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 [...]

My Budget’s Really Tight — How Can I Explore a New Country?

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It’s time for another peek in the expat mailbox. I recently received an email from Matt. Matt’s a medical professional who’s starting to research a move to one of the Central or South American countries. He’s not sure how transferable his professional credentials are and asks: “Thank you once again. I really want to get [...]

A Digital Family Room for Expats

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Many expats create businesses overseas by spotting a need and figuring out how to fill it. Marie Molinet is one reader who turned a source of family frustration into a business that helps expat families. Here’s how she explains the creation of the first digital family room. “Since the day my husband and I met [...]

So You Want to be a Travel Writer or Photographer?

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Somehow travel writing, photography and the untethered expat life just seem to naturally flow together. What career tools are more portable, after all, than a laptop and a camera? If you can write or photograph, you have the means to support your overseas life. If you can do both, you can carve out a big [...]

How to Support Yourself 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 [...]

Don’t Wait 31 Days

31 Days to Build a Better Blog

Early in my blogging career, I joined ProBlogger Darren Rowse and thousands of other bloggers and wannabes. “Give me 31 Days and I’ll Give You a Better Blog,” Darren promised. Actually, he didn’t just promise a better blog, but a dramatically better one! For 31 days I read his information and instructions, did the assigned [...]

Let Someone Else Pay for Your Explorations

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I’ve just returned home from my first scouting trip to Panama. My husband and I spent a week traveling the country, from Panama City to David to Las Tablas, to answer these two questions: Can we see ourselves living in Panama? If yes, do we prefer the David or Las Tablas areas? This was a [...]

Expat Mailbox

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Occasionally readers email me with questions about specific places. I thought it might be fun to pop them into an occasional post. A reader recently emailed: “Hi “Myself and a friend are looking to relocate to Barbados. Where do we start ? We have both been to the island and both love it and realize [...]

The Best of 2010: 15 Lists for Expats

As 2010 draws to a close, I’ve been looking back at what unfolded during the year. I thought I’d share a list of lists with you. They all deal with various facets of the expat life, and I hope you find them helpful. Places to Live International Living’s prestigious 2010 Quality of Life Index Top [...]

Blogging for Expats

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Welcome to the first tutorial in our new series, Blogging for Expats. As we’ve discussed previously, you can use a blog as a business platform to develop an income while you’re overseas. It’s not rocket science, but don’t naively expect you can just start writing and watch the money roll in. You’ll need some basic [...]

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