Zero To Travel - Introcast Campaign

Campaign schedule: Oct 31, 2023 (open-ended)

✈️ The Zero To Travel Podcast has been downloaded 12+ million times and named a "Best Travel Podcast" by The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, The Telegraph, and Forbes.
Packed with life-changing perspectives, inspiration, and practical advice for everyone from travel newbies to nomads, this podcast will give you everything you need to travel the world on your terms, regardless of your situation or experience. Welcome to our amazing global listening community!
Since 2013, "Travel Ambassador" Jason Moore from zerototravel.com has been picking the brains of adventurous people living an unconventional life on the road so you can discover new ways to travel endlessly.
Along the way, you'll get actionable advice and key resources that will improve your life AND help you travel more as we get down and dirty on topics like; starting and running an online business from anywhere, the best off-the-beaten-path destinations to visit, travel and work opportunities, gutsy budget travel strategies, surprising ways to earn free travel, the digital nomad life, unconventional travel based lifestyles, fun travel jobs, how to plan epic adventures, backpacking, remote work, how to take a gap year or a career break, 4-hour work week inspired topics, ex-pat life, slow travel, travel hacking, sustainable travel, human-powered adventures, trips worth planning, and everything in between.
Host Bio: Jason wandered the planet as a nomad for over a decade and spent 15+ years on the road as a tour manager in events/music, a seasonal adventure travel tour guide, and a digital nomad. Originally from the USA, he is now a dual citizen (Norway/USA) based in Oslo. He is obsessed with helping YOU explore our planet on your terms.
Follow the show (it's FREE!) and welcome to the global community. 🙏
PS - To sign up for our free newsletter to get travel tips, tricks, destination advice, and more visit zerototravel.com/newsletter
PPS - If you'd like to access our paid premium feed with ad-free shows, bonus episodes, and more for just $3/month go to zerototravel.com/premium.

Example Script & Talking Points

Overall Guidelines
- Below is a suggested script but please make the introcast read your own
- Please recommend the aspects of the show that will appeal to your listeners and highlight 1-2 episodes/guests/topics that your listeners should check out and what you loved about them

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Intro and Personal Recommendation
- I know that many of our listeners would like to travel more, but that it’s hard to fit it in with work / hard to know how to get started / hard to make it a lifestyle like some people seem to manage [select what best speaks to your listeners]
- The Zero To Travel Podcast is a show that helps you travel the world on your terms.
- Jason Moore captures incredible interviews with guests that share actionable advice, life-changing perspectives, and key resources to improve your life and fill it with travel!

Sharing a Specific Episode Recommendation
- I especially enjoyed the episode with/about [guest/topic] and [something you liked/learned]

See a sample list of great recent episodes below

Trailer
- I'm going to play a 90 second trailer from the host Jason Moore, so you get a feel for the show.

[insert trailer mp3]

Call To Action
- We here at [your podcast] have become huge fans. And we’re not the only ones. Zero to Travel has been named a "Best Travel Podcast" by The Washington Post, The Telegraph, Forbes and others.
- Search for Zero to Travel on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

*** A Selection of Recent Episode Guests & Topics ***

Top destinations from influential travel experts:
- National Geographic Senior Editor, Allyson Johnson shares Nat Geo's best places to travel
- Gunnar Garfors, the first person to travel to every country in the world twice, reveals the top 7 up-and-coming destinations you must see before they get crowded with tourists
- Travel Channel TV host Oneika Raymond shares her favorite travel advice

Practical money-saving and money-earning advice:
- How you can take more vacations by booking better, cheaper flights with Scott Keyes founder of Going.com (formerly Scott's Cheap Flights)
- How to get incredible Airbnb deals around the world with the founder of one of the world’s largest Airbnb deals newsletters
- How to build, grow, and enjoy a successful 7 figure lifestyle business from Dan Andrews, who founded the world’s largest community of location independent entrepreneurs

Everyday folks making the leap from a conventional 9-5 job to a life of travel:
- How James Hopkins went from a soulless career on Wall Street to living in Nepal
- How Maxwell Lee and his family went from a daily grind to a nomadic lifestyle followed by a move overseas to pursue his passion for music
- How Annette and Daniel Fortner went from $70K in debt to world travel

Conversations with world-class adventurers:
- Polly Letofsky, the first woman to walk around the world 
- Erling Kagge, the 1st person to reach the North Pole unsupported
 
Detailed Terms
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