Digital Nomad Opportunities
Created by: Kristen Palana
2017
Introduction
Introduction
Why Join the Online Sharing Economy?
Before Yangon
Working online can help create security,
new income, and new ways of using your skills.
In Yangon
How I spend my time
In Yangon
- Teaching in person and online (workshops, talks, custom-created classes)
- Writing and selling e-books
- Freelance illustration, video, and animation
- Social media management
- Web consulting and design
Who Else Might Consider Exploring the Online Economy
Who Else Might Consider Exploring the Online Economy
- The Underemployed or Unemployed
- Traditional Bricks and Mortar Business Owners
- Students, Recent Graduates, and Retired People
- People Who Don't Like Their Current Job
- People Who Like Their Current Job (*But Could Use More Money)
- Stay At Home Parents
- Expats and People With No Fixed Location
- Anyone Who Wants to Create More Opportunities for Themselves
From Where
From Where?
How to use your own website, third party platforms, and/or social media to expand your job and business opportunities.
Linking to services, courses, and books
Linking to services, courses, and books
Where to build an EASY website
Where to build an EASY website
- Squarespace.com
- Weebly.com
- Wix.com
- WordPress.com (Free Blog)
- WordPress.org (For more advanced users)
*Don't be afraid to ask for help!
Using Your Facebook Page
Using Your Facebook Page
(And other social media platforms...)
Your Facebook Page and Website Need to Answer These:
Your Facebook Page and Website Need to Answer These:
- Who you are
- How you can help
- How much it costs for you to help
- Your availability
- How to contact you easily
*Bonus.) Show people WHY you do what you do. Never underestimate the power of a good mission statement.
What and How
Online
Platforms
- What can you do in the online sharing economy?
- How do you get started?
- Local vs. International
Start out with just one or two things
Start out with just one or two things
- Make a list of all the things you CAN do well.
- Then cross out everything that you don't actually enjoy doing .
- Start with one or two things on the remaining list.
Tips For Getting Started
- Do your homework and research well. You will constantly be learning on this journey.
- Don't go it alone. Find others doing what you want to be doing. Join Facebook Groups, LinkedIn, etc.
- Read books or take online courses to help you develop new skills and reach your goals faster
- Get help. Outsource tasks you hate or are not good at so you can focus more on your top skills.
- Even if you hate marketing, you should still learn about it. No one can buy from you if they don't know about you.
Get the book free by supporting orphans in Yangon
To get a free PDF of the book:
1. Find me during a break or lunch
2. Make a donation (of any amount)
3. Give me your business card
4. Recieve the book via email on Monday
5. Or... donate online and l will send your book via email ASAP
youcaring.com/YangonOrphans
Please ask me your questions.
Thanks so Much for Listening
Please ask me your questions.