This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Catalyst. To virtually tour Catalyst and claim your space on campus, or host an upcoming event: CLICK HERE---After serving abroad in the Peace Corps and seeing the opportunity to create his own business, our next guest built brick and mortar language schools in Mexico, where s..
This podcast was published on April 25, 2022
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Ray Blakney is known as “The Pajama Entrepreneur” and has started multiple 6 and 7-figure online businesses from the comfort of home. After realizing his high-paying software engineer job in Silicon Valley was leading to an endless, unmemorable corporate life, Ray quit to volunteer and pursue entrepreneurship.  He now shares what he learned from all of those experiences as a speaker at conferences around the world and o..
This podcast was published on April 06, 2022
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The YES Effect
Feed drop time! We’re on a break from the show as we prepare for v5 of SquadCast and work on revamping the SquadCast podcast. So, we’re bringing you carefully curated feed drops from some of our favorite SquadCasters.This week, meet Pat Flynn, an advisor to SquadCast.fm. In this episode, Pat interviews Ray Blakney.From Pat's website:Seth Godin once said that podcasting is..
This podcast was published on March 29, 2022
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Ray Blakney is a serial entrepreneur who has bootstrapped multiple 6 and 7-figure businesses ranging from online language schools & SaaS products to chocolate factories in Asia. All from home in his superman pajamas. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Having your own podcast is a lot of work. it’s not just about getting a good microphone. You have to find great casts, prep for interviews, edit it, put it to social media, promote to your lis..
This podcast was published on March 09, 2022
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Entrepreneurs on Fire
Ray Blakney is a serial entrepreneur who has bootstrapped multiple 6 and 7-figure businesses ranging from online language schools & SaaS products to chocolate factories in Asia. All from home in his superman pajamas. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Having your own podcast is a lot of work. it’s not just about getting a good microphone. You have to find great casts, prep for interviews, edit it, put it to social media, promote to your lis..
This podcast was published on March 09, 2022
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Alexa Entrepreneurs On Fire
Ray Blakney is an award-winning Filipino-American entrepreneur who has over a decade of experience building (bootstrapping) and operating 6 and 7-figure location independent businesses. He and his businesses have been featured in magazines such as Entrepreneur, Forbes, The Boston Globe & other top publications. He's currently running Live Lingua, an online language learning platform, and Podcast Hawk, a SaaS system that helps bu..
This podcast was published on March 01, 2022
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#547 Seth Godin once said, podcasting is the new blogging. If that’s true, guest podcasting is the new guest blogging. Today, we’re going to talk about how to be a guest on another person’s podcast. How do you get that person to say yes? How do you maximize your time on that show? How do you bring those listeners to your website, your brand, your product, your lead magnet, or whatever it might be? Show notes and more at
This podcast was published on February 02, 2022
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Running a successful business can be exhausting and overwhelming. In this episode, Ted Ryce interviews Ray Blakney, an award-winning entrepreneur. They reveal the single most important habit for business success that will ensure that you never burn out again. Tune in to learn this powerful tool, so you can lead a profitable and sustainable business and make time for the things that matter in life.
This podcast was published on January 31, 2022
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Legendary Life | Transform Your Body, Upgrade Your Health & Live Your Best Life
Ray Blakney takes us on his journey being born in the Philippines, growing up mostly in Turkey, and then moving to the US for the end of high school and college. He reflects on feeling culturally out of place in the U.S., and more at home in other countries. Ray opens up about how he was on the traditional corporate path and abruptly chose to change his life course, join the Peace Corps, sell all his belongings and move to Chiapas, Mexico...
This podcast was published on September 01, 2021
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The Maverick Show with Matt Bowles
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This podcast was published on July 30, 2021
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This podcast was published on July 28, 2021
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Ray Blakney is an award-winning Filipino-American entrepreneur who grew up in Turkey but now lives in Mexico. His businesses include Live Lingua (one of the top online language schools), Twiducate (a social network for schools with over 200k registered users, and
This podcast was published on July 16, 2021
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Ray Blakney was haunted by a question: If they wrote a book about your life would anyone want to read it? His answer was no. So he stepped outside his comfort zone, quit his job, and had an adventure. That decision lead him down a path that has taken him to a place he could never have imagined. He's now an entrepreneur and lives in Mexico, living a life that is much different from his day job years before. Since starting his first ..
