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Make Money Making Movies

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Yarg, kind of a tongue twister…but this is actually pretty cool.  I’ve been wanting to buy a nice HD camcorder for about a year now.  Mostly just because I think it’d be fun, but I’ve also been researching possible ways to make money with it online and I came accross some interesting websites.  No, not […]

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Tags: Making Money Online · Self Employment

Perpetual Travel Through Poker

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

In addition to trading, I’ve been thinking about playing poker online to support my travels.  I’ve read that if you stick to the games for the least amount of cash you can do pretty well because they generally have a lot more inexperienced players who make bad decisions.  By playing multiple tables you can still […]

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Tags: Making Money Online · Mobile Lifestyle · Poker · Self Employment

More Global and Mobile

September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Last December I posted a list of sites that were related to working while traveling. I was just going through my drafts and found this follow-up post that never got published.
http://www.ruggednotebooksblog.com/
http://www.retiringontheweb.com/
http://www.vagablogging.net/
http://www.savingfortravel.com/round-the-world-budget-calculator-step-2.php

http://www.workingnomad.com/forum/index.php (good forums)
http://www.laptophobo.com/
http://tech-nomad.com/

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Tags: Making Money Online · Mobile Lifestyle · Self Employment · Travel

Still alive..

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I haven’t posted in a quite a while so I thought I should put something up.  I’ve been really busy as usual.
As far as travel goes there’s a possibility my job will be sending me to Kenya which should be exciting!  I’m also thinking about taking a trip this summer, either to Egypt, Central America, […]

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Tags: Self Employment · Trading · Travel · Update

Multiple Income Streams

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I think it’ll be crucial in this endeavor to have multiple streams of income. I don’t want to be too reliant on any one source in case something happens to it. With that in mind, I’ve spent a lot of time researching as many possible ways to make money online as I could […]

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Tags: Making Money Online · Mobile Lifestyle · Self Employment

The Benefits of Forex Trading for the World Traveler

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Online trading, if you can do it successfully, is a great way to earn a living online, but here are a couple reasons why trading forex in particular is useful for someone living a nomadic life.
For those who aren’t familiar with it, ‘forex’ is short for foreign exchange. Trading forex just means trading […]

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Tags: Mobile Lifestyle · Self Employment · Trading · Travel

A Working Nomad in the Making

January 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A while back I posted a list of some websites by other people with similar goals as myself(working online while traveling, being permanently nomadic, etc). Some of these people are successfully doing it, and others are just getting started. One of my favorites is Webby’s blog at workingnomad.com. He’s been a successful […]

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Tags: Making Money Online · Mobile Lifestyle · Self Employment · Travel

Write Your Way Around the World

December 21st, 2007 · No Comments

I just found this article by Lea Woodward on freelance writing over at LocationIndependent.com. She’s put together a nice list of resources for would-be freelancers. This is definitely one way to work without being tied down to one place, and I’ll be looking into it as a potential income stream. Check […]

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Tags: Blogging · Making Money Online · Self Employment

NetSuite IPO

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

I just saw a story on the Bloomberg channel about the IPO of a company called NetSuite. They provide a kind of all-in-one system that could be useful for e-commerce businesses. They also have products targeted to smaller businesses, which is probably more applicable for readers of this blog. I don’t know […]

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Tags: Self Employment

Product Marketing and a Better Approach to Business Modelling

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments

There’s a good article over at {Self Made Chick} about building a business model around the concept of filling a need and providing value rather than just looking for a way to make money. I think this is an important distinction. All of the ideas I’ve had that seem worth pursuing have come […]

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Tags: Making Money Online · Self Employment