Learn how a 9,000-member meetup grew from a need for connection and what makes nomad communities thrive across borders. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Rosanna Lopes talks about growing up in the Netherlands, doing her MBA in Barcelona, exploring the music scene in London and going to clandestine concerts around the world. She then talks about her decision and process for transitioning from her corporate job to becoming a full time digital nomad with no base. Rosanna also shares her path to becoming a minimalist who travels the world with carry-on luggage only. She shares some of her top packing tips for women. Rosanna then talks about her world travel and shares stories from attending Carnival in Rio and Loi Krathong in Thailand and why it’s important for her to try and learn the local accents as she travels. She then talks about her interest in sub-cultures and shares her deep appreciation for Drag Queens and admiration of Drag culture. Rosanna then talks about her lifestyle design, travel cadence, and her passion for building nomadic communities around the world. She gives tips for nomads to find and build community and tells the origin story of the Lisbon Digital Nomads MeetUp which now has over 9,000 members. Rosanna then explains how affiliate marketing works, the different campaigns she has worked on, and the advantages to affiliate marketing over other channels. And finally, she shares her top tactical strategies for running an effective affiliate marketing campaign. → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here. ============================ FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests. ============================ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU See my Top 10 Travel Apps See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ============================ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!

Building Nomadic Communities, the Beauty of Drag Queens, and Running an Effective Affiliate-Marketing Program with Rosanna Lopes (Ep 111)

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Learn how a 9,000-member meetup grew from a need for connection and what makes nomad communities thrive across borders.  ============================  Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds.  ============================  ON THIS EPISODE  Rosanna Lopes talks about growing up in the Netherlands, doing her MBA in Barcelona, exploring the music scene in London and going to clandestine concerts around the world.  She then talks about her decision and process for transitioning from her corporate job to becoming a full time digital nomad with no base.  Rosanna also shares her path to becoming a minimalist who travels the world with carry-on luggage only.  She shares some of her top packing tips for women.  Rosanna then talks about her world travel and shares stories from attending Carnival in Rio and Loi Krathong in Thailand and why it’s important for her to try and learn the local accents as she travels.  She then talks about her interest in sub-cultures and shares her deep appreciation for Drag Queens and admiration of Drag culture.  Rosanna then talks about her lifestyle design, travel cadence, and her passion for building nomadic communities around the world.  She gives tips for nomads to find and build community and tells the origin story of the Lisbon Digital Nomads MeetUp which now has over 9,000 members.  Rosanna then explains how affiliate marketing works, the different campaigns she has worked on, and the advantages to affiliate marketing over other channels.  And finally, she shares her top tactical strategies for running an effective affiliate marketing campaign.   → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here.  ============================  FIND YOUR NEXT EPISODE  Explore The Maverick Show Starter Packs — some of my favorite conversations curated by theme so you can easily find the episodes that match your interests.  ============================  FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU  See my Top 10 Travel Apps  See my Top 10 Books that Shaped the Way I Travel  See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual)  Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn  See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend  See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use)  ============================  ENJOYING THE SHOW?  Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation  Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally  Support the show by buying me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes!

The Maverick Show is a global travel podcast about what really happens when people cross borders and build lives across cultures. Hosted by full-time world traveler Matt Bowles, each episode features intimate, unfiltered conversations (often over a bottle of wine) exploring the human stories behind global travel and what the journey teaches us about the world and ourselves.  Guests include expats, digital nomads, women and diaspora storytellers, worldschooling families, and human rights advocates, all sharing travel stories that are funny, moving, and deeply human.  In addition to hearing about extraordinary places and the people who live there, you’ll learn what it’s really like to move abroad, build an expat life, or travel long-term, as guests open up about their personal journeys navigating culture, race, power, identity, and belonging in an unequal world. If you’ve ever felt that travel changes you in ways no one talks about, you’re in the right place.  The Maverick Show hit the Top 100 on Apple Podcasts (including #1 in Places & Travel), was ranked in the Top 1% of podcasts globally by Listen Notes, and was named the #1 Digital Nomad Podcast and #1 Remote Work Podcast by Million Podcasts — with hundreds of five-star listener reviews.

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