If you’re wondering how to work and travel abroad you came to the right place.
It’s not that difficult.
I’m going to lay out a simple plan that you can use to work and travel the world.
But plans are useless unless you use them. It takes action, that’s the key to success. I can tell you what you can do to travel the world and make money, but I can’t do it for you.
One more thing to remember, a laptop and a decent internet connection is all that’s required.
That’s really all you need to make money to travel the world.
How to Work and Travel Abroad:
The easiest way to get steady work and travel is by having your own online business.
Sure you can find work while traveling, but that can be unreliable. It also defeats the goal of being free to travel and work at your discretion.
Instead, if you’ve got a simple online business that brings in steady cash, you can pretty much travel anywhere.
So how does it work?
Target a Niche, Use Affiliate Marketing:
$50/day, $100/day, $400/day, $1,000/day – What’s Your Number?
Affiliate marketing is a low cost, simple way for anyone to make money online.
This article will focus on one source of online income, affiliate marketing for beginners.
See, all it takes to make money with affiliate marketing is the ability to share links online. It’s not that hard but many people over-think the process and never take action.
But really all you have to do is share your affiliate link online.
What’s the Best Method:
Now, there are tons of different ways that you can promote your affiliate links, but the one way I recommend has the potential to bring in cash day in and day out.
I recommend…
- Create a niche based targeted website
- Target keyword phrases that people are searching in Google on a Daily Basis
- Write articles with those keywords
- Include affiliate links to products that help your niche audience
There, I summarized up my entire business plan in 4 bullet points. It sounds simple because it is simple!
People tend to get stuck and over-think the process or procrastinate forever, but don’t worry, we’ve got a set plan with action steps to get you on your way.
I know what you’re probably thinking; “But I have no idea how to make a website!”.
Traveling And Working Online is Awesome!
It really has never been easier to make a website than it is today!
For instance, there are plenty of website builders out there, and the one I like the most is called Site Rubix.
Read this detailed Site Rubix Review!
Site Rubix is a tool that’s included in Wealthy Affiliate and you can use it to build multiple websites.
There’s no need to worry about the technical aspects, simply choose the themes and fill in the details, there’s no need to write any code or hire a web-designer.
So that solves the first part of our plan, what about keywords?
Finding keywords is also easier than ever with modern tools.
Write Articles Online That Bring in Cash:
To learn how to work and travel you need to learn how to write for cash. That is, you need to write posts about things that people are searching Google online.
Target those topics related to a website theme, and you’ll do great. You need one other tool that I use daily.
The tool for me is called Jaaxy and you can read this full in-depth review for further information.
Just look for keywords with the green circle next to them, those are easier to rank.
It’s that simple.
Find a few decent keywords and then it’s time to write articles! You can write whatever you want as long as it’s related to the keywords that you found.
I suggest that you don’t think about the word count so much and focus on writing until the article feels complete.
If that means writing 3,000 or more words that’s fine!
In fact, search engine optimization research has revealed that articles which are longer than 1,500 words tend to rank higher.
Definitely don’t make the articles too short, around 1,000 words is a decent article length.
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Can You Travel and Write a 500 Word Article?
We need to write articles that make cash, otherwise there would be no point, at least from a financial perspective.
Reviews are one way to bring in cash and they’re pretty easy to write too. Take a look at some products in your niche and buy the ones that seem interesting and compare them.
Boom, there’s an article idea for you, one that can bring in a bunch of traffic and sales.
You simply have to recommend the product you like the most and then include your affiliate link. Or you can write related posts and link to a centralized review.
Link Posts to a Centralized Review:
This gives the reader more confidence in you as an authority within your niche and allows them to feel secure about your recommendation.
Once trust is earned based on providing quality information, you can make a ton of online sales.
When people click your affiliate link and buy the product you earn a commission.
That’s cash you just earned from your laptop!
So that’s how you work and travel abroad at the same time. As your site builds helpful content and gets ranked, you’ll receive targeted traffic that’s searching for what you offer.
Don’t Want to Write Content, No Worries!
If you don’t want to write content or need more targeted content for your website? Then check out our review of Human Proof Designs.
They can make you a niche site and have keyword niche-based articles for an extremely reasonable price. This isn’t spun content, but original, quality content.
Promote Content To Increase Online Revenue!
Of course, if you write one article and publish it to your website that’s only a few days old you won’t receive much traffic.
Definitely not enough to make sales!
So that’s where promotion comes into the picture.
Here’s an article I wrote about how to get fast traffic from social media, read it.
