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Expat mail services

One of the biggest challenges for expatriates today is finding the best tools to stay in touch while they are overseas. Email and internet connections are improving even in developing countries. The World Bank has reported that internet access is increasingly important for economic growth. When traveling and working overseas, expats on longer assignments have [...]

Considering affiliate publishing as a service

One of the interesting challenges of relocation and striving to work as a professional services provider is identifying opportunities that are suitable depending on location. In my last residence in Peru, the internet connection and convenient proximity to North America, made it reasonably easy to work with clients based in the United States or operating [...]

International teams – making them work

A recent article from Web Worker Daily entitled "Web Working in a Borderless World " points out some of the challenges international team members face: Working styles differ across cultures - I definitely agree with this one and the importance of having a clear communications structure is essential to make sure all team members understand their project/job responsibilities and have a well-defined mechanism to highlight problems before they become disasters. In working with people in Russia, the Middle East and South America, it is quite true that there are different work styles but the one consistent factor is that people seem to value being given the facts and knowing what people expect of them.

Monitoring your competition and where they are

While following Ms. Ellen Naylor (http://twitter.com/EllenNaylor) on Twitter, I noticed a reference to a blog post about using various tools to monitor what your competitors are doing, where they are working and what people are saying about them. I have to say I was surprised about what I found there! The post begins with the [...]

Free work?

A post on Boagworld caught my attention when it highlighted the question of working for free. This is a real question for freelancers and independent professionals to think about before they go too far down the road of developing their business. The Boagworld posting points out a few of the reasons you might want to [...]