The Working Traveller 

The Working Traveller (previously Your Lifestyle Business), is a blog and brand dedicated to helping (50+) nomadic solopreneurs build a business, travel the world and live their best life!

Founder

Jo Barnes Online

Jo Barnes Online, was my personal blog before transitioning to The Working Traveller (previously Your Lifestyle Business) in 2019. All the content can now be found on The Working Traveller site, on my youtube channel, in my podcast or in the weekly newsletter.

The Social Networking Academy

Voted The No 1 Social Media Product Online - IM Report Card

The Social Networking Academy was a results focused, online Social Media training academy for Entrepreneurs, Digital Product Creators, Authors, Coaches, Social Media Coaches, Managers & Consultants, Social Media Trainers, Experts, Public Figures & Businesses wanting to seriously increase their customers and revenue through Social Media and Online Marketing.

People who used the information explained in The Social Networking Academy training videos state that the information was extremely concise and easy to put into action. Others state that this was one of the best investments they have made in their online businesses. 

What was included in The SNA;

90 Day Coaching Program
The Social Media Library incl training on;
Facebook
Pinterest
Google+
Twitter
YouTube
LinkedIn
Social Media Superbrand Course
Drag & Drop Facebook Landing Page Templates
Contest App
Timeline Graphic Creator
Bi-Weekly Live Coaching Calls
Members Only Facebook Group
and much much more....

Creator

Free Fan Page Templates

My Free Fan Page Templates were the very start of my online adventure! 

State of the Art Drag & Drop Software to create Facebook Landing Pages, Contests and Timeline Graphics in minutes!

With over 40 Background Templates for the Landing Pages and Contest Apps, over 50 Timeline Cover backgrounds, 500 Social Media Icons, download buttons etc, you could either utilise our done for you templates or create your own from scratch.

We also had easy drag & drop widgets to add images, text, social media buttons, slideshare presentations, optin forms, contact forms, videos.

Unfortunately after pumping thousands of dollars and hours into this product, I got rapidly out-gunned and out-marketed by entrepreneurs and developers with much deeper pockets! 

I was happy to have helped as many as I did build email lists and an audience using the templates on facebook at the time.

Founder & Creator

For the last 13+ years I’ve been building online lifestyle businesses while traveling the globe.

Currently based in Phuket, Thailand, I left the UK with my family in 2010 with minimal savings and a couple of credit cards.

Since then we’ve visited and lived in 40+ countries and have launched, grown and sold multiple location independent businesses.

Here’s a quick timeline;

2010 – Started online biz, built email list to around 10k, generated $30-$40k selling a Facebook course
2011 – Launched The Social Networking Academy, generated $117k in 7 days during launch
2012 – 2014 – Grew email list & income to 5 fig months via membership site, affiliate marketing, social media courses & coaching.
2015 – Started on Amazon, sold over $1million in products in the first 12 months.
2016-2020 – Built Amazon biz to over $3 million a year in sales (around 20% net profit). Sold early 2020.
2019 – Started Your Lifestyle Business Blog as a bit of a side hobby to share past 10 years experiences. Currently generating $10k/month in affiliate sales & sponsorships. 
2023 - Launched our new YLB 90 Day Goal Setting Planner on Amazon & The Solopreneur Success Formula - a 3.5 hour video course sharing my 13+ years experience with new strategies to start & grow a location independent business in your 50’s & beyond.

If you want to learn how to start & grow your own lifestyle business, travel the world and live your best life, here’s some resources to help you; (Links in the Featured section)

1. Join ‘Unretirement’ for weekly tips.

The only newsletter you’ll need to help you create physical and financial freedom and get the very best out of life!

2. Take The Solopreneur Success Formula Course. 

In just 3.5 hours you’ll learn which business model suits your personality, how to pick a niche you can’t wait to immerse yourself in, how to create a brand story that resonates with your target market, how to build an engaged audience and email list, how to create products that sell and how to obliterate self doubt and imposter syndrome (that plagues us all!)

3. Check out the Your Lifestyle Business Blog

Over 450 articles and guides on how to start your lifestyle business, online money making ideas, how to get started in every imaginable online business model, how to become a digital nomad and travel the world, how to move overseas and more!

I can’t wait to help you start & grow your location independent business and maybe meet under a waterfall one day!

Contact me here - jo@yourlifestylebusiness.com
Or find me here for travel inspiration - https://www.instagram.com/jobarnesonline/

Jo Barnes

Content Marketing
SEO 
Article Writing 
Strategy

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Content Marketing Coach

Ryan Champion

Business Coach / Content Marketing Coach

Bath Homestay

Business Owner

Way back in 2013 I wanted to start out online. I loved communication (languages is my background outside of marketing)....So, I offered to work for an online language school for free to learn how to write blog posts.

I loved it. They did, too.

It was just like language training....

1. Educate
2. Help
3. Nurture
4. Call to action

Since then all I've had is fun.

I got hired as a business coach for content businesses
I got asked to be a recruitment trainer for content businesses
I became a "go to guy" for people wanting to create content in difficult niches.

Now I hire and train marketers.
I train on content marketing and SEO.
Consult and coach businesses on marketing and hiring for marketing.
Train niche staff to write the content for businesses.
Do your content marketing so you don't have to.

If you're curious about any of the above, this is what I live and breathe, so feel free to hit me up!

"I don't have time for LinkedIn."

Means... You don't think you have time to prioritise what feels like a "headache" project of a marketing funnel, or you think it takes too much time out of your week.

I get it. You're not the first.

Here's what actually works if you're established in your niche and want to add some extra clients via LinkedIn:

1–2 posts a week. 
Some genuine experience from your world — stick to your story and expertise. Don't bother with the all the generic inspirational trash or standard advice. Your audience already knows what you're all about.

15+ comments a week. 
Comment on posts your ideal clients are writing. Make sure you're articulate and have some value to add — no one wants "Great comment." You're here to demonstrate your expertise and knowledge to those who will understand and engage while seeing your value and positioning.

That's 20 minutes a week. Maybe less.
Okay, it may take a little longer at the start, but after a month, you'll be flying.
LinkedIn doesn't reward the most active person. It rewards the most relevant one.
If you can think of one person who shouldn't be putting LinkedIn off any longer, repost this and let them know about it.

Do you think 20–30 minutes a week can cover this? 

If not, why not? Drop a comment....

I help B2B consultants, coaches and founders turn LinkedIn into a solid inbound pipeline without sounding like marketers. Content freak since 2013. Featured in the Daily Mail

Ryan Champion. Don't have time for Linkedin

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