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Sept. 21, 2023

What Makes a Good Business Model

Someone recently reached out to me because they’re considering getting into the home service space.  They told me what they were thinking about doing and I ended up chatting with him, giving him feedback on what I thought actually makes …

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Aug. 31, 2022

A Step-by-step Guide to Starting a Vacation Rental Cleaning Business

One of the most frequently-recurring interactions on Twitter is people asking me, "how do I do what you did?" I love being able to share, which I often do in threads or private DM conversations. I thought it would make sense to share some of the bro…

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June 9, 2022

Some Ideas for Your Own Remote Local Business

One of the great pleasures of hosting the Remote Local Podcast is the chance to learn from fellow entrepreneurs what they would do if they had to start all over today (that's a question I like to ask). In this article I'm going to link a few of thos…

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May 5, 2022

Four Factors When Considering Local Business Opportunities

For those of you listening to my pod (and for those of you who aren't, check it out!) you've been hearing some Remote Local entrepreneurs come on and tell their stories, be it the one who started it all for me, Rohan Gilkes, or more recently Amar Gh…

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April 21, 2022

State of the Digital Nomad Life: Spring 2022

So I recently went to an event in Playa del Carmen where I got to catch up with fellow location independent business owners and aspiring digital nomads.  So much has changed in the last two years, but so much has stayed the same.  Let's st…

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Nov. 4, 2021

A Guide to Digital Marketing for Your New Business

Ideally all business owners want a consistent and profitable stream of leads that don’t cost a lot of money to acquire.  But that stream doesn’t just magically appear.  You have to build it.  The good news is that I’…

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Oct. 7, 2021

Four Key Steps to Analyze Local Competition in Your Marketplace

On a recent episode of the Remote Local Podcast, fellow host David Lahav asked a key question for anyone interested in market research on local competition: “What are my odds of leading the market and how hard will it be?”  David an…

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