This podcast was published on June 29, 2021
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The Meaning Movement: Helping You Find Your Calling, Create Your Life's Work, and Make Career Change
Ray Blakney is the CEO/Co-founder of LiveLingua.com and PodcastHawk.com. In 2006, Ray quit his high paying job as a software engineer in the US to work as a volunteer for almost no pay helping indigenous communities in southern Mexico. After that life changing experience he started on his entrepreneurial journey which led him to create multiple, ..
This podcast was published on June 08, 2021
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As a current or aspiring nomad, you have probably thought about or tried to learn a new language. If so, this is for you! In this episode, my guest is Ray Blakney, a serial expat and co-founder of an online language school. Ray grew up as a TCK (third-culture kid) which has significantly shaped his worldview and how he approaches life. During our conversation he walks us through his experiences living abroad, joining the Peace Corps, an..
This podcast was published on March 31, 2021
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Nomadtopia Radio: Digital Nomad and Expat Lifestyle
International entrepreneur Ray Blakney tells his incredible story of being a CEO, Edupreneur, Speaker, Podcaster, 7-figure bootstrapper & part-time swordfighter in multiple countries.
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This podcast was published on February 07, 2021
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Your host, Gabby Scott, speaks with Ray Blakney of Live Lingua on his awesome journey to creating a massive language learning resource.
This podcast was published on January 06, 2021
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"We're in Queretaro, Mexico, with Ray Blakney of LiveLingua.com. Ray and I talk about the Pena de Bernal monolith, ancient pyramids that are over 2000 years old, and hacienda tours. Show notes are at WeTravelThere.com/queretaro Bluffworks’ stylish clothing is designed with the modern traveler in mind. It is wrinkle-resistant, machine washable, and ..
This podcast was published on November 23, 2020
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We Travel There with Lee Huffman
Ray Blakney is probably like every other award-winning Filipino-American entrepreneur who grew up in Turkey and lives in Mexico that you know. He started his first business, with his wife as a business partner, in 2008. Since then he has bootstrapped multiple 6 and 7-figure online businesses. Most of this was done from home in his superman pajamas.
He and his businesses have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Boston Globe and..
This podcast was published on November 17, 2020
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Ray Blakney joins us in this episode of The Entrepreneur Ride Along Podcast to discuss the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Including building his business Live Lingua (twice), scaling Live Lingua to a seven figure online business, transitioning from a brick-and-mortar business to online, driving traffic with SEO, his tendency to get bored and start […]The post
This podcast was published on November 13, 2020
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There is more to opening a new business, or a revolutionary digital product than just money and pure brilliance.
Sometimes, it can sadly mean giving up other pursuits and passions and saying no to other opportunities.
In this episode with Ray Blakney, he walks us through his top lessons and realizations building Live Lingua, a top online language school, and why there’s more to life than just multi-mi..
This podcast was published on September 06, 2020
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Sword fighting, Peace Corp serving, apple pie with cheddar cheese-loving business owner Ray Blakney stops by to share with us how he’s grown the largest language learning online school in the world that hasn’t raised venture capital. Whatever content you have -- a blog, a book, a podcast, a website, a YouTube channel, or a combination of them -- Ray’s 4 proven steps will get you from crickets to consistent ..
This podcast was published on May 26, 2020
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Copy That Pops: Writing Tips and Psychology Hacks for Business
Segunda parte da conversa que o Foster teve com o Ray Blakney. Nós já participamos do podcast dele que é o The Anomalous Educator e dessa vez foi a vez dele de participar e contar sua história para nós. Press play!Prepositions Perfection está aberto para inscrições! Entra no..
