Essential tools for the Travelling Affiliate
For most of 2009 I have been travelling the world whilst keeping my affiliate business going at the same time. Before I left I realistically expected to see a drop in visitor numbers, site earnings, conversion rates etc. as I would be working a lot less, and when I was working it would be from countries such as Bolivia, Indonesia and Peru!
Much to my surprise, and thanks to the following essential affiliate travelling tools I have managed to exceed my expectations! Not only did I manage to keep traffic levels pretty constant, I also managed to slightly improve on my performance from last year. And all this whilst sailing round the Galapagos, trekking the Inca Trail, swimming with sharks at the Great Barrier Reef and much much more.!
Asus EEE 900 – This little mini laptop is the perfect travel companion. Small enough to fit in your day pack, light enough to carry anywhere, robust enough to survive the inevitable bumps along the way, powerful enough to run the basic software required and cheap enough not to worry about it getting stolen! Without this, there is no way I could have kept the websites running.
Affmeter – After spending 8 days on a boat without the internet, a quick login, update and I can then instantly see how the sites have performed. The number of hours that Affmeter has saved me is uncountable. I can then use this time for much more effective tasks, such as adding new content or fixing broken links.
Affmeter now supports a huge number for different networks!
Gmail (plus Gmail offline) – I discovered this about a month into the travels (the offline part that is..), and it was a real boost to productivity. It allows you to download all emails and work on them offline, essentially interacting with Gmail as if you were online. Then when you reconnect to the internet it will upload all your changes. This is perfect for the countries with limited wifi connections!
A decent host. (34sp.com in my case) – The moment I got on the 12 hour flight to leave for South America one of my main sites got hacked. Thanks to some friends back home, and the amazing support at 34sp.com the damage was limited. If I was still using my old hosts the problems would probably still not have been resolved!
Multi Country Power Adapter – It sounds obvious, but you really dont want get to a country and not be able to power up your laptop!
“Multi Country Power Adapter”
Can you recommend a small lightweight adapter Peter?
Hi Rob,
the one i used was this one…
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zyon-Universal-Travel-Adapter-Protection/dp/B001BS5THE/ref=pd_sim_ce_1
it seemed to work well for all the countries that i went to
hope this helps
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