Modern technology is changing the world and the way we manage our businesses. For instance, as a professional blogger, you can be entirely location independent–there are so many locations all over the world that offer free WiFi that you can…
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Freelance Your Way to Location Independence: A Copywriter and Copy Editor Tell All
Welcome to Location Independent Success Stories, the newest interview series on The Sweetest Way! In each new post, I’ll be introducing you to someone who’s using their unique skills and talents to kick ass as a digital nomad and live…
Why I started blogging and what it means to me now
Sometimes, when I think back to that day back in 2013 when I decided to start a blog and the wild, convoluted path my life has taken since then, I can’t help but laugh. It seems surreal, and sometimes I…
I Don’t Want to Travel the World for a Living
Something has been nagging at my conscience lately. In the last couple of months, I’ve begun to feel a little bit adrift. It’s a case of uncertain identity, I guess you could say. Despite how it may sometimes appear, I…
TravelDave’s Blogger Retreat in Koh Phangan
When I learned about TravelDave‘s Blogger Retreat in Koh Phangan last year, it sounded too good to be true. A week-long getaway at a resort on a beautiful Thai island, surrounded by other bloggers and digital entrepreneurs, jam-packed with seminars…
Four Years of Travel & Two Years of Blogging: Taking Stock
Just over two years ago, on December 21st, 2013, I published my first ever blog post. With no inclination of the direction The Mochilera Diaries would take back then, it’s both thrilling and fascinating to see how far it has…
Pinterest for Travel Bloggers: An In-Depth Guide to Help You Drive Traffic Like a BOSS
This guide, Pinterest for Travel Bloggers, is designed for all levels of bloggers and pinners. If you’re relatively new to travel blogging or to using Pinterest for Business, I recommend reading from top to bottom. If, on the other hand,…
TBEX Costa Brava: What I Learned and What I Would Do Differently Next Time
If you’re not involved in the travel, blogging, or travel blogging industries, you’ve probably never heard of TBEX. This conference, whose tagline reads “The Future of Travel Media,” brings travel bloggers and travel industry representatives together for several days of…
Finding My Voice in One Year of Travel Blogging
Blogging anniversaries, like all anniversaries in life, come with a lot of pressure–pressure to be great, to be meaningful, to be memorable. I feel it’s my duty on this, the one-year anniversary of hitting “Publish” on my very first blog post,…