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Here we go.

It’s Francis here with another Friday edition of The Nomad Newsletter.

Today, I’ve got a treat if you’re an up-n-coming freelancer.

Each of today’s topics are all about the “freedom business” component of nomading. Because sure, sitting on a beach in Bali or roaming the cobblestone streets of Europe is fun.

But if you’re broke and struggling for food, it ain’t as cool.

I promise you.

So that’s why today’s email is loaded with resources, podcast episodes, and potential mentors to help you grow as a freelancer.

Let me tell you this, too...

It actually doesn’t matter if you’re a copywriter, designer, in HR, or working with a particular skill set — succeeding in business comes down to the same formula: persistence, progress, mentorship, and mindset.

All of which I’ll cover in today’s edition, so go ahead and buckle up.

**Side note - if you want to get regular emails on scaling your freelance career, reply back with the word “FREELANCE” and I’ll make sure you get special content on all things freelancing.**

As for me, I’m alright. First week back in Budapest and I’m feelin’ good. I spoke on two different podcasts earlier this week, and I’ll give you an update on those in an upcoming issue.

I'm stupidly excited about today's newsletter...

Because I’ll share businesses and people with whom I personally worked with and credit for helping me thrive as a freelancer. Because of them, I rarely search for clients nor fear rejection when I share my rates.

Check out their links, follow their stuff, and listen to everything these people say.

You’ll thank me later, I promise.

Here’s what I got for you today:

👨 👩 The Dynamic Duo of Freelance Biz Coaching — My 2 Personal Mentors That Accelerated My Business To Earning Over $100k In Less Than A Year As A Copywriter

🧠 The Superwoman of Mindset — Meet My Personal Mindset Mentor That Unblocked My Negative Beliefs & Unleashed My Abundant Mindset That Has Me Traveling The World And Doing What I Love

🖊️ My Personal Cold Pitching Formula To Land $3,000 - $5,000 Monthly Retainers So Simple Even Total Newbies Can Use It

🎙️ 4 Podcast Episodes To Grow Your Freelance Lifestyle Business

Plus, I’ll also share a few more links to help you on your freelance journey.

Just make sure you take a look at everything in this edition, because who knows…

Your path to thriving as a freelancer may only be a click away.

In that case, we better get started!

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The First Freelance Copywriting Mentorship I Ever Had —
And One I Suggest To Every Newbie Freelancer

Meet Kira Hug & Rob Marsh of The Copywriter Club


As a freelancer, I’ve invested over $50k in mentorship, coaches, courses, and critiques. And in that time, I’ve fallen victim to a flurry of scams, wannabe gurus, and coaches who really didn’t give two f*cks about student success.

That’s not the case with The Copywriter Club…

Kira and Rob are two incredibly genuine, supportive, knowledgeable, and helpful mentors who made my freelance business what it is today.

Their FREE Facebook group is beginner-friendly, but also loaded with CEOs, hiring managers, agency owners, and other thriving freelancers — all engaging and supporting each other to grow.
Join the group to find free trainings almost every day, 6-figure freelancers giving helpful advice, and a real community that cares for each other.

I’ve seen total beginners with ZERO clients go from $0 to $10,00 within months with their help.

Plus, with podcast guests such as Seth Godin, Jay Abraham, Brian Kurtz, Taylor Welch, Stefan Georgi, and Justin Goff…

You can rest assured you’re learning from trustworthy, reliable experts who know what the heck they’re doing.

===>Learn more about Rob & Kira at The Copywriter Club here.

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The Greatest Mindset Coach In The World:
Linda Perry

You can desire to have a kickass freelance business. You can want to travel the world. You can wish to lose a shi*t ton of weight and get fit. You can want a lot of things…

But if you don’t have the mindset to achieve those goals, then it ain’t happening. For most of us, we learned the hard way. And for a while, I didn’t think I needed mindset training either. That was until I found myself running on fumes for months.

That’s when I fortunately found the woman that changed my life. I’m talking about my mindset coach, Linda Perry. She’s a former attorney, recovering copywriter, and a trusted Mindset Coach for countless business owners.

I’m telling you, this woman changes lives.

Personally, I went from battling limiting beliefs, stuck in a cycle of burnout, and feeling lost in my business…to gaining clarity, understanding purpose, and now having so much f*cking fun at work.

All thanks to her.

Like I mentioned above, I’ve invested a lot of money into work, but I think Linda’s training was the best money ever spent. The ROI isn’t just in my income, but also in my fulfillment, happiness, and excitement for the future.

Seriously, check her out if you want to kick some major ass as a freelancer.

