Matt Bowles: This is episode 300 and it has been such an exciting ride to get to this milestone. I wanted to drop a short and sweet episode just to thank you for listening, give you some important updates, share some opportunities to link up with me in person, as well as some special offers just for being a Maverick Show listener.

So, let’s start off with some updates. I am now in my 12th year of being a full-time digital nomad with no base. I left Los Angeles in 2013 and have been traveling full-time ever since, which is how I find the most fascinating people on the planet to interview on this podcast. I’ve been hosting the show and publishing weekly interviews with today’s most interesting remote entrepreneurs and world travelers since 2018, and we now have listeners in 193 countries.

The Maverick Show is currently ranked in the top 1% of all podcasts by Listen Notes and this year we broke into the top 100 on Apple Podcasts and we’re ranked the number one place and travel podcast on Apple. So, I want to thank you for listening and for subscribing. I also want to meet more of you, either in person or at least virtually. You know, podcasting is kind of weird because there is very little opportunity for two-way interaction. It’s not even like YouTube or social media where there’s an opportunity to comment and interact with each other. It’s a very one sided medium and I would like to change that up.

So, to celebrate the 300th episode, I’m going to offer 30 people a 30-minute, one-on-one video call with me to discuss whatever you like. You can ask me any questions you want and structure it like a consult. Or we can just drink wine and share travel stories or talk about hip hop or Afrobeats or politics, or however you want to use the 30 minutes. It is totally up to you and I’ll let you know at the end of this episode how to get one of those video calls with me. But first, I want to make sure that you know about the Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Email Newsletter, which just passed its one-year anniversary.

So, every Monday for over a year now, I personally prepare this for you so that you can kick off each week with three items of value that are all personal recommendations from me. So those could be books to read or travel gear and gadgets that I’m using could be some of my favorite destinations and what to do there, or digital nomad communities to check out or events that I’m attending around the world that you could attend as well, often including special discounts, et cetera. So basically, I wanted to create a super short newsletter and challenge myself to pack in as much value as possible while still ensuring that you can consume it all in 60 seconds. Hence the name Monday Minute. So that’s the concept. That’s what I put together for you each week and we have been getting incredible feedback on it.

So, if you are not yet subscribed, you can do so at themaverickshow.com/newsletter. And if you’ve missed any of the past newsletters, we have an archive where you can check out all of the past issues on the same page where you subscribe. So, the URL, once again, both to check out the archive and to subscribe to the Monday Minute is themaverickshow.com/newsletter.

And The Maverick Show is also on social media, so you can follow us on Instagram @maverickshowpod.  And when you do, shoot me a DM there and say hello and let me know what you think of the show. I’d love to get your feedback and I’m super happy to respond to you there. So once again, the Instagram handle is @maverickshowpod.

Now, in terms of linking up with me in person in 2024, in September, I’m going to be speaking on a keynote panel at Nomadness Fest, which is in Charlotte, North Carolina from September 12 to 15th, 2024. This is a weekend for travelers of color and allies, and a bunch of Maverick Show guests are going to pull up, so it’s going to be a really dope crowd and you are invited to come through and hang out with us in person.  I’ll be speaking on a really timely panel called Tourism Meets Activism. It’s on Saturday, September 14, and you can get completely free general admission tickets for the festival day. To come here, my panel and meet me in person at no cost. You can just go to themaverickshow.com/nomadness to get your free ticket. Or if you want to come for the whole weekend and get a VIP festival pass, which I recommend, you can get a 30% discount off that by using the code matt. So, it’s just my first name, all lowercase m-a-t-t. Whichever type of ticket you want, you can get it at themaverickshow.com/nomadness. And if you want the VIP pass, remember, just enter the code ‘matt’ at checkout and get 30% off.

Now, in October, I am going to be at the Black Travel Summit, that is from October 10 to 13th, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This event is going to be a vibe. There is a black travel film festival, an awards gala, a yacht brunch, a black heritage food tour, and tons of amazing speakers and networking opportunities. And there will be a bunch of Maverick Show guests coming through as well. So, you can hang out with all of us in person. And I’ve got a special 10% discount for you. Just go to themaverickshow.com/bts and then enter the discount code Maverick. Again, you can get your tickets right now at themaverickshow.com/bts and use the code Maverick for 10% off.

Then in November, I am going to be a keynote speaker at the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok, Thailand, and this is happening from November 13 to 15th, 2024. This is a biennial gathering of some of the most widely traveled people in the world, many of whom have either already been to every country in the world or have the goal of visiting every country in the world. There will be a bunch of Maverick Show guests here as well, and you can get a $100 discount on your ticket. To join us, just go to themaverickshow.com/etf that stands for Extraordinary Travel Fest, and enter the code, Maverick.

