Working for NomadicMatt, Travel Blogging, and Building a Remote Career with Raimee Iacofano

That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs

Today on the podcast, Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Raimee Iacofano (@Raimee I.), or as you may know on social media Raimee Travels. Raimee has been working remotely for the past 6 years in roles related to the content, social media marketing, writing, and video production. She has worked for the hugely popular blog NomadicMatt, helped create the My Travel Journal with Matt Kepnes himself, and currently works as the Head of Content for Onomy where she helps empower young adults with the important information they need to navigate adulthood through creator-led, educational content.

Raimee is also a popular travel and remote work content creator with over 20,000 followers on Instagram and over 130,000 followers on TikTok. During this episode, she shared the story of how she landed her job working for Nomadic Matt, how to build a remote career and stand out from the competition, and how to balance work while also traveling around the world.

💬 Topics Discussed:

• What made Raimee confident to invest her time in remote work before COVID?
• Making the jump from a corporate job to a digital nomad
• Discovering the digital nomad lifestyle
• Should remote workers be paid less because of the way they work?
• Companies that pay people differently based on their location
• Defining your worth within a company
• How did Raimee start working for Nomadic Matt?
• How to be persistent with your career goals?
• The challenges of competing with a global talent pool
• The importance of personal brands as a freelancer
• Building and growing your personal brand
• Ways to build up your project portfolio
• Creative ways to stand out from other job applicants
• Balancing a full-time job and traveling
• Building and belonging to a community as a digital nomad
• Proper self-management and time management
• Figuring out how to plan your weekly schedule
• How does Raimee’s daily/weekly schedule look like?
• What is Onomy and who is it for?
• Networking in a remote-first environment
• Is the travel industry a good way to get started as a remote worker?
• The grind of growing your personal brand and business
• Raimee’s travel tips for digital nomads
• Experiencing the true culture of a place when traveling

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🎒 Resources:

• https://www.instagram.com/raimeetravel/?hl=en
• https://www.tiktok.com/@raimeetravels?lang=ms-MY
• https://www.doitallabroad.com/about-raimee-iacofano/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/raimeeiacofano/
• https://onomy.co/
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• https://www.timedoctor.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/liammcivormartin/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenweary/
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• https://appsumo.com/
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