Travel & Treasure

Your guide on how to make money while traveling the world.

👋 Hello, my fellow travel lover. If you’re here, I’m guessing you want to learn how you can make money
from traveling the world. Then you’re at the right place.

🤔 Back in 2022, when I quit my job, I didn’t have a plan. I had been depressed for years, working 60 hours
a week to make my terrible bosses richer, and feeling no meaning to life. But once I went on this work
trip to Mexico, I understood that life’s too short, and quit my job, setting my mind to really figure this out.

😍 Now I’m celebrating my 2 years of full-time travel, mastering the art of getting paid to travel and finally
starting my own business. While I always felt like I was meant for so much more, it’s hard to believe that I
finally got to actually doing it. And now I want to show you how you can do that as well.

What I had when I started:

iPhone

300 followers

I’ve been paid to:

Visit Mt Fuji

Hike to Machu Picchu

Eat Korean food in Seoul

Eat Peruvian food in Lima

Surf in Rio

Take a flower bath in Sri Lanka

Visit Grand Canyon & Antelope Canyon

Ride a hot air balloon in Cappadocia and many more!

What it took me to earn $3000:

Then: work 200 hours to make someone else rich

Now: post 1 Instagram reel + 10 stories

👇 As the first step, make sure to watch the intro video I’ve created for you, that will be the foundation of
your education. This will be the first crucial step to make your leap - to learn how to make money on
your own and travel the world, just like I do.

Ultimate Guide on How to Make Money: Quit Your Job, Travel the World & Manifest Your Dream Life
If you feel stuck and need to change your life, but don't know where to start, then you're at the right place. In
this video you'll learn how you can start making money on your own, without needing any major technical skills.
It's not a get rich scheme, but a way how you can make decent amount of money with little amount of work. So
https://youtu.be/ygLPmJYzusA?si=1Vkiki2zB_deSKJo

And join my discord channel where you can meet likeminded people and ask any questions.

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 😍 By using these methods in this ebook, I managed to go from working 16h/day to 16h/week, from being
depressed to feeling happy, traveling all the time and learning how to make money on my own. If you
want to learn how to make money on your own, become financially free, travel the world and manifest
your dream life, then keep reading this ebook.

You’ll learn things like:

How to get social media deals without followers

How to grow your social media so you can monetize more

How to use social media to start your own online business

Different methods how to make money from traveling

This ebook is suitable for:

If you want to take a gap year to travel the world

If you want to learn how to make money on your own and quit your 9to5

If you want to become a social media content creator

If you want to have a fun side hustle

📈 In this ebook you’ll get a glimpse of my journey, that allowed me to make $110,000+ from social media
collabs, and additional income from other methods. Even if you don’t want to become a social media
content creator, in this ebook you can find various methods how to make money while you travel.

📔 Table of Contents

Can Anyone Do This?

How to Get Paid to Travel Without Having Followers
How I Started My Journey
Sharing My Personal Story With You
How to Grow on Social Media
How to Create Content That Works
How to Start Your Online Business
How to Make Extra Cash
Jobs That Include Travel in Job Description
How to Set up Your Online Funnel
How to Get Customers
How to Get Social Media Collabs
How to Do This Full-Time

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 End Note

Can Anyone Do This?

📈 I started my journey with 300 followers 2 years ago, and I had no idea how to get paid to travel - it
seemed unreal. Now I have more than 300,000 followers, I’ve had 43 social media collabs, 9 large
ongoing contracts, and 26 UGC projects.

Most people who become professional full-time travelers from social media, are from the U.S., and methods that
they talk about apply only to Americans. I’m not American, so my journey might have been more challenging, but it
shows that you don’t need to be American to make this happen.

👪 Theoretically you don’t even need to be 18 to make this happen, as there are tons of teenagers who have
monetized with social media. That is - if your guardians are supportive of this idea. Otherwise, you can
start growing your social media and start traveling when you’re 18.

You also don’t need to be a full-time traveler to get started. You can start by creating useful content for travelers
about your home country, and proceed creating content about the first few countries that you visit.

🔥 You don’t need tons of followers to get good social media collabs. Having 5,000-10,000 followers, if you
have a strong community with high-purchasing power, can land you up to $20,000 per social media
collab from tourism boards, travel agencies, hotels and many more.

