention.podup.com/
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Do you really need to form an LLC when starting your small business? What's the difference between copyright and trademark? What is the CTA, and why do you need to know about new BOI filing requirements? Find out on this episode of The RV Entrepreneur with Kimberly Decarrera from Springboard Legal.
Learn all about the new Beneficial Ownership Information filing requirements as part of the Corporate Transparency Act and find out whether or not your company is exempt. Kimberly shares tips for structuring your small business and bookkeeping for beginners. Jim shares his personal experience protecting intellectual property, and Kimberly suggests some important steps to take, especially for coaches and content creators.
GUEST BIO: Kimberly DeCarrera is a lawyer, CFO, and business strategist, helping growing companies grow in smart, sustainable ways to ensure long-term success. She has served as in-house Chief Financial and Legal Officer (CFO/CLO) for a fast-growing logistics company, started a fractional CFO service for law firms, and served as a consultant to many of the Fortune 500. She brings all this experience to now help startups and small businesses grow while mitigating risks and maximizing stakeholder value.
Connect with Kimberly:
https://linkedin.com/in/kdecarrera
https://linkedin.com/company/springboardlegal
https://facebook.com/springboardlegal
https://twitter.com/decarrera
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Springboard Legal
https://springboardlegal.com
CTA & BOI E-Filing:
https://boiefiling.fincen.gov/
National Law Review - U.S. Corporate Transparency Act: Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Obligations Take Effect
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-corporate-transparency-act-beneficial-ownership-disclosure-obligations-take
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Being an RV entrepreneur means finding creative ways to build community from the road. In this episode, you'll hear from Melissa Camilleri about how to network more effectively while you build your business from your RV.
Melissa Camilleri is the Co-founder of Stand for the And Education Company and the Impact Incubator. With over 20 years as a credentialed educator, a professional leader in training and development, and a decade in digital marketing, Melissa guides established business owners to maximize their impact and their income with one-to-many offers -- in person and online. Over the last five years alone, she and her business partner, Angela Greaser, have helped their clients generate over $56 million in revenue through courses/programs and other group offerings. They are also the founders of the Prosper Network -- a community of women who share the values of generosity, reciprocity, and expansion in business. She’s a mom of 3 young kiddos, wife to one handsome husband, homeschools, and lives in Northern California.
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Can't we all just get along? Apparently we can! Paul Zapala and James Meyer are a gay couple that has enjoyed RVing for 8+ years. While they've never personally encountered the hatred that often occurs online, they understand the need for LGBTQ RVers to feel safe when traveling. That's why they've grown their Youtube channel and the resources at gayrving.com.
Tune in to discover, what exaclty are LGBTQ campgrounds and where do you find them? Learn about the content and resources Paul and James have developed, and why. Get a better understanding of what it's like traveling as a same sex couple, and how that's not much different than the same challenges faced by RVers of color, senior couples, and families. Most importantly, hear how it is community that matters most to feel welcome, wherever you go.
Connect with Paul and James:
https://www.instagram.com/jamespaulsrv/
https://www.facebook.com/OurRVTrip
RESOURCES MENTIONED
https://gayrving.com
LGBTQ Campground Map
https://www.gayrving.com/campgroundmap
Huff Po Article:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gay-rv-owners-travel-america_n_63a9b417e4b0ae9de1b1e667
Workampers Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
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If you're thinking of transforming your RV into an off-grid capable machine, you need to know about the services and education Neil Gibson provides at www.nomadelectric.net
Neil, a seasoned nomad, has spent the past four years living off-grid with his family in the South-West, immersing himself in the freedom of van life. Transitioning from a career in IT, Neil found his calling as a mobile RV and Solar technician, dedicated to assisting vacationers, businesses, and full-time road-lifers in transforming their RVs, buses, or vans into fully off-grid capable machines. Beyond repairs, Neil offers comprehensive on-site education to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills to confidently navigate their electrical systems. This means YOU help with all aspects of the install!
Tune in to hear how Neil empowers RVers to mitigate common electrical mistakes and hazards.
Learn his unique approach to designing electrical systems, setting him apart from other DIY RV Techs.
Discover his advice for entrepreneurs looking to get into RV tech.
And hear about his heartwarming success stories as well as some of the worst systems he's had to repair!
Neil invites you to embark on a journey towards safer and more sustainable RV living.
Connect With Neil:
www.nomadelectric.net
https://www.instagram.com/nomadelectricllc
https://www.facebook.com/nomadelectricllc
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In today's Ask Us Anything episode, the cohosts open up about their journeys of personal growth, sharing intimate insights on how they consistently challenge themselves. Discover how their quest for self-improvement not only enriches their lives but also translates into business success. Plus, they share a few inspirational reads that have shaped their mindset.
They'll also answer an RVE community member's question, offering insights into marketing strategies that go beyond social media.
And stick around till the end for a brief discussion into community building and collaborations, where you'll uncover the secrets to fostering business growth.
Don't miss out on this winning combination of self-improvement and actionable wisdom!
Mentioned In This Episode:
Blog Articles:
Challenge Yourself In Life To Sharpen Your Entrepreneurial Skills
https://therventrepreneur.com/challenge-yourself/
On Setting Goals: Insight from 3 Favorite Thought Leaders
https://therventrepreneur.com/setting-goals/
Recommended Reading
All It Takes Is A Goal, John Acuff
https://amzn.to/42tEb0J
The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter
https://amzn.to/4bxGqV0
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Adam Grant
https://amzn.to/4bu7xA4
Zombie Loyalists, Peter Shankman
https://amzn.to/4bxS55V
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Thinking of a big career change, or transitioning to working from the road? Then don't miss this discussion with leadership transition coach Don Gleason.
Don is a retired Colonel who served 27 years in the Air Force before transitioning to be a corporate management consultant. He is now "half retired" and enjoying the RV life while helping people move on with the next phase of their lives. Don serves military and civilian personnel in their search to find the job that energizes them so they can live the life that fulfills them most.
We discuss leadership, team building, coaching, and the best aps for CRM, content delivery, and more. Don shares stories from his military career as a civil engineer. And, Jim discovers how skills learned from birdwatching can translate into business development.
GUEST BIO: Don Gleason is a retired Air Force Colonel who served 27-yrs and was promoted to Colonel before retiring in 2009. He then served 9 yrs with Booz Allen Hamilton as a management consultant. Today he serves military and non-military in their job search to have the great half-retired career he has. He helps them find the job that energizes them so they can get the life that fulfills them.
Connect with Don:
https://achievenewheights.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-gleason/
https://www.facebook.com/dongleason39/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Workamper News Podcast Episode #258
https://workampershow.com/don-gleason-describes-managing-his-business-while-part-time-rving-in-episode-258/
Lunch Club: https://lunchclub.com/
ConvertKit: https://convertkit.com/
PipeDrive CRM: https://www.pipedrive.com/
Calendly: https://calendly.com/
Course/Content Platforms:
https://kajabi.com/
https://thinkific.com/
REDCOMMENDED READING:
Half Retire – Keep Your Business Ditch the Stress:
https://amzn.to/48yKC4M
Think and Grow Rich:
https://amzn.to/3Sja0pD
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Sarah is a full-time RVer traveling the US with her husband. Together, they've been debt-free TWICE and now find themselves in the top 25% of Americans for Net Worth. Through her work, Sarah helps people feel safe, secure, and confident in their money decisions, both personally and professionally — and she does it without shame, guilt, or restriction.
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Becca Leisher is a true digital nomad breaking the mold of conformity by making the most of her skillset. Learn how her niche software development business is helping organizations automate processes to work faster and more efficiently. And, discover how Becca balances demanding work and living life to the fullest while exploring the globe and working from anywhere.
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Becca Leisher used to sit at her desk job, listening to RV Entrepreneur and dreaming of a life in which she worked wherever she wanted, whenever she wanted, as much as she wanted, doing only work that she loved. Family members told her this dream was not possible. She refused to accept traditional work as "reality" and trusted her authentic, counterintuitive, and untested professional strategy to achieve her dream. Becca's strategy was to use 9-5 jobs to discover the skill at the intersection of her passion and expertise so she could start a business offering that skill. At 29, Becca is the CEO of a legal tech company and she has achieved the life of freedom, health, and authenticity she dreamed of for years. She shares her story to ensure others know it is possible.
Connect with Becca:
https://www.automyadmin.com/
https://beckycheese.com
RESOURCES MENTIONED
The RV Entrepreneur: How We Do It
https://therventrepreneur.com/tag/how-to/
Zapier: https://zapier.com/
Buffer: https://buffer.com/
IFTTT: https://ifttt.com/
The One Thing by Gary W. Keller https://amzn.to/3UfSqUI
The Art of Nonconformity: https://amzn.to/3HCruXG
Derek Sivers: https://sive.rs/
Tim Ferriss podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/
Naval Ravikant: https://amzn.to/3SirsZT
Tom Hodgkinson: https://amzn.to/3Sjvdyg
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Is your business in the midst of a growth phase? Navigating expansion, especially from the nomadic perspective of the road, demands not only immense effort but also a focused mindset and a strategic approach.
In this captivating episode, Rose Willard engages in an insightful conversation with Robert & Tosha Lackey, the visionary couple behind Bison, a motorcycle safety gear business, as they run their business full-time from the road.
Join us as we uncover the intricacies of their strategic move to grow Bison geographically, exploring how the Lackey's seamlessly blend their passion for motorcycles with the freedom of the RV lifestyle.
From the innovation in safety gear to tackling legal complexities, scaling on the move, and finding equilibrium in work, life, and homeschooling, this episode provides invaluable insights for fellow entrepreneurs navigating the challenges and triumphs of life on the road.
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, an RV enthusiast, or simply hungry for a story of resilience and innovation, this episode promises inspiration and practical wisdom.
Buckle up for a deep dive into the exciting and pivotal phase of Robert and Tosha's entrepreneurial journey, where the road becomes the backdrop for business growth and personal adventure!
💻Connect & Follow the Lackey's 👇 :
Website (Bison): https://bisontrack.com/
Website (Lackeys Be Trippin') : https://www.lackeysbetrippin.com/#/
IG (Bison): https://www.instagram.com/bison_track/
IG (Lackeys Be Trippin'): https://www.instagram.com/lackeysbetrippin
FB (Bison): https://www.facebook.com/BisonTrackGear
FB (Lackeys Be Trippin'): https://www.facebook.com/lackeysbetrippin
YT (Bison): https://www.youtube.com/@BisonTrackGear
YT (Lackeys Be Trippin'): https://www.youtube.com/@LackeysBeTrippin
🎙️Mentioned In Episode:
The Blox on Prime Video: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Blox/0IJBJZ2SMKGB6180ZAXN39CFW1
Rose's Blog: https://resetyourjourney.com/
Rose's episode on The RV Life Podcast:
"Should I Start A YouTube Chanel?: Unveiling the Journey of Content Creation"
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If you have ever worked on your own RV, you need to know about the service this episode's guest provides at rvdiagnostics.com. During 25+ years in the military, and a previous career as a certified mechanic, Jeff Malatesta has maintained vehicles from automobiles to M1 tanks. He has now used his experience supporting techs in the field, to help RVers diagnose and fix their own rigs. By offering one on one support via video call, Jeff can help anyone fix just about anything RV related. And boy, does he have some stories to tell!
Tune in to discover the basic troubleshooting skills every RVer should understand when going the DIY route. Learn how RV Diagnostics differs from all the other DIY RV content creators on Youtube. And, hear some interesting stories about major repairs, and knowing when you should leave it to the experts.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
https://www.rvdiagnostics.com
Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@Rvdiagnostics
Private Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1974314296166277/
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Perhaps one of the biggest questions about living the RV life is how you’ll make money. What can you do from the road? What if all the traditional routes aren’t a good fit for you? On this episode, your host Kimberly Crossland talks to Kathy Belge of Solo Women RV about 10 unique ways to earn while you hit the road in your RV. These are unconventional ways to bring in extra income for your travels, and range from side hustles to full-time jobs.
Find Kathy Belge here:
Website: https://solowomenRV.com
Deep dive this article for the 10 ideas: https://solowomenrv.com/ways-i-make-money-for-rv-travel/
Email Kathy: kathy@solowomenrv.com
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Learn how to create your own RV adventure with the authors of USA RV Adventures, Grant and Bonnie Sinclair. This couple of 40-something teachers has a passion for travel. In 2016, they purchased a travel trailer and started blogging, focusing on RV travel and visiting the national parks.
Jim discovers what it really means to have a "wander filled" life and he takes a deep dive into their travels, the blogging, and their book. We learn how they self published their first book. And, you'll also find out why these content creators chose not to create a Youtube channel.
Learn More at Wander Filled Life:
https://wanderfilledlife.com/
USA RV Adventures Guide:
https://www.moon.com/titles/bonnie-sinclair/moon-usa-rv-adventures/9781640497092/
Connect with Grant & Bonnie:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wanderfilledlife
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanderfilledlife/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/wanderfilledlife/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ourwander-filledlifellc/
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Have you ever thought about overlanding in a truck camper as a digital nomad in foreign country? If the idea of combining your professional life with the adventure of overlanding has ever crossed your mind, then you're in for a treat.
Martin and Amy have been overlanding in South America, while working remotely, in their trusty GMC based truck camper they call, El Truckito. And their mission is to visit every country in the Americas!
They began their journey in Boston and have been on the road for 14 months. They've already conquered the southernmost city in the world, and now, they're weaving their way back to Boston, one slow and deliberate mile at a time.
In this episode, we dive into the evolution of their journey, from road-tripping in a Mazda 6 to upgrading to a truck camper, driven by a desire for a more cost-effective and flexible exploration of South and Central America.
We also discuss planning, logistics, border crossings, navigating the diverse cultures and terrains, their strategies for finding campsites and essential resources, and budgeting with the foreign tax exclusion.
And, of course, we dive into the day-to-day realities of remote work on the road. From securing reliable internet connections in diverse environments, to finding a balance between work and exploration, Martin and Amy share the highs and lows of maintaining a digital nomad lifestyle.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Wild Camping App
ioverlander.com
Sample of Amy's Best Content Workhttps://www.youtube.com/@TheArmchairHistorian
Dangerous And Beautiful Roads All Over The Country
https://www.dangerousroads.org/
Mountain Biking Guide Company In Bolivia
https://www.gravitybolivia.com/
Martin's LLC
www.nomadicworkplace.com
Water Bandit (connects standard water hoses to previously unattachable water sources)
CONNECT WITH MARTIN AND AMY:
Website: www.eltruckito.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/eltruckito/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/eltruckito
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If you have ever considered buying a campground, don't miss this episode! Longtime part-time RVers Mark and Karla Lemoine made their dream come true in 2016 when they purchased a KOA campground. Mark shares why and how he left a lucrative government job to start their campground career. Jim dives deep into the decision process, and sizeable investment. Mark shares tips for coping with the stress of daily operations, and the long term goals. We hear about how building the right team helps, and that includes workampers.
Thinking about building a campground versus buying one? Yeah, we cover that. We also hear about purchasing a larger established resort versus a smaller park in need of repair. Mark shares what to look for in RV resorts for sale, as well as common obstacles of campground management and how he overcame them. And in a discussion about purpose, Mark explains the work he's doing with Care Camps.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
KOA Coloma
https://koa.com/campgrounds/coloma/
CNBC Article
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/24/couple-quit-jobs-sold-everything-to-buy-million-dollar-campground.html
Workampers Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping/
Care Camps
https://koa.com/care-camps/
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Elizabeth Bourgeret is an author, blogger, podcast host, momma, Grammy, and full-time RVer. In this episode, she shares details about her unique approach to entrepreneurship from the road. In addition to her books, Elizabeth offers Lavender Letters, a historical fiction subscription model. Her customers get new letters in the mail every other week. To craft this subscription model, Elizabeth RVed through the Oregon Trail in real-time, soaking up all the sights, sounds, and smells. She writes historical fiction rooted in research and real-life experiences from the places she’s writing about.
On this episode, you’ll hear her story about the challenges involved with running this business from an RV, how she has systematized her business to make it easier to manage, and how she overcomes the feeling of being alone while working as an RV Entrepreneur.
Subscribe to Lavender Letters before December 23 when doors close for this round!
Subscribe here: https://www.elizabethbourgeret.com/lavender-letters.html
Check out Elizabeth’s website and books: https://www.elizabethbourgeret.com/elizabeths-books.html
Follow Elizabeth on Facebook: Facebook: www.Facebook.com/EBourgeret
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Carpe Diem! What does that mean when it comes to living the nomadic life? And how can nomads feel a sense of community on the road. Jim dives into answers to these questions and more with April and Ken Pishna, half of the team that foundeed of Camp Carpe Diem.
It can be difficult to find community centered around fun and adventure while working from the road. Camp Carpe Diem meets this need, and is now hosting their fourth anual gathering of RVers and other nomads. It is an informal fun event unlike your typical RV rally. The main focus is all about building community and forming relationships that last long after the campfire burns out.
Discover the challenges RVers have for finding a sense of community on the road, and how to overcome them. Find out how this can be done through adventurous activities - even with people from differnet walks of life, or vastly different definitions of adventure.
Hear about the tools and apps they use to plan and collaborate with the team when working remotely, and for promoting the event. April and Ken share their most successful methods for attracting sponsors or developing brand partnerships. AND: They offer a special discount of $15 off registration for the 2024 gathering just for RVE Podcast listeners.
Camp Carpe Diem Registration:
https://campcarpediem.com
Coupon Code: RVECCD
RESOURCES MENTIONED
The RV Entrepreneur Summit: https://therventrepreneur.com/summit
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/
Zoom: https://zoom.us/
What's App: https://www.whatsapp.com/
Asana: https://asana.com/
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In February 2022, the Neuman's faced an unimaginable loss—their adventurous and compassionate son, Josh, who at just 22, left a void in their lives.
Josh wasn't your ordinary young man; he was an avid adventurer, a talented filmmaker, and a downhill skateboarder with a heart as vast as the great outdoors he cherished. His passion extended beyond personal pursuits, as he dedicated his life to positively impacting those less fortunate, leaving an indelible mark on everyone he encountered.
In honor of their son, Chris and Kristin have embarked on a journey of their own, embracing the full-time nomadic lifestyle in their Airstream.
They've transformed their grief into a powerful force for good by establishing the Josh Neuman Foundation, which spreads the word to "Live A Good Story" and continues Josh's legacy of providing clean water, food, and shelter to those in need.
In this emotionally charged episode, we delve into the Neuman's incredible journey. From the challenges and to the triumphs of establishing and running a non-profit, Chris and Kristin open up about the valuable lessons they've learned.
Their unwavering determination to keep Josh's legacy alive is nothing short of inspiring, and they share their story with honesty and vulnerability.
🚨 Trigger Warning: This episode may be challenging for some parents to hear, but it is also a powerful testament to the Neuman's courage in celebrating their son's life and legacy.
Tune in for an emotional and inspiring conversation about embracing adventure, navigating grief, and leaving an indelible mark on the world.
Learn more about the JN Foundation at:
www.joshneumanfoundation.org
Connect with the JN Foundation:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejnfoundation/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshneumanfoundation
Connect with Chris and Kristin:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/our_aurora_adventures/
Josh's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@JoshNeuman
Rose's Full-Time RV Living Coaching:
https://resetyourjourney.com/fulltime-rv-coaching/
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Join the cohosts of the RV Entrepreneur podcast for a special Ask Us Anything episode. On today’s show, the cohosts will share some behind-the-scenes details on what they’re currently working on, as well as answer listener questions including:
- Where do you find jobs from the road?
- What hardware and software do you need to run a business from the road?
- Which campsites have the most reliable, business-class WiFi?
There were many tools and tech tips offered on this week’s episode. Here is a list of the ones we shared:
Jim’s Business:
- @LiveWorkDream - https://liveworkdream.com
- @Tripawds - https://tripawds.com
- Books:
- Income Anywhere! The Ultimate Guide for How to Full-time RV & Support Your Nomadic Lifestyle
- Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now
Rose’s Business:
- Reset Your Journey- https://resetyourjourney.com/
Full-time RV Coaching- https://resetyourjourney.com/fulltime-rv-coaching/
Kimberly’s Business:
- Roadpreneur: Roadpreneur.com
- Cruisin’ + Campfires: Cruisinandcampfires.com
- New Book Release, Discovering Something Greater: https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Something-Greater-Purpose-Fulfillment/dp/1736284703/
Workamping;
- Workamper Newshttps://workamper.com
- Workampers Faceboook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
Remote Job Boards:
- linkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/
- Coolworks https://www.coolworks.com/
- We Work Remotely https://weworkremotely.com/
- Growmotely https://www.growmotely.com/
- Remote.co https://remote.co/
- RVer Specific
- AGS Publicationshttps://www.agspub.com/
- HipCamp (Photography)https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/about#careers
Talent Marketplaces
- Fiverr https://www.fiverr.com/
- Upwork https://www.upwork.com/
- Guru https://www.guru.com/
- Freelancer https://www.freelancer.com/
Gig work
- Amazon Flex https://flex.amazon.com/
- Task Rabbit https://www.taskrabbit.com/become-a-tasker
- Handy: https://www.handy.com/
- Shipt https://www.shipt.com/
- RVshare https://rvshare.com/list-your-rv
- RV Ezy https://www.rvezy.com/owner
MLM & Profit Sharing
- MLM Watch https://quackwatch.org/mlm/
- MLM Scam Watch https://www.mlmscamwatch.com/
Technology:
- Go Roam Tech https://www.goroam.tech/
Campgrounds:
- The Campers Hub, Montrose, CO https://thecampershub.com/
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If you don't think teardop trailers can provide the comforts of an RV or stand up to tough terrain, then don't miss this episode! Jen and Chris Hudak started Escapod Trailers in 2016 after designing an adventure rig to meet their demanding needs when getting way off the beaten path. From building their first ruggedized teardrop trailer in the garage, they now operate from a 20,000 square foot manufacturing facility with two models they build from the ground up. Their growing customer base includes overlanders and adventure travelers from Florida to Fairbanks.
Hear how the Escapod's monocoque design helps it outperform other excursion trailers. Learn how they launched and stood out in the crowded RV marketplace. And, discover how telling and their story is the best distribution model.
Learn More at: https://escapod.us/
Connect with Escapod:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/escapodtrailers
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapodtrailers/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EscapodTrailers
RESOURCES MENTIONED
RVE Podcast episode #313 with Dylan Brown of Terra Bikes
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve313/
All About Storytelling Marketing
https://therventrepreneur.com/storytelling-marketing/
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If you’ve ever transitioned from a high-stress job, such as one steeped in protocols and life or death situations, over to the entrepreneurial space, this episode is for you. On today’s show, I (Kimberly Crossland) am talking to Suzy Wraines about her journey from the medical field into entrepreneurship and full-time RVing.
You’ll love this episode where she talks about how to simplify your business, from finding ideas through a proactive and personal brainstorming approach, to giving you the courage to talk about your fresh idea and still hold boundaries as you pursue that goal so that you can live the RV lifestyle with more freedom and flexibility.
Follow Suzy to continue learning from her here:
- Website: SuzyWraines.com
- Podcast: https://suzywraines.com/page/podcast
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzywraines/
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Have you ever wanted to renovate an RV with a more appealing design, or to better fit your full-time Lifestyle? Perhaps you've seen photos of some stylish interiors that don't even look like RVs. Well, that just may have been the work of Alice Zealy, our guest for this episode of The RV Entrepreneur.
Since remodeling her first RV to better meet her needs when hitting the road full time, Alice has turned her passion for RV renovation into a successful business at Rain 2 Shine Ventures. With a background in architecture, Alice has a keen eye for design. And having traveled full-time, she understands the needs of clients living in their rigs. Her work has been featured on the cover of RV Enthusiast magazine and in numerous RVing lifestyle blog features.
Alice shares her RV renovation tips, including what to look for when considering and older rig to remodel. We discuss the challenges when taking on a DIY project, and what materials hold up best against the wear and tear of full-time living. If you've ever considered remodeling an RV, or hiring someone to do it, don't miss this episode.
Connect with Alice:
Rain 2 Shine Ventures
https://www.rain2shineventures.com
Instagram: @Rain2shineventures
https://www.instagram.com/rain2shineventures/
Youtube: @rain2shinervs
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVuWQZtN8fIvUpOByXRN7dg
Resources Mentioned:
RV Enthusiast Magazine, January 2023
https://magazine.rventhusiast.com/preview/january-2023/
2023 Adventure Van Expo, Evergreen CO
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve304/
Fifth Wheel Bunkhouse Remodel
https://liveworkdream.com/2014/12/20/diy-fifth-wheel-workshop/
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Today we're diving into the other side of RV Entrepreneurism, the renovation and building side of Vintage RV Trailers with Nate Stover, the Owner, Head Builder & Designer at Innovative Spaces.
From an early age, Nate became involved in the trades from building furniture to eventually building entire homes. His work has taken him through a myriad of crafts which have constantly been stretched to new limits in the small spaces and vintage trailer world.
The trailers he works on at Innovative Spaces give him the opportunity to stretch all that he has learned and acquired through his years of experience to their full potential.
Along with his previous building skills, he is also able to exercise his creative skills to produce something truly unique and functional.
Every project that leaves the Innovative Spaces yard represents their ingenuity and years of craftsmanship, but most importantly YOU the customer!
