31 May 2014

011 Erik Paquet | How To Fly To Brazil For $60

Posted in entrepreneurs, podcast By Harry Duran On May 31, 2014

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Here’s the Recap:

Erik and AJ are hosts of the Abroaders Podcast. This niche show covers the ins and outs of what's known as travel hacking. It's the concept of leveraging credit card miles bonuses, through an efficient use of timing and research, to travel around the world for pennies on the dollar. Each week they break down a new concept and provide up to date news on offers and tweaks that you can use. Essential travel info on this Erik Paquet Interview.

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What We Covered:

04:00 – Where they are finding interesting topics for the podcast
06:00 – Why Harry likes the Abroaders Podcast
06:36 – What was the inspiration for starting the show?
07:40 – What other sites were their model?
09:05 – What is the draw of the show?
09:40 – “That's why the oversized value exists”
10:40 – How did Erik and AJ meet up?
11:20 – Shout out to New Lansing and Detroit!
12:40 – Friends in Tokyo
13:50 – Why mileage hacking is great for bootstrapping businesses
14:50 – How to facilitate building a business that is ‘anti-fragile'
15:40 – What are Erik and AJ's respective specialties?
16:55 – Why travel hacking is for businesses as well
17:30 – The strategy for acquiring clients
20:00 – How they were able to get the branding for Abroaders
21:55 – Why the Jam for the Week is a fun part of the show
24:05 – The genesis of the website generic cialis express delivery content & birth of the podcast
25:55 – Imagining what the voices on the other end of the line sound like
27:00 – The point where AJ & Erik nailed down their podcast process
28:25 – How to keep the quality in, after outsourcing
30:45 – The production process and the pleasures of scaling
32:55 – When did travel hacking become a business?
35:20 – Other projects in the works
36:35 – The goal is to put more time on outreach
38:25 – The beauty of open jaws and stopovers
40:45 – Curating the best blogs on the topic
43:15 – How Dan Andrews was a big help in working out the business model
47:45 – Why the ‘velocity of relationships' is so important
49:55 – Why Erik does what he does