Ep.289 ~ Building a Conference, Running a Conference, and Connecting at a Conference ~ Liam Martin

Liam Martin, founder of Staff.com and TimeDoctor.com ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Location-Independent Entrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue   Welcome to the show ladies and gentlemen we are glad you are here with us today because we have another exciting guest we want to introduce. Liam Martin is joining us today! Liam is the founder of two 7-figure location independent businesses, staff.com, timedoctor.com. He is also the founder of the Running Remote conference that is held in Bali.   Liam hopped on the show with us and gave so much valuable content that we divided the interview into two podcast episodes, the second episode will be published next! On the show today, Liam discusses what it was like building two 7-figure businesses simultaneously with remote teams. We then start chatting about Liam's goal of getting on 120 podcasts in 120 days. Being that created 100 podcasts in 100 days we got into a great discussion about tactics we both used to make this happen. Later in the show, we discuss how Liam used these podcasts to build his conference. Make sure to check out this episode!   “You lose money on your first conference, you break even on the second one and you make money on the third.” Liam Martin     02:20: Building a Conference 10:18: Failure Rate of Creating a Conference 15:18: Why Liam Doesn’t Attend Conference Talks, But Still Attends Conferences 16:40: Liam’s Strategy to Connect with People He Wants to Connect with at Conferences 22:04: Running Remote Conference     “I don’t attend conference sessions, because I realize out there in the lounge business is being done, and that is where you want to be.” Liam Martin Honorable Mentions:   Christopher Gimmer, founder of Snappa   Liam’s 7-Figure Location Independent Businesses https://staff.com/ https://www.timedoctor.com/   Joel from Buffer https://buffer.com/ Amir from Dooist https://doist.com/ Sarah from FlexJobs https://www.flexjobs.com/ GitHub https://github.com/ GitLab https://about.gitlab.com/ eLance https://www.upwork.com/ ODesk https://www.upwork.com/ Freelancer https://www.freelancer.com/ BuzzStream http://www.buzzstream.com/ FiresideConf https://www.firesideconf.com/   TomboyX Underwear https://tomboyx.com/pages/about-us-1 Ryan Dyse, founder of Traffic and Conversions Summit https://www.trafficandconversionsummit.com/   SXSW https://www.sxsw.com/ Mastermind Talks http://mmt.community/   Dan Andrews https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BN2KD1J/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrisreynolds-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07BN2KD1J&linkId=c498a7635bd7ccf3161c004a8abb9231   Brad Hart https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/brad-hart   Contact Info:   https://runningremote.com