Running Remote Conference 2018: Build and Scale Your Remote Team to the Next Level
The world’s biggest ever remote work conference will be held in Bali, Indonesia in June 2018
Running Remote 2018 is the world’s biggest Remote Work conference. It is being organized by a HUBUD, one of Forbes’ top 10 co-working spaces on earth.
Continue Reading “Event: Running Remote Conference 2018 in Bali, Indonesia”
2018 is here. 2018 is the year you exit your cubicle and never look back again.
To help you do that, we have manually curated a list of 10 remote jobs you can apply for right now.
Don’t know how to apply for remote jobs? Learn more here.
Want to know where people with remote jobs travel to? Check this out.
Here’s our list. Go get’em! Continue Reading “10 Companies Hiring For Remote Jobs This Month”
As a remote worker, you can work from anywhere in the world. You become free to explore the world and gain the ability to re-awaken your inner self. However, many of us tend to spend all day staring at a computer screen. Even though remote work is supposed to make our lives more flexible, the fact of the matter is that many of us are working from home, means working more and burning out. Therefore, it’s important to break free from the online world and simply enjoy the real one away from the computer screen. Continue Reading “Unplug, Unwind, and Awaken Your Spirit While Working from Home”
You’ve made it this far.
You’ve decided to give your freelance business a try, and started offering your services to prospective clients.
And it worked! You’ve got potential customers who are interested in hiring your services.
It’s now time to create a proposal specifying a few things: What are you set to achieve, how are you going to achieve it and, most importantly, how much are you going to charge for it.
A well-written proposal can be very powerful. It can turn hesitant prospects into enthusiastic customers who can’t wait to start working with you.
A proposal is also a way to show customers how you work. If you write a messy, complicated and unclear proposal, it will give your customers a bad feeling. Is this how you are going to deliver your work? It can cause you to lose a contract. Continue Reading “How To Write An Effective Proposal for Your Freelance Business”
Remember when you got back to your cubicle after last Christmas break? Depressing, right?
If you promised yourself you would not let that happen again next year, well, you only have a month to go.
But don’t worry, we have manually dug through AngelList’s remote jobs section and hand-picked 10 startups that are currently hiring for non-tech remote positions. Continue Reading “Get One Of These Remote Jobs And End 2017 Outside Of Your Cubicle”
The following is a guest article from our friends at Toptal.
You meet your friend Jeff for lunch. Jeff’s been managing development of a new product and it’s about to be released. He’s pumped.
But the product release isn’t the main thing that’s got Jeff so excited. Instead, Jeff can’t stop raving about his new hire, Luis.
Jeff says Luis is the best software engineer he’s ever had on his team. Luis doesn’t just hit targets others can’t, he creates and hits targets others don’t even see. He’s virtually always available, always accountable, and brings more to the table than anyone Jeff’s ever worked with. And Luis just ‘get’s it’. Continue Reading “Busting the Top 5 Myths About Remote Developers”
One of the main benefits of working remotely is that you can do it from anywhere. From an island in Greece to the plains of Mongolia, digital nomads are everywhere. However, there seems to be one place in the world that has a stronger freelance community than any other: Chiang Mai, Thailand. Let’s break down the reasons for this and why you might want to locate your business in the Thai city at some point as well. Continue Reading “Why Are Digital Nomads Flocking to Chiang Mai?”
Well, winter is almost here. You’re probably freezing to death while you scratch off the ice from your windshield so you can hit the road before rush hour starts.
Which never happens. You always end up stuck in traffic during rush hour.
But guess what? There’s a way out. Your next exit off of the cubicle freeway could be any of these remote jobs we have listed below. Continue Reading “8 Companies Hiring for Remote Jobs in November”
This article was originally published in Spanish on my own personal blog back on August 10th, 2013, as a way to tell my Erasmus experience studying and working abroad in Poland, and share some tips and recommendations for those college students who are interested in going abroad.
It has been over four years since I first published this article and I still get emails from time to time from students who are considering doing an Erasmus, asking for advice and recommendations.
Since I have been able to help these students over the past few years, I thought it would be a good idea to translate the information into English, for those of you who are considering studying abroad. Continue Reading “5 Ways To Take Advantage Of Your Erasmus Scholarship”
Back in April, during a visit to San Francisco, I met up with Thomas Holmes, who works on his freelance business creating online stores for clients on the Shopify platform. We enjoyed some great Mexican food together and talked about ecommerce and working remotely.
Apart from working on client projects, Thomas is also the author of Shopify & You, an easy-to-use, step-by-step ebook that covers everything from designing, to setting up and running an online store with Shopify.
Originally from Dublin, Ireland, these days he spends most of his time on a small island in Greece, while running his freelance business that allows him to work with clients all over the world. Continue Reading “Running a Freelance Business From an Island In Greece: Interview with Digital Nomad Thomas Holmes”
