Archive for May, 2008
In Transit
I had a post all lined up today which was going to announce that we’ll be taking a break from this blog for a while whilst we have a pretty busy few weeks with travel and business.
However, I changed my mind and decided that I don’t really want to take a break but we just [...]
I had a post all lined up today which was going to announce that we’ll be taking a break from this blog for a while whilst we have a pretty busy few weeks with travel and business.
However, I changed my mind and decided that I don’t really want to take a break but we just wouldn’t be posting this week as we don’t have a draft that’s in a decent enough state to be read by you guys & gals!
As I type this, I’m sitting in the Emirates lounge in HK airport waiting for our flight to Dubai, where we’re staying overnight before flying to the UK for a week (with a quick trip down to Devon then back ‘home’ to Nottingham) before flying back to Dubai for 3 days and then finally to South Africa for 6 months.
It’s late (10.30pm) and our flight doesn’t leave for another 2 hours so we will be tired, grumpy and no doubt jet-lagged this week.
Therefore, please excuse the lack of posts this week for the next couple of weeks - but it is only temporary for now!
The Impracticalities Of Working From Anywhere
I bet that isn’t a title you expected to read on a blog where we mostly talk about how *possible* it is to work from anywhere, is it?
When it comes to the “live anywhere, work anywhere” lifestyle of a modern nomad, the usual images of tanned entrepreneurs tapping away at their laptops on the beach [...]
I bet that isn’t a title you expected to read on a blog where we mostly talk about how *possible* it is to work from anywhere, is it?
When it comes to the “live anywhere, work anywhere” lifestyle of a modern nomad, the usual images of tanned entrepreneurs tapping away at their laptops on the beach under a palm tree spring to mind.
The reality however is quite different.
Have you ever really tried working from a beach with your laptop? - where it’s so damn hot that the rivers of sweat pouring down your face make it impossible to see your screen, if that is, the sun weren’t causing such a glare that it’s practically invisible anyway.
You Know You’re in South East Asia When…
Yesterday we went out and about around Phuket to take some snaps of our home for the past month. We’ll be sad to leave here next week - but happy to return early next year. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the photos…
Yesterday we went out and about around Phuket to take some snaps of our home for the past month. We’ll be sad to leave here next week - but happy to return early next year. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the photos…
Basic Social Media Tips For Location Independent Professionals & Nomadic Web Workers
Photo by Felix Francis
Running a business online for the past 15 months whilst moving around from country to country every couple of months, means we’ve had to get pretty smart, pretty fast about how to network online, market ourselves online and generate ongoing new business online.
We had a few false starts and some rather major [...]
Photo by Felix Francis
Running a business online for the past 15 months whilst moving around from country to country every couple of months, means we’ve had to get pretty smart, pretty fast about how to network online, market ourselves online and generate ongoing new business online.
We had a few false starts and some rather major flip-flops in what we’ve been doing business-wise but what it’s meant is that we’ve had to start from scratch each and every time, build up a client base from nothing and generate enough business to earn a living from to support our lifestyle in rather more expensive places like the Caribbean, Toronto and Dubai, as well as the cheaper places like South Africa, Panama and Thailand.
I’ve been following the internet marketing (IM) field for a couple of years at least now - but quickly decided that I disliked some of the underhand, sneaky and manipulative tactics used to get sign-ups to a list or buyers of a product. So if you’re looking for shortcuts or quick-result tips that will get you a flood of traffic in as short a space of time possible, keep looking because that’s not what this post is about!
Instead, I’m going to share with you the results of what we’ve learned about how to market ourselves online using some of the popular social media tools whilst travelling the globe…