===>Go here to see her website.
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How I Cold Pitch & Land Clients That Pay Me $3k - $5k Retainers — While Sitting On A Beach In Mexico


I won’t lie to you.

I don’t pitch prospects often anymore. I have a steady flow of work and currently in talks with 1-2 companies I see myself growing with. Don’t get me wrong, I still send out a cold email on occasion, but it’s not a regular thing.

But when I do, I typically get a response and a phone call.

You probably saw something similar in my lead magnet, but I wrote a Medium article to dive deeper into the topic. I thought I had to, especially since I get cold-pitched at least 5x a day with horribly mass-templated emails and DMs.

It’s not hard to do it right.

It just takes some time and a little research.

===>Go here to discover what I do.

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Podcast Episodes To Help You Grow
As A Nomadic Freelancer

Shameless self-promotion

Fortunately for you, all of this is free and I’m not selling anything.

But over the last year, I’ve spoken on 20+ podcasts about my journey as a freelancer. In most episodes, I share how I went from being a broke, starving, and struggling copywriter to steadily growing a freelance career that gives me freedom, fulfillment, and money in my pocket.

I hope you take a listen to, at least, one of these episodes so you can:

1. Learn more about me and know that I’m just a regular dude who understands the struggle.

2. Pick up one or two actionable ideas to help you build a thriving freelance business.

  • How To Make $10k/Month As A Digital Nomad Copywriter w/ The Badass Digital Nomads Podcast - Go here.

  • How To Find Your Zone Of Genius w/ The Misfits & Rejects Podcast - Go here.

  • Forging Better Habits w/ The Copywriter Club Podcast - Go here.

  • From Heroin Addict To World-Traveling 6-Figure Copywriter w/ The Maverick Show Podcast - Go here.

Each episode covers a different topic from habits, to mindset, to getting my first client, and creating traction to scale as a freelancer.

I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed recording them!

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Alrighty, my friend.

Today’s edition was slightly different, right?

I veered away from the usual digital nomad news, review destinations, and feature of nomads doing kickass things. But that was for a reason. I got a few email responses from people on this list asking about how to grow as a freelancer, so I wanted to dedicate an email to do just that.

And I want to make this a regular thing…

So if you want regular emails about scaling your freelance career, getting a steady stream of clients, landing higher paying gigs, and doing so without ever sacrificing your happiness…

Then, reply back to this email with the word “FREELANCE”.

I’ll put you on an exclusive list and you’ll get emails on all things freelancing.

Awesome.

Great to hear from you.

I hope you have a kickass weekend and get ready for another edition of The Nomad Newsletter on Monday!