Also, social media collabs is only one of the methods you can use to get paid to travel. You can get paid without
having followers, however, growing your community will help you make way more with less effort.

How to Get Paid to Travel Without Having Followers

😍 While this might sound insane, you actually can get paid to travel without having any followers. To make
a decent full-time salary out of this without any followers, you’ll need to learn how to make good photos
and videos. You can also mix it up with different methods.

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 Here are methods how you can get paid to travel without social media followers:

User Generated Content

Nowadays brands are actively using UGC services to create content for their own social media accounts.

That means that you need to create social media content that they will post on their own accounts, and
you don’t need to post anything on your account.

For inspiration, you can take look at Marriott, Skyscanner, GetYourGuide and other brands.

In order to get started, you need to create your UCG portfolio. You don’t need to have clients to create
your portfolio - start with choosing 3-5 potential clients and create UGC examples with them.

Content Services

Companies in tourism industry, such as hotels, tour companies and more, always need photos, videos and
other content.

So when you’re planning your next trip, you can create a list of relevant hotels, tour companies etc. that
you can offer your services, and send them emails.

For this you’ll also need to create a portfolio, showing examples of your photography, videography and
more.

Take a look at travel platforms like Booking, TripAdvisor etc. to see what kind of content similar companies
use.

Work Exchange

Platforms like Worldpackers have tons of work exchange programs for exciting destinations like Thailand,
Bali, Vietnam, Peru and many more.

The benefits for these gigs vary - some might ask you to pay, while others will cover all your expenses and
pay you additionally for your services.

Usually the best gigs are for helping out with marketing, social media, promotions.

TravelPayouts

One of the easiest ways how to make money from your travels is by using TravelPayouts.

On this platform you can apply to promote brands like Booking, Agoda, GetYourGuide and many more.

You’ll get a commission for every sale that comes from your affiliate link.

Amazon Associates

You can also sign up on platforms like Amazon Associates to earn commission.

Recommend your favorite products to other people and earn commission for every sale you make on
Amazon.

Group Trips

Platforms like TrovaTrip, TripLegend, JoinMyTrip etc. will pay you to lead your own group trip.

Usually they cover accommodation, tours, meals, and pay commissions for every tour participant.

For leading group tours like this you can earn between $800-$10,000 per one trip.

Travel Itineraries and Guides

On platforms like Thatch people are looking for travel itineraries and guides.

To put it simply, they connect experienced travelers with people who are just planning to visit this
destination.

You can share travel tips of places you’ve visited and get paid to do so.

Contests

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 Look out for different contests in the travel industry, usually ran by tourism boards, governments, travel
agencies, airlines and more.

For example, just now South Korea was accepting applicants who had to explain their personal connection
to traveling to South Korea - and their trips will be fully covered.

Contests like this are happening all the time - so make sure to check them out regularly!

How I Started My Journey

🤯 Back in March 2022 I quit my job without a plan. I was on a work trip in Mexico and I understood that
life’s too short to live miserably like I had for the past 10 years, putting most my time and energy in work,
just to prove myself.

📈 Just within 1 year I radically changed my life — from feeling miserable to living my best life. On February
2023 I left for Thailand, and then proceeded with visiting countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, South
Korea, Chile, Peru etc. There I got paid to visit Mt Fuji, hike in Machu Picchu, take food tours in Seoul and
Lima, swim in sea lions, surf in Rio and many more.

🤔 When I started with social media back in summer of 2022, I had only 300 followers on Instagram, and I
didn’t even dream to become a full-time content creator. I just wanted to prove to potential investors that
I could get traffic organically.

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 🥲 I started with TikTok and for the first 30 days it seemed to be going nowhere. I was getting barely any
views. I felt so cringe.

💪 But after experimenting with different kinds of videos, one concept got my first 20K views. I started
recreating that concept in different ways, and it kept getting 10K-200K views. I got super excited.

📈 And then right away my next challenge was to turn those views into signups for my app. So in every
video that I posted, I told people that if they want to learn more, they should download my app. And the
installs skyrocketed.

🤯 I had posted the same reels on Instagram and they didn’t work. Then someone stole my reels and posted
them on Instagram without the TikTok watermark and they went viral. That was my sign to start posting
my videos on Instagram without a watermark.

💥 Boom.