In this episode, Nate describes the process of renovating vintage Airstreams, the challenges of budling in small spaces and how he creatively scaled his super niched business!
We also discuss the importance of embracing community, collaborating with the customer, and for the DIYers, the importance of getting professional help when installing electric!
Tune in to learn more about Nate's entrepreneurial journey!
Learn more about Innovative Spaces:
https://innovsb.com/
Follow Innovative Spaces: https://www.instagram.com/innovativespaces/
https://www.facebook.com/Innovativesb
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Dylan Brown lives the go and do kind of RV life. His early car camping and extensive overlanding experience plus a love for motocross sports led him to launch Terra Bikes. As an entrepreneur often on the go, he gained first hand experience launching a major manufacturing business from his garage. Terra Bikes are the new low powered electric motorcycle designed and fabricated at Dylan's shop in Colorado. These are in no way your typical pedal assist e-bike. Terra Bikes are true long travel scrambler style dirt bikes built to climb anywhere and go fast. And, they're a lightweight alternative to your traditional toad for any size RV or van.
Dylan describes the challenges of launching a manufacturing business in the regulation-filled vehicle niche with licensing requirements which may differ by state. We discuss the importance of identifying your target market, and the benefit of providing customization. You'll learn tips for ramping up production as a new on demand manufacturer, and what steps are necessary to take your business to the next level.
Learn more about Terra Bikes:
https://terrabikes.com/
Connect with Dylan:
https://www.instagram.com/terra_bikes/
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For RVers, it's all about simplicity in business. With the resurgence of newsletters and the restructuring in how these newsletters make creators and entrepreneurs money, now is the perfect time for RV Entrepreneurs to jump back in.
On this episode, your host for this week, Kimberly Crossland, will share her journey in starting a paid newsletter. You'll learn strategies for how to earn money via the inbox with more ease, authenticity and less sacrificed time on the road.
Check out how Kimberly is using Substack for her paid newsletter here: https://roadpreneur.substack.com
Follow Roadpreneur on Instagram: https://instagram.com/roadpreneur
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Have you listened to the RV LIFE Podcast? Dan and Patti Hunt have been sharing all aspects of the RV Lifestyle since they hit the road in 2019 after COVID turned their life upside down. After launching the RV LIFE Podcast in late 2022, it quickly ranked in the Top 10% of all podcasts worldwide. How did they do that? Spoiler alert: Authenticity plays a big role in the success of all the content they produce - on their show, the website and their Youtube channel: Exploring Through Our Lens.
Tune in to discover the importance of knowing your Why. Understand your "moral compass" and what it means to be authentic in the work you do. And, learn how being positive can help you stand out in this age of clickbait and negativity. We also discuss purpose, overcoming fears, resilience, mindset, and more.
Connect with Dan & Patti
https://www.youtube.com/@ExploringThroughOurLens
https://www.facebook.com/exploringthroughourlens
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
RV LIFE Podcast
https://podcast.rvlife.com
Exploring Through Our Lens
https://www.exploringthroughourlens.com/
RV LIFE Podcast Season 2 Episode 33
The Art of Pushing Boundaries - Lessons from 16 years of RV Life
https://podcast.rvlife.com/episodes/
Buzzsprout (Podcast Platform)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/
The RV LIFE Entrepreneur Summit?
https://therventrepreneur.com/summit
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Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Shannon Neumann. He's been a full-time (location independent) remote worker for 10 years and a full-time RVer for 6 years. Over the last 3 years, he also started a side hustle, freelancing as a remote technology consultant (Hedgehog Technology Consulting, LLC.)
Shannon and his wife initially jumped into part-time RVing for ease of travel and food preparations while running marathons, but after a couple years of moving their stuff in an out of their RV they decided that it would be easier to go full time!
Shannon was already able to work remotely from anywhere, before hitting the road, but he still had to learn a few things before launching!
In this episode we chat about:
-The evolution of growing a side hustle while RVing with a full time job
-RV and Camping styles for working on the road
-Connectivity
-Balancing life, remote work and travel
-Distractions while working on the road
-Lessons learned to enable a digital lifestyle
-Advice before jumping into RV life and before starting a remote side hustle
Enjoy the journey! ~ Rose Willard
Connect with Shannon:
LinkedIN (Personal) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-neumann-9532984/LinkedIN (Business) - https://www.linkedin.com/company/hedgehog-technology-consulting-llc/
FB (Personal) - https://www.facebook.com/smneumann
FB (Business) - https://www.facebook.com/hedgehogtechnologyconsulting
IG - https://www.instagram.com/shannonneumann/
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Ever wanted to turn your passion for photography into a business? Now consider taking that business on the road as you travel full-time with your own family. Wedding and Family photographer Jake Ford has done just that! Tune in to discover the joys and challenges of growing a successful family photography business from the road.
Hear tips and get apps for fulfilling image orders or selling stock photos. Learn the importance of making connections, and consistently sharing quality content on social media. Spoiler alert: It's more about quality than it is quantity.
Connect with Jake:
https://jakefordphotography.com/
Instagram: @jakefordphotography
https://www.instagram.com/jakefordphotography/
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Album Production:
Millers Signature Albums - https://www.millerslab.com
Red Tree - https://www.redtreealbums.com
Photography Fulfillment Platforms:
Pic-Time - https://www.pic-time.com/
Pixieset - https://pixieset.com/
Zenfolio - https://zenfolio.com/
Smug Mug - https://www.smugmug.com/
Shutterfly - https://www.shutterfly.com/
Sell Stock Photos:
Shutterstock - https://submit.shutterstock.com/
Adobe Stock - https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/
iStock - https://www.istockphoto.com/workwithus
Website Development
https://wordpress.org
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When it comes to running a business from the road, space, systems, and simplicity are paramount. Kelsey Henry is an author, entrepreneur, singer/songwriter, and owner of Cozy Organizing. She is a self-proclaimed cozy expert who gets a thrill out of decluttering and organizing spaces. Kelsey believes that a cozy space leads to a happy mind, and she is passionate about helping others achieve a sense of calm and order in their lives. Using her unique background as a life coach and full-time RVer, she helps her clients let go of the physical and emotional clutter to make space for what truly matters.
She is the author of Growing Up Roadschooled: Stories, Lyrics, & Lessons Learned from Full-time RVing & Life After Roadschooling. Learn more about Kelsey at cozyorganizing.com or follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/cozyorganizing/
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The definition of "workamping" has evolved over the years. Traditionally, the arrangement included working at an RV park or campground in exchange for a place to camp. Technically, if you're working remotely wherever you camp, you now might consider yourself a workamper. But what are the different types of workamping jobs are available now? Are there short term gigs, and what kind of compensation is available? Where do you find workamping jobs, and what does a workamper resume look like?
Jim sits down with Workamper News executive director Jody Anderson Duquette to discuss these questions, and more. Like, what seasonal opportunities are there? And, is workamping a career? Tune in as we bust some common myths about workamping too. Spoiler alert: Yes, there are jobs that include housing, and workamping is not just for retired couples.
Resources Mentioned:
Workamper News
https://workamper.com
Facebook Workampers Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
16+ Years of Workamping Experince
https://liveworkdream.com/workamping
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Do you ever feel like you wish you could have someone look from the outside in at your business and help you get clear on your goals, strengths, values, and roadblocks?
Someone to be there for you, advocating for you and keeping you on track especially on those down days?
Maybe you're just not sure what all your business offerings are worth?
Or maybe your inner critic is a bit out of control lately and you need help managing your mind and emotions better!
In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Holly C. Priestly, a nomadic mindset and strategy coach for freelancers and entrepreneurs.
Holly's been a mindset coach since 2016 and she lived out of her 1997 Ford E350 van for over 3 years with her pup traveling the American West. She traveled and worked as a freelance writer, a coach, and a photographer, and also picked up odd jobs as they presented themselves.
Today, Holly shares her experience as a nomadic mindset and strategy coach and how she helps individuals build businesses that are deliberate, sustainable, and authentic to them.
Rose and Holly also discuss the Four Types of Freedom and how they play an important role in starting or growing your business.
We also touch on female solo travel, things to consider before working for yourself, tips to stay focused on business tasks and RV travel with pets and how I (Rose) travelled with a bearded dragon!
Check out a couple of Rose's videos about her bearded dragon "Max"
https://youtu.be/AvnFG_RrxQ8?si=50eRu1p7IGwcAN8K
https://youtube.com/shorts/8R60tK9jVoM?si=G5yUAOph86f7QVZB
https://youtu.be/ceXPh2siBtg?si=BKP5pthdWTSYY_PR
Find Holly at her website:
https://www.hollycpriestley.com/
Follow Holly on Instagram
www.instagram.com/hollycpriestley
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Don't miss this first AMA Roundtable discussion with all three hosts of The RV Entrepreneur podcast. Jim, Rose & Kimberly discuss answers to questions from the RVE community Facebook group. Learn tips for providing a return address when shipping physical products. And discover why having a domicile address affects more than just return shipping.
What business models work best for nomadic entrepreneurs? Spoiler alert: it's the business that works best for you! This turns into a discussion about redefining success. And, find out what our hosts wish they knew when they first got started working from the road.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Escapees RV Club and Mail Service:
https://www.escapees.com/
Fulfillment by Amazon:
https://sell.amazon.com/fulfillment-by-amazon
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If you're into the van life this episode is for you! If not, you'll still enjoy hearing from vendors at the 2023 Adventure Van Expo in Evergreen Colorado. Jim hosts this live report on location during the expo. He gets the scoop on cool new products and services for loving the RV Life, including:
- New Electric Dirt Bikes from Terra Bikes
- Pyurify Compact UV Water Purification System
- Custom Fairings for any Vehicle
- Orthopedic Mattresses to fit any Van or RV
- Window Coverings & Storage Solutions
- And more...
You'll also meet a few van conversion companies and outfitters, each unique in their own special way.
Recorded live on location in Evergreen Colorado, July 8 & 9, 2023.
Resources Mentioned:
Adventure Van Expos: https://adventurevanexpo.com
Terra Bikes https://terrabikes.com/
Wilderness Vans: https://wildernessvans.com
Venturhaus: https://venturehaus.com
Avatar Offroad: https://avataroffroad.com/
Pyurify Water Filter: https://www.rivernadventuredesigns.com/
Live More Camper Vans: https://www.livemorecampervans.com/
Titan Vans: https://titanvans.com
Van Wife: https://vanwifecomponents.com/
Van Essential: https://vanessential.com/
Roam Rest: https://roamrest.com
Unaka Gear: https://unakagearco.com
Colorado Fairing Co.: https://cofairingco.com
Explorist.life: https://explorist.life/
Four Wheel Campers: https://fourwheelcampers.com/
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Have you felt stuck? Hesitant? Unsure? This episode is for you! On today’s episode, I (Kimberly Crossland) chat with full-time RV entrepreneur, Coach Jackie. Coach Jackie is a freedom mentor who helps others find their magic and create ways to be more free in their work. Through her support, she is helping others expand their vision, build their belief system, strengthen their mindset, and then build the financial plan to take the big leap into a freedom-filled lifestyle.
Connect with Coach Jackie here: https://www.facebook.com/jackiecotecoaching
Check out Coach Jakie’s website here: jackiecotecoaching.com
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Do you travel alone? That doesn't mean you have to be lonely! The Wandering Individuals Network has been providing a sense of community for solo RVers for more than 35 years. Since Jenell Jones took over management of the WINs, she has overhauled the website, launched a YouTube channel, and extended reach of the group on social media platforms.
On this episode, Jennel provides background about the organization, and describes the loosely organized gatherings. She gives some helpful tips for RVers and other nomads traveling solo. And dispells myths about the WINs being a "singles" group. If you're a color RVer, or if you're just WIN curious, this episode is for you. Join us for a deep dive on the importance of finding your community on the open road.
Wandering Individuals Network
https://wanderingindividualsnetwork.com
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Are you a passionate writer? Have you thought about becoming a freelance copywriter to support yourself on the road? Or, maybe you're looking to hire a copywriter for your small business?
We discuss it ALL on today's episode with Sierra Eberly of Boondock Consulting.
Sierra's lived full-time in a converted campervan with her dog, Snow, since September 2020. She was tired of the corporate grind and being stuck behind a laptop during set hours in a day, so she decided to start her own copywriting business, Boondock Consulting, following her long-time passion for writing.
Sierra supports small businesses encouraging nomadic, off-grid, tiny living, or sustainable lifestyles. Since these are her passions, she writes in her customer's voice, and her copy resonates with their customers.
In this episode we discuss...
What it was like for Sierra to transition from corporate to starting her own copywriting business on the road from her RV
Safety as a solo female RVer
The difference between copywriting vs content writing
How Sierra prices her work and how she acquires clients
Sierra's process for copy writing and her top tips for writing copy
Skills needed for copywriting
Hardest part about being a small business
What a copywriter typically gets paid
Retainer work
Why a small business should hire a copywriter
What Sierra does for Wifi on the road
Pros and Cons of Van life
AI as a tool for small businesses
What a small business should look for in hiring a copywriter/content writer
Sierra's biggest challenge in owning her own business and how she tackles it!
Hope this gives you inspiration today and a boost to go for it! Enjoy the journey!
~Rose Willard
Find Sierra Eberly at her website:
www.boondockconsulting.com
Follow Sierra Eberly on IG:
www.instagram.com/boondockconsulting
https://www.instagram.com/sierrastraverse/
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Rene Agredano shares her tips for living and working together in an RV with your spouse or partner. Rene has been full-time RVing with her husband for 16+ years. During that time, the couple has grown a popular online niche community, while supporting clients, and publishing several books together.
Discover how to best manage a relationship while maintaining a nomadic business. And, hear helpful tips on topics ranging from workamping, writing, building community, and budgeting with a short dive into the deep end of Artificial Intelligence and the impact of tools like Chat GPT on writers and editors.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
RVE Episode #298 with Hosts Joshua and Jim
https://therventrepreneur.com/rve298/
Workamper News:
https://workamper.com
Workampers FB Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
Tripawds Amputee Pet Support Community:
https://tripawds.com
XScapers - Powered by Escapees RV Club
https://xscapers.com/
Medium - Platform & Resources for Writing
https://medium.com/
Cal Newport AI episode: Deep Questions with Cal Newport #244
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-questions-with-cal-newport/id1515786216
Gain Total Control of Your Money with YNAB - You Need A Budget:
https://www.ynab.com/
The Situation Is the Boss:
https://liveworkdream.com/2018/05/16/the-situation-is-the-boss/
Grateful Dead Documentary: Long Strange Trip
https://youtu.be/CzJFPlLdISo
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Do you ever feel like you should be doing something more for your business? You should be doing reels. You should be doing lives. You should be doing [fill in the blank].
Or perhaps you always felt the weight of the shoulds in your life. You should get a house. You should get a college degree. You should [fill in the blank].
On today’s episode, you'll hear from Jessica Eley about what’s buried beneath those shoulds and how to navigate your way to true success. Sure, we talked about money, but more importantly, we talked about how to know what’s enough in your business, so you can get off the hamster wheel of all the shoulding, and into a systematized pattern that feels really good while fueling your growth.
Find Jessica Eley at her website: JessicaEley.com
Follow Jessica Eley on Instagram: @iamjesseley
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with a NEW HOST for the RVE Podcast: Jim Nelson!
Jim Nelson and his wife Rene Agredano have been full-time RVing and working from their fifth wheel home office since hitting the road in early 2007 with their dog Jerry after he lost a leg to cancer. They planned and budgeted for a year off, giving their Chief Fun Officer the road trip of a lifetime. Sharing their own adventures at LiveWorkDream.com, Jerry started creating a following of his own at Tripawds.com. Jerry then loved life on three legs for two years. They soon discovered workamping to help support their nomadic lifestyle. And since then they have grown Tripawds into a full-time labor of love. And their Tripawds Foundation now hosts largest support community for amputee pets and their people.
Jim and Rene tell the whole story of why they hit the road and how they grew the Tripawds niche community in their book, Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now. They share more helpful tips for working from the road for RVers and digital nomads in their comprehensive workamping guide and fill-time RVing handbook, Income Anywhere!
Connect with Jim:
Live. Work. Dream.
Full-time RVing and Workamping Tips Since 2007 https://liveworkdream.com
@LiveWorkDream Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter
Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now Enjoying Every Day to the Fullest on the Road to Happiness https://bemoredog.net
Tripawds Pet Amputation Resources
https://tripawds.com
Tripawds Foundation Assistance Programs
https://tripawds.org
Workampers Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveworkamping
RV Life Podcast
https://podcast.rvlife.com/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Kyle & Jenn Bethune. Jenn & Kyle are full-time BusLifers and Content Creators. They have been fulltime for 3.5
years in their vintage bus with three kids and four dogs!
Connect with Kyle & Jenn: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yourhypecouple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourhypecouple Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourhypecouple
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@red.white.and.bethune Website: https://www.redwhiteandbethune.com/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Micah Staley is one of five co-founders of Brinkley RV, and an avid camper himself! Micah is the father to two twin boys, and a husband to an amazing wife of 18 years. He has been in the RV industry since he was 23, and believes in the ability to change the world for families through camping experiences!
Connect with Brinkley RV: https://www.facebook.com/officialbrinkleyrv
https://www.youtube.com/@BrinkleyRV
https://www.instagram.com/brinkley_rv/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/brinkley-rv/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brinkleyrv
https://twitter.com/BrinkleyRv
https://www.pinterest.com/brinkleyrv/
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Did you know that you can start your own successful RV rental business without owning a single RV? Yep, it's 100% doable! Today we'll be talking with Garr Russell from Fireside RV Rentals. Garr is a serial entrepreneur who entered the RV space in 2016 and quickly rose, to lead the industry in starting the nation's first RV rental management company, Fireside RV Rental, with locations all around the US.
His company connects camper owners with families and vacationers, but they also offer a franchise opportunity for entrepreneurs, like yourself, to get into the RV rental world. In this episode we go over all the details including what RV rental management is, how to start your own RV rental management company, and how Garr turned his RV rental management company into a successful franchise!
You don't need to be an RV expert and you don’t have to own an RV either. You just need start-up funding and the drive for business! Does this sound like you?
Enjoy the journey! ~ Rose Willard https://resetyourjourney.com/
Garr's Website: www.firesidervrentalfranchise.com
Garr's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FiresideRVRental
Garr's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firesidervrental
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What do you do when you notice a gap in the marketplace? If you’re Carol Carimi Acutt, you start a business.
Carol Carimi Acutt is an Emmy-winning producer and the founder of Luxury in the Outdoors. She's passionate about exploring the outdoors in her vintage RV. Throughout her time camping around the country, Carol noticed how hard it was to find quality of camping goods. After looking without luck for quality, well-designed, luxury camping goods, she decided to fill that gap by starting her business. Today, she continues to work in both television production and as an entrepreneur while pursuing RV adventures with her family.
Check out Carol’s shop, Luxury in the Outdoors: litoluxury.com
Use the code KIMBERLY for 15% off anything in the store
Follow Luxury in the Outdoors on Pinterest: Pinterest.com/luxuryintheoutdoors
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with TJ Ammond of Campsite 360. TJ and his family are full-time RVers helping to reinvent how guests see, and book, their next RV campground. The future is here and with services like Campsite 360 you can take a 360 degree walking tour of a campground to determine which exact site you’d like to book. There are very cool things coming down the line for this technology and this conversation with TJ is very enlightening.
Connect with TJ: Website: https://www.Campsite360.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campsite_360
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/campsite-360
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Jessie Kim. Jessie is a certified 3rd-generation Feng Shui consultant and experienced real estate investor. She and her family have been traveling full-time since 2020, having explored most of the United States in their RV.
Through her firm, Ms. Feng Shui, Jessie regularly provides in-person and virtual feng shui consultations and seminars. In addition to individual homeowners, she works with many large home builders on new residential development projects and hotel chains, including a recent display at the Conservatory at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Connect with Jessie here:
Ms. Feng Shui: https://www.msfengshui.com
Personal Accounts: https://www.seekyourepic.com or @SeekYourEpic
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Are you interested in turning your niche blog into a money making machine?! Niche sites have significant earning potential, but to reach that point, you need to know how to successfully get one off the ground. Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Kristin Hanes, of The Wayward Home, from her sailboat in Mexico!
Kristin is a former radio news journalist turned blogger, at The Wayward Home, who hopes to inspire and teach people how to live alternatively in an RV, campervan, sailboat or tiny home. She started her journey to tiny living in a Toyota Prius, and has since lived in a Chevy Astro minivan, a sailboat, and a DIY Sprinter van.
She now splits her time between a Sprinter Van in the U.S. and a sailboat in Mexico. A true digital nomad!
Kristin built her niche site from the ground up not knowing anything about online business, and five years later, averages 400,000 monthly pageviews, reaches 2.5 million people per year and brings in six figures of revenue from ads and affiliates alone!
In this episode, Kristin shares her step by step process for successfully building, growing and scaling a niche site that earns multiple six figures per year! We'll also dive into the importance of SEO, keywords and how she feels about using AI.
Kristin really is proof that creating a niche site is a great way to generate income while working as much or as little as you want.
If you don't think it's possible to create a six figure income from blogging alone, this episode is for you!
Enjoy the journey! ~ Rose Willard https://resetyourjourney.com/
Get Kristin's Free Blogging Course: https://thewaywardhome.lpages.co/how-to-start-a-blog-2/
Get 20% off Kristin's "Niche Sites Made Easy Course": https://thewaywardhome.thrivecart.com/niche-sites-made-easy/
Check out Kristin's website: www.thewaywardhome.com
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Summer is right around the corner, and more sunshine means more temptation to get out of the RV and outside. In this episode, I (Kimberly Crossland) share with you five things to do NOW to stabilize your business for the summer, so you can lean into more time outdoors and seek adventure.
In the episode, I share a few links that you’ll want to check out.
Watch my free masterclass on how you can build a business while you RV here: Roadpreneur.com/money-rve
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Malcolm Salmon from RVezy. Malcolm is an entrepreneur who dove into the world of RVing coming out of University. He has helped develop and build an app that allows RV owners to connect with RV renters and families looking to get into RVing. Malcolm is passionate about sharing what we have built with others so they can enjoy everything about RVing!
Website: www.rvezy.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myrvezy/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RVezy
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In this episode we are joined by Tim Nightengale, owner and creator of Mute Sports Equipment and a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer.
Tim and his wife Laura, are full time RVers who travel all over the country to gyms where they hold free jump rope clinics and promote their fitness equipment.
Tim's Georgia based company manufactures high quality custom and heavy jump ropes, adapted split ropes, bar jump ropes for one arm athletes and many other accessories all made in the U.S.
Because his company can be mobile, they can customize their jump ropes right on site!
Tim's business started as a passion and a personal necessity for himself as an athlete, to a side hustle, getting his wife and daughter involved, and now to a full time business that supports him & his wife 100%.
In this episode, we talk about the progression of how he made these custom jump ropes, what it takes to sell products out of his RV and tips for fellow RV Entrepreneurs. We also chat a little about some fitness tips while travelling on the road.
Stay tuned 'til the END, where Tim offers a business opportunity that some of you might find interesting!
Enjoy the journey! ~ Rose Willard
https://resetyourjourney.com/
Connect with Tim!
Email: fastcoachofga@gmail.com
Websites: www.MuteSportsEquipment.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mutesportsequipment/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mutesportsequipment
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MuteSportsEquipment
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Have you ever noticed how some weeks you're feeling "in the zone" and other weeks, you're ready to pull way back and get reflective? That's not a fluke. It's common, and if you track it, you might just find that those ebbs and flows tend to follow the moon cycle to a certain degree. Today's guest, Beth Suter, certainly found that when she tracked her own energy while juggling a family and a business during Covid. What she discovered sent her on a mission to help other entrepreneurs find their own productivity patterns alongside the moon. In this episode, she shares what the varying moons mean for our energy levels when it comes to building a business from the RV.
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About Beth Suter
Beth Suter is a professional watercolor artist and teacher of the Moon Cycle. Beth has taught women from all over the globe, how they can plan alongside the rhythm of the Moon Cycle to grow their businesses, find alignment, and bring more daily joy into their lives. Believing we came to this world to live peacefully and abundantly, Beth helps women create the balance they seek through planning and living intentionally in concert with the Moon’s phases.
Find Beth's work at BethSuterArt.com
Enter code MOON30 for 30% off the digital download moon calendar
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Instagram: instagram.com/bethsuterart
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Stephanie Puglisi - a three-peat guest on the RVE Podcast!
Stephanie is the co-founder of The RV Atlas podcast and co-author of four books: RV Vacations, See You at the Campground, Where Should We Camp Next, and the forthcoming Where Should We Camp Next: National Parks. She's passionate about inspiring folks to have amazing camping, RVing, and road trip adventures, whether that means climbing to the top of mountains in national parks, sliding down waterslides at an RV resort, swinging in a hammock in the middle of no where, or all of the above.
Grab a copy of the book here:
Where Should We Camp Next? National Parks: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1728262593
Connect with Stephanie: Website: www.thervatlas.com
Instagram: @thervatlas
Facebook: The RV Atlas & The RV Atlas Group
Previous Books:
https://www.amazon.com/See-You-Campground-Discovering-Connection/
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Should-Camp-Next-Accommodations/
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Today I'm bringing you Jess Jorgensen, a full-time RVer and the founder of goRoam Tech. Her company helps solve the huge problem about getting reliable internet on the road, other than Starlink. They've put packages together that allows "at home" Internet speeds truly anywhere!
