Urban Globe Hoppers Location Independent Professionals

• What is a Location Independent Professional?• Frequently work as freelance writers, photographers, affiliate

marketers, web designers, web developers, graphic designers, and sometimes they simply pick up odd jobs as they travel, such as teaching English (TESOl or TEFL) or WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms). Minimalism for the sake of light travel is frequently emphasized, but not required.

• International Volunteers/Non-Profits/INGO’s.• Recently, many LIP (Location Independent Professionals)

challenge themselves to own 100 personal items or less. The blogosphere and prevalence of social media makes it much easier for anyone to share their ideas with a global audience and build a successful business online.

• With the increasing availability of free and cheap WiFi internet access around the globe, a nomadic, entrepreneurial lifestyle is increasingly possible for people to attain.

• What is a Location Independent Professional?• Being location independent is a concept, a lifestyle and a

mindset. • It’s a lifestyle based on the freedom to choose. Whether you

choose to live a nomadic life, you want to spend more time at home with the kids, move to an exotic location or you simply want to be able to work from the coffee shop down the road, the location independent lifestyle gives you the freedom to choose a lifestyle that works for you..

• How to become Location Independent• Brainstorm and use other creative thinking techniques to come

up with an idea of what you want to pursue (this likely will change along the way but it at least provides a start).

• Come up with five steps that connect the present to the future.• Determine how this journey from now to then will be

supported financially.

• Business Tips• Try staying in one place for at least a month. If you also run a

business which services clients globally; the travel, changing time zones and fact that you’re exhausted doesn’t help you provide good customer service.

• Use Social Media. If you’re marketing your business online use it intelligently and effectively..

• Be aware of time zones. If you don’t think a 7 hour time difference is going to make a difference when speaking to clients, it really does. I’ve worked with clients all over the world and the time differences require a lot of energy and stamina

• Contact Us• To learn more connect with us at

Facebook.com/urbanglobehoppers.com• Twitter: @Urbanglobehop• Skype: Ed.Sawyer• E-mail: culturalexchange@urbanglobehoppers.com• Phone: 202-657-5377