This podcast was published on April 14, 2020
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Temos um convidado super especial que é o Ray Blakney. Nós já participamos do podcast dele que é o The Anomalous Educator e dessa vez foi a vez dele de participar e contar sua história para nós. Press play!Prepositions Perfection está aberto para inscrições! Entra no www.inglesnuecru..
This podcast was published on April 13, 2020
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A Philippine-born, Turkey-raised, US-trained, Mexican volunteer turned serial entrepreneur, podcaster and international speaker, Ray Blakney took the hard way towards success.
With the help of his determined attitude, a 2500 USD from the peace corps and search engine optimisation, he launched his first successful venture. The same venture rose and fell with swine flu and a total google algorithm change. Ray Blak..
This podcast was published on March 07, 2020
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Welcome back to the BIG leap series where we bring on some of our Camp Indie speakers to talk about their first big leaps into their location independent lives, tips & tricks to get you there, and so much more!Today's guest is another Location Indie community member, business creator & business scaler extraordinaire Ray Blakney from The Infinite Upcycle. Ray is the king of scaling businesses to 6 & 7 figures, creating processes that mak..
This podcast was published on February 26, 2020
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Active Management is a lot, like investing successfully in the stock market. If you hope to make a fortune in a day, you’re not going to be successful. What matters most is what you do day by day over a long period of time.  Just exactly as how my guest today, Ray Blakney paced his way through in building online businesses. In today’s episode of
This podcast was published on January 08, 2020
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Ray Blakney runs Infinite Upcycle, a content marketing agency that goes way beyond most. In this interview, Ray basically gives away their entire process from start to finish including keyword research, content creation, social media repurposing and link building. It’s a longer one, but immensely helpful.Â
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This podcast was published on January 07, 2020
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Hey guys and welcome to That Remote Show where we hear from location independent entrepreneurs and professionals so you can learn how to quit the cubicle and live life on your terms. In this episode, I get to talk with Ray Blakney, the founder of Live Lingua - a multimillion-dollar language learning company that is run by a fully distributed team.Ray and I cover the story of how he started Live Lingua, how they transitioned from a brick a..
This podcast was published on May 13, 2019
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Ray Blakney ~ Founder of Live Lingua
~ Current Series ~100 Interviews with 100 Location-IndependentEntrepreneurs that have over $1,000,000 in Annual Revenue
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Back in 2011, I was a lonely world-traveling digital entrepreneur living in Costa Rica. I wanted to learn Spanish as quickly as possible so I bought an online course f..
This podcast was published on October 08, 2018
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Ray and I have a fireside chat about the importance of authenticity in a relationship, the state of the digital world, and the secret life of Paul Lam on the LamCam. We also discuss mind strength techniques, the value of martial arts, the importance of being curious, exploring what excites you, and how to make a difference in the world. -- Enter this week's giveaway:Â www.heatharmstr..
This podcast was published on September 26, 2018
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Never Stop Peaking - Motivation for Your Creative Maniac Mind
This week on the podcast we are joined by CEO and founder of Live Lingua, Ray Blakney. Ray joined us all the way from Queretaro, Mexico to share his story of growing up living around the world, traveling to Mexico in the Peace Corps, and starting 3 language schools in Mexico. Ray shares how the business, Live Lingua, went from being a brick and mortar teaching only Spanish to an online business teaching students from around the world 11 differe..
This podcast was published on September 06, 2018
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Ray Blakney believes language can change your travel experience. He married his Spanish language teacher and now travels around the world teaching the world to speak another language.
This podcast was published on July 31, 2018
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Ray Blakney is a former Peace Corps volunteer and the founder of Live Lingua which helps language learners find tutors through Skype. The advantage of their service is that they have a curator who finds what you needs and brings any and all tutors up to speed with your course material. In this way it is more like a course rather than a random person on the internet who thinks they can help
This podcast was published on May 03, 2017
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Travel Wisdom Podcast -travel and learn languages for success and money