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This is Part 1 of a series of posts for those of you new to marketing a business online.

To those of you who’ve been marketing your business online for years, skip this post…it’s not for you! It’s also not for you if you’re aiming to make your money purely via websites or blogs (through affiliate income etc.) – although you may find some of the information useful.

This post is for you if you are considering becoming location independent but you’re worried about how and where you’ll find customers and clients for a business that needs to be marketed 100% online…

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I’ve used the term “Creative Designer” to cover the range of professional designers that include graphic designer, web designers, t-shirt designers and more. The reason is simple…the advice is the same no matter what type of design business you run.

The design field is a highly competitive one with graphic and web designers ten a penny. How do I know? Because the husband, Jonathan, is a graphic designer and between us we also offer web design services - and in a very competitive market we still manage to attract clients even though these activities aren’t the focus of what we do.

There are a few prerequisites required for any of these businesses and these are:

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Illustration by Jonathan Woodward

There’s a common saying that my Mum used to use which goes like this:

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

I think at the time she was actually referring to boyfriends after I fell head over heels at the tender age of 17 with the boy who is of course now the husband!

But the advice applies to income too. Multiple income streams - with a combination of passive and active - are not just a nice-to-have for any location independent professional, they’re a must-have. It’s just too risky to rely on a sole source in the long term.

Here are 7 ways you can create multiple streams of income using skills you may already have…

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Illustration: Jonathan Woodward

Have you always fantasised about being a freelance writer? Maybe becoming a novelist, a copywriter, a witty columnist or a professional blogger?

Freelance writing is an ideal location independent career, giving you the freedom to write from anywhere and travel the globe as a LIP. It is however competitive, challenging to get started if you’re a newbie and perhaps not the most instantly lucrative career choice.

The internet naturally opens up a huge range of options for you to earn money from your writing - from blogging and articles to copywriting and ghost writing.

Below I’ve listed a few resources I’ve had bookmarked for a while plus a few others you might find useful…

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