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Webmaster on the Road - Work and Travel

By Roadjunky, Posted Oct 23, 2006

laptop for the webmaster

Steal someone's wifi connection and you're in business

The advent in the modern age of the internet offers the webmaster a unique way to work and travel, updating and making an income from your website anywhere in the world. You can work on your site from any internet café in the world, set up a revenue via advertising and stay on the road for as long as you like.

Once upon a time there was the Internet, and God was with the Internet…

The advent in the modern age of the internet offers the webmaster a unique way to work and travel, updating and making an income from your website anywhere in the world. You can work on your site from any internet café in the world, set up a revenue via advertising and stay on the road for as long as you like.

If, like the majority of those who aren’t web-savvy, you associate running a website with streams of computer code and geeks in offices with virtual egos, get with the times. Anyone can learn to build, even design and run their own website these days with a minimum of investment. Having your own website is nothing short of publishing your own magazine and service and the only skills needed can be learnt within a week from free online resources.

Most people still aren’t aware that there’s large amounts of money to be made through running a website and, even if you don’t get a huge financial return, it’s not too hard to make enough to keep you on the road in some of the cheaper countries in the world. Then you really could travel for as long as it suited you, working on your site as you went, instead of watching your disappearing budget lead you back home and into the rat race once again.

What does it take to be a successful travelling webmaster?

Lots of time, some hard work, some independent study and, most importantly of all, a good idea. The good news is that we have lots of good ideas to give away and at the very least spark your imagination.

So log on and join the wired generation on the road.

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