Being a traveling business owner is all the rage nowadays. While not everyone achieves their dream of running a business as they travel, more and more people are starting to do it. You might already have a business, and you want to find a way to keep it running as you see the world. Or perhaps your primary goal is to travel, and you’re thinking of starting a service-based business that you can operate as you travel around. Whichever of these is most like your plan, you’re going to need some tools to help you manage your business while you’re away from home.
Project Management Software
Project management tools can come in handy for many different business owners on the move. Whether you have a small one-person business and you need to communicate with freelancers and clients or you have employees working hard back in your office, you need to be able to keep your projects on track. With the right tools, you can stay up to date on what everyone is doing and how things are progressing. Software like Basecamp makes it easier for everyone to communicate with each other, no matter where they are. You might also use task scheduling tools such as Trello.
Flexible Phone Service
Communication is key when you’ve decided to travel the world as a business owner. You need to keep in touch with everything that’s happening with your business. Another way to ensure you keep up excellent communication is to consider how you’re going to receive phone calls. You won’t be in your office to pick up the phone. Fortunately, many VoIP phone systems make it easy to forward calls. You can have your important calls comes to your cell phone or even answer them on your laptop. Plus, they have a range of other features that are useful to everyone back at your office too.
Portable Hotspot
Being able to connect to the internet is vital when you’re on the road. However, anyone who has traveled will know that it’s easier to get connected in some places than in others. It has become increasingly easy to book a hotel or other accommodation that comes with an internet connection. But there are other times when you could spend the day wandering around, looking for somewhere to get online. You can avoid this by taking a mobile hotspot with you, which can help in some situations. However, sometimes you might just need to avoid going anywhere too rural.
VPN
In some countries, you might find that while you can get online, you can’t access everything you need to. For example, in China, you won’t be able to get onto Twitter. That is unless you have a virtual private network (VPN) set up. This will allow you to bypass certain restrictions so that you can still do any work that you need to do. You can use a service like Express VPN to set one up before you leave for your travels.
Running a business while you travel can be tough, but it allows you to achieve your dreams. Get the right tools, and it’s more achievable.
Mia Guerra
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