Web Worker Digest: Painful Truths & Working From the Beach
In Web Worker Digest by SkellieAllena Tapia suggests that even freelance writers can increase their income by outsourcing to virtual assistants.
Occasionally the glamor of being able to work anywhere needs to be contrasted with a few realities — it’s not always a piece of cake! South African explorer Lea Woodward shares five painful truths on being location independent.
One of the simplest ways to get private advertisers on your blog or website is to create an informative and accessible advertise here page. James Mowery explains how to go about it.
“How do I use blogging to build a platform for my book idea?” You could avoid thinking about it completely until a publisher emails you out of the blue (as I did), but, with the benefit of hind-sight, outsourcing book deals to lady-luck probably isn’t the most effective way to get what you want.
PC World’s Mike Elgan on how to work from the beach. It covers all the basics of a digital office and is probably a good starting for anyone just looking to get their feet wet. Excuse the pun. Just discovered Elgin’s blog, too — The World is My Office. I’ll be keeping an eye on it for you.
Jarkko Laine breathes new life into an old formula with his seven deadly sins of a side-business entrepreneur. His definition of a side-business (1. doesn’t make you lose your current job, 2. doesn’t feel too much like work, 3. brings you money even when you’re not actively working) sounds a lot like the Muse model we’ve been discussing.
One article, two brothers. Apparently. The Sloan Brothers bring us Big Dreams, No Cash: 10 Business You Can Start Today on a Tight Budget. Not all of these have online equivalents (I can see about four that would work), but the others could help pay the bills while your online income grows.
Dreaming of a long-term escape? Chief Travel Editor at Yahoo!, Katherine Tom, shares the top five secrets of long-term travelers.
If you’ve been hunting for some more guilt-free business expenses, Flying Solo shares six inexpensive computer upgrades. RAM is #1, which is appropriate, because I’m about to order the cheapest 1GB stick of RAM I’ve ever seen
February 25th, 2008
Why not have someone elsewhere order the memory stick for you and then ship it to you themselves? Ask me nicely; I’ll do it for you
Very cool blog you’ve got here, by the way…..
February 25th, 2008
Postage is going to suck if you order it OS. I’m assuming that it costs more here is because of a combination of shipping and volume/scale. Sure, it’s going to be cheaper to ship from the fabs in Asia to Australia than the US, but they’re not going to sell nearly as many here as they would State-side.
I’m sure I don’t need to mention them, but price aggregators like http://www.shopbot.com.au/ or http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/shopping.aspx are essential for me when shopping for components. Just after Christmas I bought 2×1 GB of RAM for my laptop for about $65 incl. postage to Canberra, so the deals are there if you look in the right places.
February 25th, 2008
Some useful and interesting links here.
Have you considered how to use a book to promote the muse idea (once you find it)?
Or even have the book, be a muse idea… Although to work it’d have to be a book that doesn’t date.
February 25th, 2008
I’ve enjoyed looking through these. Do spill the beans on the book, Skellie! We’d love to hear about it.
For memory, try Crucial.
February 25th, 2008
Thanks for linking to my post! Now you got me interested in checking out your muse business post in more detail (have to admit that I just quickly skimmed through it when it hit my feed reader…)
February 26th, 2008
Thanks for the mention of my article on Leo Babauta’s new writing site. I like his new endeavor so far! I also urge writers and wannabe writers to visit my writing site, too.
February 26th, 2008
Very informative post! I also agree with the commentor above. *=)
February 26th, 2008
Thanks for the helpful links. Idea #6 (Online Professor) from the 10 business ideas is perfect for turning into your own online ‘Muse’. That is, if you have knowledge or experience that you can teach to others, skip the middle man and create your own educational website (as in TeachingSells.com).
February 26th, 2008
wow I am loving your two sites, I’ve only recently become interested in the idea of making your living online and after reading heaps lately about blogging and SEO your site really stands out to me.
kudos on being pro.
February 26th, 2008
I’m currently working on an article about blogging from the beach and was surprised when I saw this article title. Skellie, please tell your spies to stay out of my unpublished articles.
@Nick, thanks for the heads-up on Crucial. The system scanner is a nifty idea.
March 2nd, 2008
You’re on a roll this week skellie. Somehow I just found this blog, and I’m glad I did.