It's not "cheap," but if your job depends on it, it's not out of reach either. I was surprised at how affordable it is! She also has some great tips for people with less connectivity needs.
Groomed into corporate IT from Telecom, Jess has helped large enterprises improve communication, security, and over-all quality of life for their staff through technology. She is now applying those skills to helping other RV'ers live a life of liberty by exploring while connected and truly working from anywhere!
In this episode, we dive into her solution for Internet on the road, 5g and LTE connectivity and Starlink, so there's something to learn for everyone.
If you're going to work from the road, Internet connectivity is super important, so you'll want to check this out.
Enjoy the Journey!
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You can check out their stuff at https://www.goroam.tech/
GoRoam Tech created a special 20% off discount code just for RVE listeners!
The code RVENT20 can be used at check out for a one-time discount. GoRoam Tech doesn’t offer any discounts on their subscription plans at this time.
You can also contact Jess directly at info@goroam.tech
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Anna Fagan is a full-time RVer who teaches piano from her Class A Motorhome. Tune into this episode to learn more about her setup, how she manages to teach her students online despite the unpredictable Internet, and how she finds new students. In this episode, we also talked about the importance of being kind through all the changes that entrepreneurship and the RV lifestyle throw our way and the importance of mentorship through the business-building journey.
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Website: www.faganpiano.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FaganPiano
Instagram: Instagram.com/FaganPianoStudio
Instagram: Instagram.com/RVPianoTeacher
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Today we’re chatting with Bryanna Royal of Crazy Family Adventure about what it’s like to close a chapter of full time travel, move into a sticks and bricks home and how that affects running an adventure and RV based business.
Bryanna, her husband Craig, and their 4 kids sold their house, bought an RV and traveled around North America for 8+ years plus backpacked Europe for 3 months. They have recently settled back into a house and are adjusting to their new normal. They blog about their adventures, road trips, RVing, and top things to do at locations you visit at www.crazyfamilyadventure.com. Their goal is to inspire families to get out and travel more, explore new places and live life on your own terms! You can find them on: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube.
Connect with Bryanna:
Website:https://www.crazyfamilyadventure.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crazyfamilyadventure
Instagram: https://instagram.com/crazyfamilyadventure/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/crazyfamilyadve/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/crazyfamilyadventure
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crazyfamilyadventure
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Can you work off grid from your RV indefinitely? Yes, you can!
In this episode we are joined by John Lehman, aka the "BoonDoctor".
John's a full time off grid mobile RV technician specializing in solar, batteries and electrical. He designs and installs the very best solar solutions particularly for ATC Toy Hauler owners.
We talk about why he went full time, how his business evolved from his own needs, his experiences from his many years of off grid living, what goes into an off grid RV system and how he brings worry free off grid RV power systems to his clients!
With 1,600 watts of solar panels and 3 Tesla Modules, John earned his nickname (the BoonDoctor) while helping fellow RVers diagnose their solar and electrical issues. He's very well known in the ATC world and he's been a full-time RVer and Boondocker for over 4 years.
BoonDoctor John has created a business that supports his fulltime lifestyle through helping others unplug their RV's.
So, if you are considering starting a mobile RV tech business or maybe you want to learn more about unplugging your RV while working off grid, then this is a great episode for you!
Enjoy the journey! ~ Rose Willard
Connect with John!
Websites: https://www.boondoctor.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoonDoctor101
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BoonDoctorJohn/videos
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It's easy, as RVers, to get trapped in the cycle of feeling always on — especially when it comes to social media content creation. We're constantly being told to create reels, shorts, or TikTok videos. It's exhausting unless you know what to create and have a clearer plan of action when creating it. In this episode, I, Kimberly Crossland, share 7 types of social media content you can cycle through and create, so you can get off that hamster wheel faster and get back to relaxing sooner.
This episode features a snippet of the training that's available inside the Roadpreneur School, a course designed for RV Entrepreneurs and endorsed by RV Life and The RV Entrepreneur. Right now, the Roadpreneur School is open for enrollment through February 24. Join here: https://rvlife--roadpreneur.thrivecart.com/roadpreneur-school/
Once inside, you'll learn how to simplify your business and grow from the road — even when you're off grid.
Stay in touch with Kimberly between her monthly episodes here:
Website: Roadpreneur.com
Instagram: Instagram.com/Roadpreneur
Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/roadpreneurpodcast
Podcast: Roadpreneur.com/Podcast
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This episode is with my friend Dave from Karma Campervans, located in Calgary, Canada. David started his van rental business five years ago with a small fleet and has grown it to over 70 vans!
In this episode we talk about:
- Early days of Karma Camper and how Dave created virality through influencer marketing campaigns
- How he positioned his brand to be adventure centric
- Growing pains and key learnings once he has "hit scale" with this business
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Heidi is a returning guest on the RVE podcast and although this episode focuses on traveling families, if you haven’t come across the concept of “travel hacking” you’re going to want to listen-in regardless - its a very cool way to play within the rules and reap some awesome travel rewards! Heidi helps families connect through simple and authentic adventures on her podcast, Ordinary Sherpa, Instagram feed, website, book and through speaking and community-building events. The Dusek's are an adventure loving family, with 3 kids under 12 who leverage their skills and assets to design an adventurous life. They specialize in connecting families by creating meaningful experiences with adventures big and small and are currently on a family “gap year” traveling the US in their motorhome!
Family Travel Hackers: https://ordinarysherpa.com/join/
Listen to Heidi’s first RVE interview here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/XD6RdQN65wb
Get in touch with Heidi:
Website: https://ordinarysherpa.com/
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ordinary-sherpa-family-adventure-coaching-and-design/id1539255067
Book: Beyond Normal: A field guide to embrace adventure, explore the wilderness and design an extraordinary life with kids. https://ordinarysherpa.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordinarysherpa/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ordinarysherpa/
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In today's episode, I (Rose) have the pleasure of speaking with Jill Sirianni of the Frugal Friends Podcast.
Jill's a natural-born "frugalista" and a licensed clinical social worker. She also co-hosts the Frugal Friends Podcast to help people overcome their impulse spending and transform the habits that cause them to overspend.
Jill's best frugal move was when she and her husband paid off $60K of debt by getting creative with their living situations and side hustles.
They've lived in 2 different RVs for a total of two years, house sat for a year, and have done some interesting side hustles like mobile bartending and flipping their RV!
Aside from hosting over 200 episodes of Frugal Friends with 2.5 million downloads, she’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger, The Penny Hoarder, and more for her work on the show.
We Cover A Lot Of Topics Including:
- How Jill paid of $60K debt
- What "frugality" means to Jill
- Why Jill chose to live in an RV to pay off debt
- Unique ways to save on housing
- Creative side hustles she used to create extra income
- How Jill got started on the Frugal Friends podcast (personal finance)
- Mental health and money
- Tips for choosing tiny living to save money
- Frugality tips for living in an RV
Enjoy the journey! ~ Rose Willard
Connect with Jill!
Websites: https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frugalfriendspodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FrugalFriends
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Are you drawn to writing, photography, graphic design, or other forms of content creation? There's an opportunity in those mediums to earn a healthy income from your RV by helping others create content for their brands.
I, Kimberly Crossland, speak with Rachael Lyons of Next Destination Marketing in this episode. I met Rachael at the RV Entrepreneur Roundtable in Montrose, Colorado a few months back, and we instantly hit it off nerding out over written content, SEO, and more. In this episode, we unpack how you can make a living as a content creator without burning yourself out. We talk about building boundaries, various business models around content creation, and more.
Rachael Lyons is the Marketer & CEO behind Next Destination Marketing. Two years ago, she started her business from her RV. Today, she & her team create strategic website, social media, and email content to help businesses grow. Rachael is a full-time RVer times two. She travels with her husband and dog in a truck camper and winters near the Orlando theme parks in their fifth wheel.
Enjoy this conversation!
~ Kimberly Crossland
CONNECT WITH RACHAEL:
Website: https://nextdestinationmarketing.com
Follow her travel journey on Instagram @thetasteforadventure
Follow Next Destination Marketing on Instagram @nextdestinationmarketing
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On today’s episode I’m talking with Michael Andersen from Traveling Gatherings.
I met Michael this fall at the RV Entrepreneur roundtable - he and his partner Andrea came out after being full-time on the road for only one month to boondock with us at The Campers Hub in Montrose Colorado. After participating in the roundtable and making what seem to be some stellar long term connections and friendships, Michael was motivated to create an online space where travelers could stay informed about local events and gatherings wherever in the country they were - and that’s how traveling gatherings was born!
After 20+ years in corporate event planning, Michael Andersen decided it was time to say goodbye to office life and hello to full-time travel. He and his partner, Andrea, along with their fur baby Bruce Lee the Pug, sold all of their belongings, quit their director level careers, moved out of their Asheville, NC apartment, to live and travel in a renovated Class A, named Dolly.
Enjoy the episode and happy trails ~ Joshua
Connect with Michael:
Website: https://www.travelinggatherings.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelinggatherings/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravelingGatherings
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Simplicity and Nomadism go hand in hand. Today I (Rose) have the pleasure of speaking with Steve Johnson.
Steve is a nomadic entrepreneur, computer geek, and one of the pioneers of Internet marketing. He and his wife Sash produce and manage numerous websites, including Boondocker's Bible, an online guide to boondocking. They also run Choctaw Websites, which helps small businesses find their target audience through effective branding, creative advertising, and hitting the right marketing channels.
Steve began his full time nomadic lifestyle sixteen years ago on a motorcycle, all while keeping his website business going on the road!
Five years ago, he and his wife Sash transitioned to an RV and used it as a way to connect better with their clients by personally meeting up with them on the road. Their lifestyle has taught them to focus on how little one needs to spend vs how much money one should make.
They bought land in Oklahoma in 2020 as a home base for their RV and continue to travel to personally meet their clients.
They take pride in their U.S. owned and operated websites.
Steve is founder of Boondocker's Bible and cofounder of Choctaw Websites and Road Pickle.
Enjoy the journey and Happy New Year ~ Rose Willard (ResetYourJourney)
Connect with Steve & Sash!
Websites: https://www.choctawwebsites.com/
https://www.boondockersbible.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boondockersbible
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RoadPickle
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‘Tis the season to enjoy holiday cheer, soak up family time, and make a plan for what the New Year will entail. 2023 is shaping up to be a year full of massive changes. As an RV entrepreneur, keeping focused is crucial.
In this episode, you’ll go through three exercises and think through five questions to help you prioritize your goals for your business in 2023. This isn’t your average goal-setting exercise, however. It will help you design your business around your RV lifestyle, so you can show up big and make an impact while also having the chance to explore, roam, go off-grid, and enjoy camping more often. Grab a pen and paper, curl up in your favorite camping chair, and get ready to go deep on your 2023 goals.
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In this episode, I (Heath) speak with Ashley Mann of RV Inspiration. We talk about how she started it with the intention to build a resource and not a personal brand.
We cover a lot of topics, including:
- How Ashley got started with RV Inspiration
- What she feels is most important when you're creating content on a blog
- How she works with other creators to make the content
- How to differentiate yourself when creating content in a noisy world
- How to create processes around your content so you can step away and it still runs itself
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Nikki Kirk. I’ve been following Nikki for several years now and actually had the pleasure of having out in person at the RVE Roundtable earlier this fall.
Nikki is a digital nomad who has traveled to 48 States in her RV since 2017. She has recently bought land and is beginning to build out a home base from the ground up.
In June of 2017, she started her Amazon selling business from the RV and in 2018, after seeing how successful and relatively easy it was to start and run, began to tell others through social media.
In 2019, Nikki began creating dedicated YouTube videos to further help educate new sellers in the Retail Arbitrage model.
Today, in addition to her Amazon business, she also runs a successful online teaching company, Your Selling Guide, which helps Amazon sellers in all aspects of their business so that they too can create and experience the freedoms and lifestyles they want through selling on Amazon.
Nikki is also the co-founder of the digital nomad and RV magazines, Rootless Living and RV Today.
You can find Nikki’s work here:
YourSellingGuide.com
www.rvtoday.com
www.rootlessliving.com
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We’re back after our fall break and coming in strong with some new voice here on there RV Entrepreneur podcast! I’m now joined by three other hosts and we can’t wait to see what this team growth means for the community.
Please welcome your new RVE host team!
Heath Padgett
He’s BACK! - Heath Padgett is the cofounder of Campground Booking.com and was a full-time RVer for six years. While traveling across the country Heath & his wife wrote books on RV life as well as started the RV Entrepreneur Podcast & conference. Heath & Alyssa are currently splitting their time between Colorado and international travels with their two kids. https://www.heathandalyssa.com
Rose Willard
For the past two years, Rose and her family have been traveling and road-schooling full-time in an RV
sharing their adventures and lessons learned through their YouTube channel, "Reset Your Journey".
Prior to this, Rose and her husband Glynn built a successful 20+yr business in the fitness industry which helped many
achieve health and mental wellness, and then sold it in 2021.
With Rose’s love of arts and storytelling, she produces their family's YouTube videos that inspire others to
rethink the "American Dream" and "Reset"!
Rose is happiest near the water and exploring life with my family, and looks forward to sharing a front seat with you to some of the upcoming guests on the RV Entrepreneur Podcast.
https://resetyourjourney.com/
Kimberly Crossland
Kimberly Crossland is the founder of Roadpreneur and Cruisin' + Campfires, two companies designed to keep families together and living in freedom through travel and entrepreneurship. The goal of both businesses is to inspire meaningful change through the power of a strategic, thoughtful approach to life and business. In her free time, you can find her looking for a new adventure together with her two boys.
https://www.Roadpreneur.com
https://www.Cruisinandcampfires.com
Joshua Sheehan
Joshua is a full time content creator and entrepreneur. His YouTube channel, Gander Flight, is a mixture of DIY projects, RV life, and gear reviews. Joshua is also the creator of the RV
Content Creators mastermind where hundreds of RV content creators meet regularly to discuss all aspects of content creation on every platform. In addition to video,
Joshua is also a podcast host for the RV Entrepreneur and, along with his wife Kolie, the Traveling Families podcast. Joshua, Kolie and their twin sons, Caylen & Rhyder, are full time RVers and have been adventuring on the road since November 2021.
https://www.ganderflight.com/youtube
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Here is my recap of the 2022 RV Entrepreneur Roundtable event! The event was an absolute blast and the attendee responses showed that it was one of the most valuable events they’ve ever attended. Listen in as I recap the five days and let you in on what worked, what didn’t and what we learned from putting on this in person event.
**A HUGE shoutout to our parent company & sponsors for making this event possible!
RV LIFE: https://rvlife.com/**
Champion Power Equipment: https://www.championpowerequipment.com/
Presenters:
Alyssa Padgett: https://heathandalyssa.com/
Demian Ross: https://rvtoday.com/ & https://rootlessliving.com/
Nikki Kirk: https://yoursellingguide.com/ , https://rvtoday.com/ & https://rootlessliving.com/
Kimberly Crossland: https://roadpreneur.com/ & https://cruisinandcampfires.com/
Todd & Sheila Konitzer: https://goswitchitup.com/
Heidi Dusek: https://ordinarysherpa.com/
Jason Epperson: https://rvmiles.com/
Andy Robinowitz: https://rvlife.com/
Dave & Jacqueline Hudson: https://theborderhookups.com/
Attendee Led Meetup Hosts:
Austin Galloway, 5th Wheel Fitness: https://www.instagram.com/5th.wheel.fitness/
Andy Webb, HiProp Management, LLC: http://highlandpropertiesdfw.com/ Jackie Cote, Jackie Cote Coaching LLC: https://jackiecotecoaching.com/
Rachael Lyons, Next Destination Marketing: https://www.nextdestinationmarketing.com/
Jim & Sarah Sylvester Griffith, RV Road Fellows: https://www.rvroadfellows.com/
Attendee Voicemails:
Jim Sylvester Griffith, RV Road Fellows: https://www.rvroadfellows.com/
Tony & Peggy Barthel, Stressless Camping Podcast: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast
Kimberly Crossland, Roadpreneur & Cruisin’ n Campfires: https://roadpreneur.com/& https://cruisinandcampfires.com/
Industry Partners that donated items for our door prize giveways:RV LIFE https://rvlife.com/
Champion Power Equipment: https://www.championpowerequipment.com/
Jackery Solar Generator: https://www.jackery.com/
Battleborn Batteries: https://battlebornbatteries.com/
Beech Lane: https://www.beech-lane.com/
Hughes Autoformers: https://hughesautoformers.com/ TST Truck: https://tsttruck.com/
Airxcel - MaxxAir: https://www.maxxair.com
Airxcel - Suburban: https://suburbanrv.com Latch.It: https://www.latchit.org/
MORryde: https://www.morryde.com/
Nomad Nation: https://www.nomadnationgear.com/
Roadpreneur: https://roadpreneur.com/
Cruisin’ N Campfires: https://cruisinandcampfires.com/ Heath & Alyssa: https://heathandalyssa.com/
Ordinary Sherpa: https://ordinarysherpa.com/
The Border Hookups: https://theborderhookups.com/
Content shared with us about the event from attendees:
From The Campers Hub: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiiAEC_g6dR
Roadpreneur Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZTzIA6bUCjA5dTHpfpxPr?si=ghlcmzsBRU6BO3HcUap4sg&fbclid=IwAR0TZM2rEW3mqKIGASr-JPoQqz3pzVajeBJl4FNpByjqvGp8MZGPjofE-x8&nd=1
Ordinary Sherpa Podcast: https://ordinarysherpa.com/091_finding_community/
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Here is my recap of the 2022 RV Entrepreneur Roundtable event! The event was an absolute blast and the attendee responses showed that it was one of the most valuable events they’ve ever attended. Listen in as I recap the five days and let you in on what worked, what didn’t and what we learned from putting on this in person event.
**A HUGE shoutout to our parent company & sponsors for making this event possible!
RV LIFE: https://rvlife.com/**
Champion Power Equipment: https://www.championpowerequipment.com/
Presenters:
Alyssa Padgett: https://heathandalyssa.com/
Demian Ross: https://rvtoday.com/ & https://rootlessliving.com/
Nikki Kirk: https://yoursellingguide.com/ , https://rvtoday.com/ & https://rootlessliving.com/
Kimberly Crossland: https://roadpreneur.com/ & https://cruisinandcampfires.com/
Todd & Sheila Konitzer: https://goswitchitup.com/
Heidi Dusek: https://ordinarysherpa.com/
Jason Epperson: https://rvmiles.com/
Andy Robinowitz: https://rvlife.com/
Dave & Jacqueline Hudson: https://theborderhookups.com/
Attendee Led Meetup Hosts:
Austin Galloway, 5th Wheel Fitness: https://www.instagram.com/5th.wheel.fitness/
Andy Webb, HiProp Management, LLC: http://highlandpropertiesdfw.com/ Jackie Cote, Jackie Cote Coaching LLC: https://jackiecotecoaching.com/
Rachael Lyons, Next Destination Marketing: https://www.nextdestinationmarketing.com/
Jim & Sarah Sylvester Griffith, RV Road Fellows: https://www.rvroadfellows.com/
Attendee Voicemails:
Jim Sylvester Griffith, RV Road Fellows: https://www.rvroadfellows.com/
Tony & Peggy Barthel, Stressless Camping Podcast: https://www.stresslesscamping.com/podcast
Kimberly Crossland, Roadpreneur & Cruisin’ n Campfires: https://roadpreneur.com/& https://cruisinandcampfires.com/
Industry Partners that donated items for our door prize giveways:RV LIFE https://rvlife.com/
Champion Power Equipment: https://www.championpowerequipment.com/
Jackery Solar Generator: https://www.jackery.com/
Battleborn Batteries: https://battlebornbatteries.com/
Beech Lane: https://www.beech-lane.com/
Hughes Autoformers: https://hughesautoformers.com/ TST Truck: https://tsttruck.com/
Airxcel - MaxxAir: https://www.maxxair.com
Airxcel - Suburban: https://suburbanrv.com Latch.It: https://www.latchit.org/
MORryde: https://www.morryde.com/
Nomad Nation: https://www.nomadnationgear.com/
Roadpreneur: https://roadpreneur.com/
Cruisin’ N Campfires: https://cruisinandcampfires.com/ Heath & Alyssa: https://heathandalyssa.com/
Ordinary Sherpa: https://ordinarysherpa.com/
The Border Hookups: https://theborderhookups.com/
Content shared with us about the event from attendees:
From The Campers Hub: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiiAEC_g6dR
Roadpreneur Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZTzIA6bUCjA5dTHpfpxPr?si=ghlcmzsBRU6BO3HcUap4sg&fbclid=IwAR0TZM2rEW3mqKIGASr-JPoQqz3pzVajeBJl4FNpByjqvGp8MZGPjofE-x8&nd=1
Ordinary Sherpa Podcast: https://ordinarysherpa.com/091_finding_community/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Bryce & Nellie of The Jurgys.
Bryce & Nellie started documenting their adventures and hiding treasures on YouTube 6 years ago in effort to get more families adventuring together. A planned 6-month road trip turned into multiple years full-timing in an RV while adventuring all 50 states. While on the road, they started a production company that now weaves into their online brand, The Jurgys. Continuing their passion of getting more families outdoors, they recently bought an RV Park near Grand Teton National Park, The Park at Swan Valley. Their hope and vision is to create a destination that cultivates core memories for anyone that shows up.
Connect with Bryce & Nellie!
Campground: https://www.TheParkAtSwanValley.com
Website: https://www.TheJurgys.com
YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TheJurgys
Instagram: https://Instagram.com/TheJurgys
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejurgys
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejurgys/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJurgys
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with A.J. Forget
A. J. is a chef, writer, photographer, traveler, and self-proclaimed dilettante. He left a career as a wildland firefighter to pursue his lifelong passion of writing and his outlandish goal of a modern nomadic life. He lives in a converted school bus with his partner, a silversmith and dreamworker, and their eternally-sleepy dog, traveling the world in pursuit of natural beauty, grand adventure, and the tastiest food out there.
Connect with A.J.:
Website: https://www.thebuslifekitchen.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.buslife.kitchen/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the.buslife.kitchen/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.buslife.kitchen
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Todd & Sheila Konitzer. Todd and Sheila are full time RVers who have turned their travels into a successful YouTube channel and have excelled at taking that online community into the real world with in person meetups and huddles.
The realization of how short life really is hit the, square in the face in 2019. After losing 2 parents within 4 months of each other, Todd and Sheila decided to sell all their possessions, leave behind their careers, family, and friends to go see the United States in an RV. In January of 2021 they took off- having never RV'd before. They left with the thought that the worst that could happen is they would hate the tight space and return home to get new jobs. What started out as a journey for them, has become something so much bigger. They call the something bigger the "Switch Crew".
Connect with Todd & Sheila:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/switchituplife
Website: https://goswitchitup.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/switchitupusa/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetoswitchitup
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@switchitupusa
Twitter: https://twitter.com/switchup
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Brooke Happe.
Brooke is a goal-oriented, career gal and life long planner who chose to go seriously off script and has never looked back. Her big life change has taught her that life comes in ever changing seasons and she is determined to fully enjoy each one. Brooke owns b.e.happe, a small batch, handcrafted, and small business sourced accessory and apparel company that gives back to children’s hospitals. With b.e.happe, she wants to document and support her own family’s once in a lifetime adventure, give back to causes dear to her heart and help other people feel brave enough to take their next step towards being happy, whatever that step may be.
Connect with Brooke:
Website: https://www.behappedesigns.com
Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/b.e.happe/
Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/behappedesigns
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Jared and Sammi Creach!
Jared and Sammi are full time RVers who launched into full time travel after building a life that would allow them to work from home. They travel with two of their kids, the third is currently serving in the US military, and have two very different businesses that they successfully run from the road. Sammi is a former RN, MSN, MBA left it all for a network marketing career that she’s been running for almost a decade now. Jared enjoys working with his hands so after they hit the road they took a pause for him to become a certified RV technician and he now runs a mobile RV tech business from wherever the family is traveling and adventuring.
2022 RV Entrepreneur Roundtable - Sept 7-11 in Montrose Colorado: therventrepreneur.com/summit
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Connect with Jared & Sammi:
Sammi’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sammicreach/
Sammi’s Website: https://www.sammicreach.com/
Jared’s CC Mobile RV Repair Website: https://ccmobilervrepair.com/
CC Mobile RV Repair on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076245159727
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Todays guest is Jonathan Schloo from CarGenerator. Jonathan is an inventor and serial entrepreneur, ran a tech company for 20 years and sold it, then bought an Airstream travel trailer and invented a brilliant way to create full AC power for an RV trailer using his car as a generator for freedom off grid. He then landed a $100,000 deal on national TV on Dragons Den with dual investors. CarGenerator powers both your RV for camping or your home essentials for emergency backup power for 50-70 hours on a typical tank of fuel.
Connect with Jonathan and the Car Generator Team:
Website: https://www.CarGenerator.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIIf21CJdsA-pq7O_B5g9fg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cargeneratorinc/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarGenerator
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cargenerator
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Joel & Deb Brettingen from Chasing RV Sunshine.
