Ten Tips for Digital Nomads in Oz
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If you are Australian and have wondered about
digital nomad work and simply want a little bit of further information, then what follows is about digital nomad work, yet in the Australian-based context. Essentially, your work becomes like a weekend, which is unusual sounding, so some tips really go a long way.
As I have found from looking at the lives of bloggers compared to remote workers, I realised that blogging is the best line of digital nomad work. Blogging gives you control over your destiny, albeit online, at its best makes the most money, and is more scam-safe. However, for a life like the aforementioned, there are some mega catches towards getting your blog up to standard in a competitive online world; even with the best niches, they still generally fail.
Remote work for other companies, on the other hand, is less safe for scams but certainly has its charm/appeal. Overall, digital nomad work is an adjustment of some sort, so I have included the pros and cons into ten tips (five for blogging, three for remote work, and two for the associated lifestyle) for those wondering about the line of work. I've also left ten related links at the conclusion of the article for further validation and reading.
Example of workspace, credit Pixabay at Pexels dot com.
Blogging
1. Niche: Blogging requires a niche, as it assists with monetisation. Unless writing the blog for personal reasons, the usual aim of a blog is monetisation. A niche helps build a following of users wanting specific information about an interest, i.e., a travel genre, beauty, or cuisine. Other advantages of a niche are that the added specialisation can help guide your own research and experience to make the blog better as well as guide readers to your blog who might look for the same information on other blogs or websites.
2. Invest Money: By investing some start-up capital in the blog and treating it like a business venture, such an initial investment can be a safeguard. Requesting legal advice, business advice, even blogging advice, as well as tech advice and even application of technology, such as a web designer or computer programmer, is what seems like excessive spending but is actually quite an eye-opener. Proper advice on starting a blog may seem daunting, but it's essentially to give your investment of time more purpose and usefulness.
3. Requires Time: Blogging requires your time because your blog requires sufficient complexity to be competitive. There are many competitive blogs on the internet, even perhaps with your chosen niche. Of course, the time costs money, and more financing buys time. indicating to me that although it seems cost-free to start a blog, even just for the time it takes is a major hidden cost.
4. Legally, it's Publishing: It's wise to consider a blog as a form of publishing, so everything your blog reviews and explores is viewable by many others. This means that legally, it can be a problem despite being potentially popular and income-generating content.
5. Work from Anywhere: You can usually work from anywhere, as a blogger, as it requires a computer and a camera. This is why blogging is a very desirable job and worth saving up for the investment of time, effort, and money into a successful blog. However, you can't always work from anywhere in proper remote independent contract work, but sometimes (especially if a travel blogger) or always, as a blogger and effective owner of the website, you can work anywhere you like.
Using a range of devices at work, credit Plann at Pexels dot com.
Remote Work
1. Independent Contract: Much remote work is independently contracted, hence it's tempting to overwork. Another problem is quality, in that there won't be many platforms that can pay reliably (at least in Australia) that don't demand high quality. Note that independent contracting makes it easy for employers to avoid looking after you, and overall, a little bit of understanding of what it means to be an independent contractor can be helpful before undertaking independent contract work.
2. Online Shop: A great way to promote your skills is to start an online shop. From eBay to Shopify, starting a reselling business can be a way to make friends and customers and build a springboard to bigger and better remote opportunities. For example, you code a small webpage for a garage sale, but it reveals to customers that you can code a website. They then pay you for your website design skills on future projects.
3. Taxable versus Tax Free: Some remote work is taxable, but others are just tax-free, and one use I identified for the tax-free income (which is inevitably lower in pay and available hours) is multi-skilling. Take online surveys as an example; they get boring, but as a break from a remote job can make money and stop you overthinking things, they divert the mind elsewhere and make money tax-free. The beauty of a few remote tasks isn't just financially freeing; it also aids in multi-tasking, which has numerous psychological benefits because it helps with work-life balance.
Example of remote work, credit: Ivan Samkov of Pexels dot com
Lifestyle
1. It can even out: One of the better aspects of digital nomad work is the way things even out. Of course, that occurs in office or on-site work; however, if new to digital nomad work, you will need to learn how to use the time advantageously. In a certain sense, remote or on-site work is both time-consuming, but how you blend the free time with the work time is so important for the other opportunities involved. The way things even out in digital nomad work is suited to some individuals or personas but is not for everyone. As long as you submit quality work, get paid, and can get discounts and deals in your free time, then the evening out is effective. It's when your task quality suffers, your income lowers, and your stress increases that you can see you aren't getting the digital nomad lifestyle to even out for you.
2. Flexibility: Flexible hours are a clear benefit of remote work. If you start to get some tasks or remote jobs or find your blog is very satisfying and getting lots of fans, you will notice how remote work offers distinct flexibility compared to an on-site job. However, I realise it makes so much sense to utilise the time, be it for rest, for family or other income streams. If trying remote work, it will inevitably start to relate to a form of time management, despite the initial shock of not having set hours.
A working holiday in Oz, credit: Eric Joseph at Pexels dot com.
Ten Links
(1) 120
blog niche ideas from Wix.com,
(2) independent contracting from the Australian Government,
(3) the famous travel blog by
Nomadic Matt and his
(4) Wikipedia bio , from
(5) east coast tours are some really Aussie specific tips for digital nomads, which leads to
(6) the link for
digital nomad visas worldwide examples of. Note that digital nomad can imply nationally or internationally working remotely by computer, but some will refer to a national remote worker as a freelancer, and save the term digital nomad for internationally travelling to do remote computer-based work. However, according to
(7) Wikipedia , it is to travel freely while working in a digital occupation, and that can be done in a home country.
(8) from the popular PCMag are
20 tips for remote work, while some
(9) side hustle can be incorporated into the lifestyle and finally for link number
(10) a vital link to
Shopify for those considering designing their own online shop, even with
dropshipping.
Conclusively
Digital nomad work is definitely not a facade; its main problems are the scam reputation of remote work and the high effort needed for a successful blog. Hopefully, the above tips and links can help guide one towards a better concept of digital nomad work relative to the Australian context.
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