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

Family Office

I work with a smaller family office. 
- We are looking for about 6 more companies to invest in and bring added value to via our relationships and/or industry expertise.

- To give you an idea of deal size, we’re evaluating a manufacturer which seeks a $40 million investment. And we offered on a manufacturer that creates source materials for US submarines and US aircraft carriers.

- Industries we are active in = Energy, Real Estate, Technology, Food Production, Medical/Healthcare Solutions, Crypto/Web3.

- We prefer to acquire at least a 25% ownership stake. Though we will look at as small as a 10% ownership stake if we like the company’s Leadership Team, Value Proposition, and the Upside Opportunity.

- We prefer companies that have EBITDA. Though, I will look at revenue or pre-revenue companies.

Family Office Advisor, Investment Finder

Alamo Pressure Pumping

-Strategize the technology roadmap
-Coordinate with the Executive team + Ownership
-Train Operations, Maintenance and Finance on our software systems
-Contribute to financial, assets/equipment, and sales documents
-Quality Control and Quality Assurance on software we release and use

Technology Coordinator, Trainer, QA, QC

Chem-Energy Corporation

Worked with with Robert Hayward II and our team to form public private partnerships with Economic Development Corporations in Texas on green energy projects and the energy transition.

Chief Of Staff

Mining Hidden Gold inside Businesses

Know the top 10 ways to grow your business?

Though we're an online focused company there are better ways. 

Referrals, your reputation, online findability and more all affect whether your business succeeds or fails. They determine whether your business grows or shrinks.

Reputation Marketing - Google's Changes Hurt Your Rep? | Referral Generation | Reputation Management

More Customers Online

Follow-up = Success. It separates winning businesses from struggling or losing businesses. I develop customer follow-up systems and prospect follow-up systems which bring your business More Money.

Customer Follow-up Systems Non-Existent? | I Put Text Marketing and Email Marketing in Place For You

Lead generation is a constant nag for most local business owners. The ones I talk to are always looking for more leads. Using mostly the internet I generate leads for them via phone and internet contact form.

Lead Generation Rainmaker - generating leads for local businesses

Referrals are the life blood of most small businesses and they know it. But they don't know how to do it. By doing an evaluation of their business, their follow-up systems (usually non-existent) and what they're willing to budget I create systems based on their criteria to generate more referrals. High profit referrals are the gold standard keeping small business operating.

Referrals Rainmaker - Getting More Referrals for Small Business Owners

First - look over the small business' website. Next, uncover the holes in the sales and SEO readiness of the site.

Fact: I haven't found 1 small or medium sized business website that had an ideal sales funnel. Nor have I found 1 SEO prepared either.

Second - I suggest and implement strategies so they can make more sales and money from their website through SEO leads and direct phone calls or website lead forms.

Sales - Creating Website Funnels and Sales Systems to Convert Leads Into Money

Website often have holes or downright hurt the business reputation or brand. And that's just the starters.

Most business owners come to me with 1 goal in mind...to make more sales in their business. Specifically, they're disappointed with the lack of leads and sales coming from their website. Most business owners get nothing from their website.

This is where I step in to reverse this trend.

Website Development - Upgrading Website User Experience and Sales Conversion

Stand Out Authority - Builds your brand and business' value multiple

- Authority Building Strategy: we look at where you are, what assets you have already, and what your desired outcome is. Then we build a blueprint to help your business become the brand authority people in your industry come to first.

–Implement: We put into action the blueprint. We guide you so you can get us the info we need in a timely fashion to grow your authority.

Co-Founder, CEO - Authority Strategy and Media Recognition

Online Media Strategist

It's hard to get BIG media coverage so your prospects recognize you as the subject matter expert in your industry. But with the right strategy it can be done. I can help if you contact me:
http://clintevans.com/contact

Digital Success Advantage

Wizard of Ads

Alumni

Texas State University - McCoy College of Business

Customer Follow-up strategies for businesses to increase reputation, generate referrals and online reviews.

Tactics taught include:

* real-time text messaging
* scheduled text message offers
* mobile coupons
* email marketing
* direct mail referral cards
* personal photo mailer cards
* birthday cards

Referral System - SYSTEM is the key for small and medium sized businesses. It must be continuous, consistent and persistent to bring referrals, introductions and recommendations from past and current customers.

Small Business Administration - Workshop Presenter

Real Estate Investments

Used online marketing and direct mail marketing tactics to generate seller leads and buyer leads. Closed deals and project managed some full rehabs that included foundation repair.

Investor

Operate a company (or a Real Estate deal) you'd like to get funded? I'd be glad to talk with you. Message me. See "Family Office Advisor" section below for what types of companies we invest in.

Experienced Technology Coordinator with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. Skilled in Interviewing Subject Matter Experts, Follow-up Sales Activity, Nutrition, Internet Strategy, and Referrals. Strong education with a Advanced Wordsmithing focused in Writing Mastery from Wizard Academy Business School.

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The Battle

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