You are so right and true. I just spent 30 days in Europe for the first time. I am a Marketing Consultant 20 years so I get it.

You are so inspiring. Although I have been lucky to be traveling from a young age thanks to a really international family, I only now in my mid 40's am on a transition to become a full time traveler. I think its never too late to live your dream but opening up streams of income is important. I also am black and cant wait to start living this life!

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+ChefMireille welcome to the club. Let me know if you need any help or advice. Why I'm here.

Awesome video man. Not in the travel biz, but am a content creator on KZread. That info you gave on having a plan in place before pitching to brands was priceless! Fellow Texan and (Navy) veteran. Thank you for your service.

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

glad you liked it. I can't tell you how many people pitch my clients with zero plan. Have to go in and make it hard for them to say no.

Hey Erik! Thanks for this video! As I grow my business, I’m working towards growing my brand and audience by sharing value that builds credibility.

This video is what I needed especially as a man of color so good to hear thx bro you nailed it

@Minoritynomad

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man, THIS is always special to read. Glad I could help.

Thanks! Its a different process everywhere, pretty easy in Ontario and Toronto

@Minoritynomad

Жыл бұрын

what process are you referring to? becoming and travel professional?

I Love what you said about a few things here! I've been in this industry for a long time and one of the things I've learned is that it's okay to say - "you know what, I know another agent who is an expert on this destination, let me give you their number." This is a great post - I am loving your knowledge and look forward to watching your journey. Good stuff!

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

appreciate the love and support. Please let me know if you decide to share your journey.

Great video. I have a travel consultant interview tomorrow so this was needed

Great video, I've been traveling my butt off and I've gotten very good at it. People keep telling me I should do this as a profession but I'm not sure where to start😢

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

Start a travel blog. Create authority. The thing is. how would I know you're a great or experienced traveler? Put yourself out there. Doing this for a living is easier said than done. But if you go at it full speed, it's doable. No half-assing this career field.

Great advice. You're killing it with the daily vids. Oh and applying for the passport in October, not waiting for November.

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to stay on it. It's INSANELY difficult. This one almost didn't make it before I had to head out for the last tour of Copenhagen. lol. Awwwwww snaps. Passport Mafia getting bigger.

@Halonablack

8 жыл бұрын

Minority Nomad Rough life... 😜 Great video! I'm planning a trip to Chiangmai Mai in November and I'm planning some great food stories.

Thank you for the great video and useful. we hope to see more videos like this in the future.

Thank You for representing the minority community and being a motivation we are professionals,business oriented and travelers also some people seem to overlook that.. It time to recognize our brands...

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. I just set out to fill a void. Amazing that there just aren't many cats out here trying.

insightful and inspiring. The information is succinct and straightforward. More grease to your elbow

Funny interrogation!!!! Hey by the way thanks for serving. Also thanks for being bluntly honest about all the information regarding how to move, where to move, etc I have watched to date 66 vids about moving to different countries. Some make you feel it’s 1 2 3 when it’s not So thanks for your honesty Like other ppl trying to make money off of ppl looking for information regarding expat life from beginning to end

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

I'm always surprised when I see people making it sound easy to just move abroad. Either they had a LOT of help they wont admit or are lying. Lol

Im so close to doing this man. Great video

thank you for your service!!!! As a fellow minority and content creator, I really enjoy your videos. keep 'em coming.

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

Two best decisions I ever made were joining the military then leaving when I did. lol. I'll keep them coming. Apparently you guys like hearing me run my mouth. hahahahahaa

This video really gave me an insight on how to start with a career of travelling agent, many thanks.

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Plan and execute. Most people don’t make it past the planning. Get on it. You can make it happen.

Had to share. Love your vid!

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+Arikat B. Appreciate it

@ArikatB

7 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Good advices and very helpful

So many good ideas! I really liked this video.

Great information!!!

Excellent information! Thank you so much.

Thank you for your service! I'm currently in the USAF stationed in Aviano, Italy. Im 20 and living in rented house outside of the base. I travel about every weekend and thats what I love doing. My question is how is traveling in the military vs traveling with your job right now? And what would I have to do to be able to transition into something like you're doing from the military?

