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Digital nomads are starting to price out local communities around the world

Workplace Insight

My research has identified four further categories: digital nomad business owners; experimental digital nomads; armchair digital nomads; and, the fastest emerging category, salaried digital nomads. With the average salary in Portugal under US$20,000 (£16,226), these are clearly are not aimed at local people. million in 2019 to 11.1

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I’m telling my friends about the bad customer service

Service Untitled

At the time and day this poor service happens we are angry, and we vow the moment we get home we will get a letter out to the CEO of the company and reiterate the miserable events of either our last purchase or service. How many times have any of us just left our would-be purchases on the ledge or on the counter because service was so slow?

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

One of the obstacles I came up against was that I had to order wine in serious ‘bulk’ I naively thought I could order a couple of cases from a few hand picked wine farms and start my ’small business’ by selling these cases to restaurants, gaining trust and loyalty and slowly building up a customer base.

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Free Blog Posts | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

My blog is my proof of purchase. That salary came from advertising purchased by business to air on my station. I’m glad my blogging fame doesn’t interrupt my trip to the zoo with the kids or a candlelit dinner at a fine restaurant. I make less than I did when I was salaried. A dangerous thing, I know.

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