You have to promote your article, share the link so people find the article and buy the products you promote.
Use social media to promote your content, the link above explains more about how to do this.
Get comments!
There are quite a few groups and membership websites that you can use to get traffic and comments.
Comments are important because not only do they let you collect some feedback but they also improve search engine optimization. This improves your post rank to increase what’s called organic traffic.
That’s also free traffic which is what you want. An article with a bunch of comments will always rank higher than an article with no comments.
With Wealthy Affiliate, collecting comments is easy because there’s a tool you can use called Site Comments.
It’s a pay-it-forward feature where you earn credits for posting comments and you can use those credits to get comments on your website.
Or you can buy comments for a dollar per comment. Fiverr sellers charge $5 dollars per comment, so this is a great feature for those who don’t mind investing in their site as well as a great way to save time.
It’s a really useful feature and I highly recommend it.
Read my Wealthy Affiliate Review for more details!
How to Be Successful Online? Repeat The Process..
See, it’s not so difficult, is it?
Now all you have to do is repeat the process until your website is bringing in consistent income each month.
That’s money that will come in whether you’re surfing in a tropical island or snoozing in an airplane.
It will always come in.
And that’s the type of business you should work towards because the rewards are so worth it.
Now you know how to work and travel, the next step is to take action and make it happen. How long does it take to make money online? Check out the link for the complete answer.
I started this site a few years ago while living in Colombia, South America. I was lucky to have found Wealthy Affiliate and each day I worked on my site. Soon the traffic came rolling in as well as the online sales.
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Now I make full time income online and you can do it too.
It just takes education and action, if that’s you, go for it. I wish you nothing but success.
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Great article,
I tried all kinds of websites to make extra money online.
What works best for me is Koocam.
I teach my hobbies, and sells my knowledge in any field.
It’s great 🙂
Thanks Arava,
That’s cool, it’s always great to find new ways to make money online. I’ve just been looking at this program and will have to do some more research, but the concept seems cool.
It also seems like a job, I’m not sure if theirs residual potential or not, but that’s my first impression.
What’s even better, is if you can take your skills, interests, knowledge base and create an entire online business from it.
It’s the coolest thing in the world. You’re not dependent on a platform, only one yourself. And you can create awesome online businesses that make consistent online income.
Eventually you can create passive income, to learn how the process works, check out this post..
Best,
Todd
Hi Todd,
Having a passive income is a great way to live and in the end, it’s not too difficult to set everything up. It’s a lot of work in the beginning but is really worth it!
Many people give up too soon because they expect to earn money in the first few weeks Realistically you need to work on your site for 6 months to a year before you see your first sales and after that, your income will gradually increase.
Getting some online training is a good idea and the Wealthy Affiliate platform you recommend is the best I have found. Although there is a cost, you’re investing in your future and learning how you can work and travel.
I wish I had found affiliate marketing and the excellent training at Wealthy Affiliate years ago.
I’m sure I would now be writing this comment from some distant shore and watching my passive income come in. Still, that’s for the future!
Thanks for another great post.
Peter
Aboslutely Peter. I feel the same way and have said it before. When I started my S. American journey in 2009, I wasted a good amount of time trying to about on my own and following faulty training programs.
But I’m glad I’m on the right path and now have a passive income source. It’s the coolest thing and now it’s just a matter of scaling the business for more success.
Did you catch the WA webinar on building effective Landing Pages this last Friday?
Check it out if you want to add a new dimension to your online business.
Thanks,
Todd
I dream of the day when I will finally be able to work and travel all at the same time without worry of money or being overworked or not being able to have fun. That would truly be a dream come true for me.
I’ve only just started my blog a little under a month ago I think, but even still it does get hard sometimes, but I keep pushing forward. It will probably be a year before I even begin to get anywhere with this. Thanks for this article, it gives me something to refer back to when i need a little more help so I’m going to bookmark this page.
Awesome Jaylin, I’ve been there and you can make it with your perspective. I personally have cursed the affiliate marketing world and threatened to give up on my self a handful of times within the first 9 months.
But I didn’t give up and I continue to believe in what I was doing. Slowly the income grows, the bigger picture comes into focus and you see how the online process works.
I want you to read something. It wouldn’t have changed my perspective knowing what I know now, but I think it’s important for people to read.
After reading this, if you are still nodding your head, then you’re in the right profession.
The post is called.. How Long Does It Take To Make Money Online..
You can totally learn how to work and travel and balance that lifestyle by creating a niche based affiliate site – it’s a perfect fit for those that can take the time to invest in their online business.