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

I was stationed there also. Loved Aviano. They are very different. Military travel was of course, paid for. And usually restricted. I went where I was told, when I was told. Personal travel while in was also limited. Just a lot of restrictions. Now, total freedom. I do what I want, when I want. I'm a travel journalist so I get paid for what I do so it's significantly different. As far as doing what I do, find something you love and are good at. Then do that. People always say they want to do what I do until they actually try and do it. lol. I make it look easy because I love it and have dedicated my life to it.

@basedc1420

7 жыл бұрын

Minority Nomad that's awesome. Curious question, what was your favorite place visiting while you were at Aviano? Like a weekend trip that you could drive to.

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

Venice is like 45 minutes. Proseco Road is BEAUTIFUL. Hit up Garbara. Excellent wine. Bigger road trips. Budapest man. Easily my favorite. Like 7 hours. Used to go during 4 day weekends. Prague is like 8 if I recall. I was there before budget airlines started really popping. So we drove everywhere. Definitely take advantage man. Budapest has excellent festivals. Prague, good night life. Venice, beautiful during off season.

This was fantastic! Stay bringing the realness!!!

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+OneikaTraveller you know it. Lol

Hey! Thanks for the advice!

I felt like your advice can help me..

Keep it up man! Good stuff.

Also, write and speak clearly. Learn manners. These things are important to business and life. I try to do this as much as I can.

Thanks so much for this video. Very helpful

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+coleyy793 my pleasure

Just earned a new subscriber!

@Minoritynomad

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I've watched this and realize that I'm underestimating my brand...

My boyfriend is a black travel agent too. One of the few like you said.

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm not a travel agent. I'm a travel journalist. But there definitely is a lack of travel agents of color. Does he feel the internet is making his job harder?

would really be interested conversing with you. I have been living in TH since 2015. Being an American Black male is truly an experience here in LOS.

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+Jay H I'm easy to find my man. Hit me on IG in the privates.

"Happened upon this video"....great business content. Thank you 👍

you really should consider teaching a course. myself and many others would pay good money. I always wanted to be a travel courier a training course on how to find a decent place to stay or cheap airfare or even converting different currencies from a person who does this for a living would be invaluable. you would be like Indiana Jones Hahaha

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

hahahahahaha. Man I don't have the patience to teach anymore. lol. This information i'll always give for free. I get frustrated seeing all the "How to Travel the World For Cheap" ebooks and courses people are selling when they don't say a damn thing that's not readily available info. I get it, it's a hustle. But if you really care about your people's you can find a balance between making a living and hooking them up.

Hey ! I am actually studying tourism and hospitality in college , I would love to be a travel consultant, can you tell me how to prepare for it to companies?!

@ecyorkdaleglenpark3349

Жыл бұрын

Where?

What are your thoughts on Sales funnels and marketing? I know this video was made in 2016, but I am considering jumping into the travel industry.

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

Great if you can get in. Problem is every faux guru is selling people on those and making it harder and harder to break through. Doable though. Extremely hard but doable.

that's pretty helpful

I look up to you. My dream is freedom through work like you do and online business

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+Sam P- dreams come true through planning and execution my friend. Let me know if you need advice.

What do you think about using Blogger or Blogspot for posting our travel media?

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not a fan. I find them restrictive and dated. I alway recommend self hosting and using Wordpress. Industry standard.

Great Video!

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

appreciate it

Your speaking to my soul! I want to tavel so badly but one of my fears has always been how the world would see me as a African American woman. My family has even tried to talk me out of this itch to travel.

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+muireanne families seem to be one of the biggest barriers to black travelers. Especially female. Check out The Blog Abroad with Gloria Atanmo. She's a great example of a sister with strong family ties that travels.

@edunlap6594

7 жыл бұрын

muireanne Girl, do it! This of it this way: Your culture -- in this case your family -- or your life. They're not always the same. Choose wisely. Think for yourself. You don't need permission.

@edunlap6594

7 жыл бұрын

Having said that I, myself, wouldn't go to Dubai because of the way they treat women there.

@muireanne

7 жыл бұрын

I agree! I think I'm going to give myself five years to set money aside and get things in order. I've been researching various ways to earn money while abroad and everything needs some foundation work before it becomes worthwhile.

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

muireanne make a plan and hold yourself accountable. No one else will. Few people will care more about your future happiness than you.