🤯 Suddenly, within 1 month, I go from 300 followers to 10K followers.

💪 I kept doing the same things that were working, and then within 3 months I grew from 10K to 50K
followers.

🥲 At the same time, my business attempt fails, because me and the cofounder couldn’t find common
language. So I give up on the business, but I decide to take social media seriously.

😍 Even though I was shy at first to send my collab offers, I am so happy that I did! Once I started sending
out my offers, I got 6 collabs in the first month!

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 📝 Here’s the first social media collab email I sent:

Hello,
I'm Agatha Catchrain, a travel social influencer. 48K Instagram and 13K TikTok followers,
mainly passionate travelers from UK, Europe, USA, Canada.

I'm going on a trip to London on 8-10 Dec, and your (brand) experience seems a great fit
for my followers. I'm showing people fun things to do in different travel destinations.
I'd like to offer to review your experience on my socials in exchange for £200 & 2 passes
8th or 9th Dec. Let me know if this is something you'd be interested in.

📈 I had 50K followers by end of December 2022, and then I grew to 150K followers by February 2022
(within less than 3 months).

👀 In this ebook I share some of the things that I did in order to grow my followers up to 270K on Instagram.

🤔 But then I learned that more views and more followers does not mean more money. So I started working
hard not on growing my follower amount, but on improving my funnel, and converting views into clicks
and sales.

🤯 Then I saw that a video with 10K views can bring more sales than a video with 1M views.

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 Sharing My Personal Story With You

🥹 I want to share this with you, because for me it would have meant a lot to hear a story like this back
when I got started.

🙄 Many travel influencers started traveling because their parents were taking them on trips. Others started
because they got their trust funds. When I was looking for inspiration and motivation, I couldn’t find any
travel content creator who didn’t come from a well off American family. I needed to see that it was
possible for a non American coming from a poor background to make it in this business.

💪 Even though I didn’t find any, I still worked hard to make my dreams come true.

🐣 1 year after I was born, I got very sick and all the doctors told that I wouldn’t survive, that I would die. I
ended up spending my childhood on heavy meads and hospitals. The meds made me incredibly bloated,
puffy and basically ugly. And everyone, adults included, kept reminding me how bad I looked, and called
me all the bad names.

😔 Early on, I learned how it feels to be bullied, and it did a number on my self confidence. Instead of
making friends, I was reading books and doing experiments all the time. It made me even more
awkward, but it also made me even smarter.

😍 As I learned more about history and different personalities, I started accepting myself more. While others
bullied me for being different, I started celebrating being different. Salvador Dali was the first to inspire
me to embrace my eccentric being, when I was around 6-7.

🫶 I also got inspired learning about Steve Jobs, no matter how cliche it is. He made me believe that
someone coming from a poor background, can achieve great things.

🎢 My life kept throwing different challenges for me. When I was 13-14, I had 9 operations dealing with a
tumor I got in my head. It pierced through my skull. Even though I managed to successfully win the
battle, there were consequences.

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 💔 I used to love sports, but it became the end of it. After I participated in my first running competition after
all those operations, I started coughing blood and passed out. After then, I started getting anxiety and
panic attacks. It happened almost every day, and in the worst moments. I couldn’t speak in front of the
class because I couldn’t breathe. Even though I loved public speaking. The doctors even suggested that
I should stop playing drums, possibly my last joy back then.

😔 As I kept putting all my best into academics, and getting all the best grades, participating in all the
contests, to try to prove myself, I also kept getting disappointed, and confused. I kept getting hit by
injustice of life practically on every turn, and I didn’t know what to do about it. I lacked the real self
confidence that other kids had, because of all the baggage, health issues, looks, domestic abuse, and
more.

🥲 But that was far from hitting rock bottom. As my life progressed, as more trauma I gained, I kept making
wrong life choices, and creating more sad stories for myself. And I had no idea how to escape from that.

💔 Instead of dealing with all these issues and trauma, I “escaped” by focusing on my career, because that
was the only thing I knew to do. I had to prove myself. I had to escape the vicious cycle. I had to show
that I could amount for something.

🔥 I got my first job in marketing at the age of 15, while I was still in high school. I skipped going to college,
because even though I loved learning, I despised academics. In my experience, academics wasn’t
learning. So I got my first marketing management job at the age of 19. Within the next following years my
career progressed fast.

