How to Know What Premium WordPress Theme is Right for your Site

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This is the 11th in our Blogging for Expats tutorial series. So you’ve got an idea for your blog, you’ve worked your way through the basics of setting it up, maybe you’ve even posted a few articles. But your site still doesn’t look as professional as you’d like. What to do. . . what to [...]

On the Second (and Third) Day of Christmas. . .

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Still pondering what to get for that expat or future expat on your Christmas list? I thought I’d have some fun with the run-up to Christmas and one of my favorite Christmas ditties. Between now and December 25, I’ll bring you the 12 days of Christmas, shopping-for-expats style. Each day we’ll focus on one aspect [...]

Build a Better Blog, Save Money

31 Days to Build a Better Blog

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, [...]

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 [...]

Dress Up Your Blog with Pictures

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In our last installment of Blogging for Expats, we learned how to add content to a WordPress blog. Today we’ll go ahead and add some eye candy. Keep in mind that some WordPress themes require you to handle images a little differently, but this will work with the majority. It’s very common to see two [...]

How to Add Content to your WordPress Blog

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Congratulations! Your blog is ready to accept content. If you know how to use MS Word or another word processor, adding articles to your blog will be a snap. There are four ways to add articles, or posts, to your blog: Use WordPress’ internal editor Write your post using Word or another word processing program [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Hackers and Viruses and Infections — Oh, My!

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“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” intoned Oz, the Great and Powerful after Toto disclosed his hiding place. That’s what website hackers want you to do, too — pay no attention. If you’re blogging as a way to support your overseas business and lifestyle — in fact, if you’re doing anything online [...]

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 [...]

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