Advice for Freelance Writers and Internet Marketers Who Make Their Living Completely Online: How to Protect Your Income When Technology Problems Strike

June 3, 2010

Today’s “Throwback Thursday” post is very timely, as I seem to be at the mercy of intermittent internet service like never before (it happens to all of us from time to time, no?).

Just to clarify, there’s internet service all over here in Jamaica. So, if it goes down at one place, you can go someplace.

Freelance Writers / Internet Marketers: Have You Ever Been Forced to Become an “Internet Signal Whore”?

But as any freelance writer will tell you, when you’re on deadline, the last thing you want to do is become an internet whore, flitting from one location to the next trying to log on, meet deadlines, answer emails and still keep your sanity!

website-down-adviceAnd if you’re an internet marketer, you have to write content, upload it to different sites, answer questions from affiliates, create new products, etc. Again, you just don’t want to feel so vulnerable and have your schedule interrupted so much.

This is the only thing that’s kinda wigged me out since I got here to Jamaica. But, I’m adjusting slowly.

Today’s Throwback Thursday posts gives you some concrete advice on what to do if your website goes down. It’s reactive and proactive advice that will hopefully help you avoid some problems

It’s Not a Matter of If, But When, Your Site Will Go Down — Some Concrete Steps to Take to Protect Your Income & Save Your Sanity

It’s not a matter of “if” your website will go down at some point, it’s “when.” So having a plan can make you weather those tense minutes, hours, days (pray tell not days!) with your sanity intact.

Good luck!

Note: You can read today’s installment of my freelance writing life abroad at http://bit.ly/dzQ2og.

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