🥹 But the more it progressed, the emptier I felt. And then, at the age of 27, working as a corporate CMO, I
started having these nightmares for months. Where I had a 2-story apartment and guests, and I always
discovered that I had a secret 3rd floor downstairs. It was empty, and the emptiness felt repulsive.
However, I always got excited about the things I could do with the 3rd floor. But then I always forgot
about it.

🤔 I kept having this nightmare for months. It felt like my subconscious was calling for me. And then I
figured it out. The 2 stories were my professional and personal life, but the 3rd one was something more
out of life. My soul kept yelling at me, how empty I felt. That I needed a wakeup call.

🔥 I set myself to figure out what’s more to life, and to feel fulfilled. Once I “accepted my destiny”, I felt like I
kept getting signs on where to go and what to do next. I changed my job. Long story short, that job was
way worse. But it lead me to travel industry, which ultimately lead me to building my own business.

🤗 The reason why I wanted to share this with you, is because I want you to know that anyone can make it.
There’s always a way. It will take some time, and you will need to learn how to do things the smart way.

📝 Here are some things I want you to consider down the line:

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 Instead of working hard, learn how to work smart.

Educate yourself by reading crucial books, e.g., Rich Dad Poor Dad, 48 Rules of Power, Atomic Habits etc., as
well as learn from YouTube, both skills and mindset.

If you want to stop being a slave to money, you need to become financially literate. That means that you need
to learn how to gain assets, instead of constantly buying liabilities.

You’ll need to learn to start with an MVP (minimum viable product) mindset. That means - whenever you do
something new, start with minimum. New website, app, course, anything - don’t over engineer, don’t fall victim
to perfectionism.

However, if you’re trying to make sales, you need to put more energy into marketing - setting up a strong sales
funnel, before you make a perfect product.

Most importantly - it’s not the big things that change your life, but rather the new daily habits that you start. If
you want to change your life but don’t know where to start - start with your habits.

How to Grow on Social Media

🔥 If you grow your social media community, then sky’s the limit! You’ll be able to get all kinds of social
media collabs and use different methods to make money from travels.

Create your social media accounts

Focus on one social media channel at first, I recommend Instagram.

But post the same videos on other channels - TikTok, YouTube etc.

Define your niche

Not having a specific niche is one of the most common social media content creator mistakes.

When you’re getting started, you might experiment, but in order to succeed, you’ll need to commit to a
specific niche, and become an expert that other people respect.

Keep in mind that “travel” is not a niche, you need to narrow it down, for example, “couples luxury travel”,
“adventure travel with kids” etc.

Another thing to keep in mind is that if you focus on cheap travel, you’ll have a very budget sensitive
audience, which will make it harder for you to monetize.

Learn about algorithm and what works

You need to learn the basics of social media, such as hooks, post structure, hashtags, trends and more.

If you’re planning to create a video, for example, about travel in Peru, write “Travel Peru” in TikTok search,
filter videos posted the last month and sort by likes. See what kind of videos performed the best, and what

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 didn’t, to get an idea.

Test out different concepts and compare results.

Start 30-day social media challenge

If you want to succeed with social media, then you need to understand that making a few posts won’t
make you succeed.

Firstly, you need to commit to create and post every day for 30 days.

During the 30 days, if you try out different concepts, and do research, you should see some progress. Out
of the 30 videos that you posted, it’s highly likely that at least 1 might go viral.

Most people give up after posting 1-3 videos.

Those who actually succeeded, posted 100+ videos till they really started growing.

Follow trends

Creating videos featuring different social media trends or trending sounds will make it easier to get more
views.

You can find trends using for example TikTok Creative Center, and search for trends, trending sounds,
hashtags etc. by different countries

Find what works for you

In order to grow, you need to test out different concepts.

As you test them out, see which concepts work the best for you, and repurpose them.

While you keep using trends, also work on showing your unique personality - the better you do this, the
better you can monetize.

End with CTA to get more followers

Based on my experience, if you end the video inviting people to follow your for more, you’ll can get 10X
more new followers.

You can also invite people to follow for more in the post caption.

How to Create Content That Works

🤝 Want to create content that performs well on social media? Here’s a quick guide:

Start with a hook

In most cases, content creator loses at least 60% of their audience in the first 3 seconds.