If you have never been to Bangkok, this is a great reason to go. And if you have already been to Bangkok, you know what an amazing city it is. And you will get an opportunity this time to meet a very unique community of incredibly widely traveled people and hear their stories and their experiences. So, to get your $100 discount on your ticket to join us, just go to themavericshow.com/etf and enter the code, Maverick.

And once you buy your ticket to any of these events, please send me a direct message on Instagram  @maverickshowpod to let me know you’re coming so that we can link up in person at the event. So, follow us on Instagram the handle again @maverickshowpod. As soon as you do that, shoot me a direct message so we can make plans to connect in person.

And if you have been enjoying the podcast, you can now support The Maverick Show by buying me a coffee. It is very resource intensive to produce the podcast every week, so your support makes it possible for us to keep publishing new episodes every single week. And if you’ve listened to the show for a while, you know that I am fueled by espresso. I carry a travel espresso maker with me everywhere I go. I literally brought it with me when I hiked Mount Kilimanjaro and made an espresso every morning on the hike. And now you can buy me an espresso to support the show. So just go to buymeacoffee.com/themaverickshow and there you can buy me a coffee and leave me a personal note which I will absolutely read and greatly appreciate it. Once again, please support the show by going to buymeacoffee.com/themaverickshow.

Another way that you can support the show is by leaving a rating and review which helps the podcast out tremendously. And I personally read every single one. Now some platforms like Spotify only allow a star rating which literally takes 3 seconds. So, if you’re listening on Spotify right now, just click on the three dots, click rate show and then just click the star rating. That’s it. 3 seconds and you’re done. Other platforms like Apple and Amazon allow written reviews which are amazing for helping the show grow our audience. So, for direct links to all the places where you can leave a review, just go to themavericshow.com/reviews. Special appreciation if you’re able to pace that review on multiple platforms, it really helps the show out a lot and means a lot to me. So once again, just go to themaverickshow.com/reviews.

Also, if you can help amplify the show by sharing your favorite episodes on social media and recommending the show to other people, helping to get the word out about the podcast really, really means a lot and really helps us to bring the show to more people.

Also, if you are interested in real estate investing, in addition to hosting The Maverick Show, I am also the co-founder of Maverick Investor Group which is a fully remote real estate brokerage that helps you buy cash-flowing rental properties in the best U.S. real estate markets from anywhere. I’ve been running this company since 2007 and what we do is to help you to buy what we call turnkey rental properties. So, these are single-family homes, sometimes two to four-unit properties that are either brand new or fully renovated and they already have tenants and local property management in place. So, you get all the benefits of owning the deeded real estate, the hard asset, the physical house, without having to be the rehabber or the landlord or live near the property. So, you can own performing rental properties in the best U.S. real estate markets from anywhere.

If you are interested in learning more about that, head over to themaverickshow.com/realestate. I have a free white paper there you can grab called Real Estate Investing for Digital Nomads. That explains a lot more about it. There are also video testimonials from digital nomads around the world that have bought rental properties through Maverick so you can listen to those. And there is an offer for a free video consultation with Maverick Investor Group to discuss your real estate investing goals and get your questions answered. So, all of that is waiting for you at themaverickshow.com/realestate.

So, with that, as I continue to build out the podcast and try to deliver you as much value as possible with The Maverick Show, the most important thing is being able to listen directly to your feedback. So, I would really appreciate it if you could provide me with your feedback and opinions about The Maverick Show, what you like most favorite episodes and topics, what I can do to improve the show, and what you’d like to see more of or less of moving forward. All of that is because I created the show for you. So, your feedback is super important to me and you can give it to me by submitting a short survey@themaverickshow.com/survey. I read every word myself and I really take it into account, and I think about it and I take it into my planning for the future episodes of The Maverick Show.

And as a thank you for filling out the survey, I am offering 30 people who fill out the survey a 30-minute video call with me. So, to get that call, first of all, go to themaverickshow.com/survey and submit the survey. As soon as you do that, just dm me on Instagram @maverickshowpod and we can schedule your video call. I am super excited to meet more of you, to connect with you, to do these video calls, hopefully to see some of you in person at some of these events, but at least to do these video calls. So just spend those couple minutes filling out the survey. Then shoot me a DM on Instagram @maverickshowpod and we will schedule your video call.

And I just want you to know that I am putting all of the links to everything that we have discussed in this episode in one place in the show notes. So just go to themaverickshow.com, go to the show notes for episode 300 and there you’re going to find direct links to all of the live events with all of the discount codes that I mentioned. You’re going to find all of the links for where to leave a rating and review, how to get more information about the real estate investing, how to get the link for the survey and the Instagram handle to DM me on how to buy me a coffee, all of the different things that we have discussed in this episode, including how to subscribe to the Monday Minute Email Newsletter, all of that is going to be in one place. Just go to themaverickshow.com and go to the show notes for this episode. And I am super excited to see some of you in person this year and to connect with 30 of you on a video call. And with that, good night, everybody.