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The Next Big Thing

October 23, 2012 by FutureExpat

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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

Filed Under: Blogging for Expats WordPress Tutorials, Portable Careers, Uncategorized, Websites Tagged With: expat, live overseas, portable career, wordpress

How to Build an Effective Email List for Your Blog

May 11, 2012 by FutureExpat

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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

Filed Under: Blogging, Blogging for Expats WordPress Tutorials, Portable Careers, Websites Tagged With: blog, Blogging for Expats, email, expat, portable career, wordpress

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

December 16, 2011 by FutureExpat

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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 do. . … [Read more...] about How to Know What Premium WordPress Theme is Right for your Site

Filed Under: Blogging, Blogging for Expats WordPress Tutorials, Portable Careers Tagged With: blog, blogging, Blogging for Expats, expat, portable career, training, wordpress

Dress Up Your Blog with Pictures

October 21, 2011 by FutureExpat

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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 … [Read more...] about Dress Up Your Blog with Pictures

Filed Under: Blogging, Blogging for Expats WordPress Tutorials, Portable Careers Tagged With: blog, blogging, Blogging for Expats, expat, portable career, training, wordpress

More Fun with WordPress Plugins

June 21, 2011 by FutureExpat

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In our last installment of Blogging for Expats, we looked at plugins. Plugins can decorate your blog, and provide additional functionality beyond what your theme offers. Remember, though, just as you should never download free themes from anywhere except Wordpress.org, you should never get free … [Read more...] about More Fun with WordPress Plugins

Filed Under: Blogging, Blogging for Expats WordPress Tutorials, Portable Careers Tagged With: blog, Blogging for Expats, expat, portable career, wordpress

Blogging for Expats: Choose Your Plugins Wisely

May 24, 2011 by FutureExpat

One way to support your expat, overseas lifestyle is by creating a blog-based business. This is the 6th installment in the series of Blogging for Expats tuturials. In our last installment we talked about themes for your blog. Today we'll continue with our WordPress / home construction … [Read more...] about Blogging for Expats: Choose Your Plugins Wisely

Filed Under: Blogging, Blogging for Expats WordPress Tutorials, Portable Careers Tagged With: blog, expat, portable career, training, tutorial, wordpress

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