Joel, Deb and their spoiled dog, Maya are a full-time RV couple with 53 years of combined Law Enforcement experience. They are 100 % debt free and recently retired, sold everything and hit the road in their RV. They take finances very seriously and enjoy sharing their insights on financial freedom with the RV community.
Check out the COPS non-profit Deb talked about in this episode: https://www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org/our-storyb1eaf9b9
Connect with Joel & Deb:
Website: https://chasingrvsunshine.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chasingrvsunshine/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChasingRVSunshine
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chasingrvsunshine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chasingrvsun
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Heidi Dusek
Heidi is an adventurous working mom and entrepreneur. She helps families connect through simple and authentic adventures on her podcast, Ordinary Sherpa, Instagram feed, website, book and through speaking and community-building events. The Dusek's are an adventure loving family, with 3 kids under 12 who leverage their skills and assets to design an adventurous life. They specialize in connecting families by creating meaningful experiences with adventures big and small.
Get more info and grab your RVE Roundtable tickets here: www.therventrepreneur.com/summit
Get in touch with Heidi:
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ordinary-sherpa-family-adventure-coaching-and-design/id1539255067
Website: https://ordinarysherpa.com/
Book: Beyond Normal: A field guide to embrace adventure, explore the wilderness and design an extraordinary life with kids. https://ordinarysherpa.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordinarysherpa/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ordinarysherpa/
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The 2022 RV Entrepreneur Summit is now the RV Entrepreneur Roundtable!
The RV Life team and I want it to be an AWESOME experience - however with the state of the world, the compressed timeframe due to the major changes within the RVE brand this past year, and several other factors - our ticket sales were below what we needed them to be for the event to launch as planned. HOWEVER, as entrepreneurs we’re no strangers to adapting and overcoming so here is what our new roundtable will look like… If the RVE Summit was a formal wedding, then the roundtable will be a dedicated business trip to the campground with other industry leaders - much more laid back and intimate. We’ll still have our speakers presenting on their areas of expertise, however it will be more of a conference room presentation feel than a main stage auditorium - no stage, no lights, etc.
In addition we’ve also added six different roundtable discussions where we’ll collectively discuss topics such as:
*Video creation and YouTube
*Paid communities and courses
*Blogs, books, and magazines
*Audio & podcasting
*Brand merchandise and physical products
*General business and entrepreneurial best practices
As far as evening activities we’ll have four nights of camaraderie and celebration including a corn hole tournament, a meetup at the Ouray Hot Springs*, multiple campfires, and a fantastic live performance by The Border Hookups! We’ll also have a dedicated indoor co-working space with WIFI available throughout the event where you can get away to take care of business as necessary.
Now for the gritty details - each ticket will be $99. Half of that will go towards logistics and the other half will be donated to Care Camps, an industry supported 501c3 non-profit who’s mission is to give joy, hope, and healing power of the outdoors to children with cancer and their families at a specialized oncology camp. (https://carecamps.org/)
Boondocking spots at The Camper’s Hub will still be available for $120 for the event(4 nights) - that’s a flat price for every spot: motorhome, trailer, tent, car camping etc - with access to fresh water spigot, RV dump station, trash services, as well as bathrooms and showers within the main building. (https://thecampershub.com/)
Join us for 4 days of intimate gatherings all focused on making connections and improving your business. Grab your ticket here! https://therventrepreneur.com/summit
Who: All nomadic entrepreneurs
What: The RV Entrepreneur Roundtable
Where: The Campers Hub 18265 US – 550, Montrose, Colorado 81403
When: 7-11 September 2022
*Ouray hot springs has an entrance fee (https://ourayhotsprings.com/)
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Today we’re talking with Gabe and Rocio Rivero from Our Mixed Journey. Gabe and Rocio are avid travelers who used to live in Puerto Rico. After Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, life was truly put in perspective for them both. They realized how quickly things can turn, and the decided that enjoying life needed to be a now thing and bit a soon thing. So, they sold everything they owned, bought a 5th wheel and a dually truck to pull it, and became full-time RVers in a little over one month's time. Since then, they've bought house as a home base, but only after full-timing for 4 years between two 5th wheels and a Class B van they still call their home on wheels.
The content creation seminar they referenced - unfortunately, we couldn’t find the link again.
Connect with Gabe and Rocio:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ourmixedjourney/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKE3wGkBfDH8Jd89EoErbww
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ourmixedjourney
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OurMixedJourney
Tickets for the 2022 RV Entrepreneur Summit are now on sale until August 1st 2022:
https://www.therventrepreneur.com/summit
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Today’s Guest Aaron Ammar, Roamly’s Chief Insurance Officer
Aaron is a former co-founder of Y-Risk, an underwriting company providing insurance solutions for companies in the on-demand and sharing economy, and started his role as Chief Insurance Officer of Roamly in August 2021.
As Chief Insurance Officer, Aaron harnesses his expertise in the insurance space to lead and build out the Roamly team as the company ventures into previously uncharted territory in the insurtech scene.
Roamly's parent company, Outdoorsy Holdings, received $125M in fresh funding in June 2021 to accelerate Roamly's product innovation and international expansion and In April 2022, Roamly launched its Global Travel Insurance product in response to the rebound of international travel and the need to protect consumers from financial losses should a trip be delayed, interrupted, or canceled.
*As with anything insurance related I need to give a disclaimer here, Aaron's advice and responses are general and sometimes broad. Please consult a Roamly insurance agent for more specific and granular details when determining whether a Roamly policy is right for you and your vehicle.*
Check our Roamly for your RV Insurance needs: https://www.roamly.com/
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Headed to Easter Idaho? Check out The Park at Swan Valley with Bryce and Nelly Jurgy:
https://www.theparkatswanvalley.com/
Tickets for the 2022 RV Entrepreneur Summit are now on sale until August 1st 2022:
https://www.therventrepreneur.com/summit
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Chris Reed from the YouTube channel Why Not RV?
Chris is a Marine Veteran who took a huge leap one year to change careers and can now live a life of freedom and adventure. His only professional schooling after high school was HVAC school - everything else has been self taught and Chris loves to share his knowledge through education in hopes of helping other RVers prevent some very costly mistakes or repair bills. Chris is a full time RVer and an insurance adjuster by day - but it’s that job that spurred his entrepreneurial endeavors and allows him to create education content for YouTube.
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Connect with Chris Reed:
Website: https://www.whynotrvusa.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/whynotrv
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whynotrv
Email: whynotrv@yahoo.com
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The 2022 RVE Summit tickets are now on sale! To register for the summit or get even more details please visit https://therventrepreneur.com/rv-entrepreneur-summit/
If you have any questions please feel free to email me at rve@rvlife.com
I’m totally stoked for this event and can’t wait to see ya’ll in Montrose! ~Joshua
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Kirk Duncan. Kirk is the President and Founder of 3 Key Elements and member of The National Speakers Association. He has taken his company from a card table in the garage into a multi-million dollar, award-winning company. 3 Key Elements has been recognized 4 consecutive years by Inc. 5000 as one of The fastest-growing companies in America. They have also been recognized for four consecutive years by The Utah 100 and have been featured in Forbes business magazine twice. Kirk Duncan has given over 6,000 presentations, appeared on television 75 times. After nearly two decades and 50,000 hours of experience as a coach, he's spent the last couple years helping hundreds of up-and-coming coaches turn their passions into real businesses.
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Connect with Kirk:
Checklist on How to Interview a Coach https://www.3ke.to/rventrepreneur
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/3KeyElements
Website: https://www.3ke.to/fasttrack
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3KeyElements/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3keyelements/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Michael Boyink.
Michael Boyink is an award-winning writer and photographer who works as Managing Editor for a global software consulting and implementation company. He’s been on the podcast several times before discussing various topics.
Michael, his wife Crissa and their two children spent eight years traveling the US in an RV while continuing to work and homeschool. While on the road, Michael and Crissa ran DitchingSuburbia.com, a popular website that provided resources, guides, and community for traveling families. Their story was covered by the Huffington Post, the Seattle Times, the Las Vegas Guardian, the Art of Noncomformity, Tiny House Magazine, and many other travel-related blogs and podcasts.
The Boyinks are now homeowners in rural Missouri where they continue to look for new ways to scratch the incurable condition known as hitch-itch. Michael has just published his latest book - Driven To Wonder - about their travels as a Fulltime family and the struggles of content creation - including the burnout that he experienced and his way back to creating. Michael has a full circle picture to share - from getting on the road, being on the road, to getting off the road he has tons of insights to share for those of us currently on the journey with our families.
I hope you enjoy the interview!
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Connect with Michael:
Book Website: http://www.driventowonder.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boyink/
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-boyink/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Penny Rose. Penny is a CPA and has been working as a Forensic CPA for the past 20 years. As she retires from that career on her path to financial independence she is looking forward to taking on more clients in her side business as a CPA and financial consultant for content creators. So if you’re an RVer that is creating content - this episode and Penny’s services are directly applicable to you. I think you will definitely enjoy and learn from what Penny has to say.
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Connect with Penny Rose: Website: https://fefifofumservices.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fefifofumpersonalcfo/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pennycrispellrose Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fedFIfrugaloptionforgetumoney/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Marianne Eaves. Marianne is a bourbon master distiller that has taken her love of science and art and blended them, literally, in various ways throughout the spirits industry. She is currently full-time RVing with her family as they go from venue to venue with their other business, the Vernardo’s Circus. Marianne found a way to stay involved with the bourbon industry while traveling full time and her endeavors are pretty fantastic.
Enjoy the episode!
Connect with Marianne:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariannebmd/
Website: https://www.marianneeaves.com/
Email: Info@marianneeaves.com
Eaves Blind: https://www.eavesblind.com
Eaves Blind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eavesblind/
Email: marianne@eavesblind.com
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Duran Anderson. Duran is an entrepreneur, craftsman and lifelong RVer who took a pain point with his RV - bugs sneaking in through the screen door slider - and devised a solution that he took to market in his late 70s. I really enjoyed chatting with Duran and I think ya’ll will enjoy hearing his story and how long RVing has been apart of his life. Let’s dive into the interview.
In this episode Duran and I talk about:
What problem the RV Bug Stop was designed to solve
How the manufacturing process worked
What Duran’s opinions are regarding selling on Amazon vs direct to consumer via his personal website
Enjoy the episode!
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Connect with Duran & RV Bug Stop:
Video: https://youtu.be/bTFNH-Od9Uk
Website: www.rvbugstop.com
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784YBJND?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_N0W3MZ9K4DZKKN3X7PB4
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Taylor Cluster. Taylor is the author of a social media meets van life murder mystery novel called #Vanlife Murders. She and her Fiancé Scott have spent that last three years living the nomad life while traveling all around North America. After hitting the road Taylor found that she had a bit more time to pursue her passion for writing and decided to sit down to write a novel in one of her favorite genres - murder mystery.
In this episode Taylor and I talk about:
What it’s like writing a fiction book based on real life events that she and Scott experienced on the road The challenges of writing, editing, and publishing your first book
Some of the eerie experiences they had on the road that made it into the storyline
What the feeling of being a published author is like and if it is everything thing Taylor envisioned
And finally we wrap up with a brief discussion about Taylor and Scott’s new endeavor - building a campground in Montrose Colorado. This is the location that we will host the 2022 RV Entrepreneur Summit!
Enjoy the show!
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Connect with Taylor:
Vanlife Murders Website: https://vanlifemurders.com/
Purchase the Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Vanlife-Murders-Taylor-Cluster/dp/1735259403
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTaylorCluster/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylorcluster/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Alyssa Padgett. Alyssa is a co founder of the RV Entrepreneur community and has just published her second book: RVing Across America: A Quest to Visit All 50 States. Back in 2014 when she and Heath got married Alyssa convinced Heath to take her to all 50 states for their honeymoon. Somehow he go her into doing it all in an RV.
While traveling, Alyssa directed and produced Hourly America, their documentary film about their 50-state honeymoon, and Heath’s working an hourly job in each state that was featured on CBS, CNN, Fox, People, Yahoo, Huffington Post, and more. After visiting all 50 states in that year, Alyssa fell even more in love with travel and spent the following years RVing all over the world. Today Alyssa and her family still travel as much as they can and will actually be enjoying Italy when the book and this podcast release.
In this episode Alyssa and I talk about:
How this book is the memoir version of the documentary and why she felt the desire to share that year’s experiences with the world How it feels to be the pioneers with a lifestyle that has now gained so much traction and popularity Why Alyssa took this year of experiences and decided to write a book instead of publishing blog posts The process of writing a book that was actually written twice and overall took almost 8 years to complete
Connect with Alyssa: Website: www.heathandalyssa.com/book Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1ZPB3B9/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathandalyssa/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathandalyssa
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Brooks Smothers. Brooks is a marketing consultant by day and a podcast host for a show called RV Out West by night. Born & raised in the Pacific Northwest he grew up camping; from backpacking, car camping, van life (before it was a thing), to a tent trailer and now with a travel trailer.
In this episode Brooks and I talk about:
Some of the pros and cons to a geographically focused podcast - his is focused on the Pacific Northwest
How as a content creator you need to create and play within your own sandbox, not worry about the castles everyone else is building in theirs
How you can bridge the search engine gap between storytelling and information about a specific location
How Brooks identified his target audience and then took one specific metric unique to them - average one way commute - and has tailored his podcast to fit that time span
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Connect with Brooks:
Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1716271
Website: https://www.rvoutwest.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rv_out_west/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rv.out.west
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Sharee Collier.
Sharee is a 9 year RV life vet, who combines running a remote RV lifestyle business with seasonal jobs and project management. She the bestselling author of Live Camp Work: A Beginner’s Guide to Workamping- book 1 in a series that details how to grab seasonal jobs so you can travel now for super cheap! Sharee is known for her creativity and willingness to step out-side-the-box as you’ll see in this episode, and enjoys planning digital and in-person events. She hosts multiple Virtual Summits throughout the year, including Rethinking Remote, The RV Family Summit, Ready to Renovate | RV renovation Summit, #VanLife Virtual Summit just to name a few.
In this episode we talk about:
How the Colliers started off in the RV lifestyle and Sharee’s experience with the Amazon Camper Force
How that experience led them to clearly define the types of work they wanted to do and ultimately carve out positions for themselves at RV resorts for 3 to 5 months at a time
How Sharee originally blogged about their family’s experiences until she realized folks outside the family were actually paying attention and that freaked her out - so she started to blog about the adventures and the experiences of their work camping jobs.
Then along with over 500 volunteer editors from the RV community she wrote a book in less than five months detailing seasonal jobs for RVers
And finally we get into how the book launched her into virtual summits and how her latest summit, the second RV Family Summit, co-hosted with Fulltime Families, is a hybrid virtual and in person event - with THREE locations!
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How to connect with Sharee:
Website: https://www.livecampwork.com
Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/sharee.collier
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sharee.collier
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livecampwork
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/LiveCampWork/
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharee-collier/
CHECK OUT THE RV FAMILY VIRTUAL SUMMIT: https://rv-family.heysummit.com/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Kristi and Spencer Stevens
Kristi and Spencer quit their corporate jobs in 2020 and hit the road with their son Kade. After spending six weeks of a paid sabbatical traveling in New Zealand and Australia they knew they wanted to rearrange their lives to spend more time together as a family.
They leveraged their past experiences in product marketing, brand marketing, digital marketing strategies, and brand influencer management to start up a boutique marketing business. Along with their commercial clients they also work with brands on the adventure brand - Adventuretunity.
In this episode we talk about how:
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They focus on small businesses and how relationships often start with an audit - small brands pay them to find holes in their current marketing and to come up with ways to make a bridge to where they ultimately want to be.
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Working together as a team allows Spencer and Krisit to offer a full package to their clients and not have to contract out venues, models, camera crews, copywriters and the rest of the items needed for digital marketing - between the two of them they cover it all.
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They have incorporated products they use daily into long term clients and how they grew those relationships so that they are mutually beneficial to both parties
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The biggest piece of advice in getting a conversation started working with a brand
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And Kristi’s biggest pet peeve as a prior Influencer Manager and how to start off on the right foot when contacting brands you’d like to work wit
Connect with Kristi & Spencer:
Adventurtunity Family
Website: https://www.adventurtunityfamily.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDMRTZM7aqsAl6Q9ZU9Odlw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventurtunityfamily/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adventurtunityfamily/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Kimberly Crossland who is the founder of Roadpreneur and Cruisin' + Campfires, two companies designed to keep families together and living in freedom through travel and entrepreneurship.
In this episode we dive into how Kimberly built a physical product based business, called Cruising + Campfires, stemming off an awesome experience on a family roadtrip. How that business has adapted and morphed into a subscription based model and why that leads to to easier scheduling, less stress, and more satisfied customers than an on demand one.
Kimberly also has created an online community call Roadpreneur where she is gathering and coaching other entrepreneurs through digital content and virtual community building. We discuss the differences, pros and cons to both product based business and digital based business and how some-timing rv travel is a real sweet spot between weekenders and full timers.
We also cover how failing forward can grow your credibility within the community and a few tech tools that allow Kimberly to scale and automate her solopreneur businesses to function at a much higher level.
If you enjoy RV Entrepreneur then I highly suggest you check out Kimberly’s Roadpreneur for a different flavor of the same topics:
Roadpreneur:
Roadpreneur.com
instagram.com/Roadpreneur
Cruising + Campfires:
cruisinandcampfires.com instagram.com/cruisinandcampfires
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This weeks episode we have a super awesome interview. This is the first time I've done a live interview and it's also the first time I've co-hosted an interview. We've got Heath Padgett back on the podcast and we're interviewing Andy Robinowitz from RV Life.
If you didn't see the blog post the RV Entrepreneur podcast has been sold to Andy and the RV Life team.
All three of us were in the Dallas, Fort Worth Texas area so we got to sit down together, have a conversation in the same room and it's really cool to hear both of these gentlemen speak.
We get to talk a little bit about how the transfer of the podcast went from Heath to Andy, and then we spend the rest of the time talking with Andy about RV Life and what he's grown the business into. Andy is a repeat customer on the podcast. (Episode 120: https://anchor.fm/rve/episodes/RVE-120-How-Andy-Built--Monetized-the-Largest-Online-RV-Community-ea37a9/a-a4g5npd)
He was one of the early guests several years ago, but since then has created and established himself as a leader in the RV industry with his software and his forums and RV Life, the overarching umbrella of all his RV related content.
I'm really excited for you guys to hear the conversation between the three of us. And I feel humbled to be in the room with these two gentlemen.
Enjoy!
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Check out everything Andy and the RV Life team are doing over at www.rvlife.com!
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Kristen Sargent from Legit Trips, a travel company that runs international group trips.
Kristen says she is living her wildest dreams. She owns an international travel company with her best friend and also travels domestically every day with the love of her life in their RV. She's on a mission to help people feel curious, alive, and free to try or do new things. In addition Kristen shares her personal adventures on Instagram and Youtube as Perpetual Moves in an effort to inspire others to go after their own dreams no matter how wild or unconventional.
What started out as a hobby in planning international trips with friends has since turned into her full time gig and it turns out it is also a perfect fit for traveling full time in an RV.
In this episode we talk about how Legit Trips came to be and why this side hustle succeeded in becoming her full time career.
Kristen has a unique story about going against traditional business advice and forming her partnership as 50/50 ownership and we get into whether or not she would execute the formation of a business that way again.
We go into the growth of a passion project and what it’s like to hire team members to replace you as the face of the business on the actual trips you’ve organized and sold clients on.
Kristen firmly believes that the nomad lifestyle, and specifically RVing, is great for anyone in the travel industry and she goes into detail why she thinks this is the case.
Then we wind down the interview talking about her personal brand, Perpetual Moves, and how that plays into the lifestyle. I hope you enjoy this interview with Kristen from Legit Trips!
Legit Trips
www.legittrips.com
www.instagram.com/legit_trips
Perpetual Moves
www.perpetualmoves.us
www.instagram.com/perpetualmoves
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Edzui Szumowski who is currently traveling the country performing with The Vernardos Circus!
Edzui (Edge-U) is a performer and ran away with the circus- TWICE. Once on a train in 1993 and this time in an RV in 2021. He’s lived on circus trains, mega cruise ships, flown over 1000 times in a decade chasing ships around the planet and is now living full-time in a Winnebago Micro-Minnie rocking his vaudeville dreams touring with a real live TENT SHOW CIRCUS!
This interview is slightly different that past guests - Edzui isn’t currently an entrepreneur - but he was during COVID and its a good case study of the opportunities that are out there and how different situations in life have different seasons.
In this episode we talk about:
- How the live performance industry was affected by the pandemic and Edzui’s pivot into entrepreneurship to flex with the market and stay relevant from a distance
- How circus life fits so intimately into RV life and some of the benefits and struggles of living while working with a traveling show
- The opportunities for future generations of performers and how entrepreneurs can successfully fulfill live and virtual market slices while on the road in their RVs
- The struggles of live performances on the road with a society that is so connected and tethered to our devices all the time
To connect directly with Edzui check out his website: https://www.edzui.com/
Make sure to check out The Vernardos Circus: Tickets & Locations: https://www.venardoscircus.com/
Want to work with Edzui and travel with the circus? Check out opportunities with The Vernardos Circus: https://www.venardoscircus.com/jobs
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Nate Ritter from RoomSteals.com Nate has travel hacked with his family of 5, around the US and Western Europe for 10 years without paying for a flight or hotel. Now he’s found another hack having to do with wholesale hotel prices, and he’s sharing it with the world while they travel North America full time in an RV.
In this episode we talk about how there are massive discounts to be had in the hotel industry, regularly 20-25% but sometime up to 95% discounted rates for those who know where to look.
We talk back through Nate’s past and find out how he got into travel hacking, what exactly travel hacking is, and why he is so enthusiastic about it.
Nate tells how the “entrepreneurial disease” caused him to see an opportunity in the market and the steps he took to create Room Steals into a sustainable travel business only months before the pandemic shut down most travel yet the business model they run has been able to sustain it through to the other side and they’re now seeing a big upswing in user travel.
I was very intrigued at how he step up room steals to allow both consumers and professionals to utilize the service and that travel agents who use the platform can almost double their commissions instantly with this service.
Jump into the episode and let me know what you think about the “rolling Monday” way to keep on track with travel days! Connect with Nate:
twitter.com/nateritter
twitter.com/roomsteals
roomsteals.com
youtube.com/channel/UCTVDHqwgRbc0fzKtBMSIXww
instagram.com/nateandtilly/
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I’m excited for todays episode with Aaron and Chris Willers. They are a married couple who have lived full time on the road since January 2019.
They left their high paying corporate careers in their mid-thirties to live life to its fullest through travel and experiences.
In preparation for working on the road they launched their new business, Irene Iron Fitness, where Chris coaches clients 100% online as a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Pn2 Level Certified Nutrition Coach.
Aaron drives their entrepreneurship spirit with his enthusiasm and technology skills to run the back office of the website as well as all of their YouTube production for Irene Iron Travels.
Together, they practice the healthy lifestyle that they preach and love helping others live their best life out on the road.
The Willers are planners and methodical executers - they spent a few years building their reserves so that when they launched they had almost 5 years of runway available. They started their entrepreneurial journey from square zero - their corporate jobs had nothing to do with what either of them are currently working on. They started out in a airstream van, spent a summer overloanding in a rooftop tent and are now finding their new normal in a 26 foot travel trailer that is the perfect place to welcome home their newest edition, a basenji pup named Louie!
Online Coaching with Chris @ www.ireneironfitness.com
IreneIronTravels @ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/ireneironfitness)
IreneIronTravels @ Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ireneirontravels)
IreneIronTravels @ Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ireneirontravels)
HealthyRVLiving @ www.healthyrvliving.com
HealthyRVLiving @ YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/HealthyRVLiving)
HealthyRVLiving @ Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HealthyRVLiving)
HealthyRVLiving @ Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/healthyrvliving)
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I’m excited for todays episode, I’m joined by Demian Ross. Demian is a repeat guest on the podcast but this time around he is a bit more of an RV Entrepreneur than the last go around. Demian has created two magazines for the RV community - Rootless Living and the newly launched RV Today Magazine. While his first magazine, Rootless Living, that was for digital nomads, by digital nomads was successful, Demian noticed that there was a huge hole in the market for RVer’s and there was no independent magazine who’s mission it was to serve the rv community from an unattached standpoint. RV Today is a magazine for RVers, by RVers and because its not tied to any other RV organization it is truly an independent magazine in all sense of the words.
In this episode we talk about:
- How Demian created his own hashtag that is now being used throughout the entire RV community and how #rootless is sometimes misunderstood
- What its like building a very niched down magazine and podcast and what lessons he’s learned from Rootless Living that is now being applied to launching RV Today
- How equipment advances have put the power of production at a super attainable level for everyone
- We talk about why Demian doesn’t think he’ll ever hire “full time” staff for his businesses
- The generator genesis and how it sparked the creation of Demian’s RV related magazine
Connect with Demian and his teams:
Demian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demianross/
RVToday
Website: https://rvtoday.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rvtodaymag/
Rootless Living Website: www.rootlessliving.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootlesslivingmag/
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One of the things I really like about the rv lifestyle is that it can be very minimalistic, and yet can also satisfy the inner gear nut in me because there are a ton of different products and ways to solve solutions that arise.
