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Create a Passive, Portable Income with a Money-Making Website

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Not all expats are retirees, nor do we all have great jobs with multinational companies. Many of us are self-employed, choosing to create portable careers we can carry with us, turtle-like, wherever we go. There is one type of income all of us can develop -- retirees as well as employees and self-employed expats. I'm talking about a money making website. You don't have to be a web guru or a programmer (or even a professional writer) to do this. All you need is a passion for a particular …

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Portable Careers, Black Friday Sales and Personal Values

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A portable career is more than work, it's a lifestyle you create for yourself that earns you money and supports your values. I'd like to talk with you for a minute about the values part of that equation and a decision I've just made. After the financial meltdown in the US I returned to freelancing, and started to put together the pieces of a freelance business. Because I planned to become an expat, I needed something I could take with me anywhere in the world. This website is one component …

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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 Computers for Portable Careers

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This month seems to be all about portable careers here at Future Expats. No matter what portable career you choose, you'll need a computer -- even if it's just to handle email and bookkeeping. And when your career is portable, you'll probably want a computer that's, well, easily portable. The Netbook After my first visit to Panama, I wrote about the computer I chose to bring with me on my scouting trip. It had to: Be easy to carry -- in other words, light weight Have features that would …

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Jump-Start Your Portable Career as a Travel Blogger

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Would you like to travel and get paid for it? How about traveling and getting paid for it without a boss, an editor, or selling? Are you already sharing anecdotes and snapshots about the places you go on Facebook, Twitter or other social media? If you answered yes to those questions, you might be a travel blogger. . . Nomadic Matt. . . Wandering Earl. . . Solo Traveler. . . Everything Everywhere . . . A Little Adrift . . . They're all successful travel bloggers. What's the …

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