The Derek Loudermilk Show AOA 107 | Danny Flood | Creating An Open World
Feb 15, 2016
01:03:06
"Business is a delicate social interaction" - Danny Flood
Currently living in Bangkok, Danny Flood has been traveling the world as a digital nomad since 2009 and has learned just about everything there is to know about starting and running a business from the road through the three businesses he has started.
Danny has traveled to over 30 countries on four continents and earned his adventure chops rafting down the Amazon and climbing the tallest mountains of South America. Heâ€s rappelled off waterfalls in the jungle, sailed across the South China Sea, and motorbiked across SouthEast Asia.
In 2015 Danny authored 5 books - including Buy Your Own Island - and created of Open World Magazine. Open World is not just a travel magazine, but a life full of options for you to create what you want, including resources for the digital nomad, step by step lifestyle guides, and profiles of explorers.
In this episode we go over a range of topics for the entrepreneur and digital nomad: travel tips, productivity hacks, email outreach secrets to busy people, running crowdfunding campaigns, product creation, marketing messages, and lots more.
What you will learn from this episode:
-How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign
-How to reach out to busy and important people via email
-How to craft a simple marketing message
-How Danny focuses on a single task
-Goal setting timelines
-How to charge premium pricing for consulting
-How Danny thinks about new product creation (hint: create for your younger self)
-Using exclusion search on Google
Quotes:
"Business is a delicate social interaction" - Danny Flood
"The pressure is on to be prolific"- Danny Flood
"When I write, I don't know where the content will go - the brain doesn't have a goal"- Danny Flood
"Make it easy for people to say yes"- Danny Flood
"Loose ends rob you of energy" -Danny Flood
"Your purpose can change as you evolve"- Danny Flood
"Life is like walking up a dark staircase - you can't see more than 10 steps" - Danny Flood
"Meditation is the quickest form of travel"- Danny Flood
"A beard is a symbol of an unconventional lifestyle"- Danny Flood
"Adventure makes you feel connected to the world around you"- Danny Flood
"Adventure breaks you out of routine and makes you well up with excitement"- Danny Flood
Continue the Adventure (Resources from this episode):
Open World Magazine
Buy Your Own Island: The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Free and Making Your Dreams Reality
Free audiobook download
Dan...
Currently living in Bangkok, Danny Flood has been traveling the world as a digital nomad since 2009 and has learned just about everything there is to know about starting and running a business from the road through the three businesses he has started.
Danny has traveled to over 30 countries on four continents and earned his adventure chops rafting down the Amazon and climbing the tallest mountains of South America. Heâ€s rappelled off waterfalls in the jungle, sailed across the South China Sea, and motorbiked across SouthEast Asia.
In 2015 Danny authored 5 books - including Buy Your Own Island - and created of Open World Magazine. Open World is not just a travel magazine, but a life full of options for you to create what you want, including resources for the digital nomad, step by step lifestyle guides, and profiles of explorers.
In this episode we go over a range of topics for the entrepreneur and digital nomad: travel tips, productivity hacks, email outreach secrets to busy people, running crowdfunding campaigns, product creation, marketing messages, and lots more.
What you will learn from this episode:
-How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign
-How to reach out to busy and important people via email
-How to craft a simple marketing message
-How Danny focuses on a single task
-Goal setting timelines
-How to charge premium pricing for consulting
-How Danny thinks about new product creation (hint: create for your younger self)
-Using exclusion search on Google
Quotes:
"Business is a delicate social interaction" - Danny Flood
"The pressure is on to be prolific"- Danny Flood
"When I write, I don't know where the content will go - the brain doesn't have a goal"- Danny Flood
"Make it easy for people to say yes"- Danny Flood
"Loose ends rob you of energy" -Danny Flood
"Your purpose can change as you evolve"- Danny Flood
"Life is like walking up a dark staircase - you can't see more than 10 steps" - Danny Flood
"Meditation is the quickest form of travel"- Danny Flood
"A beard is a symbol of an unconventional lifestyle"- Danny Flood
"Adventure makes you feel connected to the world around you"- Danny Flood
"Adventure breaks you out of routine and makes you well up with excitement"- Danny Flood
Continue the Adventure (Resources from this episode):
Open World Magazine
Buy Your Own Island: The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Free and Making Your Dreams Reality
Free audiobook download
Dan...