http://www.digitalnomadacademy.com
http://www.freedombusinessblog.com
http://www.nunomad.com/blog/25-career-id...lifestyle/
And the obvious book, Four Hour Work Week.
One thing I'd recommend: Dont think you HAVE to have an online business to do this. There are plenty of ways to earn money online without having to "run a business" in the sense you're creating websites/products etc. Freelancing comes to mind.
I've been building content sites and monetising with advertising for a couple of years but my heart is 100% not in it. It's been a fucking slog every step of the way and I have not made nearly what I expected to. It doesnt make use of my strengths, or things I enjoy, or have any sense of meaningfulness for me. Seriously considering selling my sites and washing my hands of them, before I have to scramble and polish them up before the next big update from Google.
Thinking back, I wish I had not got sucked in by the idea of "passive income" and having a flashy internet business. I wish I'd just found a way to earn $20-30 an hour online, and worked 20 hour weeks as I travelled, enough to pay the bills. Writing, programming, translating, etc. By now I'd have a strong personal brand, skillset and client list. Maybe I would have played around with a side blog or biz venture in something Im passionate about, like a pickup/lifestyle design blog etc. But certainly not made building content sites my whole deal. I really hate it, I regret getting sucked into it and sticking at it for so long really.
However - I can say the biz experience and learning curve has been very worthwhile though. I learned a shitload about online markets, SEO, HTML and site structure, marketing, analytics, testing, business principles and pitfalls, etc. I'm now positioned quite well in terms of skillset and biz knowledge if I actually came up with an idea for a product or service I was passionate about. But TBH I'd rather do something where the work is sent to me and I just use my brain to accomplish it - programming, writing, etc.
http://www.freedombusinessblog.com
http://www.nunomad.com/blog/25-career-id...lifestyle/
And the obvious book, Four Hour Work Week.
One thing I'd recommend: Dont think you HAVE to have an online business to do this. There are plenty of ways to earn money online without having to "run a business" in the sense you're creating websites/products etc. Freelancing comes to mind.
I've been building content sites and monetising with advertising for a couple of years but my heart is 100% not in it. It's been a fucking slog every step of the way and I have not made nearly what I expected to. It doesnt make use of my strengths, or things I enjoy, or have any sense of meaningfulness for me. Seriously considering selling my sites and washing my hands of them, before I have to scramble and polish them up before the next big update from Google.
Thinking back, I wish I had not got sucked in by the idea of "passive income" and having a flashy internet business. I wish I'd just found a way to earn $20-30 an hour online, and worked 20 hour weeks as I travelled, enough to pay the bills. Writing, programming, translating, etc. By now I'd have a strong personal brand, skillset and client list. Maybe I would have played around with a side blog or biz venture in something Im passionate about, like a pickup/lifestyle design blog etc. But certainly not made building content sites my whole deal. I really hate it, I regret getting sucked into it and sticking at it for so long really.
However - I can say the biz experience and learning curve has been very worthwhile though. I learned a shitload about online markets, SEO, HTML and site structure, marketing, analytics, testing, business principles and pitfalls, etc. I'm now positioned quite well in terms of skillset and biz knowledge if I actually came up with an idea for a product or service I was passionate about. But TBH I'd rather do something where the work is sent to me and I just use my brain to accomplish it - programming, writing, etc.