Such a powerful statement and video Erick. I have learned from you, and I have focused on the US. I have some upcoming events, stories, and content from the past two months. My focus is the African American Baby Boomers while influencing the millennials of what their parents are capable of doing in retirement. Keep up the great work, and try not to power through those Copenhagen bicycle chains. Lol! :-)

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahaha. AA Baby boomers are a force in travel. A hell of a niche to work in. There's a brother named Greg Gross that specialiazes in creating tours for them. He was actually one of the first black male traveler bloggers around. Not sure what he's doing these days.

Can you do explain how you have set up a nomadic business? As in where have you registered your business? Is it an llc or do you have sub companies, etc?

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

My businesses are registered back home in the U.S. Sole proprietorship for one and LLC for the other as I have a long term plan that requires it. Down the line I'll likely move them overseas.

@akafob

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for responding!

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

+PM Media my pleasure

I've been living abroad for the past 3 years. Initially, I made unedited videos with very little direction and almost 0 personality. A friend of mine told me that I'm a fun and funny person to be around, but it doesn't come through in my videos. I'm currently in a country that I'm not personally very interested in, but I intend to move to Taiwan in September. How would you recommend I take a 2nd, first look approach at doing my own vlog once more.

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

Just keep making videos. Pretty simple actually. Part of the reason people are awkward on camera is because they have fear of judgement. Knowledge breeds confidence. Know what you’re talking about and who you’re talking to. Figure who your target audience is. My target audience is young people of color. Which is why I speak the way I naturally speak. Now if I was speaking to 50 year old white folks it would be different. Just keep pressing record and talk about what you care about. Fuck the trends and what everyone else is doing. Do you.

I didnt't get it....sorry but i find it confusing ...how do u get paid?

@familyfunseekers8334

6 жыл бұрын

I don't understand either

Hey my brother I think you need to start you’re own business instead of making them rich check out dr Boyce Watkins and the black business school

@Minoritynomad

4 жыл бұрын

i do have my own business.

Hi, what are the tools to get started as a travel agent?

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

No clue man. Sorry.

Also, I do wish to do affiliate marketing, perhaps if only just to get my equipment up to snuff, but to do this, I must grow my social medias. Any recommendation in that regard?

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

DONT. Making money should be the furthest thing on your mind. It taints creative and pulls your focus away from creating high quality content.

@caspermac

6 жыл бұрын

Don't attempt to grow my social medias in hopes of being more more marketable in the industry? Again, it's not about money for me. I have a very particular philosophy in regards to it. It is as follows. Let's say I get a backpack for free. I then have to challenge myself, creatively, to showcase that backpack in a natural and pragmatic manner. This gives me ideas for the videos I will create in the future, which gives me more videos, and confidence in video making, and potentially more clients. Would you say it's an immature philosophy? Perhaps a bit idealistic?

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

It’s a fine philosophy. But you don’t need affiliates for that. Either you’ll do it or not. And that’s the test. Of course work to grow your social channels. But grow them to educate and entertain people. The rest of that stuff will come naturally.

What courses do you need to do to become a Nomadic consultant

@Minoritynomad

4 жыл бұрын

none. but it helps to be an expert in a job you can do remotely.

Can you recommend a travel online agent school

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

Dont know any. Sorry

I hit 1000 instagram followers today! But how big do I need to grow my social media presence before companies consider marketing through me? Also, what did you use to create your blog?

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

It seriously depends on the company man. There is no magic number. I've heard 10k, some 50K, some more. And if your brand or content doesn't fit what they want then numbers don't matter at all. Just post consistent quality content and you'll get noticed. Well you need to promote yourself also but quality content consistently is the way to start. I use WordPress. I hate wordpress.org and Squarespace. Cheesy and short term.

@MrLongshot26

8 жыл бұрын

Minority Nomad okay, I'll aim for a million then

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

MrLongshot26 lol. aim for quality content on a regular basis.

@MrLongshot26

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks and in answer to your question at the end of the video, I like it when you show how easy it is to get to less travelled places like Kosovo

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

MrLongshot26 lots more of that to come.

Is it only you who works for your business or do you have other employee?

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+Lazrius Smith I have employees.

Hey, i had decided to study my post graduation diploma in travel and tourism ,can you please help me about its opportunity, salary and about doing diploma in this.