While at the 2022 Tampa RV show I came across a product that absolutely blew me away. It was created by a fellow Fulltime RVer and it solved a need that full timers face in such an eloquent and simple way that I really was scratching my head - no one has done this yet? I got to talking with the inventor and founder and really connected with his story and invited him to come onto the podcast.
Today’s guest is Jim Phelan from AirSkirts.
A software engineer by trade, Jim started AirSkirts in 2020 after solving a real-world problem he encountered with full-time RV living. In 2016 Jim sold his home in Brooklyn, NY along with most of his possessions, and began traveling the US in his Airstream travel trailer.
Unwilling to compromise and use an inferior method to camp in cold weather, Jim set out to design a better way to skirt the bottom of his rv – AirSkirts is a series of inflatable tubes that inflate under the RV, creating an insulated, reusable, and installation free skirt.
In this episode Jim tells us about the product development journey of Air skirts and some of the struggles and lessons he learned along the way. We get into what its like to own a business that is physical product based versus the digital marketplace he previously worked in and I love how Jim bootstrapped the whole thing and is still on the fence whether he would do it that way again or not - it really shows his down to earth nature and is a struggle that all of us entrepreneurs can relate to.
Enjoy the show! -Joshua
Check out Air Skirts here: https://www.airskirts.com/?ref=rve
Phone: 833-475-4787
AirSkirts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airskirts/
If you’re interested in checking out AirSkirts yourself Jim has graciously provided the RVE community a discount code for Airskirts - enter the word “entrepreneur” at checkout and receive $150 off any kit order.
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Today we get to talk with Dustin and Nicole Schroeder who are the current owners of Fulltime Families.
Dusting and Nicole Schroeder are nomadic entrepreneurs that run multiple businesses from the road. They have traveled Fulltime with their family of 5 since 2017 and are very engaged in the RV community through their company Fulltime Families.
Fulltime Families hosts over 12 events each year, in addition to providing resources for new and veteran rvers, they focuses on creating connections for families to help sustain the nomadic lifestyle. Nicole is also a cofounder of the RV Family Virtual Summit which is something we’ll touch on later in the episode.
We talk about how their personal rv travels led them to becoming more involved in the RV community and the story behind how they became the owners of the decade old rv community.
Before we get into the interview I’ll say that Fulltime Families runs a ton of Facebook groups - pick out a number in your mind as to what a “ton” of Facebook groups to facilitate would be to you and I’ll check in with you afterwards to see where our numbers compare.
We talk about how many folks expanding from Facebook groups and how Fulltime families is accommodating that shift in their audience and how two people facilitate 10 to 15 in person events and so many virtual communities - as I’m sure you can guess - its not alone.
With events being a major portion of the business model we get to chat with the Schroeders about the major obstacles and benefits of running a business that doesn’t host events in the same
Location each time.
Dustin also owns a retail store in Minnesota so we jump into a few aspects of running a sticks and bricks retail location as a nomad and the challenges and growth opportunities that situation can provide.
If you want to check out Heath’s episode with the founders of Fulltime Families, Kimberly & Chris Travaglino, please check out episode number 42.
Please check out Fulltime Families through the links below!
Website: www.fulltimefamilies.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fulltime_families/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FulltimeFamilies/
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Today we have the pleasure of talking with Jason and Abby Epperson from RV Miles.
Jason and Abby are hosts of the RV Miles Podcast, the America's National Parks podcast and the See America Podcast. They are also the editors of RVMiles.com and every week share the latest in RV and camping news on the RV Miles YouTube channel. On the road full-time since 2016, Jason and Abby share this adventure with their three boys and can often be found exploring National Parks or finding the best local pizza and beer.
In this episode we chat about:
- How splitting their long form podcast episodes onto its own channel and away from the short news briefs has allowed each approach to flourish and provide value to potentially differing audiences
- The staggering difference between retention rates between long form podcast shows and many shorter YouTube videos
- How the pandemic forced their hand in the topic of their content creation and how it might have saved them years of split focus
- Covering RV industry news might just have saved their sanity and added a few years back onto their lives
- After 5 years of full time travel - they’re still figuring out how to do it
- How you work as a couple and team in your business as a family with young kids
You can connect with Jason & Abby on any of your favorite podcast players or on any of the platforms below:
https://www.rvmiles.com
https://www.youtube.com/rvmiles
https://www.facebook.com/groups/rvmilesgroup
https://www.instagram.com/rvmiles
https://www.tiktok.com/@rvmiles
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rv-miles-podcast
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Today we get to talk with Eric from Hourless Life, a threepeat guest on the podcast! (Episodes 53 &124)
Eric, Brittany, and Caspian Highland are currently driving around the world on a 10-15 year journey. They've been traveling full-time since February 2014. That means their son Caspian who was born in 2016 doesn’t know anything other than life on the road. Known first as RV Wanderlust, then Jeepsies, the Highland family is now known as Hourless Life.
Here's a few points of what we talk about today:
• Lifestyle design – how Eric and Brittany don’t HAVE to work and how that plays into their work/life balance
• What’s the hardest part about traveling the world by Jeep
• How creating a family mission statement allows them to avoid decision fatigue
• How life just isn't about stuff, It's about memories, experiences and it's about the legacy that you leave behind for others
• The insights Eric gleaned from Billionaires in the professional boxing world
• The best way to establish and nurture sponsorships for your endeavors and projects
Be sure to check out Eric, Brittany, and Caspian at Hourless Life:
• https://hourlesslife.com/
• https://www.patreon.com/hourlesslife
• https://www.youtube.com/c/HourlessLife
• https://www.instagram.com/hourlesslife/
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In this episode we talk about:
How the RV lifestyle allowed them to pivot and adapt when their industry was thrown a curve ball
How they are integrating their travels and their gigs into the Harvest Host network
How the transition to a nomadic lifestyle didn’t go as planned
How to balance work and life when spouses work on opposite ends of the week
Enjoy!
~Joshua
You can reach Dave and Jacqueline at:
https://linktr.ee/theborderhookups
https://www.theborderhookups.com
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Heather Ryan is the owner of The Tax Queen, a tax firm supporting entrepreneurs and digital nomads. As a federally-licensed Enrolled Agent, she supports her clients year-round with tax preparation, tax planning and bookkeeping. She's been traveling in a 5th wheel with her husband and two dogs since September 2016.
In this episode Heather tells us about being an enrolled agent and that means versus an account or CPA.
We talk about the challenges of switching into a nomadic lifestyle and how she has grown her business while on the road.
We get into how being a digital nomad herself allows her to better serve her clients and what her services offer over a more traditional tax preparer.
There are a few things that we as entrepreneurs can do to make the tax filing a smooth interaction and Heather goes into the biggest issue she sees with clients and ways to solve those problems.
We talk about how detailed our descriptions of individual line items need to be and several deductions folks often miss out on when preparing their taxes.
Being a new entrepreneur myself I ask what a tax professional and client relationship looks like and when the best time during the tax season is to actually file your return.
This episode is a quick one, but should give you some awesome insights to make your 2022 tax season one with a little less stress.
Enjoy!
~Joshua
You can reach Heather at:
https://tax-queen.com
https://www.facebook.com/ryantaxqueen
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The RV Entrepreneur podcast is BACK! … with a caveat, there is a new host! In this episode Heath interviews the new host, Joshua Sheehan, and officially hands over the torch as host of the podcast. They dive into Joshua’s background, how they met and what he’s doing on the road.
Heath and Joshua also talk about a scarcity versus an abundance mindset, how Joshua and his wife, Kolie, are planning to raise their kids on the road in their RV, and about how to pick names for things like your blog, podcast, or YouTube channel and why sometimes names matter and sometimes they don't.
Connect with the RV Entrepreneur Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/116253535383883
Check out Joshua’s personal brand, Gander Flight, here: www.ganderflight.com/youtube & www.ganderflight.com/instagram
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Today we’re catching up with the RV Entrepreneur's founder Heath Padgett and getting an overview on the past half a year since he ended the podcast and also a few status updates on current projects. Specifically we discuss:
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Heath’s experience ending the podcast and his reflections on closing it down
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How taking a single action can change your whole life and how many relationships steamed out of the podcast
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If Heath is going to get back into content creation and if so, what that might look like
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Overview and reflections on the Campgroundbooking.com acquisition
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How easy it is to get wrapped up in projects and the difficulty in not attaching your identity to projects
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Brand Names: The opportunities and challenges to niching down in a name or staying broad
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Heath’s idea for a new podcast focused on starting a campground
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Futuristic mindsets that are a benefit in business but can be challenging to be present and how RVing can help ground yourself
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The 2021 RV Entrepreneur Summit and how it went at the new campground
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What a Force Multiplier is and how it plays a role in community
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And finally an update on the progress of building their campground in Montrose Colorado
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After 233 episodes, this is my last episode of The RV Entrepreneur podcast. In this episode I share why I’m ending the podcast, what’s next for us and some details around our 2021 RVE Summit that we’re hosting in Colorado. It’s been an incredible journey, thanks for joining me.
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After three years of dreaming, shopping, researching, and hoping we could find our own campground, we are under contract and closing next week on our own property! In today's episode, we are diving into:
- Where our property is and some of our building plans
- How we found this opportunity (and passed on it and then decided to go for it!)
- Our many, MANY ideas for what we can do with this space
- The fact that 1 GB fiber internet gets set up next week (Heath NEEDS everyone to know this 😂)
And how you can come to stay at the campground this year—even though the actual RV sites won't be built out or open until the 2022 camping season!
This episode is sponsored by Pillowpak.
One thing almost every RV lacks is a place to hang up and store a backpack, but you always need one for hiking, taking an overnight trip, or just packing up your laptop to work away from your rig. Pillowpak offers a line of lightweight, machine-washable backpacks and organizing bags that easily roll and stow away in small spaces.
We spent two weeks in Florida and we stayed a short two-minute walk away from the beach and used the 55-liter Pillowpak to fill with towels, snacks, water, extra clothes, and we brought along the utility bag to stuff our wet towels into so that snacks and clean clothes didn’t get sandy and wet. And then since the bags are all machine washable, before we left Florida, we could run everything through the washing machine so we aren’t tracking sand around everywhere!
Pillowpak has a line of different bags depending on what you’re looking for. To check out all of their super lightweight, easily rolled and stowed, and fully machine washable products and pick up a Pillowpak of your own, visit getpillowpak.com.
We can't wait to have keys in hand and make this schoolyard from the 1940s into a modern campground. I hope you enjoy listening to us share our big plans as much as we loved recording this episode! :)
If after listening to this episode you're excited to come boondock with us this year, shoot us an email at info@heathandalyssa.com :)
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Last week, Liz Wilcox shared the process of how to build, package, and sell a blog. This week, as promised, we are sharing the other side of the story: how to buy a blog.
Debra and Barry Benton—who we met on the road a few years ago—saw Liz's post in our RVE Facebook group that she wanted to sell her blog and jumped on the opportunity. In this episode, they share why they wanted to buy a blog and the process they went through to finalize the sale.
This episode is sponsored by Pillowpak.
One thing almost every RV lacks is a place to hang up and store a backpack, but you always need one for hiking, taking an overnight trip, or just packing up your laptop to work away from your rig. Pillowpak offers a line of lightweight, machine-washable backpacks and organizing bags that easily roll and stow away in small spaces.
We spent two weeks in Florida and we stayed a short two-minute walk away from the beach and used the 55-liter Pillowpak to fill with towels, snacks, water, extra clothes, and we brought along the utility bag to stuff our wet towels into so that snacks and clean clothes didn’t get sandy and wet. And then since the bags are all machine washable, before we left Florida, we could run everything through the washing machine so we aren’t tracking sand around everywhere!
Pillowpak has a line of different bags depending on what you’re looking for. To check out all of their super lightweight, easily rolled and stowed, and fully machine washable products and pick up a Pillowpak of your own, visit getpillowpak.com.
In this episode, Heath, Debra & Barry cover:
- Debra and Barrys initial plan for hitting the road
- Pros and cons to buying a blog
- What the diligence process looked like
- The value of hiring a lawyer to negotiate on your behalf
- Create incentives for the seller to stick around to help you transition
You can follow Debra and Barry at Thevirtualcampground.com or on Instagram at @thevirtualcampground.
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How do you start a blog, make money with it, and then sell it when you're ready to move on?
That's the problem Liz Wilcox tackles in this interview. You may recognize her name from following her blog and I'm excited to bring her back on the show to share the saga of how she sold her blog.
This episode is sponsored by Pillowpak.
SALE: Tuesday, May 25 to Monday, May 31st at midnight, Pillow Pak is running a Memorial day sale for 20% off your purchase when you use the code honor20. Visit getpillowpak.comto shop.
One thing almost every RV lacks is a place to hang up and store a backpack, but you always need one for hiking, taking an overnight trip, or just packing up your laptop to work away from your rig. Pillowpak offers a line of lightweight, machine-washable backpacks and organizing bags that easily roll and stow away in small spaces.
We spent two weeks in Florida and we stayed a short two-minute walk away from the beach and used the 55-liter Pillowpak to fill with towels, snacks, water, extra clothes, and we brought along the utility bag to stuff our wet towels into so that snacks and clean clothes didn’t get sandy and wet. And then since the bags are all machine washable, before we left Florida, we could run everything through the washing machine so we aren’t tracking sand around everywhere!
Pillowpak has a line of different bags depending on what you’re looking for. To check out all of their super lightweight, easily rolled and stowed, and fully machine washable products and pick up a Pillowpak of your own, visit getpillowpak.com.
In this episode, Liz shares:
- The process of getting started
- Her initial start and vision
- Her multiple income streams as she tried to make money
- Separating her blog from her personal life to make it easier to sell
- How she ultimately packaged up her blog to be sold
Liz shares so. many. helpful resources in this episode worth bookmarking. I've linked them below for your reference!
- How to Travel America on $2K/month Course
- RVE 0061: What Happens When We Quit RVing?
- RVE 207: How to Find a Remote Job (in 90 days or less)
- Blog: She used our Facebook group to sell her company?!
- Event: Full-time Freedom Week
- RVE 155: The Success and Struggles of Working for Yourself
- Book: Tales from the Black Tank
- Simplified Business Systems
- Course: Fix It Yourself
- The Virtual Campground on Youtube
- The Virtual Campground
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You sell the house, you buy an RV, you start a blog. But how do you take a blog and actually turn it into a profitable business? Today Alyssa shares ways to monetize a blog plus how to start treating your blog as a business instead of a hobby.
Blogging is always the #1 way new RVers tell us they want to make money. You can work from anywhere, have endless stories to share, and you always see bloggers sharing amazing things online. It's a dream job!
But building up a profitable blog can take years—especially if you don't know how to blog as a business.
This episode is sponsored by Pillowpak. One thing almost every RV lacks is a place to hang up and store a backpack, but you always need one for hiking, taking an overnight trip, or just packing up your laptop to work away from your rig. Pillowpakoffers a line of lightweight, machine-washable backpacks and organizing bags that easily roll and stow away in small spaces.
We just spent two weeks in Florida and we stayed a short two-minute walk away from the beach and used the 55-liter Pillowpak to fill with towels, snacks, water, extra clothes, and we brought along the utility bag to stuff our wet towels into so that snacks and clean clothes didn’t get sandy and wet. And then since the bags are all machine washable, before we left Florida, we could run everything through the washing machine so we aren’t tracking sand around everywhere!
Pillowpak has a line of different bags depending on what you’re looking for.
From the casual day hike with the Cubepak, a day away from the rig with the Pillowpak, to storing water hoses with the Utility Bag or packing those muddy shoes in the Shoe Bag. To check out all of their super light weight, easily rolled and stowed, and fully machine-washable products and pick up a Pillowpak of your own, visit getpillowpak.com.
Today's episode dives into how to treat your blog as a business and the strategies we've used to build a six-figure blog. This is a recording of a live workshop Alyssa taught as part of our 2020 RV Entrepreneur Summit and the basis for our course, Blogging as a Business. It's part of our RV Entrepreneur School and gets way more tactical with step-by-step advice to take the strategies you hear about in this episode and put them into action. If you're looking to start making money from your blog, you can check out the course and get 50% off for listening to this episode with the code makemoneyRVing.
Enroll in course for 50% off this week.
Use the code MAKEMONEYRVING at checkout.
Links in this episode:
- GetPillowpak.com
- The RV Entrepreneur School
- Blogging as a Business Course
- Download the slides from this workshop
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Hailey and her boyfriend always talked about living differently. Maybe a tiny house or a straw-bale construction. An RV turned out to be the perfect new home.
And when they pictured RV life, Hailey always knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. She wanted the freedom that so many of us hit the road searching for. She took her skills in pewter casting and started making jewelry, which turned into her first business: Lynn Mineral.
Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your motorized RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
Hailey & Heath also cover:
- Fees with selling at farmers markets and craft fairs
- Giving up a steady paycheck to make less but do what you love
- The process of pewter casting on the road
- Her failed plan to sell B2B and her quick pivot to B2C
- How Hailey markets her jewelry online
- Hailey's vision for her business moving forward
Connect with Hailey and shop her collection:
- LynnMineral.com
- @lynnmineral on Instagram
- Shop Lynn Mineral on Etsy
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Theresé's corporate job was stressing her out.
Between working full time and teaching fitness on the side, her schedule was packed. And when her doctor recommended yoga to help her de-stress, Theresé was adamantly against it. She hated her first class. And the second. And the third. But in the fourth class something changed. Six months later she was teaching yoga.
After teaching in person, Theresé took her practice on the road, almost immediately seeing the need for yoga for RVers. Between physical activities like hiking and sedentary activities like long drive days, Theresé felt her body need yoga after a long day. She started teaching yoga classes at RV events and teaching private classes to travelers.
In this episode, Heath and Theresé talk about:
- The “tape reel” and what you’re telling yourself and limiting beliefs as an entrepreneur
- The power of setting your intentions and goals regularly
- How Theresé took her practice on the road
- Creating a loyal following
- How to get started with yoga 🧘♀️
- 6 easy stretches to do whenever you pull over on drive days
- Breathing exercises and meditations you can do behind the wheel
- Adapting in-person classes during COVID 😷
- How a sense of community helps you work out more consistently
Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your motorized RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
Links mentioned in this episode:
6 Stretches for RV Travel Days (free PDF download)
Yoga with Adriene
Yoga with Kassandra
Escapees Traveling Yogis
TheTrippingYogi.com
Free Yoga Videos with Theresé
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This week we have some pretty big news. Campground Booking has been acquired. In this episode I share why we sold the company, who bought it and what's next.
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Finding remote work can be intimidating—especially if you're looking at a career change.
In today's episode, Heath is interviewing Lezlie Garr or "Resume Lezlie" on finding remote work. This is something we haven't covered much on the podcast—because never in my seven years of being an entrepreneur has someone asked for my resume—but with so many people wanting to find remote work on the road, we wanted to bring Lezlie on to share some tips.
You'll hear Heath & Lezlie discuss the process she walks clients through when they want to switch careers and find remote work, how to stand out as an applicant, and where to focus your attention during the job search. Plus Heath shares how many replies he got to his last job posting when Campground Booking was hiring. (Spoiler: it was a LOT.)
Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your motorized RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
Heath & Lezlie also cover:
- The process for figuring out how to seek a new career
- Standing out as a job applicant
- Where to focus your attention during the job search
- The importance and value of networking
- The "no-ask" way to make connections in your industry
- What makes a career meaningful
Plus resume tips like how to choose keywords to include in your resume, why you should be specific in what you want, and how an ATS will filter your resume.
For more resources from Lezlie, you can visit her website resumelezlie.com/rve where she shares some free downloads and articles for you guys.
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How do you get the word out about your business? Ads? Social media? Blogs? Youtube? SEO?
The heart of today's episode is all about content marketing for your business. Heath is chatting with Liz of Pop Digital Media. Liz runs her digital marketing company with her husband Josh with a focus on content marketing, or as we like to call it, playing the long game. This isn't about getting a customer right now, it's about getting a flow of customers for the next few years.
In today's episode, Liz shares a lot of helpful tips and processes for developing a content marketing plan from scratch so if you aren't doing content marketing for your business, this is a great interview to help you get started. Heath and Liz also cover:
- The almost unbelievable story of landing her first client
- The process before creating a content marketing plan
- The biggest mistake people make when developing their marketing plan
- How to create a customer profile or avatar
Liz also has some free resources to help you get started developing your business plan, identifying your ideal customer, and auditing your business which you can download for free on her website here.
Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your motorized RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
Links Mentioned:
- Pop Digital Media
- Peanuts or Pretzels
- Google Adwords Planner
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In 2016, Kara and Nate set off for a year around the world, planning to vlog their adventures. They didn't expect that four years later, they would have over a million subscribers, visit 100 countries, and have one of the most popular travel vlogs on all of Youtube.
This episode is pulled from our 2020 RV Entrepreneur Summit, just days after international travel began to close, so it's recorded from a hotel room in Singapore. The RV Entrepreneur Summit is our annual conference for full-time travelers on how to build a business on the road and in their mainstage presentation, Kara and Nate break down how they turned making travel videos into their dream business.
In their talk, they share:
- How travel hacking got them starting traveling for cheap
- Year by year how much money they made on Youtube
- The struggles and wins of growing their Youtube channel
- Getting free experiences (and if they were worth it)
- How they diversified their business
- Their secret recipe for how to record videos now
AND how they ended up totaling 7 Vespas when they tried to run group tours in Italy.
One thing that I loved and I think you'll appreciate is their transparency. They've always been very open and genuine on their Youtube videos, but in this episode, they really pull back the curtain and share how they went from vlogging full-time and losing money to making over $50,000/month with a million subscribers.
They do in their presentation refer to photos or screenshots a few times. If you want to see what they are talking about, you can watch the video of this presentation online here.
Before we dive into the world of travel vlogging, Thanks to ID Plans for sponsoring this episode!
Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your motorized RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Kara & Nate's Youtube Channel
- How to Become a Travel Hacker Course
- Top Travel Credit Cards
- How to Edit a Vlog with Kara Course
- Faredrop
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Working in finance in New York City, Dave started dreaming about living in a van and taking his hedge fund on the road. But he couldn't hit the road immediately, so he rented his van out on Outdoorsy to offset his van costs while he wasn't traveling.
To his surprise, his van booked out for four months! So he got another and soon had 6 vans being rented out.
Meanwhile in Colorado, Dave's college buddy Matt was renovating and building out a van of his own. When Matt shared how much it cost him to buy and build out the van and that he sold it for a profit after taking it cross country, the friends had an idea:
Let's build out custom vans and rent and sell them.
In this episode, they share their story of getting started. Plus:
- How to approach renting your RV online
- Using the real estate model to analyze the RV rental market
- Deciding on the basic, customizable van layout
- Costs and time to build out and ship vans
- Why the van lifestyle allows you take more risk in business
Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your motorized RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
Links mentioned in this show:
- Outdoorsy
- RV Share
Follow Dave and Matt online at:
- Dave & Matt's Vans Website
- @daveandmattsvans
- Youtube
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Kay has been traveling internationally with her family and son for years and made the jump into full-time RV travel. Her travel blog was making money, but not nearly enough to support her family full-time. The RV was her chance to go all-in.
In this episode, Heath and Kay talk about where Kay has found success monetizing her blog, how to connect with brands, and what makes you stand out on Instagram.
One of the things I loved about this episode is when Kay explains how to find success on Instagram because the answer isn't "have the most followers" or "take the best photos." She'll share more about halfway through the episode.
But the Mom Trotter blog isn't Kay's only business she runs on the road. She also runs Black Kids Do Travel, which offers community and resources to families of color who want to travel more.
What else Heath & Kay cover in this episode:
- The primary ways Kay monetizes her blog & social channels
- Finding success on Instagram
- How to collaborate with brands
- Setting your rate to work with brands
- Why RVing is the BEST decision Kay's family has ever made
- Is there a "best age" for traveling with kids?
And then Heath and Kay will give you all the feels talking about how much more meaningful travel is with kids. 👨👩👦 👨👩👧
Links from this episode:
- Follow Kay @themomtrotter on Instagram or Youtube
- Black Kids Do Travel Website
- Black Kids Do Travel Facebook
- Black Kids Do Travel Instagram
This week's unofficial sponsor: Camp Carpe Diem
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This week on the show, Heath is interviewing Tim Ewing. After years in the C-suite, Tim decided to leave behind his steady paycheck and travel with his family. But he couldn't retire at 51. So he started Quest CPA and a consulting business on the road.
There are a few things I really loved listening to Heath and Tim.
One, they both share the stories of their first business failures and the lessons they learned which are a must hear for any entrepreneur.
Two, Tim is really open and honest about what his expectations were and how he's adapted in the past 7 years of traveling to focus on the right things—like working with his family, a lifelong dream, and how he's made that a reality.
Plus at around 23 minutes, Heath asked Tim to share his tax expertise and answer three incredibly common RV tax questions:
- Can I write off my RV mileage?
- If I domicile in a tax-free state, do I need to pay taxes in other states?
- And how should I file my business?
So if this tax season you're wondering about any of those things, Tim has the answers for you.
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Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years, ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your motorized RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
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A few handy links for this episode: * Escapees Mail Service * Quest-CPA.com * Contact Tim at timewing@quest-cpa.com
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How do you get new clients for your business?