Hey Todd thanks for your awesome article! I appreciate your intentions on helping those that aspire on owning their own business. You see, I’m a WA member and have been for about a little over half a year and it has been exactly what you claim it to be! It was a great experience and probably the best investment I have made in a long time! Keep up the great and supportive work, I’m sure you’ve helped so many people already 🙂
Hey Oscar,
That’s super cool for you to layout your experience with Wealthy Affiliate.
It’s kind of dumbfounding after you see how many online scams there are as well as poor training programs that are solid online.
Wealthy Affiliate is like a breath of fresh air. At first I was like, is this for real, because it should be. Like..there should be a real online educational system that supports you in the career of online business.
WA is a wonderful resource and thanks for your testimony to working with these guys. I don’t want to sound like a stuck record, but when you know of a great resource, share it!
Best of luck to you Oscar and I’d love to see you site sometime.
For those that want to check out WA and learn a bit more, click this link and see what you think.
Todd
Working and traveling is a great thing, and Wealthy Affiliate (WA) is a great place to learn affiliate marketing. In fact, you can learn to make money in a variety of ways. Their training is 1st class and very affordable.
I have been with WA for more than 1 year and I have 3 websites that I built out. If I can do it, so can you!
Thank you,
Edward Mijarez
Hi Edward,
Thanks for your feedback on WA and I’m glad you are having such great success. I got into affiliate marketing primarily to learn how to make money online so that I could keep up my living and traveling abroad adventures.
I too have had a great experience with this and working with WA. Every week they put out new Webinars and are always improving on their educational platform.
I only wish I found them earlier.
Thanks,
Todd
Great Article!
Traveling and working online is a dream to most, including me.
I’m a WA member, and I must tell you that your article is a masterpiece, you wrote everything so clear and attractive that it was a pleasure just to read your post.
As I see you’re putting in a lot of time writing your content, can you just tell me how long it takes to plan and write a post such as this one?
Thanks and GOOD LUCK!!
Hi Chanan,
I know where you’re coming from. Writing a quality post took me hours when I first started. Part of it was because I didn’t have a game plan of how to structure my content.
After studying writing classes in the Wealthy Affiliate Live Video Classes Section (you can see tons of webinars dedicated to writing and content styling), I began to improve my writing style and structure.
There’s a lesson I think you’d benefit from, it’s an exercise to free write for 30 minutes, click the link and Kyle will walk you through the lesson.
I created a post from that exercise that now brings in over 5,000 new visitors to my site per month. Now to edit the post and add photos, the process took about 8 hours. But I’m kind of a perfectionist.
Now days I just edit content and outsource writing for most of my posts. The final editing process and marketing takes an hour or so per post. Depends on if I have to re-write anything or add photos.
If you’d like to see the process, I’ve laid it all out in my Targeted Traffic eBook, it’s free so you should check it out.
Best,
Todd
Terrific article! I’m a part of the WA (Wealthy Affiliate) program now and love it! I’ve learned so much in a short time. I have a website now and love the creative process.
WA turns out to be an online community of helpful people with the same goal of helping others, enjoying what we do, and earn a high income potential. Have you tried the online video library yet?
Hey Wesley,
I love the live video training’s/webinars by Jay. There’s 100’s of videos to go through and I’ve gained some great skills using this WA resource.
WA is a brilliant resource for anyone who has the desire to make an online business, website, learn SEO, video marketing, email marketing, pay per click campaigns, etc.
It’s a one stop shop and I only wish I would have found these guys when I first started traveling S. America back in 2009.
Oh well, it’s never to late to build a niche based affiliate site.
Cheers,
Todd
Hey Todd nice post and I’m happy that I stumbled upon it. Thanks for outlining in detail what goes into starting a thriving online business and what it takes from hard work to the programs needed. What is the best advice you can give anyone looking to get into online marketing or someone just starting out??
Hey Brandon,
Thanks for your feedback on our work and travel post. I think the best advice I can give is to use a reputable program like Wealthy Affiliate and to work at it consistently each day. Take all the lessons serious and complete every task.
Give yourself time to go through the entire course before you give up and take this experience like going to college.
If you can do this and spend a 6 months to a year working at a niche site, you’ll be amazed at what you can create. As you keep building, so does the online income if you use the simple strategy laid out here in this post.
I think most people give up easily. I admit it was hard for me too, but just stick to the training and work with the intention of helping others and you will find success.
Thanks,
Todd