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How Gary Arndt Built an Adventure-Based Portable Career

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In 2007, Gary Arndt dropped everything for a life of travel, adventure, and photography. Today, that adventurous life also includes a booming business as a travel blogger, podcaster, and photographer. You'll find him online at https://everything-everywhere.com/, and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/. I interviewed Gary previously (you can see the article HERE), but recently I caught up with him again to ask him some questions about his portable career as a …

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What’s the Weakest Link in YOUR Portable Career?

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The internet makes portable careers possible. Whether your portable career involves writing, building websites, photography or something else, you rely on the internet to keep you connected to clients, coworkers and bosses. You also need the internet to update your website or blog, offer items for sale, and myriad other tasks. So what happens when your internet lets you down? If you don't plan for it, you could find yourself unplugged and unemployed. I was reminded of this vividly just today. …

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Travel Blogging: It’s The Fluffernutter and Banana Sandwich of Portable Careers

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What on earth do fluffernutter and banana sandwiches have to do with travel blogging, I hear you ask. . . I remember loving fluffernutter and banana sandwiches as a kid. A thick layer of creamy peanut butter, another thick layer of marshmallow cream, topped with sliced banana circles. They were like an ice cream sundae in a sandwich as far as I was concerned. Heaven! Now there's an easy way to meld writing, photography and travel into an equally delectable skill sandwich that will …

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Portable Careers — Can You Really Make a Location-Independent Living? (Part 2)

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Is it possible in today's global economy to make a good living with a portable career as a writer? That's the question my friend Russell Ward asked recently. Here's Part 2 of my response. (You can see Part 1 here.) Yes, you can earn a living -- a very good living -- as a freelance writer. When thinking about this -- or any -- portable career, there's a catch, though. Make it Your Business You'll only succeed if you approach it your portable career as a business. That means you have to …

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Develop a Portable Career as a Stock Photographer

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Have camera -- will travel. Or not. The beautiful thing about creating a portable photography career for yourself is, it's easily portable to anywhere in the world. But what if you're not traveling? Does that mean there's no business for you? Not exactly. Whether you're living in one place or circumnavigating the globe, there's a way to earn a decent living with your camera. It's called stock photography. And demand for good stock images is increasing by leaps and bounds. What is Stock …

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Pinfluence: Marketing Your Business with Pinterest

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If you've established a portable career as a writer, photographer, blogger or life coach, your marketing centers (or should center!) around a website that you own. Your website displays your skills, tells prospective clients or customers something about you, and gives them a way to get in touch with you. Unfortunately, the days of "build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door" are gone. You have to let the world know about your mousetrap in no uncertain terms. The old …

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