This is one of the biggest hurdles to starting and growing a new business. Even people who have been in business for years struggle with finding new clients sometimes!
In today's episode, Candyce Edelen is sharing how she uses Linkedin to source business leads. As an entrepreneur, I'd kind of written off LinkedIn as being a place where people look for a new job.
But Candyce explains how it can be the #1 tool to keep your business actively growing and find new clients, plus step-by-step how you can use the platform to find new clients.
Today’s episode is sponsored by ID Plans (and it’s actually less of a sponsorship than it is an opportunity). ID Plans is a software and service company based in Tampa Florida that provides solutions for property managers. Over the past 20 years, ID Plans has been able to hire a number of full-time RVers who help survey commercial properties and they are currently looking to hire 3-5 more additional RV teams.
I’ve seen a lot of companies who hire RVers, and this is one that you can make a near full-time income almost immediately. You’ll receive training for the software, be able to park your RV right on the job sites, and run the whole business from your RV. One requirement is that you do have a motorized RV.
You can request more information at RVJobs@idplans.com.
Links mentioned in this episode: * LinkedIn * Sales Navigator * Candyce's free webinar * Connect with Candyce on LinkedIn
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On today's podcast episode, we are tackling one of the BEST problems RVers face on the road: where should we camp next?
In their latest book, Jeremy and Stephanie Puglisi share the best campgrounds, glampgrounds, and destinations to add to your travel plans. We got an advance copy of the book and I've already taken pictures of different chapters and sent it to my traveling friends saying you should stay here.
In today's episode, Heath, Jeremy, and Stephanie talk about how the camping industry has changed, how they've planned roadtrips, and what makes campgrounds awesome. If you want suggestions on where to camp next, you can pick up their new book anywhere books are sold.
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We often see questions in our Facebook group on how to RV to craft shows. What do you sell? How do you find shows? Are shows even happening right now?
Shanna Wyatt of Chadwicks Naturals answers all these questions and more as she shares how she built a homemade dip business that supports her family.
In this episode, Shanna shares: * What happens if she runs out of dips on the road * Her average costs and earnings * How she chooses which festivals and shows to attend (and it's WAY more complicated than you'd think!) * How to stand out with customers * What Shanna says to every customer who approaches her booth * Why you can still kill it at small shows * How Shanna and craft shows have adapted to COVID rules * Other food-related products you can sell at craft shows * The BIGGEST mistake you can make at a craft show
One resource you'll want to check out if you're looking to dip into the craft circuit (sorry, had to) is Festivalnet. This is paid service (but only $50 a year) for finding festivals. You can also check out Shanna's Facebook group, Crafter Talk.
Thanks to this week's unofficial sponsor: Personal Euphoria.
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The Dream: A Hospitality Business on Wheels Back when they first wanted to start RVing, Josh and Brittain bought and renovated an 88 Airstream. Then they picked up a rare '87 Airstream motorhome to renovate and rent on Airbnb.
They dreamed of creating awesome unique glamping experiences for people who want to enjoy the outdoors. "We had the vintage camper, but we didn't have the land," explained Brittain.
That's when they connected with a vintage campground in Tuscon to park one of their Airstreams on site. They worked out a 50/50 revenue split and all the fine details and continued traveling in the RV, making their Airstream rental almost completely passive income.
Josh and Brittain are very open about numbers, so they share a ton of insights behind how much they paid, earned, and profited as they've built this business. I highly recommend listening to the episode to year all the nitty-gritty details on finances.
Now they have four vintage trailers and recently found a new home for their rental business in Montana.
What we cover in this episode:
- The average cost to buy and renovate an Airstream (all-in!)
- Why Josh and Brittain won't ever renovate another motorhome
- The ideal rate of return (and how much each rental makes a year)
- How they found a home for their RV rentals
- Setting up revenue sharing + covering expenses
- How responsibilities were divided between Brittain and the host
- Growing their business debt-free
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Would you live in a 39-inch trailer?
Check out photos and video of the trailer at heathandalyssa.com/hitch-hotel
In March of 2014 while driving down the road, Geoff had an idea and immediately called his friend Gil. How could they build a collapsible (but stable), a lightweight (but sturdy) trailer for camping and mountain biking?
But bringing a dream this big (or this little, really) to reality would take time. They had four things they need to do to get the first Hitch Hotel created:
- Develop prototypes
- Establish funding
- Patent their invention
- Find a manufacturer
This process has taken seven years, but the amount of time and capital it's taken hasn't slowed Gil and Geoff down. Like everyone, they have bad days, but every morning they wake up excited to finally bring this product to market.
What Heath and the guys cover in this episode:
- How Gil analyzed the opportunity in the 60-billion-dollar camping industry
- How Geoff built the first prototype on his own (and fixed it when he learned that he did it wrong)
- When they finally could introduce the product to consumers
- Funding their development on Kickstarter
- How many years it took to find a manufacturer
- When you can expect to see a Hitch Hotel on the road
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When we ask people how they want to make money while traveling, one idea always comes up: making passive income through real estate investments.
IT'S THE DREAM.
You only work a few hours, you have a property to come back to when you're done traveling, and real estate is a great way to diversify your portfolio. It's a no brainer.
But it's also a completely daunting and intimidating prospect.
You have to buy a house.
Get it ready for tenants.
And then let strangers live in it.
Heath and I have wanted to get into real estate investing for years, but the magnitude and upfront costs always scared us off. So today we're interviewing realtor Jordan Knoll on her experience renting and managing seven rental properties (while she was RVing in Mexico, no less!).
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If you want to work on the road, you need RV internet.
Today we are bringing back experts Chris and Cherie of RV Mobile Internet to share the best options and updates on internet for RVers in 2021.
Chris and Cherie are OG full-time digital nomads and have been traveling for nearly 15 years! They both work on the road and knew that this lifestyle couldn't work long-term without solid internet. After years of testing and experience, they've become the gold standard for understanding and finding gear for internet for RVers.
In this episode, Chris and Cherie dive into the major changes internet for RVers has faced in the past few years and how to get internet on the road this year. They cover:
- How to stay connected for working remotely
- Creating redundancies so you always(ish) have internet
- How unlimited data options have changed
- Who the top 2 carriers are for data (and it's not who we thought!)
- How throttling works
- What 5G even is
- How close Starlink is to nationwide internet access
To see the gear Chris and Cherie mention in this episode, check out our episode shownotes at heathandalyssa.com/internet.
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At the beginning of the year, we got a voicemail from a listener asking for advice.
How do you balance between doing the work you love and the work that pays?
In this short episode, Heath & Alyssa share their very different answers to this question.
Before we get into the podcast, I want to share some of the links and resources we mention since they are BIGGIES:
- Anchor - where to leave us a voicemail for future episodes
- Create an Etsy Printable Course - digital products are an amazing passive income source and Etsy is a huge marketplace! Get 25% off the course with the code RVE
- How to Self Publish Your First Book on Amazon - our complete course on how to self-publish with Amazon KDP
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Paige loves the law. She's been working in the industry for over 20 years, but once she made it to the top—general counsel—she suddenly realized that she made it to where she wanted to be. And now she was free to pursue something else. She didn't hate her job, she just wanted something a little less conventional.
Sitting in Italy eating cannoli and sipping a cappuccino, she had an idea...sounds like the perfect way to think up your new business idea, doesn't it?
Wanting to find a way to spend more time in Italy, Paige came up with an idea: start a lawyer translation business. It's something I've never thought of before, but there's a need in the industry for reliable translations of legal documents. What if I decide to buy a campground in Iceland and need the contract translated to Icelandic? Paige at Online Legal Translations can handle it (from her van or from her home in Italy).
But she didn't just jump into business on her own.
She wisely started as a side hustle, finding other translation agencies and offering to do translations to Spanish and Italian. Then she started reaching out to her network and freelancing on her own. And then she had too much work and not enough time to explore (the RV entrepreneur's dilemma!).
So she got advice from colleagues who encouraged her to start her own agency. So Online Legal Translations was born with its own unique selling point—all of her translators are lawyers. Now she could go beyond just Spanish and Italian to dozens of languages. Even Serbian. Albanian. Indonesian. Norwegian.
In this episode, Paige shares her journey starting and growing her legal translation business over the past four years. Heath & Paige talk about:
- Why it's important that all Paige's contractors are attorneys
- What projects Paige loves to work on and what projects she has to turn away
- The one tool Paige needs to work from anywhere
- How to be a minimalist with your work
- How Paige has learned how to be flexible, outsource, and find freedom as an entrepreneur
Being a lawyer is one of those jobs that I didn't think traveled well, especially when you need specific certifications and licenses for different states or countries. But Paige found a way to still do what she loves and travel the world. I love her business because it shows that with a little creativity, any business can be a work-from-anywhere business.
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Sometimes you come up with a great business idea. It's something you know you would use. And when you get someone else to test it, you realize that it doesn't solve the right problem.
This is what Reet faced when he launched Trip Outside, a platform to find and book outdoor adventures online. After a quick pivot, the marketplace serves outdoor outfitters by helping them rent and sell gear and acts as a one-stop-shop for adventurers looking to book rentals and experiences for their next vacation.
But Trip Outside isn't the only company Reet runs with his wife, Julie.
They also run Seva Stray, an e-commerce company with a big vision. After visiting India and volunteering and even adopting stray dogs, Reet & Julie decided to combine their love of dogs and their business knowledge. With Seva Stray, they sell beautiful, unique, ethically sourced, vegan products, and 20% of all sales go toward organizations in India that take care of stray dogs. These donations go toward vaccinations, spaying and neutering programs, and medical care.
In this episode, Heath & Reet dive into:
- Bootstrapping versus raising capital (and the problems that come along with both)
- Prioritizing what to focus on as you scale a business
- Hiring and communicating with employees from abroad
- How to hire new employees (that will stick around)
- What metrics are worth tracking
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Our annual year in review episode! These are some of our favorite podcasts to record. Alyssa joins me today to reflect on our past year.
In this 30-minute episode, we talk about the best parts of 2020 (because there really were some good things that happened), all of the hard moments, and some of the biggest life lessons we took away from 2020.
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How do you get Mindy Kaling to wear a sweater you knit in your RV?
Krista has been knitting for years. After graduating college, she started teaching knitting classes at yarn shops. One day as she was working from home, knitting while watching TV shows about travel, she realized she could knit from anywhere. So she convinced her husband to retire early and travel the country with her.
Most knitters go for a platform like Etsy when they want to start their own business. But everything on Etsy is so underpriced, Krista says. "I see a scarf that I know the yarn cost $7 and they are selling it for $8." Plus you need to carry tons of inventory to ship. She knew there was no way that could support life in the RV.
She also made custom things for people who came into the yarn shops where she worked. But with the hours it took to make each piece, she still wasn't making much profit from each piece.
Then a friend saw a posting on Craigslist for a knitter and shared it with Krista. She reached out and connected with a costume designer looking for a handknit piece for a little movie called the Hunger Games.
This opened her eyes to a need in Hollywood for quality hand-knit costumes.
Soon after, Krista saw an email for a conference for stylists. She had no interest in styling but knew that if she paid $350 to attend the event, she could get her card into the hands of costume designers.
In this episode, we dive into how Krista has started making custom knit costumes for major TV shows and movies in Hollywood. Krista shares:
- How to follow up with potential clients
- How custom costuming works
- Why knitting can be high stress
- How she communicates updates with costume designers to get swatches and feedback on pieces
- How she quotes prices for pieces (and deals with new customers who don't want to pay her rate!)
- The crazy range of prices Krista has been paid for a single sweater
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Back in the corporate world, Camille thrived in HR. She focused on job placement, helping people get off welfare and into the workforce, and course creation for corporate training.
So it makes complete sense that now she runs an online business focused on helping RVers find remote jobs.
But it wasn't so easy for Camille to go from full-time career to starting her own business.
But before we get into the episode, I want to share Camille's free masterclass on finding remote work. This free masterclass is designed to work you through the framework to start searching for the right remote job for you.
Sign up to attend the free How To Find Remote Work in 90 Days or Less and you'll get a discount code for Camille's Remote Work 101 program too. The 101 program will guide you through making a plan, refreshing your resume, finding job opportunities, and even interviewing for your remote job. You can get the course for 50% off when you attend the free How To Find Remote Work in 90 Days or Less masterclass :)
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After emigrating with his family from Israel, Erez was disenchanted with living in suburbia. One winter he and some friends all went to Destin for a vacation where the home rental owner shared how easy it was to make money renting on the Florida coast.
Erez was intrigued.
So he bought a house.
And then another a year later.
And then another.
And now he and his wife actively manage four vacation rentals in Destin while they RV full-time. He even gets photos of his properties texted to him by his cleaners so he can manage landscaping and home details from a thousand miles away.
In this episode, Erez shares some major insights into managing an Airbnb remotely. Like
- How one house can bring in $100,000/year
- How to calculate what you charge nightly + for cleaning fees
- What yield management is and how it affects bookings
- Why Erez doesn’t use management companies or channel managers to run his home rentals remotely
- Why being a good communicator trumps being skilled when it comes to hiring
Plus he shares all the tools he uses to manage his property his answer to the question: how often do things get broken?
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Five years ago, oil was booming in Texas. And with the boom came oil workers and their RVs. Sites in the area without full hookups were going for $450/month and Eric instantly saw the business potential.
Eric owns a mortgage company in Houston and once he enough money in the bank, he found partners to invest in a new RV resort.
One that has been forwarded to us by everyone we know after it was featured in Business Insider (because it's modern and gorgeous in a way that you NEVER see at RV parks).
In this episode, Heath interviews Eric from Eric & Jay's RV Resort on how they built and started a luxury RV park in Houston, Texas.
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It's a few days after Halloween and today's episode is all about death. Well, how two entrepreneurs market the death care industry from their RV. We dive into what digital marketing really is, how to sell your service to customers, and how to successful price your business. I bet you're dying to listen to this episode (okay I'm sorry, I had to)
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Brandon, his wife, and his two kids were house shopping when they took an unexpected hard pivot. Now they've been RVing full-time since 2015 and even added a third kid to the mix!
It all started when Brandon was working full-time and building up freelance work as a graphic designer. He noticed people being let go and started working more and more hours on the side so that when he was eventually let go from his job, he could seamlessly transition to client work.
How do you manage a full-time job and a side hustle and two kids at home?
"It just came down to less sleep," say Brandon. (And every other parent ever.)
In this podcast episode, Heath and Brandon talk about a lot of the changes that come with taking your family on the road and having a baby on the road. Things like:
- Why RVing has helped Brandon's daughter come out of her shell
- How much easier it is to make friends as travelers than in "normal life"
- Fulltime Families and how it's a must for any RVing family
As well as diving into the business stuff like:
- Using the retainer model for clients and how it improved the work Brandon could produce
- How keeping clients on retainer means never taking a week off
- How Brandon determined his pricing model
- Figuring out how many clients he could manage at one time
- One of the struggles of growing this style of business
After years of client-based work, Brandon opened an Amazon store with print-on-demand products to supplement his client work. AKA he found a way to take his graphic design skills and earn passive income on one of the world's biggest e-commerce sites. Be sure to listen to the end of this episode for Brandon's three tips on how to be successful on Amazon.
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This is uncertain times. It's a cliche to even mention that.
In this talk from our RVE Summit, Kathy Holcombe shares her lessons from building a thriving photography business during the Great Recession and how we can push forward with business (and life) amidst uncertainty.
Follow Kathy and Famagogo on Instagram here: @roadtriptough
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Earlier this spring Alyssa and I had to cancel our in person conference and replan the entire event in 4 days. A week later, we sat down at a campground in Alabama and decompressed from the craziness of having to navigate the whole experience.
In this episode I share:
- How to communicate during a crisis moment (whether you’re talking to customers or attendees at a conference)
- Parkinson’s law and how our work tends to expand to fill the amount of time available for it
- Why hosting a virtual event was anticlimactic (for us)
- And some of the specifics of the tools we ended up using to host our virtual event (if you plan on hosting a conference)
To leave a voicemail for the podcast, you can do so here. It's fun hearing from you through audio!
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As entrepreneurs sometimes we feel like we have to wait until everything is perfect to ship our product. No matter how many times we hear that "you should be embarrassed of your first prototype", we still push back bringing our idea into the market. In this episode I chat with Sarah and Kevin (co-founders of TheDyrt) about how they took the most simple version of their idea and brought it to market. They didn't procrastinate or over analyze, they just went with version 1.0 and got started. My hope for this episode is that it can be a kickstart for whatever idea you're pushing off into the future. About TheDyrt: The Dyrt has one of the largest and most reviewed campground databases, with over 40,000 campgrounds and 1m reviews. It is the #1 grossing travel app in the IOS store with a new user joining every 26 seconds and over 1.5m people who visit The Dyrt every month.
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I meant to take a week off of recording the podcast in March, but it somehow turned into six months. I've been incredibly grateful for all of you who have reached out this year and asked when/if the show was coming back. Tbh, I wasn't sure if it was. However, I missed you and making these episodes. I'm so excited to be back to recording RV Entrepreneur.
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Today on the podcast I bring on my friend Cortni from the Flipping Nomad. Cortni's story is unbelievably inspiring.
Six years ago she was borderline homeless, struggling to take over her dad's businesses (who recently had a stroke), and moved into a fifth wheel as her only housing option.
Just six years later, Cortni has built a thriving RV renovation (aka flipping) business and recently partnered with Keystone to create a truly unique and never before seen fifth wheel. Some people even refer to her as the "Joanna Gaines of the RV industry".
In this episode we talk about how:
- Cortni stumbled backwards into RV life and then made the most of a bad situation
- Pre-sold her RV renovations on Instagram
- Went from zero experience in renovations to making $5,500 in one week on her favorite flip ever
- She caught the attention of one of the biggest RV companies who extended a once in a lifetime opportunity for her
This podcast was a blast to record. I hope you like it. If you do, give Cortni a shout on Instagram and tell her she's awesome.
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This episode is all about how to stand out from the noise and stay front of mind when you're trying to attract and work with large brands.
I talk about:
- The one thing I believe is a disproportionate way to get in front of and actually win over potential brands/clients
- How we originally pitched Winnebago on partnering up and they said no (but ended up doing a lot more work together)
- Ways you can boost the odds of hearing back from brands you're interested in working with
Brittany and Adam both left Voicemails in my Anchor inbox and I was able to pull both their questions into the show and answer them (best I could).
If you want to leave a question and be included in an upcoming episode for the RV Entrepreneur, you can drop a voicemail here. :)
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Most of the people I bring on RVE are running a remote business from their RV. While Kim and Erran don't fit this bill, they have a really interesting story and something I've been wanting to talk about on the show for a while: being a traveling healthcare professional (related, but slightly different than travel nursing).
What we cover in this episode:
- What does it mean to be a traveling healthcare professional
- How much you can make
- How to handle things like personal health insurance and how to find travel jobs
Connect with Kim & Erran on their:
- Website
- Podcast
- Facebook group
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Losing your money is never fun, but losing the money that is the seed investment to your company is even worse. This happened to Jess, but she didn't let it stop her from creating a company that has now donated over half a million headbands to kids all over the world.
In this episode we cover a lot of awesomeness, we talk about:
- How Jess was able to recover from her initial investment loss and push past the "failure"
- Why business plans are overrated
- The power of "putting yourself out there"
- Changing your mindset from being "destination centered" to present-oriented
Connect with Jess:
- Headbands of Hope
- Jessekstrom.com
- Jess on Instagram
If you enjoyed today's episode, I'd love to hear from you in the Twittersphere OR better yet, drop a review in Itunes. :)
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How do you build a business that supports your family while also leaving enough room to live the RV lifestyle? That's the question Dani asked when she saw other entrepreneurs posting Instagram photos of their laptops in pretty places but complaining about how overwhelmed they were with their business.
After opening business after business, Dani realized the thing that she was best at, the thing that lit her up, was the process of starting, building, and streamlining a business. Now Dani helps entrepreneurs develop processes so they can spend less time working and more time living.
This episode is a bit of a kick in the butt for anyone who feels like they are doing everything in their business and is maybe struggling to loosen the reins and let someone else pick up the slack (AKA Alyssa & I). If you've ever thought about outsourcing or finding ways to work fewer hours, this episode with Dani is a must-listen.
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A few years ago, I saw a tweet that has stuck with me. Someone asked what was the best way to fund a new company. The person replied “Customers.”
There are a few routes you can go when you start a business. You can find investment, fund it yourself, fund it with presales, and so on. And each method will be different for each business you start.
With Campground Booking, Heath had a few false starts. He tried going to an angel investor, partnering with an existing company to fund development, and ultimately landed on bootstrapping.
In this final Startup series podcast, Heath shares why he decided to bootstrap the company and how that decision has affected the business and his personal life.
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When you're an entrepreneur, sometimes you have to do it all. Sales, marketing, IT, support—you'll wear every hat in a day. But as your business grows, you won't have time to do it all well. Once Heath hired Scarlett, he noticed an immediate improvement in customer experience. Support response times dropped, there were fewer support requests, and more resources to empower campgrounds to learn how to solve minor problems.
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Joel Holland bought Harvest Hosts in 2018 and in under two years he has grown it dramatically (I recommend going back to episode 157 before you listen to this one if you haven’t heard it). In this episode, we are diving into marketing strategies.
When you buy or start a new company, it’s hard to know where you should focus your time and energy. For Joel, he spent a good portion of time spending thousands of dollars (willingly) testing marketing strategies to grow his customer base.
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Alyssa here taking over the podcast for our fourth episode of the Start Up Series starring the one and only Heath Padgett (JK there are multiple Heath Padgetts according to Facebook, but mine is the coolest).
So far we’ve covered product development, partnerships, and pricing. Now that we’ve got a product, a team, and a pricing model, it’s time to start selling. In this episode, we dive deep into sales and marketing strategies for Campground Booking.
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"Pricing is hard."
It's a sentence I've heard from many entrepreneurs including Heath. It's also a question you probably have before starting your first-ever business? How do you price your product? How do you price yourself?
In today's podcast episode, there are so many nuggets of wisdom for Heath as he shares his own pricing mistakes.
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Last year right around the time we found out we were pregnant and trying to figure our lives out, Heath's partner decided to leave the company. It was a crazy stressful time for us made even worse by the fact that Campground Booking had an incomplete partnership agreement.
In this episode, Heath dives into how the company structured a 3-way partnership agreement and why it was a terrible, terrible plan.
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In this first episode of the series, we're talking about product development. Softwares are massive, complicated products to build. Heath thought his experience as an RV would only help him build the best possible software for campground owners. But listening to RVers proved to be a mistake. This episode is filled with lessons on how to get feedback on your product so you can continue to improve it.
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After dreaming of RV life for over 20 years, Jeff and Deb have been full-timing since 2015 working with big brands like Dometic. But the real story in this podcast is how they got there and how they took their previous experience—as a Walmart employee and a chiropractor—to create an awesome mobile business.
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Mike made mistake after mistake with this rehab. There was a squatter living in the house who had to be paid to leave! They chose the cheapest contractor. They left the country during the renovation. No city permits were pulled for the renovation. They were robbed—twice.
And then Hurricane Harvey hit. All the good contractors were snatched up and they were stuck living in a house with no heat or lights and a single electrical outlet.
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Going onto grad school seemed like the next logical step for Nick and Hanna until one day Nick realized two things:
He didn't really want to go into engineering People actually make money blogging
That's when he got an idea: drop out of college and become a personal finance blogger.
Together, Nick and Hanna created what is today called "Mapped Out Money", a blog and Youtube channel all about personal finance.
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Jonathan runs FortySeven Media, a web design and development shop, and has traveled across the country with his family of four in an Airstream for more than four years.
And while we talk a lot about Jonathan's business in this episode, what I loved most about our conversation was this idea of balance.
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Josiah and his wife Ashley were ready to jump into real estate investment. They were meeting the right people, moved to an area with a great market—but then a mentor asked Josiah one question: "What value do you bring to a real estate deal?" This question gnawed at Josiah for weeks until he realized the honest answer.
Nothing.
In this episode, we dive into how Josiah ended up building Investor Deal Room, a software solution for real estate investment deals.
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Eight weeks after the birth of her daughter, Amber went back to her full-time job. Shortly after, her husband Chris was offered an executive chef position at a new restaurant.
As you can expect with a new baby, this was really tough.
So Amber quit her job to give freelance web development a chance. In this episode, we really dive into where that one decision has taken her family—from a Wordpress freelancer to running a marketing agency doing branding, SEO, design, and more.
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If you've ever tried to store your RV, you know that it's nearly impossible to find quality RV storage. Howard ran into the same issue—but instead of getting angry and calling a dozen more storage places begging for a parking spot (not that I've ever done that or anything), Howard came up with an idea: high-end storage for RVs. That's when RV Loft was born.
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Shooting weddings every weekend is emotionally and physically draining. And after years of being a professional photographer, Katie was looking for something that gave her a little more freedom. That's when a friend mentioned photo editing. Choose your own clients, work from anywhere—it's the perfect mobile business.
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In the six years he's been running his remote account firm, Chad has read something like 18,000 resumes.
So you could say he has a little bit of experience with hiring.
Chad runs Live CA, a fully remote accounting firm in Canada that boasts over 60 employees. In this podcast episode—which is Chad's mainstage talk from our 2019 RV Entrepreneur Summit—Chad dives into the five stages in the hiring process.
