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Episode 3: So You Want to Start a Profitable Blog

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Anyone can start a personal or hobby blog, but if you want a profitable blog, there are some bases you need to cover before you even start writing. In this two-part series, Susanna and Kitty share what you need to do to lay the groundwork for a blog that will add to your income. (Hint: think "business," not "blog". . .) Listen to the podcast as Susanna reviews that statistics you don't want to be a part of, and then explains how to get started right. She starts by reviewing the four …

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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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Build a Better Blog, Save Money

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If you plan to blog as part or all of your expat portable career, you can get a jump start and save some money within the next 10 days. ProBlogger Darren Rowse has just released the new, updated, better-than-ever version of his classic 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Early in my blogging career, I invested in the 31-day program, and it helped me to: Come up with more interesting topics to write about Write headlines that get more attention Leverage social media to grow my audience Gain …

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Making Money from your Blog

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Blogging is a workable portable career for expats, requiring only some expertise, a computer and an internet connection. It can be an excellent way to fund your untethered life overseas. Before you get into the technical issues of setting up your blog, though, you need to have some sort of a plan. Because, if you're doing it right, a blog is a business and every business requires planning. Sure, it's wonderful to think about knocking off a few articles from your hammock while sipping …

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Turn Your Blog Into a Cha-Ching Machine Part II

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If you want to build a portable career that will give you an income overseas, basing a business on a blog can pay off handsomely. A few days ago I told you that this site is generating some income for me through affiliate links. Eventually we'll get into an in-depth discussion about affiliate links as part of the Blogging for Expats series, but I wanted to give you some of this information now, because it ties in with the previous article. Here's a quick summary of how I choose products and …

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How to Work From Anywhere in the World

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Guest post by Kathleen Peddicord You know all those millions of jobs lost in 2008, 2009, and 2010? Many of them didn't disappear. They're resurfacing today...online. You can find them if you know how to look...and you can fill them anywhere on earth you can get an Internet connection. I know publishing. Starting 26 years ago, I made a business of the old-fashioned kind of publishing, with envelopes and stamps. Today my business is virtual. Today, publishing companies (like mine) may …

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