Is a portable career part of your plan for an untethered expat life? If it includes a WordPress website or blog, here are 52 links to help you get started. I've tried to arrange them in roughly the order you'll need them. (And yes, some of them are affiliate links.) Domain Name Registration and … [Read more...] about 52 Links to Help You Build Your WordPress Website
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How to Build a WordPress Website for your Portable Career
Chances are, no matter what portable career you create, you'll need a professional website. Fortunately these days, a professional website can be a lot more affordable than you think, in terms of both money and time. WordPress is the platform of choice for millions of websites worldwide, … [Read more...] about How to Build a WordPress Website for your Portable Career
Introducing WordPress Building Blocks
It's a New Year, the time when many of us make big plans for the months to come. If a portable career in 2013 is part of your plan for financing your overseas move, you'll probably need a website. The best and easiest website builder around is WordPress. To help with that I've written a series … [Read more...] about Introducing WordPress Building Blocks
Three Major Accomplishments for Future Expats
This is not the kind of article I normally publish, but bear with me. This has been a banner week here at Future Expats Forum. I actually have three accomplishments to share: We're now featured on a large online Travel Channel Future Expat is a regular featured columnist for a major resource … [Read more...] about Three Major Accomplishments for Future Expats
The Next Big Thing
A couple of months ago I reviewed Dancing in the Fountain, a wonderful book about expat Karen McCann's experiences living in Spain. Since then, Karen and I have exchanged some emails. Last week, she hit my inbox with an invitation to participate in The Next Big Thing. It's a way for authors and … [Read more...] about The Next Big Thing
How to Build an Effective Email List for Your Blog
Once you've created a portable career, you need to start marketing. The best place to do it is online, with a website or blog. When you market online, there are essentially two ways to get your message out. Attract huge amounts of traffic using any/every available means -- ads, PPC, social … [Read more...] about How to Build an Effective Email List for Your Blog