May
Why You’ve Been Hearing More About Location Independent Recently…
Today’s project update is a ‘behind the scenes’ kind of look at the way I’ve been tweaking and implementing the ‘Street Teams‘ idea that Skellie wrote about a while back.
Since my “call to action” a few weeks ago, you may been hearing more and more about the concept of Location Independent around the web. In fact on several occasions recently I’ve been in touch with someone and they’ve replied saying “Oh yeah, I checked out your website and realised you’re the guys behind Location Independent…cool!”.
If you’re wondering why that is, much of it is down to a few extremely supportive, hard-working, passionate supporters of the location independent project who I’m really pleased to have as official “Team Leaders” for our Community Outreach Teams (COT) – my version of a street team.
These are the guys who’ve been spearheading the efforts to spread the word about the concepts of location independent living across the web (and beyond) and who I’d like to introduce to you today…
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May
Ask The Coach: I Want A Location Independent Income But How & Where Do I Get Started?
Image by Amy Palko, the “official” LI photographer.
Matthew, in Ireland, says:
I would love to have a location independent income but cannot seem to figure out where to get started.
As a current college student whose resume mostly consists of lawn-care, I can’t think of any skills that I can monetize. I started out as an accounting major but decided half-way through this semester that I should switch over to art. I have done some for-pay artwork (pencil/charcoal portrait drawings) but am pretty sure that I would not be happy creating these as a job.
I love learning. Unfortunately, I only seem to retain random facts or only learn hands-on things. The most common skill that people seem to comment on is that I can make things. I will read how to make something online, then do it.
The Coach’s Answer
Cath says: Matthew, it sounds like you already have some good resources that you can use to begin building yourself into a successful entrepreneur. Here are some of my ideas on how you can mine your resources – and make some headway on creating a location independent income…
May
Building A Location Independent Business: Monetising Your Website (Part 1)
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** This post was written by Kirsty Henderson. Read more about Kirsty below. **
If you missed them, here are the rest of the posts in this ‘Back to Basics’ series about building a location independent business based on niche websites which make you money:
Part 1: Should you build a blog or static html website?
Part 2: Deciding On A Topic for Your Niche Website
Part 3: Getting Your Website Online (Part 1)
Part 4: Getting Your Website Online (Part 2)
Part 5: Getting Traffic To Your Website
Part 6: Optimising Your Website For The Search Engines
Part 7: Monetising Your Website (Part 1)
Part 8: Monetizing Your Website (Part 2)
You’ve got a website that is getting a good number of visitors…now it’s time to start making some money.
You need to put a lot of thought at this stage (or even before this) into what sort of monetization will work best for the type of site you have so don’t rush into just plastering ads all over the place in the hopes of seeing the money roll in – because it probably won’t.
How you choose to monetize your site depends on a bunch of factors including:
- The type of reader you attract
- How they find you
- What sort of information they’re looking for
So take a bit of time to research all of the available monetization options so that you choose the right ones…
May
Unconventional Ways To Earn A Location Independent Income: Part 2
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This post is a follow-up to the first interview, in a series in which we profile some of the more creative ways of earning a location independent income.
The posts in this series are not intended as “How To…” guides but are mainly to show how creative you could be when it comes to thinking about ways to earn a location independent income.
Whilst some of the examples may be completely unsuited to you and your skills, perhaps they’ll get your creative juices flowing and open up unexplored avenues and lines of thinking when it comes to your own personal and professional ventures.
The person featured today is clearly a phenomenally successful entrepreneur, what does he do? Here’s the interview…
