Hi everybody. Welcome to my first video update! I wanted to try something different with a video post here at Free Pursuits, so let me know in the comments if you like this format. I haven’t shot a video before, but aside from being a little nervous I think it turned out OK. I’ll also transcribe most of what’s in the video below.
Archive | June, 2009
Survey Results Round-up and Thank You
We released the results from the first Location Independent and Digital Nomad Survey last week to blogs who participated in spreading the word. Since then, a number of those blogs have written about the results. Here’s a quick round-up of those articles:
Rolf Potts’ Vagabonding
Survey results: ‘location independence’ isn’t just for the young and single
Mind the Beginner
Location independence explored (The survey results are in)
The 86 fears of (aspiring) location independent professionals and digital nomads
Get Paid to Write Online
Ten Reasons To Live The Nomadic Lifestyle
And, here are two that I published here at Free Pursuits:
The Results are In!
64 Ways Location Independent People Earn a Living
I also wanted to say thank you to all the 268 people who completed the survey. Your responses will help the community better understand how we can help each other. In the survey, we asked if you wanted to be mentioned in this post about the results. If you answered yes, you’re in the list below.
21 Tips for Getting 500 Subscribers in 90 Days with No Blogging Experience
If you’re trying to build a blog readership, you have probably already read some “get x thousand subscribers in x days” articles. Some blogs have signed up astonishing numbers of subscribers in a very short time.
Update: apparently the new answer to getting FeedBurner subscribers is to get FriendFeed subscribers. Google may have just killed the usefulness of the Feedburner chiclet. If you’re still interested in getting RSS subscribers, read the tips below.
The number of people who have subscribed to this blog so far (514 as of today) isn’t as impressive as some, but you might find this article more valuable than others. Why? Because when I started this blog 90 days ago, I had no blogging experience.
This is my first blog. I didn’t start with a throwaway blog or as a freelance writer or anything else. Other than reading blogs, the only other interaction I had with a blog was writing an article or two for the company I last founded. That should make the tips I share below interesting to you especially if you’re starting your first blog.
Many of the blogs out there that achieved huge overnight success relied on an advantage that you don’t have. They were started by already successful bloggers, and they used that success (rightly so) to spread the word about the new venture. TwiTip (started by Darren Rowse) is a great example of this, as are CrunchGear (Mike Arrington), Anywired (by Skellie), Smarterware (Gina Trapani) and countless others.
The first is always the hardest, in blogging and surfing, but everyone starts from scratch. Here are 21 tips that will help you sign up more subscribers (even if you don’t run another popular blog to help you spread the word):
Which of The 5 Categories of Life Plans Do You Follow?
In your search for finding meaning in your own life, whether consciously or not, you’ve decided to follow some type of life plan. If you’re anything like me, that life plan has probably changed at least a few times.
As I’ve learned things about life, work and myself and met many happy and unhappy people, I’ve continually modified my life philosophies and adjusted course.
Through this process, I’ve found that there are essentially five basic “life plans.” People tend to subscribe to one of these basic plans, and many adopt certain features of multiple plans at the same time. The plan that you subscribe to has a great impact on how you live, and what you perceive as life’s limitations.
Do you follow one of these plans? What other life plans would you add to this list? Let me know in the comments!
64 Ways Location Independent People Earn a Living
Have you ever wondered how you could earn a living that would allow you to live and work anywhere in the world? Many people already living that dream shared the details of how they make a living in the recent Location Independent and Digital Nomad Survey.
64 of their answers are below. The results might surprise you if you thought location independent people were all bloggers or online business owners.
The truth is that these people earn a living in many different ways. Sure, there are plenty of freelance writers, consultants and web developers, but there are also professional musicians, lobbyists and land developers on the list.
Check out these 64 real ways people earn a location independent living:
