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Want a Successful Online Business? Why This is a Dumb Way to Start

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Welcome to the Anywhereist newsletter, where we bring you the best hand-picked tools, tips, and information to help you do your best work, anywhere. Sign up here now to have future issues delivered to your inbox! When I was a kid, we learned about sharecropping in our US History classes. Sharecropping developed after the Civil War. Large Southern landowners needed workers on their farms and plantations once they were no longer allowed to own other human beings, and …

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Got a Portable Career? Your Online Presence is Mandatory. . .

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There are as many types of portable careers as there are expats and anywhereists looking to earn a living overseas. One thing most of them have in common, though, is the need for a solid online presence. A permanent online address shows a level of stability that reassures clients and brings you more business. This leads to the question, what sort of online platform should you use as your online home base? Do I Need a Website? Some people believe that they can use a social media …

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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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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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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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