Many content creators have great videos, but lack ability to catch the attention of the audience.

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 In order to catch the attention, you’ll need to use text, visual and audial hooks.

Hooks are for example, something dramatic happening in the first seconds, what people want to keep
watching, text on screen that relates to your content, and audio that triggers interest.

Text hook examples are: “Airlines will hate me for sharing this but”, “Here are 5 things I wish I knew before
going to Italy” etc.

Provide value

If your content doesn’t have value, then people won’t watch it.

Especially when you’re just getting started and nobody knows you - you need to prove to your target
audience that you have something useful for them.

That means, you can share tips, give practical information, share interesting stories, or make your
audience laugh.

Always ask yourself before posting: would I like this? Would I save this? Would I comment? Would I share
this with someone? If the answer is no - then something is wrong about your content.

Really try to think about it objectively.

Use storytelling

While you share the valuable content, make sure to gradually tell your story as well.

Let your community know - why you’re doing this, how you started, what challenges you’ve faced and
more.

Make yourself relatable to your audience and make them care about you.

Use SEO

Help the algorithm connect your content with the right audience by using the right keywords and
hashtags.

Don’t just use broad keywords like travel, adventure, fun, thailand etc., make sure to mix it up with more
specific keywords, like travel thailand 2024, things to do in lima etc.

Research trending hastags and keywords.

Before exploring a new content idea, write in TikTok search your relevant keyword, filter last month and
sort by likes. If you don’t see any viral videos for these keywords, then chances are your video won’t go
viral too.

Have a good light

If you’re filming a speaking video, it’s essential to have decent lighting.

If you don’t have money yet for additional equipment, you can schedule your filming when there’s decent
sunlight, or improvize with your existing lamps.

You can also get some basic lights from platforms liek Aliexpress from $5.

Set up your camera

Learn the basics of phone camera settings.

For example, set 4K with 60fps for the best quality.

In case you’re filming on the street and lights are flickering, you might want to decrease the fps to 24fps.

Edit with CapCut

In my experience, the easiest and best way how to edit social media videos is CapCut.

You can also use TikTok and Instagram video editors to create content.

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 How to Start Your Online Business

💼 Nowadays it’s so much easier to start your own business, as resources are more accessible and it’s
possible to start a business with little to no upfront investment.

😍 The elegant thing is that you can combine the different methods how you can make money and turn it
into your business empire, just like I did. For example, you can use social media to grow your community
and get customers, while you monetize with collabs, affiliate marketing, selling ebooks and physical
products.

⚠️ However, beware! Instead of trying all the things at once, firstly commit to one thing! Grow the first thing,
and then proceed to growing the second thing. If you do too many things at once, all of them will be
mediocre and you’ll burn out.

💡 Here are some simple online ideas that you can explore:

Sell your services

Learn a high income skill, such as coding, marketing, accounting etc.

Start selling those services as a freelancer.

You can scale your business by finding employees.

Start an agency

Instead of providing the services yourself, you can start an agency.

That means, you’d find employees to provide the services right away.

To get started, you can look for specialists on platforms like Fiverr, Upwork, Indeed etc.

Sell ebooks and audiobooks

You can create ebooks about topics that people care about.

Use ChatGPT or alternatives to help you out in the process.

Sell your ebooks on Amazon Kindle.

Transform the ebooks into audiobooks and sell on Amazon Audible.

Sell courses

You can create courses about topics that you understand well and people care about.

Then you can sell them on ready platforms like Udemy, Coursera etc. to make some passive income.

You can also sell courses on your own website.

Earn with social media

If you’re from “the list” of countries that are eligable for payouts on social networks, you can make money
by getting views.

The best monetization platform still is YouTube, and in order to make money on YouTube, you’ll firstly need
to get qualified views.

Offer subscription boxes or services

Offering subscriptions is an elegant business model, because instead of running after every next sale, you
can focus on retaining the existing customers.

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 You can offer things that people need on a regular basis: diapers, pads, memberships and more.

Start an E-commerce store

You can sell physical or digital goods through an online store.

Platforms like Shopify or WooCommerce make it easy to set up your own e-commerce site.

Become an affiliate marketer

Promote other companies' products and earn a commission for every sale made through your referral link.

You can do this through your blog, social media, or email newsletters.

