3. Who am I?
• Lily Wong
• 35 years old
• Born in Taiwan
• EFL English Teacher
• Full-time Podcaster & Professional
Tourist
• Podcast: Fly with Lily
• Enjoy Life-changing Experiences
• & Pursue HAPPINESS
• Website: flywithlily.com
5. How I Discovered Podcasting
• Listened during commuting and workout
• Learned English and inspired by stories
• Business Advice
• Feb. 2014 Signed up for a course on making podcasts
• April 1st, 2014, published my first episode, and daily (754 episodes to
date )
- Interviewed expats in China
- Interviewed Chinese who speak fluent English
- Interviewed people who have partners from different cultures
- Discussed learning English online
- Shared my experience with EFL English Teaching
6. Five days a week, different episode for each podcast
7. One sentence a day…
And it became my most popular podcast
Est. 1000 subscribers each day
Cohost: my ex-husband
Over 66 million plays
20 million downloads
633,000 + subscribers
Source: ximalaya.com
8. • Aug. 2014 I opened my first online course (70 euros), 10 people signed up first
day… I closed it immediately…
• Sep. 2014 I stopped podcasting …. 200 + messages in my inbox
• Nov. 2014 I started again (focus on travel)
• Dec. 2014 I had my first sponsorship and I went on a voluntour in Thailand…
I also started to take donations, est. 1000 USD/ month, and another sponsorship
• Jan. 2015 started affiliate marketing for a Chinese selling English courses
• Apr. 2015 selling travel club memberships, people threw credit cards at me
• Oct. 2015 Fly……
• Oct. 2015 – Oct. 2017 Traveled 20 different countries, 60 + cities, 16 paid
luxurious vacations, 2 volunteer trips and was featured on podcast documentary
(with my podcast teacher!!)
• Dec 2017 became a resident of Spain
22. 1. My strange nomadic childhood
2. Say goodbye when you can’t…
3. Getting over my divorce/breakup/unrequited love
4. How I became a podcaster and travel the world
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“I’m a survivor, not a victim……”
“You’re not alone…”