Tammy Powell started her career as a veterinarian, but after lots of sleepless nights on emergency shifts, she decided to make a change and pursue a freelance copywriting career. Now, as the owner of PetCopywriter.com, she works as a copywriter and content specialist for the pet and veterinary industries. She's also a travel writer. She loves how being a writer allows her to not only combine her interests of animals and writing, but also to have the freedom in her schedule to travel more, …
Profitable Blogging
Let's face it, you don't make money just by blogging. But there are lots of profitable bloggers, and some of them are very, very profitable. Gazillionaire profitable. They do it by using the blog to sell something. As I wrote recently, There are basically three ways to make money from a blog: Sell your own product Sell your own service Sell someone else’s product or service If you want to live the untethered expat life through a blog, you'll most likely start, as I did, by selling …
Support Yourself Anywhere as a Travel Writer
Sun, surf and white sand beaches. . . glamorous evenings. . . gourmet meals. . . what image does life as a travel writer conjure for you? Travel writing is indeed a glamorous career, and it might be just the ticket for you to pay for your overseas life. Earlier this evening I joined a teleconference with Jennifer Stevens. Jen has spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer and has traveled through 23 countries writing about the best locales for travel, investment and retirement. She was an …
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Are You Just Another Freelance Commodity?
A couple of weeks ago I posted a piece titled Dumb Suggestons for Finding Freelance Work Overseas. In it, I disagreed strongly with the author of an article who had suggested using Craigslist, Elance.com and Freelancer.com to come up with freelance gigs to support your overseas lifestyle. I won't re-hash my arguments here, you can go back to the original post and read them for yourself if you're interested. Instead, I'd like to expand on them. A few days after I posted that piece, I was …
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Dumb Suggestions for Finding Freelance Work Overseas
Earlier today my eye was caught by the headline, Finding Freelance Work Overseas. "Great!" I thought. "Maybe I can pick up some tips and pointers for making my work location independent." (I've posted about this before.) In a word, wrong! The author wrote: The following are some helpful resources to get you started working freelance jobs overseas. These are just a couple. The internet is full of resources to find freelance work abroad, but these three I have personal experience with so I feel …
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