- Value
- Hiring
- Onboarding
- Support
- Offboarding
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When was the last time you took a moment to audit your life? After a few weeks of going all-in on full-time travel, Cyrus had an internal crisis. He wasn't working, he wasn't making money, and he was spending his days traveling aggressively—Something was off.
What Cyrus learned was something that I've confronted myself in the past year. When you put your identity in one thing—your job or being a full-time RVer, for example—you end up feeling lost when that thing ends.
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If you own an RV, chances are you've heard of RV Trader. I personally am on RV Trader every single day, since Alyssa and I are currently trying to figure out what RV we want to own next. So I probably account for 500K of the 18 million searches their website gets each month. This episode (which isn't sponsored by RV Trader by the way) is all about the RV buying experience and some really cool data RV Trader has collected about the process. If you nerd out about RVs like me, you'll love it.
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Abby Holcombe recently won 4th place at the World Championships for Freestyle Kayaking, she is the youngest person to ever kayak the Grand Canyon, and she's been RVing full-time since she was 10 years old.
Together with her parents, the Holcombe's spend over 300 days a year on the water doing what they love—kayaking. I wanted to bring Abby on the show to hear more of her story and everything she's accomplished BECAUSE her parents decided to uproot their life in Colorado in favor of life on the road.
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After living and working in the Bay Area, the high cost of living and monotony of their work gave Ken and Ellisa the idea to hit the road. Ellisa’s bandmates were all moving on to different stages of life and Ken always had a love of music—together they decided to play shows across the country. Over 160 shows in a year!
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In 2014, after their 3 kids had graduated from school, Eric and Tami quit their careers, sold the house, and bought their very first RV. It didn’t take them long to realize they didn’t want their RV life to end any time soon, so they had to find a way to afford it long-term.
Less than one year after becoming RVers, they bought an e-commerce site, TechnoRV.com, and although they had no online business experience, they have successfully grown it 16 times over, all while traveling the country in their R
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When Joe and Kait first started RVing, they had no intentions of making money on the road. But then they started a Youtube channel as a hobby which quickly turned into a business... A business with MILLIONS of views on their van life videos.
Today we cover a few of the challenges that come with treating Youtube as a business like lowering and managing your burn rate and finding ways to diversify your income. Plus Joe shares the one thing you need in order to really make money as a content creator.
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I’m excited to be back in the saddle recording episodes! For the first time since I started this show back in early 2016, I’ve taken the past few months off to spend time with our brand new baby girl—who is sleeping soundly in the other room.
In this short episode, I wanted to give you a brief update of what's been going these past few months while I've been on paternity leave.
Thanks for listening!
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On today’s episode, I chat with Jenni Reichert about how instead of just creating another Amazon dropshipping business, she decided to build a brand that can outlast the ebbs and flows of Amazon competition. We dig into the beginnings of her business Baja Baby, which started as a baby product rental company and grew to include her own line of organic baby products, and also what it has been like to transition this business for life on the road.
A few things we cover in this episode:
- How Jenni got the idea to start a baby product rental business
- What you need to do to start and build an Amazon brand that lasts
- What goes into creating the formulas for organic baby products
- How Jenni has transitioned her business to fit the RV lifestyle
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Today’s episode was recorded live from our RV Entrepreneur Summit that we hosted in March at Lake Guntersville State Park. In this interview, I sat down with Jamie Sorenson, who runs the Advanced Technology team at Winnebago, to talk about their new innovations in RV design.
This small team at Winnebago has created a movement of Accessibility Enhanced vehicles, essentially opening up the RV life for people with disabilities who otherwise may not be able to travel.
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Today’s episode is with my friend Emily Burton. Among being a friend and full-time RVer, Emily is also a top 1% seller on Etsy through her shop called The Paper Giraffe.
With over 1,300 reviews, Emily has been able to carve out a niche for herself by largely selling printables on Etsy. If you’ve never heard of printables, they are actually a pretty incredible business for travelers because you carry zero physical inventory — you’re selling just that — digital designs for cards and invitations that people can print off at home.
A few things we cover in this episode:
- What Emily would do differently if she were starting her Etsy store today
- What she’s done to differentiate herself on Etsy
- Which of her products have sold the best and why
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Today’s episode is with Ashley Mann. Ashley runs RV Inspiration, which is a blog focused on RV decor ideas and inspiration, among other useful advice. She started the blog back in 2017 and it’s now providing a full-time income for her as she travels with her husband Josiah in their fifth wheel.
If you’re wanting to build any kind of content channel (whether it’s a blog, YouTube channel or podcast), I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation with Ashley.
A few things we cover in this episode:
- Why it's okay to pivot in your entrepreneurial journey
- How to write content that will help your audience and grow your blog
- Where to find your target audience and how to identify their problems
- How to monetize your blog and treat it like a business
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On today’s episode, I’m interviewing a dear friend of ours named Dr. Samantha, author of the book "Overcoming Overwhelm". Alyssa and I met Dr. Samantha how we’ve met a lot of our friends over the past few years. We were passing through her city and she invited us to park our RV in her driveway.
Even though we just stayed a few days together, there have been so many things that Dr. Samantha shared with us that have stuck with me, specifically around self care and our health. While she’s not an RVer, I brought her onto the podcast because she specializes in the area of overcoming the feeling of overwhelm and she works with many entrepreneurs.
A few things we cover in this episode:
- Understanding stress and overwhelm
- Identifying where it is coming from in your life
- Determining your values and what is most important
- Using your values and other insights to overcome overwhelm
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On this episode, I'm interviewing Chuck and Michelle from the Status Crowes. We first met them a few years ago at our first RV Entrepreneur Summit and since then they have hit the road full-time in an RV and booked shows all across the country.
How to make money as a musician on the road is a topic that pops up sometimes in our Facebook group, so I knew Chuck and Michelle would be the perfect people to speak on this subject and offer advice to other musicians.
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In this podcast episode, I bring Alyssa on the podcast to talk through how we changed up our process for setting goals in 2019. We struggled more this year than any other year to set goals and establish a direction for the next 12 months—namely since we are currently in one place instead of traveling full-time and have the big uncertainty of our daughter coming this spring.
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On today’s episode, I am talking with Ed & Liz Wilcox, who I met at our first RV Entrepreneur Summit back in 2017.
A few years ago, Liz and Ed had no intentions of jumping into RV life but when they needed to make a sudden move and didn’t want to buy a house, RV life suddenly became the easiest option.
Today, Ed works as an RV mechanic—something he learned after leaving the Army—and Liz runs a blog called the Virtual Campground that if you’re in our Facebook group, you’ve probably heard of
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On today’s episode, I’m sitting down with Chad Davis, who is one of the co-founders of LiveCA, a 100% remote accounting firm with around 60 employees. When Chad and his business partner started LiveCA, it was not actually legal to operate his kind of business without a physical address, but instead of deciding against this type of business, he worked with the government agency in charge and actually helped them remake the law.
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In today's episode I'm interviewing my friends Marc and Alloweta. Marc and Allowetta have been married for 35 years and running a business together for 13 years, so I really wanted to talk to them about working with your spouse.
They've gone through a lot of the hurdles that young couples starting a business go through and they are just a huge wealth of knowledge on this subject. In fact, they've even started a project called Married to Business to help couples succeed at working and living together.
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Today’s episode is with my friend Kathryn Cockrell. Kathryn started Happy Hound Pet Sitting at the age of 15. For several years she ran her pet sitting business in her parents’ house until they finally had enough of dogs barking and told her she needed to come up with a new solution, which she then turned to going to clients homes to pet sit for them while they were away.
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Today’s episode is with Kenny and Sabrina from Moving Forward Adventures. Before hitting the road last year Kenny was the owner of a vending machine business and Sabrina was a doctor. As a new doctor, Sabrina was working crazy, crazy hours and barely had any time to spend with Kenny.
So she decided to quit her full time job and become a locum tenens doctor, which is kind of like a substitute teacher… but as a doctor (or at least the way I understand it).
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In this episode, Alyssa and I reflect on 2018 and talk about the things that went well, the things that didn't go well, and the things that weren't good or bad, so weren't calling them "meh".
It's one of our favorite things to do for a few reasons, namely to put the past year behind us and start looking toward the new year with a fresh mind. Because you can't set goals for the following year if you haven't yet looked honestly at yourself and your past year and thought about what needs to change for 2019
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Today’s episode is 100% random and awesome. I'm interviewing Christina Gambino, a full-time RVer and founder of JumpTwist, which provides music and choreography to gymnasts, dancers, and kids all over the world.
In addition to founding JumpTwist, Christina is currently getting ready for her third season on American Ninja Warrior.
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In this episode, I interview Joel Holland who is the founder of Story Blocks and current CEO of Harvest Hosts.
Harvest Hosts is our all-time favorite camping membership that let's RVers park on wineries, farms and breweries all over North America.
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Back from podcast hiatus. Today's episode is with Jeff Shelton, CEO of Wholesale Warranties.
In this episode we talk about how to deal with negative reviews, avoid toxic customers and how Jeff built one of the largest RV warranty companies in the US.
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Earlier this year at a conference I heard someone say, "People respect your successes, but they relate to your struggles." That quote encompasses what this episode is all about.
Kevin and Mandy offer up an honest look into some of their biggest failures as entrepreneurs and what they learned in the process.
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While on vacation, Amy and Rod Burkert started to wonder what their dogs were supposed to do while they were all on the road. A CPA by trade, Amy started to research what the road had to offer their pups and realized that there wasn’t a streamlined resource that listed all of the pet-friendly places to visit while traveling. So, Amy and Rod launched Go Pet Friendly.
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Welcome to the 2nd episode in the Side Hustle series. Today on the show, I have Kim Chappell who writes for Dine, Wine & Stein Magazine. Kim talks about finding freelance writing gigs for the first time, how to pitch proposals to clients you want to work with, and always turning over stones to find the best story.
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In 2015, Tim & Fin quit their jobs, put some clothes in a backpack, and booked a one-way ticket to Europe. After that trip, Tim & Fin tried to go back to working jobs like normal only to find they wanted to be back on the road.
At that point, they created a plan to make a life of travel more sustainable. Tim & Fin opened their Amazon store, Tripped Gear, in June of 2017, which allowed them the opportunity to work remotely and get back on the road. The adventure only continued from there!
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Adam and Lindsey Nubern have been traveling across the world since 2014. Like most full-time travelers, Adam and Lindsey know what it’s like to struggle with questions like, Are we making the right decision? Are we where we are supposed to be?
It wasn’t until recently that they started to feel the beginning of a new season emerge in their lives and have since decided to settle for the time being in Colorado.
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Triple E is a family business that started manufacturing trailers and motorhomes over fifty years ago. Today the company is still in the family, although you may know it as Leisure Travel Vans. Almost losing their business of 50 years, Ryan and Mike went through a huge transition to keep the business alive.
For decades they manufactured different types of RVs only to realize they needed to simplify to survive.
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Five years ago Kathy and Peter had a thriving wedding photography business in Colorado, but they weren't happy with being chained to one location. They wanted to explore and spend time climbing and kayaking.
They created a plan that helped them to transition their local wedding photography business into adventure photography company who now works with brands like Jackson Kayaks, GoPro, Red Bull, Winnebago and much more.
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Things we talk about in this episode * Pushback artists face when deciding to put their products out in the world * Choosing price points that work for you * Utilizing Instagram for your business * Allowing flexibility for your business based on your customer’s needs * Learning not to rely on a single outlet for your business but taking the time to network with others * Don’t be afraid to follow up with your customers for reviews and other feedback
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Today on the podcast we talk about 5 strategies for launching your book. This is the last episode in our test drive series talking to Alyssa about publishing her book. If you have any ideas for a series you'd like to hear, let us know!
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This week, I have Eric and Tami from Techno RV on the show to talk about how they ended up in the world of e-commerce and why it's not about earning a bunch of money but a means of funding the life you want.
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Writing a book is an amazing feat of character.
As Hemingway said, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
It takes guts, courage, time, sacrifice, and a whole lot of grit to write and publish a book, so this lesson is dedicated to strategies that will help you get those words on paper.
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This week, I'm interviewing Michela Dai Zovi on the podcast. Mic is a world traveler, writer, and web developer who lives in an RV full time with her husband. In this episode, we talk about asking for things outside of your comfort zone and learning new skills to shape your freelancing career.
Things we talk about in this episode * How hard it is to answer the question “what is it you do?” * Choosing to learn something you have no idea how to do * Learning new skills by helping people you know first * The power of asking for things outside of your comfort zone * Asking yourself if you want to put in the time to do something new * If you work at something at least a few minutes a day, you can learn something new very easily * Why Mic doesn't consider herself an entrepreneur * At what point you start saying “no” so you can enjoy your travels * Learning what projects to pursue and which ones to walk away from * Mic’s bug book
Links Why Women Don’t Apply For Jobs Unless They Are 100% Qualified
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This is the third episode in our blog to book series where Alyssa and I cover what she's learned in the first six months of releasing her first book on Amazon.
In this episode we cover:
- 4 of the major ways to reach more people on Amazon
- How to get more reviews for your product or book
- The pros and cons of releasing a book for free
Link to Alyssa's book on Amazon.
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One of my favorite talks from our 2018 RV Entrepreneur Summit was from Nathan and Marissa of Less Junk, More Journey.
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This is part two of five in a series where I talk with Alyssa about how to write, launch, and market your first book.
In this episode we talk about:
How to know if you should (or shouldn't) write a book How to seek our validation for your book before writing it
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Over the past 10 years Matt and Joanna Hofmann have restored over 400 RVs and built the largest mobile architecture company in the world, all while living in a van, RV or boat.
They recently launched a new RV called the Living Vehicle and in this episode we talk about:
- The importance of going all-in when starting something new
- When it makes sense to stay small in your business
- What goes into creating a new product from nothing
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This is the first episode in a five part series where I sit down with Alyssa to dig into what she learned from self-publishing her first book, A Beginner's Guide to Living in an RV.
In this episode we talk about:
Her doubts and fears before writing her first book How she's sold over 8k copies in the first 6 months What she learned navigating Amazon to release her book
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On today’s episode I’m interviewing Tina Stanaitis and Eric Oakley. Tina and Eric are full-time RVers and professional disc golfers who also run Whale Sacs, a company that makes tie on grip bags that help to dry your hands while playing disc golf. They travel from disc golf tournaments to compete and also sell product while on site.
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Kathy and Peter are two of the most adventurous people I’ve ever met. In the past two years, they’ve kayaked the entire Grand Canyon (twice) with their 14 year old daughter Abby, built an incredible photography business working with brands like Jackson Kayaks, Winnebago, GoPro, and they spend over 300 days/year out on the water kayaking while traveling full-time in their Winnebago View.
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Today on the podcast I’m interviewing Kara and Nate Buchanan, who were recently voted the best in Travel on Youtube at the 10th annual Shorty Awards. They are getting close to publishing their 500th travel vlog (just in the past two years might I add) and hitting the 200k subscriber mark.
In a short period of time, they’ve transitioned their lives from Nashville, TN to being some of the most well known travel vloggers in the world and earning a full-time income from Youtube.
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On today’s third "Make Me Feel Dumb" episode, I’m interviewing a good friend and author — Paul Angone. Paul authored the best selling book “101 Secrets for Your 20’s” and I asked him to be on the podcast today to talk about the importance of asking challenging questions — both in our business and lives.
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In this episode, I'm interviewing our friends Jedd and Michelle from Intentional Travelers. We have been traveling with them around New Zealand and in this episode we are talking about how to save money on longterm travel through creative travel accommodations.
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Jordan and Pete run a husband/wife small boutique agency geared towards helping wedding professionals grow their business. They build websites, run experiments and help their clients with Facebook ads, and do other cool projects as well.
I invited them on the podcast today to talk about how they’ve been able to create a crazy amount of opportunities for their business and attract brands/partnerships with companies who would hire them.
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In this episode, my friend Sam from the Stories from the Road podcast interviews me to dig into our story. We talk about why we originally started traveling and some of our biggest struggles along the way. Definitely touch on some things I've never shared on the podcast, so I thought I'd share this interview with you guys.
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On today’s episode, I’m interviewing Scott Blair. Scott is a full-time RVer who runs RVhealth.com, a startup focused on providing telehealth solutions for people like us, who live full-time on the road. With Scott’s service we can get access to doctors through a monthly membership.
What I love about this conversation with Scott is we talk about how in the first four months of launching his business he’s already grown to 100 recurring customers.
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I’m recording today’s episode with Alyssa from our little freedom camping site in New Zealand. This is the trip we’ve been prepping for these past few months — our first time to go RVing abroad! On today’s test drive, I want to talk about what it’s like campervanning in a different country.
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On today’s episode, we’re really nerding out on RV living VS van living with Kathleen from Tiny House Tiny Footprint. The vast majority of this time this podcast steers towards mostly business with injections of travel and ramblings about RV life, but today’s episode is really the least business talk of any podcast I’ve ever done.
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On today’s episode, I’m interviewing Katie and Eric from MountainModernLife.com, a blog and online store dedicated to helping inspire people to create the environment they’ve always dreamed through a combination of lifestyle and designed.
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When I first started blogging back in 2011, building an email list seemed like the Holy Grail. I remember one author specifically saying that once you hit 10,000 email subscribers, that's when publishers start knocking on your door for book deals.
Now, it seems like a lot of people are focused on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and growing other platforms. However, I wanted to specifically talk today about why I think email still really matters.
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Today’s episode is with Catherine Middlebrooks. Catherine is the founder of BrbYoga, an online yoga studio that specializes in helping moms recover their core after having a baby. A few years ago, Catherine was living in Nashville, TN, teaching yoga in person before she started realizing that she wanted to capture more of her time alongside her family.
So, as a yoga teacher she intuitively launched an online yoga studio, only to realize how challenging it was to stand out against the bigger online studios who were spending tens of thousands of dollars on production costs.
However, she was able to dive deeper into the niche of online yoga by solving a major problem that many moms face after having a baby — redeveloping their core so they can be active a
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Our top 10 tips for planning a conference:
- Validate your conference
- Know your strengths while your building your planning team
- Know your conference values
- Run lean because you’ll spend more
- Plan for your plans to not work out
- Nail the venue
- Make sure you have enough funds
- Create an opportunity for people to meet before the event
- Don’t try to over do sponsors
- Focus on the end experience for the attendee
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In this episode I share Eric and Brittany Highland's presentation from our 2018 RV Entrepreneur Summit. They are mega-practitioners and cover everything they wish they knew about blogging before getting started.
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Getting started in any new business is always 100X harder than you think it will be. In this episode I share the chaos that ensued when we launched with our first software customer and what I learned in the process.
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On today’s episode, I’m interviewing a very good friend of mine, Chris Crimmins. Chris and his now fiancé Rachel hit the road earlier this summer in a travel trailer.
To finance his RV travels the past year, Chris has been renting out his Nashville house on AirBNB. In just the first 8 months of renting out on AirBnB, Chris has earned over $40,000.
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I wanted to have David on the podcast today to talk about how to protect your identity and business on the road, specifically in situations such as keeping your financials safe, handling personal information, and preventing hackers from getting into your website.
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In this episode, I'm interviewing Andy Robinowitz from Social Knowledge LLC. We talk about how an Airstream renovation led to building and monetizing the largest RV community on the internet. Today, Andy’s online community reach via forums and media based websites are in the millions of members. In the RV industry alone he owns popular websites like RV Park Reviews, RV life Magazine, and DIY RV.
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Today on the podcast, I'm interviewing Ashis Bhattacharya. Ashis is the VP of Planning and Development at Winnebago and I wanted to have him on the podcast because he's just this wealth of knowledge when it comes to engaging consumers, understanding customer behavior, and just so many things when it comes to business.
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A "bridge business" is ultimately exactly what it sounds like, it is a business that helps you go from one business (typically in a service component) to the one you really want (typically in a product component).
In this episode, we will talk about how you can start your own bridge business.
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In this episode, we are turning the tables and I am being interviewed by our podcast editor, Kelsey, on how podcasting changed my life and business. Kelsey has been editing the podcast for over a year now and has been pushing me to talk more about the benefits of podcasting. Our podcast has grown and developed our business, including inspiring our RV Entrepreneur Summit, and it has been the best way to meet other people living this lifestyle.
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In this episode, we want to share some of our big goals for 2018, how we plan to achieve them, and why we take goal setting so seriously.
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In this episode, I’m interviewing Heather Ryan to talk about how to set up and manage a business as an RV entrepreneur. Heather is an EA, Enrolled Agent, all-around an expert in taxes and actually our accountant for Campground Booking.
Many people have questions about the right kind of business to set up and what you can expense while traveling in RV. Everyone's situation is a bit different, so we dig in into a few different examples and answer some of your questions about running a business from an R
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On today's Test Drive, I want to talk about why you should start a blog, podcast, Instagram, or whatever you want to start even when there are a billion others who are "better" than you or already doing what you want to do.
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In this episode, I’m interviewing Demian Ross. Demian was formerly the head of marketing for a large mattress manufacturer. Then left that company to start his own agency. Now, he is RVing across the country in his 5th wheel with his best friend Nikki, while he works in a business development role for Social Media Examiner.
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In this episode, I'm bringing Alyssa back on the podcast to talk about our personal and business goals from 2017. This is something that we do every year. We sit down and kind of have a year-end review where we look at the things that went really well and things that didn't go so well. We look at big trends and how we want to improve in the next year.
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Joe was working in advertising and product development and Kait was working in digital marketing and data analytics when they decided to hit the road in a class C motorhome in 2015. They originally planned to travel for one year, but within one month they fell in love with the lifestyle. They knew that they had to do whatever it took to keep living on the road.
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In this episode, I’m interviewing Robb and Maureen from FameRacing.com, a traveling motorsports entertainment company that specializes in race themed attractions. For 16 years, Robb and Maureen have traveled around with racing tours, staying in hotels and juggling the maintenance of keeping up with a house.
Earlier this year, they decided to make a big change by downsizing and moving themselves and their equipment full time into a 52 ft. RV.
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In this episode I invited Michelle Schroeder (Making Sense of Cents) onto the podcast to talk about how we could take our blog revenue from $2,500/month to $5,000/month and what is currently holding us back.
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In this episode, I’m interviewing Marshall from Finding Marshall and Camp Addict. Marshall has been traveling in his 24 ft. Lance travel trailer since 2014 and blogging at Finding Marshall about his travels and insights into nomadic life. For the first couple of years on the road, Marshall worked a full-time job. Then, like so many others that we have talked with in this lifestyle, Marshall realized that he wanted more freedom and he wanted to build something of his own.
So he left his job and spent eight months building a website that he ended up not being really passionate about. Before going back and getting another job, he decided to give entrepreneurship another try. This year, Marshall co-founded Camp Addict, a site built with the goal of being the #1 source for camper accessories, travel trailer accessories, and motorhome accessories.
While it might sound obvious, we talked about why it's so important to start a business that you actually care about and something that you want to be doing, instead of something you think you can make a buck at.
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In this episode, we talk about everything Kelsey has done to grow our Pinterest account, including some strategies around creating awesome pins and automating your pinning. This is an intensely tactical episode! You can get a downloadable Pinterest Guide in the shownotes loaded with tutorials, stats, and a case study showing how Kelsey's strategies affected our growth.
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In this episode, I’m interviewing Andy from Bus Life NZ. Andy is currently traveling around New Zealand in a converted bus with his family of four. He also runs a popular YouTube channel, also called Bus Life NZ.
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In this episode, I’m interviewing Steve Adcock (and Courtney) from Think Save Retire.
Steve, is a former software developer and his wife Courtney is a soon-to-be retired rocket scientist. Steve set a personal goal to retire at 40, but actually ended up retiring last year at the ripe age of 36 and shortly after hit the road in a 2005 Airstream.
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Today on the podcast I'm interviewing Chris and Cherie from Technomadia.
I first interviewed Chris and Cherie back on Episode 9 of the podcast. Since then, they now have two nomadic homes. In the winter, they roam by land in a 1961 vintage bus conversion and in the warmer months they slowly cruise by motoryacht, exploring the Great Loop.
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In this episode, I’m interviewing Marc and Tricia from Keep Your Daydream, a popular travel blog, podcast and YouTube channel. It all started with watching RV travel bloggers on YouTube, which inspired a 6 month road trip in an RV. A year and a half later, Marc, Tricia, and their three kids are still traveling and living a life of adventure. Now they are the ones inspiring others to join this lifestyle.
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To celebrate 100 episodes of the RV Entrepreneur podcast, this week I kicked off a new series called “Make me feel dumb”. The idea behind this series is to bring on guests who can challenge me in various areas of our business.
In this episode I invited Nathan Barry onto the podcast to talk about how he built ConvertKit to a $10 million company.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Will and Jessica from World Towning, a website, blog, and online community dedicated to helping people travel the world slowly, one hometown at a time. They travel with their two kids, Avalon and Largo as well as their pet hamster named Sunshine and are currently fulltime RVing in Europe.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Alyssa about the process of preparing to launch her ebook on Amazon. Her ebook, RVing America: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Fulltime RVer, will be available on November 14th. This will be our first experience in launching a book on Amazon and we will be documenting the process for the website and the podcast.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Paul and Caroline Lacitinola from Vintage Camper Trailers, a website, magazine, and community with a massive cross country following. They host sold out rallies all over the country and have personally restored over 30 vintage camper trailers.
