Zack Young is an Entrepreneur, Coach & Digital Strategist from England living life as Digital Nomad. Zack and I met in Bali through the Slack community #nomads and since then he's taken his career to the next level, scoring work in New York City and helping his most recent client raise over a million dollars in a carefully executed crowdfunding campaign.

In today’s episode, we talk about the early beginnings of Zack’s freelance career, how he started a successful business in college and scoring gigs in New York, London and now San Fransisco.

To find out more about Zach, visit his website at www.zackyoung.co.

Talking Points

• [2:41 ] The beginnings of Zack’s Nomad Journey


• [4:53 ] Becoming a startup entrepreneur in England


• [7:15 ] The beginnings of Zack’s freelance career


• [8:47 ] His short corporate career in London, the illusion of big city success and finding a career in which he could make a difference


• [13:19 ] The beginnings of becoming a remote freelancer and his major breakthrough that landed him in New York City and now San Fransisco


• [15:53 ] Refining his personal brand on LinkedIn and through writing


• [16:52 ] Investing in his education and how he built his skills as an expert freelancer


• [18:35 ] The transition into remote work


• [21:03 ] Avoiding getting caught up with tourists and achieving balance with work and partying


• [24:26 ] The biggest challenges of working remotely and how develop trust with clients while on the other side of the world.


• [29:18 ] The Zack Young style of travel and his favourite locations around the world


• [32:18 ] The experience of working remotely in Australia and the challenges of being on a vastly different timezones


• [38:53 ] Coworking in Bali compared to Chiang Mai


• [41:08 ] The importance of external influence and achieving career growth as a digital nomad


• [44:01 ] Scoring writing jobs with Glassdoor and the Huffington Post and the benefit of guest blogging for your personal brand


• [48:41 ] Zack’s top tips for preparing yourself for a digital nomad lifestyle

My Favourite Quote:

“LinkedIn is a really powerful asset and recommendations on LinkedIn are crucial” [15:15 ]

Links Mentioned:

• The Miracle Morning (Book)


• Glassdoor


• Huffington Post


• Medium.com