How to become a Digital Nomad?
By: Laura Peraltav
Tags: Travel, Digital Nomads, Financial Freedom, Freedom Seeker, Freedom

So, for those who do not know what the term Digital Nomad means it is a person that is able to generate income online using digital tools, move around the world and work from wherever they want.

Chances are that if you’re reading this you already know that and you’re just looking for ways to get started in this incredible journey, well let me tell you you’re in the right place. Here I’ll present you the most popular ways in which DNs (Digital Nomads) are able to live like that, so keep on reading.

There are 2 main ways, you could either land a remote job or you could create your own business both of them have their perks and downsides but I won’t be discussing that in here. If you’d like to know more about it read Remote job vs. Being your own boss here. Let’s break this down a little.

*Disclosure: this article might contain affiliate links.

Remote Job

The world has changed soooo much in the past 10 years I could say, but last year with the pandemic was a decisive one, a lot of companies were forced to move to the remote world giving the possibility to their employees to work from home. Most of this companies won’t have a problem with you working from anywhere in the world as long as you deliver the work done.

So, any job that can be done through a computer with internet connection is suitable for you to get started.

Some of the most popular and required skills today to land this kind of jobs are:

Sales

Software development

Digital marketing

Customer support

On the other hand, you could create your own business.

Online Business

There are thousands of ways how you can earn money online, it’s a matter of being consistent and taking the time to look for what fits you (for learning what it takes read 10 tips for building your online business).

Within this option you have 3 different alternatives:

Become a freelancer Sale physical products Sale digital products

Become a freelancer

There are lots of freelancing platforms in the market today, some of the most popular are Upwork and Fiverr, there you can open a free account fill out your profile and begin offering your services, you can also look for what people is looking for and reach out.

Sale physical products

There are different ways to approach this.

Dropshipping

Dropshipping it’s a method where you promote someone else’s products and you do not need an upfront investment (I clarify — investment in stock), because you actually pay for it when you sell the products and not before since the owner of the products will fulfill the delivery to the final customer.

Keep in mind that for this method you will need an online store to show and promote the products, you could do it using Shopify an online platform that let you create and manage your e-commerce at ease. Also, it’s important to know that you will need a marketing strategy to drive traffic to your website so that potential customers know it exists.

For this you could use paid ads in platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc thinking in which is the one your audience spend more time on. Or you could go for organic strategies which are slower but you don’t have to pay (to know more about organic strategies click here).

Own products

When you produce your own products, you will have to build an online shop to promote them basically the same as dropshipping but with more logistics and of course with an upfront investment because you will actually need to produce the items to sell.

Amazon FBA

FBA stands for Fulfilled By Amazon, this method needs an upfront investment because you will have to import the items/products usually from China or countries where manufacture price it’s way lower so the profit margin is actually profitable.

The products are stored in an Amazon’s warehouse and then all the shipping logistic is managed by Amazon itself.

The good thing here is that you don’t have to do much promotion outside the platform, just know how to choose the right keywords, and since Amazon has its reputation people already go there to look for what they need.

Sale Digital Products

On the digital product side, you could have a

Digital marketing agency

Where you can provide services like social media management, creating digital marketing strategies, website management and creation, content creator, content manager, copywriter, etc.

For this usually at the beginning, you’ll have to do all on your own, and when you grow, you’ll be able to grow your team too and delegate the work. (to know more about how to leverage your digital marketing agency read this).

Online courses

You could create a course about something you excel at, or that your friends come to you for often, then you can use a platform like Udemy to upload and sell it. I think a good hook to get you started is offering a course for free that covers the basics so the potential customers see what you can offer and then promote a paid version of it.

E-books and Kindle e-books

Another way you can earn money its writing an e-book and selling it on Amazon.

Finally, there’s a business model that you can use to either sell physical or digital products/services.

Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing it’s a business model where you are the one that brings leads and traffic towards a product. As an affiliate you (usually) partner up with a product that resonates with you, so that when you are promoting it it’s easier to convince someone else that what you are selling its worth when you are already convinced of it.

There are lots of affiliate programs in the market right now that you can choose from. If you want to know more about affiliate marketing take a look at this FREE masterclass here or read my blog on What is affiliate marketing?

Bonus

Giving English/languages classes

Sometimes DNs travel and find people willing to learn their mother language, you could find a local school to give classes at or offer your services through social media or spread the word with people around you.

Trading & cryptocurrency

This is a topic that is growing fast and that is making people lots of money. (more on this coming soon).

See you on the next one.

Let me know in the comments what other topics are you interested in.