Francis
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Ignore the following text. It’s random & only here to improve delivery. It helped her understand all of the little things I do for her that I thought she was too young to notice. But now she says "thank you" more often, which really brings a smile to my face. I already know that this book is going to help her grow up to be a kind, grateful young lady!!" Thanks again for this book and I hope you can share this message with other mothers like me so they can read it to their kids." - Jenny Now, that's an incredible story! A Mother's Love is certainly one of my favorites, too, because of all the messages I get like this one. Click the button below to take a look inside A Mother's Love: It's about an interesting creature... a lonely Yeti, who's living in the snowy mountains all by herself, hoping for some company... Here goes: "If you're looking for some fun, or maybe even a friend, go up to the mountain to the path's end. There you'll find the Yeti, who lives all alone. She'll make you feel welcome in her snow-covered home. So pack up your gear, go slow and steady, the fun's just begun because the Yeti is ready!" This fun poem is from a new book called The Yeti Is Ready... And it's given my kids a new perspective on friendship & acceptance!" Click the red button below to take a look inside The Yeti Is Ready: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking. I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes. Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid. I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour. There—for with your leave, my sister, I will put some trust in preceding navigators—there snow and frost are banished; and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe. Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. What may not be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever. I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man. These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates, on an expedition of discovery up his native river. But supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last generation, by discovering a passage near the pole to those countries, to reach which at present so many months are requisite; or by ascertaining the secret of the magnet, which, if at all possible, can only be effected by an undertaking such as mine. These reflections have dispelled the agitation with which I began my letter, and I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillise the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years. I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which surround the pole. You may remember that a history of all the voyages made for purposes of discovery composed the whole of our good Uncle Thomas’ library. My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father’s dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life. These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven. I also became a poet and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespeare are consecrated. You are well acquainted with my failure and how heavily I bore the disappointment. But just at that time I inherited the fortune of my cousin, and my thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent. Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking. I can, even now, remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise. I commenced by inuring my body to hardship. I accompanied the whale-fishers on several expeditions to the North Sea; I voluntarily endured cold, famine, thirst, and want of sleep; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics, the theory of medicine, and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advantage. Twice I actually hired myself as an under-mate in a Greenland whaler, and acquitted myself to admiration. I must own I felt a little proud when my captain offered me the second dignity in the vessel and entreated me to remain with the greatest earnestness, so valuable did he consider my services. And now, Margaret, do I not deserve to accomplish some great purpose? My life might have been passed in ease and luxury, but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path. Oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmative! My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed. I am about to proceed on a long and difficult voyage, the emergencies of which will demand all my fortitude: I am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing. This is the most favourable period for travelling in Russia. They fly quickly over the snow in their sledges; the motion is pleasant, and, in my opinion, far more agreeable than that of an English stagecoach. The cold is not excessive, if you are wrapped in furs—a dress which I have already adopted, for there is a great difference between walking the deck and remaining seated motionless for hours, when no exercise prevents the blood from actually freezing in your veins. I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel. I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing. I do not intend to sail until the month of June; and when shall I return? Ah, sister, how can I answer this question? If I succeed, many, many months, perhaps years, will pass before you and I may meet. If I fail, you will see me again soon, or never. Farewell, my, excellent Margaret. Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
Ignore the following text. It’s random & only here to improve delivery. It helped her understand all of the little things I do for her that I thought she was too young to notice. But now she says "thank you" more often, which really brings a smile to my face. I already know that this book is going to help her grow up to be a kind, grateful young lady!!" Thanks again for this book and I hope you can share this message with other mothers like me so they can read it to their kids." - Jenny Now, that's an incredible story! A Mother's Love is certainly one of my favorites, too, because of all the messages I get like this one. Click the button below to take a look inside A Mother's Love: It's about an interesting creature... a lonely Yeti, who's living in the snowy mountains all by herself, hoping for some company... Here goes: "If you're looking for some fun, or maybe even a friend, go up to the mountain to the path's end. There you'll find the Yeti, who lives all alone. She'll make you feel welcome in her snow-covered home. So pack up your gear, go slow and steady, the fun's just begun because the Yeti is ready!" This fun poem is from a new book called The Yeti Is Ready... And it's given my kids a new perspective on friendship & acceptance!" Click the red button below to take a look inside The Yeti Is Ready: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking. I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes. Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid. I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour. There—for with your leave, my sister, I will put some trust in preceding navigators—there snow and frost are banished; and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe. Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. What may not be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever. I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man. These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates, on an expedition of discovery up his native river. But supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last generation, by discovering a passage near the pole to those countries, to reach which at present so many months are requisite; or by ascertaining the secret of the magnet, which, if at all possible, can only be effected by an undertaking such as mine. These reflections have dispelled the agitation with which I began my letter, and I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillise the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years. I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which surround the pole. You may remember that a history of all the voyages made for purposes of discovery composed the whole of our good Uncle Thomas’ library. My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father’s dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life. These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven. I also became a poet and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might obtain a niche in the temple where the names of Homer and Shakespeare are consecrated. You are well acquainted with my failure and how heavily I bore the disappointment. But just at that time I inherited the fortune of my cousin, and my thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent. Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking. I can, even now, remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise. I commenced by inuring my body to hardship. I accompanied the whale-fishers on several expeditions to the North Sea; I voluntarily endured cold, famine, thirst, and want of sleep; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics, the theory of medicine, and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advantage. Twice I actually hired myself as an under-mate in a Greenland whaler, and acquitted myself to admiration. I must own I felt a little proud when my captain offered me the second dignity in the vessel and entreated me to remain with the greatest earnestness, so valuable did he consider my services. And now, Margaret, do I not deserve to accomplish some great purpose? My life might have been passed in ease and luxury, but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path. Oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmative! My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed. I am about to proceed on a long and difficult voyage, the emergencies of which will demand all my fortitude: I am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing. This is the most favourable period for travelling in Russia. They fly quickly over the snow in their sledges; the motion is pleasant, and, in my opinion, far more agreeable than that of an English stagecoach. The cold is not excessive, if you are wrapped in furs—a dress which I have already adopted, for there is a great difference between walking the deck and remaining seated motionless for hours, when no exercise prevents the blood from actually freezing in your veins. I have no ambition to lose my life on the post-road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel. I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing. I do not intend to sail until the month of June; and when shall I return? Ah, sister, how can I answer this question? If I succeed, many, many months, perhaps years, will pass before you and I may meet. If I fail, you will see me again soon, or never. Farewell, my, excellent Margaret. Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.