Today I'm talking with Internationally-Acclaimed Author & Relocation Consultant Katie O'Grady is a 4th generation San Diegan who together with her retired firefighter hubby and their now 14-year-old twins immigrated to Mexico in 2012.
We discuss:
- Why Katie and her family decided to leave the rat race and move internationally
- How Katie went from a blog with 12 subscribers to creating a relocation consulting business
- Her evolution of wanting to be a writer and sharing her story to now helping other relocate
- The importance of having a keyword rich title over a pretty or clever title
- How Katie deals with the negative comments once her blog was opened up to a larger audience
- Why Katie feels it’s important to write in her authentic voice
- How putting her blog into a book can serve her audience
- Why Katie focuses on the social media platform that works best with her style and her audience
- The importance of sharing with your followers what has worked and what hasn’t worked in your journey
- Katie’s advice to a new blogger just starting out
- The importance of showing up consistently and with authenticity
- How her relocation consultancy was born after one email asking for help
- How you don’t have to have all the answers, but a willingness to find the answers
- How Katie finds the confidence within herself to keep moving forward when she feels overwhelmed
Bio:
Internationally-Acclaimed Author & Relocation Consultant Katie O'Grady is a 4th generation San Diegan who together with her retired firefighter hubby and their now 14-year-old twins immigrated to Mexico in 2012.
Katie's blog, Los O'Gradys in Mexico, won the title of InterNations Top Expat Mexico Blog and her work has been featured in various distinguished platforms including Elephant Journal, Yucatan Times, and Huffington Post.
Over six years into their Mexico adventure, Katie and her family continue to embrace their reinvented, reinspired lives.
If you are interested in seeing what it is like to raise bilingual, bicultural, cross-border children and how you too can create your own life of design south of the border, feel free to connect with Los O'Gradys in Mexico at:
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