Sell handmade crafts or art

If you have a talent for creating beautiful or unique items, consider selling them online.

Sites like Etsy are perfect for selling handmade crafts, art, and other creative goods.

🤔 These are just some examples of online businesses that you can start. As they say “ideas are cheap,
execution is everything”, so the way how you make your idea into reality is what really counts.

Decide on your business idea

In order to succeed with your business, you need to find a problem that your audience has, and offer a
suitable solution. There are tons of different options, like selling courses, physical products, different services
and many more. Research and choose an idea that makes sense to you - something that you can be
passionate about.

Write a business plan

It doesn’t have to be a 100 page document, but make at least a short business plan, explaining the idea,
problem, solution, your audience, do market research and more. The internet is full with free business plan
templates, just use them! Defining the most important things and understanding your market is crucial for
success.

Set goals and deadlines

Another crucial thing for success is having specific achievable goals and deadlines. If you don’t know what
you’re supposed to do and how you measure success, how will you actually succeed? Create different
milestones for your product development, track your KPIs, make sure to stay on track and see if you’re
growing.

Find free and budget tools

When starting your business, you might get overwhelmed by the amount of tasks you have. But when you
know the right tools, it’s like you have employees who help you out with those tasks. Tools like ChatGPT,

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 EasyPeasyAI, Canva, Notion, and many more. Make sure to try out all kinds of tools and add them to your
workflow to make things easier for you.

Prioritize

Key to success is focusing most of your efforts on things with the highest possible impact. Start off by
creating a Minimum Viable Product. Create a solid online funnel. Don’t over engineer and make sure to
organize and prioritize your tasks on a regular basis. Personally, I love using Trello for my task tracking.

Network and connect

One of the biggest strengths when starting your business is having connections. And just because you don’t
have connections, doesn’t mean you can’t get them! Learn the art of networking, use platforms like LinkedIn
and more, and find partners or useful contacts for your business.

How to Make Extra Cash

🤑 While you can have a full-time job that lets you travel the world, you can also consider some side
hustles, that let you earn some extra cash while traveling.

Hostel worker

Social media manager

House sitter

Virtual assistant

Graphic designer

Digital marketing specialist

Transcriber

Take surveys

User testing etc.

ℹ️ To get work exchange gigs, you can sign up on this platform. You can also find different hostels, hotels,
restaurants in your destination and write to them directly, offering your help in exchange for benefits or
pay.

Jobs That Include Travel in Job Description

💼 Here are jobs that usually or often include travel as part of work:

Tour guide

Flight attendant

Pilot

Cruise ship entertainer

Other cruise ship jobs

Specialized veterinary specialist

Business development manager

Instructor

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 Travel blogger

Specialized photograpger

Specialized videographer

Language teacher etc.

How to Set up Your Online Funnel

💰 It doesn’t matter how many views or followers you’re getting, if you don’t have a solid sales funnel.

✨ Sales funnel is magic, and you’ll want to put in a lot of effort to build it.

📝 To get started, you’ll want to use ready systems, such as:

Beacons

Beacons.AI is perfect for people who want to focus on monetizing with social media collabs and affiliate
marketing. It has a free version and is perfect for beginners.

Stan

Stan is perfect for people who want to focus on monetizing with coaching calls, digital products and courses.
It costs $30/mo.

Wix
Wix is a all-in-one solution suitable for beginners. On Wix everything is easy to do, they have a solution for
everything. However, it’s like a Jack of all Trades but Master of None - most of their solutions are mediocre. So
once you will want to really grow your business, you’ll need to migrate to something else.

Others

Alternatively, you can use other website systems, like Wordpress, Squarespace etc. You can also use tools like
ConvertKit or ClickFunnels to make the whole online funnel experience more flawless and simple for you.

🤔 In essence, if you really want to make money with this, you need to set up a very simple online
experience for your customers, that directly and at all times lead to your desired outcome - sale.

👀 Even if you’re not selling anything per say, but only doing social media collabs, you’ll still need to have a
strong sales funnel to provide your customers with good results.

Use Instagram automation

You can use tools like Manychat to automate your Instagram comments and DMs and turn them into clicks and
sales.

Create a lead magnet

It can be anything, like a free ebook, template or anything else, that your target audience desires, and you’ll
ask for their email address in return.