@Minoritynomad

4 жыл бұрын

I dont have a degree in tourism so I cant give you advice. You dont need a post graduate degree to work in this industry at all

@minnususan3553

4 жыл бұрын

@@Minoritynomad im a bcom student who is currently in my final semester. I wish to go to Australia and do my postgraduate diploma in tourism . Is Australia good for travel and tourism, do we get a good job because iam doing my undergraduate in india so thats y i decided to take a pg course there

@Minoritynomad

4 жыл бұрын

@@minnususan3553 im not sure about the job opportunities. sorry

I so do not understand why people think a presentstion of what to do has anything with me wanting to know tou personally does that mean you are looking for a friend? Hmmmmm🤔

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about?

I need help 🥺🥺🥺

@Minoritynomad

2 жыл бұрын

help for what?

Once the travel authority and social media following is built up can you be contacted for future travel opportunities?

@Minoritynomad

8 жыл бұрын

Oh no doubt it's going to happen. I think I touched on this in the video, but at that point the offers are going to come flying. But 99% are bullshit. One of the hardest skills that you'll have to develop is saying NO. Might sound simple but you have to find the balance. Out the gate, if the partnership doesn't help YOUR brand, it's a no. For example, a backpack company reached out to work with me on an article. They couldn't pay my rate so they offered me the equivalent in products. I can't do anything personally with what they gave me but I could give those items to my readers. The get exposure and an article, and my readers get cool swag. Win-Win.

5:35 you still don’t even have over 15k on KZread what do you mean?

@Minoritynomad

4 жыл бұрын

What do I mean about what? As I said, it's not all about social media but social media does matter. Me not having 15K on KZread is a testament to exactly what i said. I get paid on both sides of the fence. And I know journalist with zero (most actually) social presence making great livings. Social media is an accent that some clients put far too much stock in. But it's not something to be ignored if you're interested in diverse clients. I'm not a youtuber. I'm a travel journalist.

I'm on disabled how can I do this

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

Are you able to consistently produce quality travel content?

@vw1577

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I looking for something to do I go on cruises for the last 3 years I don't know anything about blog I know I'm asking for a lot I will appreciate your time if you decide to help me

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

Well to answer your question, yes. This is actually quite simple. Its just not easy. Produce good travel content consistently. Post and promote it. And there you go. Video is best

@vw1577

5 жыл бұрын

@@Minoritynomad if you have time can u look at my video and tell me what should I do better on my so I will do my next trip to AC next week

Do you know Jubril?

@Minoritynomad

7 жыл бұрын

+Earth Brother 7 yeah I know him.

Does this information still work as of today ?

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean.

@STMEPICWORLD1

6 жыл бұрын

Minority Nomad does the formula that you present on being a travel consultant still apply in 2017

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

well yeah. this isnt a new thing at all. create good content people care about, build an audience, and the clients will come to you. Or they'll be far more inclined to work with you when you pitch them. My way isnt the only way. a lot of paths to the end game. But the big point, be an authority.

@STMEPICWORLD1

6 жыл бұрын

Minority Nomad thank you!

Can you make income if you don't travel and kinda want to get your feet wet so to speak

@Minoritynomad

9 ай бұрын

I dont understand the question. Make income if you don't travel? You mean like a job?

@AntoinetteFloyd

9 ай бұрын

@@Minoritynomad yes I guess that would be the best way to put it . I’m trying to find a residual income solution to my current situation

@Minoritynomad

9 ай бұрын

Sure you can. Many people do it. Side hustle etc etc etc. If you're talking about in the travel space, that's going to be hard as you don't have any first hand experience of course. But overall, sure.

@AntoinetteFloyd

9 ай бұрын

@@Minoritynomad thanks. I know I don’t have have travel experience but in the near future I will international travel experience and wanted to make use of that

Well you lost me when it went into another keeping the man down video

@Minoritynomad

5 жыл бұрын

Deuces!!!

You lost me at 3:40 please stop talking a out yourself gather your thoughts make a point presentation and stick to it .

@Minoritynomad

6 жыл бұрын

You are aware this is my channel where I talk about ME and my experience? If that doesnt appeal to you then this isnt the place for you. This channel is and will always be about me.