The world has experienced a huge property bubble and in many cases this house price inflation has eased or in some cases crashed. If you have money to invest then real estate is still a great bet compared to other asset classes such as gold or stocks. As a global citizen owning property can enhance … Read more
The ‘Coffice’ is where a digital nomad might go to work. It’s a marriage of coffee and office that’s becoming a well used term in digital nomad circles and was first coined by the website http://www.thecoffice.biz/. I have over 7 years experience of working from coffices all over the world and have compiled an essential list … Read more
I watched a very good documentary last night entitled ‘American Nomads’ following various groups of Americans who can all be referred to as modern day nomads. What I particularly found fascinating was the range of people who are living this alternative lifestyle, from cash rich ‘snow birds’ who plough the Interstates in their huge RVs … Read more
The backpack that I now pack for trips looks very different to the one I packed back in 2005. It also contains a lot more technology than it ever did as well as more expensive items for which good insurance is now an absolute must! Things have certainly moved on. I no longer have to … Read more
I promise not to allow this post to descend into a ‘lets have a go at the UK’ but I have been thinking a lot about how many young people in the UK (those not from a priviledged background) are faced with a pretty bleak financial future compared to their parents / grand parents and … Read more
B – Business U – Useful I – Interested L – Long term D – Diversify BUSINESS You should always treat any money making venture as a business and running websites and selling online should be no different. This means having a business plan, registering with the relevent tax authorities and if your idea becomes … Read more
One year ago one of my best perfoming websites took a hit from Google, meaning that it once featured on page one for some nice keywords and then suddenly no more. Some kind of penalty hit (I think because someone hacked into blog and added Pharma links!) and the site was gone, even when you entered … Read more