How To Become A Digital Nomad – The 1-Minute Guide

How to become a digital nomad: The main thing you need is the ability to earn money online. Here are 9 different types of online business: https://ebizfacts.com/types-of-online-business/ Freelancing and Remote Work are the easiest to get started with. You’ll need to free up at least 10 hours per week to get started with either. Anything less and it’s hard to build momentum. How to free up 10 hours per week to build your online business: https://ebizfacts.com/start-earning-online/free-up-time/ Next, use the “hedgehog process" to pick a skill you can use to earn online: https://ebizfacts.com/start-earning-online/online-skill-selection/ Here’s a big list of online jobs for inspiration: https://ebizfacts.com/make-money-online-fast/ Use “Riskiest Assumption Testing” to make sure you’re picking the right skill / have the right idea for your online business: https://ebizfacts.com/riskiest-assumption-testing/ If it’s a new skill, spend all your available time learning and practicing that and getting really fecking good. Here’s how to build your skill rapidly: https://ebizfacts.com/start-earning-online/rapid-skill-building/ Take on paid projects or a remote job before you feel ready. You’ll learn faster that way. Keep the "digital sandwich shop" in mind: https://ebizfacts.com/digital-sandwich-shop/ To find freelance clients or a remote job, use this three-step process: 1. Broadcast your availability via social media (billboard method) 2. Reach out to friends and acquaintances, ask if they know of any opportunities (door-to-door method) 3. Use online job boards (classified method) Here’s how to use those three methods to earn your first $100 online this weekend: https://ebizfacts.com/start-earning-online/first-100-online/ – Start with a low rate if you need to (not a joke: https://ebizfacts.com/start-earning-online/joke/) – Take on as many projects as you can – Get busy – Steadily raise your rate – Work on bigger projects – Work with better clients Here’s how to avoid scams and find the best jobs/clients on Upwork: https://ebizfacts.com/upwork-scams/ Here’s how to write great Upwork proposals: https://ebizfacts.com/upwork-cover-letter/ Remember, most of your competition sucks: https://ebizfacts.com/how-to-get-jobs-on-upwork/ And here’s how to compete with cheap freelancers from places like India and the Philippines: https://ebizfacts.com/make-money-on-upwork/ – Get to the point where you can work 20 hours a week and earn $400 or more. – That’s $1600/month working part-time from your laptop anywhere in the world. Congratulations, you’re now a digital nomad :-) Pack your bags and go: Chiang Mai / Prague / Medellin / Gran Canaria / Bali / Berlin Nomad List is a great resource to figure out your ideal digital nomad destination: https://nomadlist.com/ Or stay home and work in your jim-jams if you prefer :-) There’s no one way to do it. If you need travel insurance, see my tips here: https://ebizfacts.com/digital-nomad-travel-insurance/ If you want to register your business, check my recommendations here: https://ebizfacts.com/digital-nomad-taxes-business-registration/ Sign up for my Start Earning Online series to get a free crash course in building an online business: https://ebizfacts.com/start-earning-online/ And hey, there are already tens of thousands of digital nomads out there in the world. They haven’t got anything you don’t have or that you can’t learn. Go and make it happen. MUSIC Via Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/ – Hollywood Strings Romance 8 - Jonatan Järpehag – Weapons Of Impact 5 - Johannes Bornlöf VISUALS – Photos via Unsplash http://unsplash.com/ – Video via VideoBlocks https://www.videoblocks.com/ SUPPORT If you’d like to support my channel and watch these videos before anyone else: https://www.patreon.com/ndoherty13

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