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On today’s test drive, I’m going to talk about something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, which is how to identify and reframe pain points in our business and/or life through the lens of an opportunity for growth.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Jill Sessa, founder of WPHelp.com. Jill spoke at the RVE Summit last year (and is speaking again this year!) and has a crazy amount of experience in outsourcing while on the road.
In the episode, we get into all of Jill's amazing experience with running a company on the road and outsourcing, but we also talk about the kindness of strangers and why this is so crucial to your life on the road.
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On today's test drive, I talk about why finding your niche and narrowing your audience will actually help you grow your business and reach more people.
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Abigail is a serial side hustler, but her main side hustle is Upwork, where she has earned over $20,000 for her project management services. On today's episode, Abigail shares her secrets to winning at Upwork.
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On today’s test drive, I talk about three times that I’ve given away my services for free and how those experiences changed my life.
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On today’s episode, I’m going to interview my lovely wife Alyssa about the process of paying down our student loan debt and how we were able to knock that out while traveling full-time. We recently sent in the last payment on our student loans, proving that you can travel and pay off debt.
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In today’s episode, I interview Kevin Holesh, founder of the Moment app. In the past year, Kevin has doubled his revenue by focusing on the benefits, instead of the features, of his app. This his allowed him and his wife Mandy to pay off over $100,000 of student debt.
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Today on the podcast, I am talking with Kyle Kesterson. Kyle is an app developer, artist, photographer and one of the most creative people I’ve ever met. A few months back Kyle and I were approached from some of our friends at Winnebago to consult and help them with the launch of 3 brand new RVs. Our task with this launch was to help create hype and buzz around a new product, create assets, tell the brand story and actually have a synchronized launch to consumers and dealers.
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Today’s test drive is all about starting a podcast. I have learned a lot about podcasting in the past two years. There are so many ways in which The RV Entrepreneur podcast has improved our lives and our business. This episode is for anyone who is interested starting their own podcast, or just learning more about my journey with podcasting.
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In each interview, I ask "What does success look like for you in this lifestyle?". Today's episode features clips from previous interviews with 11 RV Entrepreneurs. I talk about why this question is so important to me and what we can learn from the answers from these inspiring RV Entrepreneurs.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Alex Oetzell, who just finished touring the US in a remodeled school bus. This interview is great inspiration for adventurers of all ages who want to travel, but also specifically to solo female travelers. In this interview, Alex shares her experiences with finding places to stay, staying safe, making friends on the road, and much more.
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On today’s test drive, I’m going to talk about how to successfully launch an online course. For the first few years of our company, Padgett Creative, online courses were our main source of client projects. During this time we learned who can make an online course, how to be successful, and what common mistakes to avoid.
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Today's episode is an interview from last year with Carrie Olsen, a professional voice actress. Carrie traveled around the country in an RV with her husband and daughter, while promoting their book "One Bed, One Bank Account".
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On today’s Test Drive, I wanted to share 3 books that have had an impact on my life, specifically since we started living on the road. One of the reasons that we wanted to hit the road was to create more time and flexibility in our lives. Every year, Alyssa and I have a specific number of books that we want to read and these are a few that I keep going back to over time.
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Bryanna Royal travels with her husband, 4 kids, and 2 dogs in a 23 ft. Winnebago View while running their business, Virtual Powerhouse, and their travel blog Crazy Family Adventure. This episode features Bryanna's talk from the RVE Summit 2017. She shares her family's experience with transitioning work on the road, how to lower your burn rate, and why you should push your comfort zone.
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In the Facebook group, we get a lot of questions on how to find new clients while traveling. For today's episode, I talk about how Alyssa and I have grown our service-based business, what you can do to build your network, and the best way to reach out to potential clients. Also today, we introduce a new format for Friday shows call Test Drives.
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Health insurance can be a huge obstacle for those who want to live the RV lifestyle. Kyle Henson noticed this problem early in his RV adventures. With a background in insurance, Kyle started the RVer Insurance Exchange, now in partnership with Escapees. In this episode, we talk about navigating healthcare, but also about how Kyle started, built, and sold this business.
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When building your business, you're going to experience some growing pains. In this episode, David Blackmon from Aspen Grove Studios is back on the show to talk about how to scale your business. He includes some great advice for entrepreneurs on hiring, outsourcing, and selling. He also talks about the great advantage of being an RV entrepreneur when it comes to having the freedom to pivot in life and in your business.
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Alyssa and I started our RV life by filming our documentary "Hourly America", which is the story of us traveling around the country in Franklin, our 1994 motorhome, while Alyssa filmed me working a job in all 50 states. In this episode, we talk about the story behind this idea, how we brought the idea to life, and how we found a sponsor for our project.
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Jake Newell is the opposite of most people. At night his artwork (hand engraving) pays the bills so during the day he can volunteer full-time for Habitat for Humanity.
In this episode he shares how, since 2011, he's traveled full-time, built houses, and a business that enables to volunteer and explore America. We talk about the ongoing dilemma he faces between being the best hand engraver in the world or doing the most fulfilling work possible (building homes for Habitat).
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Alyssa takes over the podcast! Our podcast editor, Kelsey, interviews me about business, current projects, and the full-time RV life - Is it really all s'mores and campfires?
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Do you know the value of your time? Charles Gupton of The Creator’s Journey interviews me about determining your value through differentiation, outsourcing, and automation.
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Financial runway is crucial for any new business. Focusing on extending our runway has enabled us to keep traveling the past few years. In this episode I talk about the importance of financial runway, how we've been able to extend ours, and how you can calculate your own runway.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Marc and Julie from RV Love, which is their Youtube channel and blog. They are also the founders of RV Success School, an online educational platform to help you start RVing. They have been traveling around the country for the past three years and visited 49 states. Marc recently transitioned from his full-time job into their new educational business.
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Everyone loves to talk about building a profitable blog, but rarely do we talk about the less sexy side of blogging. We don't talk about how it takes years and years of practice or why most people fail at it. In this episode I talk about why I think blogging is a terrible business.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing the co-founder of Outdoorsy, Ryan Quinn. Outdoorsy is a peer-to-peer RV sharing marketplace, where Alyssa and I have rented our RV out in the past year. Since launching outdoorsy, Ryan has been traveling around in his van and recently upgraded to a large class A. Outdoorsy has been one of the fastest-growing startups in the RV space.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Mandy Holesh, a wedding photographer, fashion blogger, and as of recently-- a jewelry designer. Mandy travels in a 5th wheel with her husband Kevin, who I interviewed back on episode 10, as well as Grizzly, Nimbus, Luna, and Foxey, the furry friends of the Holesh family.
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A brief episode where I talk about all the fears I had before we started traveling the country in an RV and living on the road.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Erin and Dan, who are the owners of the Inn Town Campground in Nevada City, California. You may have heard me talk about them on the show before because I love what they are doing in the online space (and obviously their campground is really cool too).
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When we bought our first RV, a 1994 Coachmen Leprechaun, we had no idea what the heck we were doing. We did very little planning before diving into this lifestyle headfirst.
In this short episode, Alyssa and I talk about some of the things we'd do differently during those first six months on the road and other lessons from the road.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Tim Paige. Tim is a voice actor who has done work for companies like The Travel Channel, Jimmy Kimmel, UFC, and NBC. Also, for the past three years he has been the producer and host of a podcast called ConversionCast, a podcast documenting an Inc. 500 company called Leadpages, which has built one of the largest and fastest-growing start-ups in the country. Tim is currently in the planning stages of transitioning into RV life.
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This question has been the biggest struggle for me since we started traveling in an RV.
Should I spend my days working or exploring?
We initially started traveling in an RV because it was a way for us to explore the country, travel cheap, and spend longer periods of time in places. But once we fell in love with the lifestyle, we had to mix a bit more practicality into the equation and pay our bills alongside the travel.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Jim and Heather, who have been traveling around the US for the past 341 days in their 1995 Ford Tioga named Bertha. They have competed in triathlons and trained other athletes all while exploring the country.
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When thinking of monetizing a travel blog, most people think of Amazon affiliates, advertising, and other "passive income" strategies. But these aren't the most efficient if you're trying to build up revenue early on from a travel blog. Those strategies are fine, but they take way more time, knowledge, and skill than most people have or are willing to learn.
Sorry, but true.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Cees and Madison from Ourvie.com. Last year, I brought Cees and Madison on the show to talk about their 59 national park journey. They wrapped up the majority of the trip before they stopped to have their little baby Theo.
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In this episode I talk about the most common questions people ask us about living in an RV.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing James and Stefany from TheFitRV.com. They have been RVing since 2010 and currently drive a yellow Winnebago Travato all around the country. Stefany is a personal trainer who practices locally when they are home in Utah and James is a legit former rocket scientist.
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In this short episode I talk about what happens the day we decide to quit this whole RV life. What happens to all the work we’ve put into this community, our blog, and everything else?
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Kim Greene from Harvest Hosts, a collection of farms and wineries across the country that allow you to come and stay overnight for free.
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Obviously one of the biggest expenses while RVing is campground rates. One easy way to combat this is to boondock for long periods of time on BLM land or in national forests or in your friend’s driveway who doesn’t mind putting up with you and your RV for an extended stay.
But if driveway stays don’t appeal to you and maybe you’re not set up mentally or RV isn’t set up physically for long boondocking periods, I wanted to talk about a way to drastically decrease camping fees.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Kali from The Freedom Theory on Youtube. Kali and her husband Josh have been RVing for 2 years now in their fifth wheel. During this time, she has published hundreds of travel vlogs … Read More
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Today’s Episode is Sponsored by WeBoost Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Joe Hendricks, an award-winning photographer who has been rving with his wife Rhonda and his son Austin for over a year. While on the road, he has … Read More
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing mural artist Victor Ving and photographer Lisa Beggs from The Greetings Tour, who have been traveling in their RV for the past 2 years creating interactive murals inspired by vintage, large-letter greeting cards. … Read More
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Today on the podcast is another live recording from the RV Entrepreneur Summit with Jill Sessa. In this episode, Jill talks about finding your flow, how she turns on the tap of client work while she’s out on the road … Read More
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Adam Norrell from the Tiny Ass Camper blog. Adam lives in a tiny ass 17 foot Casita trailer with his wife Jenn, their daughter Imogen, and their chihuahua Dakota.
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Today on the podcast is a live recording from The RV Entrepreneur Summit with Eric and Brittany Highland from RV Wanderlust. Eric and Brittany are social media pro’s and cover a wide range of social media strategies in this episode.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Ian Horgan from Wayfarer Vans. Wayfarer Vans makes plug-in-play camper kits for specific types of vans. Ian left his job a year ago at RVC Hospitality, who owns 10 campgrounds across the country...
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Joel Clark. Joel is the co-founder of RVShare, the largest peer-to-peer RV rental site currently in the RV industry.
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Last week we hosted the first RV Entrepreneur Summit in Fredericksburg, Texas. We met 120 nomadic entrepreneurs, made tons of new friends and were forced outside our comfort zone in a huge way.
If you weren’t able to make it to the RVE Summit in person or watch the Facebook Live stream, in this episode we break down some of the biggest themes and takeaways from the event.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Brendan and Sam from Life Among Pines. Before hitting the road two months ago, Brendan and Sam both started their own businesses. Brendan used his 5 years of ecommerce experience to start an agency called Quarry Design Group and Sam used her love of animals to start Mugsy Supply House, an Etsy store for pet-themed mugs. While starting these businesses, they also completed an awesome RV remodel of Phileas, their 2007 Fleetwood Bounder.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Jason Wyatt, a full-time RVer and retail arbitrage specialist. Retail arbitrage is buying products at a low cost from places like stores or flea markets and flipping them on Amazon for a profit. Jason also runs an online community to help people get started on Amazon over at Touring Freedom and a Facebook group with almost 3,000 members. He was recently featured in an article in a front page story of the Wall Street Journal, documenting his RV based business.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Nathan and Marissa from Less Junk More Journey. Nathan, Marissa, and their daughter Hensley have been RVing around the country for the past year and recently upgraded to a sweet Airstream. In addition to building an insanely popular YouTube channel with 40,000 subscribers (and nearly 6 million views), Marissa is a nurse and Nathan has dabbled in many different ventures, including rental properties and computer repair.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Adam Nubern from NuVentureTravels.com and NuVenture CPA. Adam and his wife Lindsey have been traveling around the country for the last year in Bernadette, their 2009 Casita trailer. Adam was actually the first guest on the RV Entrepreneur podcast. You can listen to him and Lindsey talk about financial runways on episode 2 here.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Jason Moore, host of the Zero to Travel podcast – one of the top-ranked travel podcasts in iTunes. Jason is also co-founder of Location Indie, a community of people helping each other kick ass in business and travel.
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A few years ago Jordan and Brittany left their jobs in the finance world to pursue their dream jobs — Brittany in professional photography and Jordan in professional golf.
After playing in pro golf tournaments and building a client base of photography, they decided to build up an online business that allowed them to travel full-time. One year later, they’ve decided to up the ante and this year Brittany and Jordan are playing Golf Digest’s 100 Top Golf Courses in America.
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Last year I interviewed Kevin on episode 10, where we talked about Moment, the popular iPhone app he built that now has over 3,000,000 users.
Today’s podcast format is a little different. I’m actually being interviewed by Kevin on what has been going on in my own business.
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Today on the podcast, I am interviewing Kimberly Travaglino. In 2010, Kimberly and her husband Chris founded Fulltime Families, which is a website created to provide solutions to the questions and challenges of full time traveling families.
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Today on the podcast, back by popular demand, I’m interviewing my wife, Alyssa. Alyssa and I run a Facebook group called Make Money and RV, which is a resource for people who are transitioning into the full-time travel lifestyle. Each day we admit around 30-50 new members to the group and there are tons of questions that people post on a daily basis.
So for this episode, we’ve taken some of those most popular questions and are going to do our best to answer them on the show today.
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Today on podcast, I’m interviewing David Blackmon. David is an explorer and a traveler, web developer, and a creative free spirit that enjoys learning and sharing his knowledge with the world. He travels full time with his wife, while running Aspen Grove Studios, which is a WordPress design company that creates child themes and plugins.
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Today on podcast, I’m interviewing Eric Hannan from Shorelooksnice.com. Eric and his wife Danielle have been traveling around the United States in their Road Warrior 5th wheel since June of 2014. Eric previously ran his own direct marketing company with over 100 employees and now runs his own social media marketing company for RV dealerships. He also has done sales consulting for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and entrepreneurs.
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This episode is all about how to save money, retire early and go RVing with JD Roth
Today on the podcast, I’m interviewing J.D. Roth. In 2006, J.D. launched a blog called Get Rich Slowly, which documented his journey of being $35,000 in debt and learning how to take control of his financial life. He eventually sold that blog in 2009… yes, it is possible to sell a blog.
J.D. recently spent a year driving across the country in his 29 ft. RV, which is what brings him to the RV Entrepreneur podcast!
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Today on the podcast I’m interviewing Marianne Edwards and her daughter Anna Maste, who are the two co-founders of Boondockers Welcome. Boondockers Welcome is a website where RVers can find free camping (aka boondocking spots) all over the country.
Marianne has been RVing and boondocking around the country for over a decade. She has been featured in the New York Times, built a large following on her blog at Frugal RV Travel, and written several guides on how to find epic boondocking spots.
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Today on podcast, I’m interviewing Kyle Kesterson, a storyteller, incredible photographer, illustrator, and also the founder of Freak n’ Genius and Campfire. Kyle has written for media outlets like Geekwire and Huffington Post. One of his start-ups even received an investment from Tony Hsieh of Zappos.
Kyle has been on the road now for a little over two years and is currently living in a red Winnebago Travato named Bramf with his best friend Bentley Bean, an 8 ½ year old Border Terrier.
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Today’s episode of the RVE podcast I interviewed Paul Singh and Dana Duncan who are RVing across the country in their airstream on a Tech Tour. Paul is a previous partner of 500 Startups, a well-known seed fund and network of startup programs and Dana has been an advisor to multiple coding schools across the country.
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Today on the podcast I’m interviewing Michelle from Making Sense of Cents. Making Sense of Cents is one of THE top finance blogs on the internet with hundreds of thousands of monthly readers and it is also a blog that produces over six figures a month.
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Today I’m interviewing Marie from ArdentCamper.com who runs Owl Eyes creative and travels full-time with her husband Josh in their 2002 Fleetwood Motorhome. Marie is a professional copywriter who works with nonprofits, small businesses and solo entrepreneurs to help them tell better stories.
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Today on The RV Entrepreneur I’m interviewing EJ and Ryan, two cofounders of Javazen Coffee. Javazen is a new kind of coffee that’s blended with superfoods and tea.
The Javazen team was talking with an investor who said if they really want to push their coffee in super markets, they needed to hit the road and go meet their customers face to face.
So they packed the whole company into an RV and coordinated a cross-country tour visiting Wegman Grocery Stores.
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Jeremy and Stephanie wrote the book on RV Vacations (literally). Earlier this year they published the Idiot’s Guide to RV Vacations with Penguin Random House and have built up their blog and podcast network as a reputable source of information in the RV industry.
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Today on The RV Entrepreneur I’m interviewing Paul and Nina from WheelingIt.us. Paul is an active investor, with a technology background, and Nina runs a very engaged RV blog that actually just surpassed seven million views. They have been full-time RVing now for seven years.
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Today on the podcast I’m interviewing Josh and Shelley Hartman. Josh and Shelley are outdoor photographers who travel full-time in their Casita trailer. They travel across the country taking photos of engagement sessions in national parks and weddings all over the world.
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For over 40 years Mike was one of the world’s most traveled journalist. He has won over 18 Emmy awards, honors from the Associated Press, he has reported all over the world and has a longtime running segment on NBC-TV since 1994 titled PC Mike which gets distributed to over 215 stations each week. 5 years ago he hit the road full-time with his wife Jennifer and started Roadtreking to document his travels across North America. As of today, it’s become one of the most popular RV blogs on the internet.
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Peter and John didn’t hit the road with the intention of becoming Youtube stars or starting a business. To this day they don’t even consider themselves very entrepreneurial. Yet, they’ve managed to build a well known brand on Youtube and web design business with over 100 repeat customers.
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Until this point, all of the RV entrepreneurs I’ve interviewed on this podcast have been running their business from their RV. On this episode, I interviewed someone who actually started a company within the RV industry.
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At different times while pulling into campgrounds, Alyssa and I have considered the possibility of workamping (or camphosting). We have mostly had these thoughts when pulling into epic campgrounds like the KOA near Santa Cruz, California. You want to pay me and give me free lodging to work here part-time, just a few miles away from the ocean? Okay, no problem.
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Today on the podcast I’m interviewing Rich Charpentier. Rich has a blog at the airstreamchronicles.com and owns a company called RLC Designs that focus on creating high end web design and SEO for RV parks and campgrounds. He’s been traveling in his airstream the past ten years while doing everything from professional photography to releasing his own digital products on the web.
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I’ve been wanted to get started in drop shipping products for quite some time. Today on the podcast I sat down and interviewed someone who has been rocking the drop shipping world for quite some time. His name is David Couillard. David is a digital strategist and works with brands and businesses helping them build and maintain websites. However, he’s also started two other companies– a doggy poop bag business and a hard camera case drop shipping business.
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“How do other women handle repairs and maintenance on the RV?”
“What are some safety tips?”
“Is it safe for me to hit the road by myself.”
Kate and I cover all of these on the podcast today and she talks about how she was able to transition her full-time employment with a consulting company to working on the road. She’s now been traveling all over the country in her Winnebago Travato for more than a year and a half.
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Today on the podcast I sat down to talk with Sigfried from TrailandHitch.com. Sigfried was a software developer for more than 20 years, making over $100k and then decided he’d had enough with office politics and sitting inside an office all day. Towards the end of last year Sig and his wife hit the road and decided to try out the full-time RV lifestyle. They sold their house, bought an airstream and hit the road.
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This year Cees and Madison are traveling to all 59 national parks. Last fall they were still in college and working in part-time sales for a real estate company. On episode #20 of the RVE podcast I chat with them about how they were able to get sponsored by major companies and completely fund their quest to 59 national parks.
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Today on the show I’m interviewing a couple of musicians that go by Winnie Brave, aka Amy and Brad, who describe themselves as a “soulful composite of roots and folk”. They are a husband and wife band that just recently got off a 4-month tour around the US in their… wait for it, 1976 Winnebago Brave! This is the Winnebago Brave classic RV that Alyssa’s and my retro version is modeled after.
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Today I’m interviewing a couple named Kim and Eric who are currently transitioning from living full-time on a boat to living full-time in an RV.
This summer they’ll be traveling around the US with their two Macaw parrots, Harley and Maley, and transitioning their life from living on a sailboat and working to living on a bus and working. Eric is a musician who has written over two hundred songs and also released an album call “Songs for Sail” that sold over 100,000 copies and went certified gold.
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In this episode, Jill Sessa talks about what it’s been like driving her RV (and scooter) across America for the past few years while running a service-based business from the road. Jill also offers up some travel advice for solo female RVers who are either on the road or are working towards full-time travel.
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This week on The RV Entrepreneur podcast I sat down with David Risley from BlogMarketingAcademy.com and RVFamilyTravel.com to talk about his wealth of knowledge as it pertains to building a profitable blog.
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In this episode of The RV Entrepreneur podcast I sat down with Chris Badgett to talk about his transition from dog mushing in Alaska to full-time RVing.
I think Chris’ has one of the crazier stories from people who I’ve interviewed on the podcast. As of today, Chris runs a 15 person company out of his teardrop RV called Lifter LMS. But not long ago, he was up in Alaska working as a sled dog tour guide.
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At certain points on the podcast we’ve talked about freelance writing for companies, but what the heck does that even mean? How do you become a freelance writer and can you actually make a decent income from doing it? In episode #14 of The RV Entrepreneur Podcast I sat down with Mark Cuda to chat about how he’s built up a business as a “content strategist”. This is a fancy word for freelance writer, but he does SO much more than just writing.
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On today’s episode of the podcast I sat down with Alyssa to do a Q&A episode. This is my first time experimenting with this format, but I’ve had people ask for Alyssa to interview me… so we decided to make that happen!
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On this week’s episode of The RV Entrepreneur I sat down to interview Kathy and Peter Holcombe from famagogo.com. They are adventure and life photographers who have been traveling all over the country in their Winnebago View RV since June of 2014.
Kathy and Peter are sponsored by companies like Winnebago, Jackson Kayaks, and GoPro and take some of the most epic photos I’ve ever seen in my life.
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This week on The RV Entrepreneur podcast I interviewed Christian and Elisa Genco (husband and wife). They are 23 & 24 years old. They live full-time in their motorhome, they are debt-free, and have multiple online businesses that allow them to work from anywhere. On Christian’s website it says they are on track to retire by the time they are 30 years old.
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This week, I interviewed a full-time RVer named Kevin Holesh who’s app called Moment has been downloaded over 2.5 million times.
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On Episode #9 of The RV Entrepreneur I sat down with Technomadia to talk about how the nomadic career and how they stay connected while boon-docking and staying in national parks.
If you’ve never heard of Technomadia, they keep a blog at Technomadia.com and they wrote a book called The Mobile Internet Handbook. They’ve also been advisors to companies like RVillage and Xscapers, developed several of their own apps, and been at this RV lifestyle thing for longer than most.
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There are a butt load of ways to make money while traveling. But I believe one of the more accessible and sensible options is starting a virtual assistant business.
Why?
Becoming a virtual assistant means… well, exactly what the title implies. You are a “virtual” assistant. The name of the job title literally means you don’t have to be there in-person. If you are trying to figure out a way to build up an income on the road, you are going to enjoy today’s episode.
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I’ve never considered the idea of RVing in Mexico, but in episode number seven of The RV Entrepreneur I sat down to talk with Paul Kortman. Paul is currently boon docking his RV on a beach in Mexico with his family of six while he runs his digital marketing agency.
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Welcome to episode six of The RV Entrepreneur Podcast! In this episode of The RV Entrepreneur Alyssa and I sit down to talk about what it’s been like living, working, and traveling in an RV during our first couple years of marriage.
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Kyle and Olivia Brady spend a Tim-Ferris style amount of time on their weekly amount of work as they travel around the country in their Casita RV. In episode 6 of The RV Entrepreneur, Kyle and Olivia share the tricks and tips on how they’ve created a thriving Vintage Etsy store.
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An interview with Michael Boyink
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What do you do when you have a plan for making money on the road, but once you hit the road that plan 100% falls to pieces and doesn’t work? That’s exactly what happened to Nick Peterson from LivinLightly when he and his wife Shae hit the road a couple years ago.
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Welcome to episode number 2 of the RV Entrepreneur Podcast! In today’s episode I sat down to talk with Adam and Lindsey of NuVentureTravels.com about how to save up for longterm travel (even when you aren’t making a lot of money).
Adam is a CPA and Lindsey is a writer. They are in their late 20’s and just recently made the switch to the RV lifestyle. However, they’ve been traveling all over the United States and the globe for the past year and a half (just not in an RV).
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Every week we will break down how different people have sold their belongings, bought an RV, started a business, and ultimately created epic lives for themselves and their family.
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