Set up email marketing

After you collect their email addresses, you’ll send them automated emails. Those email chains usually consist
of 3-10 emails that your customers get after subscribing, 3 days, 7 days etc. after.

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 How to Get Customers

🤔 Now that you’ve started your social media, you got your website, you’ve launched your business - how
do you get customers? Let’s go step by step.

Define your target audience

The most important part for success is defining and understanding your audience.

Connecting the right solution with the right audience is key to success.

You need to understand your audience’s problem and present your solution in a way that makes sense to
them.

Make a list of your potential customers

After you understand your target audience, you can make a list of customers that need your solution.

You can use different resources to find them - ChatGPT, Google, social media.

Connect with them on LinkedIn

One of the most effective ways how to get new customers online is by connecting with them on LinkedIn.

But instead of trying to sell something right away, firstly you will try to make a connection.

Think about this as a long game. You’re firstly connecting about common interests and making a friend.

You need to focus on the other person, and show them how you can be interesting for them.

Join networking events

But the most effective way how to network and connect is face to face.

Ideally you’d join industry events where you can meet people and connect, by using the same methods I
wrote about LinkedIn.

Send cold emails and do cold calls

Sending cold emails is not effective, but when it’s a numbers game, you can get some conversions.

That means, if you send 100 emails, you might get 5-50 responses, depending on how effective your
emails are.

Use organic social media

As a more scalable solution, you can use your social media to grow your credibility and attract customers.

That means, you’ll need to make regular posts and set up an effective online funnel.

Run ads

Additionally, you can run ads on Google, Facebook etc.

That way you can target your potential audience and grow your volume.

📝 In order to make this work, you need to use effective methods and psychology, such as:

Don’t sell the features, sell the benefits.

People don’t buy the struggle or the result, they buy the transformation.

Use principles of scarcity, social proof etc.

Don’t be ashamed to sell and show your price with confidence.

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 How to Get Social Media Collabs

🤔 Once you’ve started working on your social media accounts, you can work on getting your first social
media collabs.

📝 Here are 6 things you’ll need to create first:

Media kit

A media kit is a document that outlines the key facts and statistics about your social media platforms. As a
social media content creator, it's like your professional resume, showcasing your follower count,
engagement rate, audience demographics, and examples of past collaborations. Businesses look at your
media kit to see if your audience matches their target market, and to understand the potential reach and
impact of a collaboration with you.

Creating a media kit might sound complicated, but there are tools out there to help. One of them is
Beacons.AI. It's a free tool that you can use to easily create a media kit. You just need to input your
information, and the tool will generate a professional-looking media kit for you.

Rates card

A rates card is a document where you show the services and prices for you as a social media content
creator. It's much like a menu in a restaurant, listing the various services you provide and their respective
prices. This could include charges for a single Instagram post, a package of Stories, a promotional video,
and so on.

Having a rates card is crucial for a number of reasons. Firstly, it helps potential collaborators understand
the investment needed to work with you. Secondly, it gives a professional touch to your interactions and
saves time in back-and-forth negotiations. Ultimately, it helps streamline the process of entering into
collaborations.

Deciding on the prices to list on your rates card can be a bit tricky. The best approach is to consider
factors such as the time and effort you put into creating content, your level of expertise, the quality of your
work, and the size and engagement level of your audience. Additionally, you can research the market rates
for content creators with a similar audience size and niche to ensure your rates are competitive. You can
use tools like UpGrow, Collabstr and more.

The good news is, if you're using Beacons.AI for your media kit, it already includes a feature for displaying
your rates card. This way, you can have all your key information in one place, making it easier for brands
and businesses to access and understand your collaboration terms.

Portfolio

A portfolio is a curated collection of your best work. As a social media content creator, photographer, or
UGC creator, your portfolio is an essential tool that showcases your talent and capabilities. It serves as
tangible proof of your skills and experience and gives potential clients an idea of what they can expect
when they work with you.

Creating a portfolio might seem daunting at first, but it's a straightforward process when broken down into
steps. Start by selecting your best pieces of work. These should be the ones that you are most proud of,
and they should reflect the type of work you wish to be hired for in the future.

If you're starting and you don't have enough client work to showcase, don't worry. Consider creating
content for potential customers that you'd like to work with.

