Kiersten Rich ~ Forbes Top 10 Travel Influencer & Founder of The Blonde Abroad~ Current Series ~
100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers
Kiersten Rich was named by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Travel Influencers in the world and has been featured worldwide on major publications for her photography and influence in the travel space. Kiersten's blog, The Blonde Abroad, started as an online journal where she could share her travel stories and help inspire women to travel the world, and it has now evolved into a travel-focused media company with multiple brand extensions that is set to hit her first 7-figure year in 2019. Kiersten and The Blond Abroad are a perfect example of taking online influence and turning into a legitimate multi-faceted business.
Currently, The Blonde Abroad has over 550,000+ followers on Instagram, nearly half a million monthly blog visitors, 5 million monthly Pinterest viewers, over 200,000 Facebook fans, and over 2.5 million YouTube views. On the show today, we get the backstory of how Kiersten started this project and spent the time and effort over the years to become a serious entrepreneur and build a solid, sustainable business. We chat about how she handles priorities while traveling, where her traffic comes from, being an early adapter to social media platforms, and how she creates videos while travels. We also get into some fun chat about her favorite blogging perks, best travel experiences, favorite conferences, and of course, how to manage influence in a responsible way.
08:40: The Beginning of The Blonde Abroad
20:00: Finding Synchronicity After Many Years of Travel
25:33: Prioritizing When Running a Successful Location-Independent Business/Blog
30:25: Being a Good Friend and Analyzing Friendships
33:38: Becoming a Forbes Top Travel Influencer
37:53: Where Does The Blonde Abroad Get Their Her Traffic?
41:18: Moving from Blogger to Entrepreneur and Being an Early Adapter
47:38: Blending Influence w/ Entrepreneurship
50:58: Giving the Online World Boundaries
55:28: Creating Your Own Videos While Traveling
1:04:38: Top Blogging Perks
1:08:28: Top Travel Experiences
1:12:58: Top Conferences & Groups
Contact Info:
https://theblondeabroad.com/
https://questcreativeagency.com/
https://tbaescapes.com/
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Ep.252 ~ Licensing a Successful Brand and Taking it to the Next Level Online ~ Dave Andrews
Ep.251 ~ Location Independence with the Kids ~ Michael Petersen
Ep.250 ~ When Your Business Becomes a Responsibility to Better the World ~ Fran Dunaway
Ep.249 ~ From Firefighter to Entrepreneur to Creating His Own Initial Coin Offering ~ Lee Pennington
Ep.248 ~ An Entrepreneur's Story About Hitting Rock Bottom ~ Jason Long
Ep.247 ~ Global Crisis of 2018 and Why You Need to Be Adaptable ~ Damion Lupo
Ep.246 ~ Platforms that Suck and Building a Better One ~ Wyatt Jozwowski
Ep.245 ~ What’s the 100 Year Vision for Your Business? ~ Wilco de Kreij
Ep.244 ~ 7 Years of Failed Entrepreneurship to a 7-Day Million Dollar Startup ~ Dan Norris
Ep.243 ~ Moving From Old Business Models to New Business Models and Hong Kong ~ Stephen Petith
Ep.242 ~ Building a 7-Fig Location Independent Business From Charity Adventure Races ~ Stephan Jacob
Ep.241 ~ $475,000 Kickstarter Campaign with 16,000 Backers ~ Mark Zhang
Ep.240 ~ Avoid Self-Employment Tax, Global Retirement Accounts and Living in Latvia ~ Bobby Casey
Ep.239 ~ Managing Over $1 Million Per Month in PPC Spending ~ Michael Erickson
Ep.238 ~ Money Has No Morality ~ Nitin Chhoda
Ep.237 ~ The Content Marketing Godfather ~ Joe Pulizzi
Ep.236 ~ $190,000 Webinar Launch and 5-Months Inside The Entrepreneur House ~ Steven van der Peijl
Ep.235 ~ Your Friends May Suck and You Don’t Even Know It ~ Taylor Pearson
Ep.234 ~ Squatty Potty, $30 Million in 2016 From Moms Poop Stool ~ Bobby Edwards
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