There are various tools available that you can use to create and showcase your portfolio. Websites like
Behance, Dribbble, and Adobe Portfolio are popular options. However, creating your own website can give
you the most control over how your work is presented.

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 Remember, your portfolio is not a one-and-done thing. It should evolve as you grow as a creator. Regularly
update it with new work and remove older pieces that no longer align with your skills and direction.

Just like with the media kit and rates card, Beacons.AI also offers the functionality to include your
portfolio. This makes it easier for potential clients to find everything they need to know about you and your
work in one place.

Proposal

Whenever I pitch my idea to a new brand, I also send them a detailed proposal.

Now I have tons of different templates that I have created for myself, that I use for different cases.

For example, you might be sending emails to different backpack brands, so you can use the same
proposal template for all of them.

Because I want to keep my emails short, I include all the most important information there.

I showcase my existing customer reviews and case studies, as well as logos of the brands I have worked
with.

I explain the different content placements and benefits for their business.

I give them an option to choose from 2-3 different pricing plans.

List of potential customers

As you’re going to be reaching out to potential customers yourself, you’ll need to create a list.

You can start by thinking which brands and types of products make the most sense for you and your
personal brand.

Then you can use Google, ChatGPT, social media and different databases to look for them.

For example, if you’re looking for hotels in London, you will write “hotels in London” in Google, Booking,
Agoda etc. and then you can create a list of customers for yourself.

Email templates

Once you have your media kit, rates card, portfolio, proposal and list of potential customers. you can start
sending your collab offers via email.

Most content creators make the mistake of creating very fake, robotic emails, instead of keeping in mind
that there’s a person on the other side of the email trying to read it.

You also want to keep it short, because rarely anyone will want to read a long message from a stranger.

In this email you want to shortly introduce yourself, show how your audience and expertise fits their brand,
how you solve their problem, and what you want in return.

🤝 You can also sign up on different influencer platforms, where you can apply to different gigs and even be
invited to join some of them:

Collabstr

Shout

IndaHash

ExpertVoice

Skeepers

🔍 You can also improve your chances to get social media collab offers if you add your email in your bio.

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 👀 Now if you want to get more money from social media collabs, you’ll want to do the following:

Focus on retaining the existing customers, get ongoing contracts.

Provide your customers with good results, and performance reports.

Divide the rates by base rate, commercial rights, exclusivity rights etc.

ℹ️ You’ll also want to use a short contract before delivering your content, to make sure you get paid.
Ideally, you’d ask for a partial deposit payment. And when sending your deliverables before getting the
full payment, make sure to add a watermark on the videos. You can do that with CapCut as well.

ℹ️ If you struggle to get your first social media collabs while you have little amount of followers, you can
start with getting barter deals. That means - offering your services in exchange for goods, like hotel
accomodation, tours and more. Then you can use this experience and portfolio to get better gigs.

How to Do This Full-Time

🤔 When you’ll first start doing this, you might make nothing, you might get barter deals, you might make
additional $200-500/mo. Learning how to do this as a full-time gig, enough to quit your 9 to 5 job, might
take some time.

🔥 It took me almost a year to figure out how to make decent amount of cash from traveling. But once I
figured out the system, it became easy and the numbers started growing like crazy.

📈 Because of the system that I’ve created for myself, I’ve been able to make 6-digits from social media
collabs. I’ve been paid to visit places like Mt. Fuji, Machu Picchu, Grand Canyon, Cappadocia and many
more.

👀 Even just 1 year ago that was unreal for me, but now it’s my reality.

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 🤝 In this free ebook I shared with you all the basics to get you started with getting paid to travel. If you
want to get a practical step by step guide on how to get paid to travel as a social media content creator,
then I recommend you check out my Master Course.

📝 There you can learn things like:

How to grow on social media and create content that works

How to get social media collabs

How to build your sales funnel

👀 The practical resources include:

My winning email templates for getting social media collabs

Proposal examples based on my experience

Customer list template

🔥 Learn more about the Master Course on Getting Paid to Travel here.

End Note

🤗 Since you got this far, it looks like you might be serious about this. I'm super excited for you, because
you're at the beginning of an exciting journey to become a content creator and travel the world freely.

🤝 Please share your feedback here, it will only take a minute. That will help me create more content that is
helpful and useful for you.

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😍 I hope you get to travel the world and enjoy your life to the fullest!

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