Remote Work Europe
Maya Middlemiss
Remote Work Europe is for employees, freelancers, sole traders, solopreneurs, digital nomads, consultants, and anyone who defies categorization while making a living outside the traditional location-dependent relationship — for the independent operator, wherever you are. The remote revolution is already well underway, and we're bringing you insight and inspiration from the frontiers of freelancing and the rubicon of remote, to help you build a life and a living without borders.
Formerly the 'Future is Freelance' podcast, our show has evolved as work evolves - to a fluid and flexible blended approach to life and value creation.
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Nomad City and Remote Work Europe: Embracing the Freedom of the Future
Remote Work Europe
07/28/23 • 28 min
Today's adventure begins at Agaete in Gran Canaria, where we bask in the panoramic views from rooftop terraces, immerse ourselves in a unique unconference session at a coffee plantation, and thrive in co-living accommodations.
A new experience for us, and one which unlocked a world of future possibilities, long before the official Nomad City conference and its inclusive and enlightening agenda, which brought together remote work experts from all over the world.
The unique individuals and fascinating conversations at El Cabo offered a glimpse into the diverse lifestyles adopted by fellow digital nomads and remote workers. From understanding the shared values within the nomad space to recognising the creative and entrepreneurial endeavours around us, our experience was nothing short of enlightening. But it's not all work, we're also talking about taking some time off, unplugging and recharging as we gear up for an even more exciting season four of our podcast.
Because the journey doesn't end at Gran Canaria; the remote work community is burgeoning across Europe. We'll discuss the growth of Remote Work Spain which now boasts 19,000 members and the launch of Remote Work UK. Discover how such communities can be replicated in any country provided there's a connection with the right people and the right skills.
As we bid a temporary farewell to our Future is Freelance community, we reflect on the progress we've made and look forward to what lies ahead. Together, we're carving out a future where working remotely is not just an option, but the norm. Join us as we navigate this ever-changing landscape and continue to champion the freelance way of life.
See you in September!
Meanwhile, enjoy these links:
https://www.nomadcity.org/
https://www.repeople.co/coliving/el-cabo-coliving-agaete/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/remoteworkspain
https://www.facebook.com/groups/remoteworkuk
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Here's to your own remote future 🤩
Nomadic Narratives: A Deep Dive into the World of Work and Travel, with Rudi Medved
Remote Work Europe
09/15/23 • 36 min
Ready to challenge your perceptions of work and travel?
Our opening episode for season 4 features a captivating conversation with Rudi Medved, a leading figure in the realm of digital nomadism. Rudi, a Slovenian entrepreneur and scholar, shares his insights on the motivations and values that guide digital nomads. From the allure of cheaper destinations to the shared experiences that this unique lifestyle offers, be prepared to rethink old notions of work and leisure.
As we delve deeper into the discussion, we turn our focus on the work-life balance in the context of digital nomadism. We grapple with the blurred lines between work and leisure and the discipline required to balance both. Rudi also highlights how the rise of digital nomads is influencing the global economy, with implications on co-working and co-living spaces, and how companies operate. This is an unfiltered look at the challenges digital nomads face and the potential rewards of this lifestyle.
Whether you're already living the nomad lifestyle, considering a shift, or merely curious, this episode offers fresh perspectives that will provoke thought and spark discussion. Tune in for an episode packed with insightful reflections on a rapidly growing trend, which opens up new opportunities for remote workers and freelancers everywhere!
Catch Rudi's substack here: https://traveljournal.substack.com
and connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudi-medved/
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
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And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
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Here's to your own remote future 🤩
Graceful Goodbyes and Professional Partings: A Freelancer's Guide to Concluding Client Relationships
Remote Work Europe
09/22/23 • 33 min
Navigating the freelance world can feel like walking a tightrope, especially when it comes to ending client relationships. Let's address this head-on. We crack open the complexities of freelance relationships, examine the differences with traditional employment and highlight the significance of thinking long-term right from the start. Somehow we need to balance the importance of cultivating solid client relationships in the first place, to managing when these connections evolve.
Are you clear on your boundaries right at the onset of a freelance gig? We reveal the value of setting expectations at the start, and explore how misunderstandings can sprout from outdated contracts or miscommunication. Never underestimate the power of a well-crafted contract. We also scrutinize the implications of scope creep and non-competition clauses for freelancers, emphasizing the need for vigilance while signing agreements.
We wrap up by guiding you on how to diagnose an unhealthy freelancer-client relationship and when to consider pulling the plug. From payment issues to energy dynamics, we provide a clear checklist of red flags. But, it's not all doom and gloom - we also throw light on how to break up professionally, focusing on handling feedback, putting termination details in writing, and always being prepared for the end. Here's to surviving and thriving in the wild world of freelancing.
Ready to dive in to your next freelancing gig? Make sure your professional profile is working at its hardest for you, with our brand new Guide to LinkedIn.
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
Future-proofing Your Freelance Career in the Age of AI
Remote Work Europe
11/03/23 • 33 min
Today it's time we took another look at what the future holds for freelancers, and the impact AI tools are having on the field. We explore the challenges and benefits of AI, and the intelligent and relevant ways to integrate AI tools like chatGPT into your workflow.
Brace yourself for intriguing insights on how these tools are revolutionizing content creation, from producing unique images to summarizing complex information.
And we take a critical look at emerging opportunities in the freelancing world amidst the rapid technological advancements - from new roles like prompt engineering and AI training, to growth in areas like corporate storytelling, brand strategy and data science. We'll guide you on how to navigate the evolving landscape, stay ahead of the curve, and add value in ways AI can't, leveraging your unique skills and experiences to add value as a HUMAN, in this strange new automated world.
Finally, we recorded this episode just before our most recent 'Level Up Your LinkedIn' challenge, which is now underway.
It's going beautifully, with a great bunch of people on board - so, don't worry if you missed the boat, we will be running it again very soon.
You can get to the front of the queue right here.
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
Remote Realities: Busting Freelancing Fables and Remote Red Herrings
Remote Work Europe
11/17/23 • 36 min
Have you ever considered whether everything you thought you knew about remote work and freelancing was based on stereotypes, outdated ideas, and misconceptions?
Buckle up as we take on some common myths about freelancing and remote work that might be holding you back. We expose the false notion that there's a special section of remote jobs that require no skills or experience, and offer some down-to-earth insight about the various schemes, from trading to MLM, that might try to persuade you otherwise.
With the right understanding and approach, almost all professional jobs can be done remotely - there is not a particular 'remote work industry' you need to learn about. But great remote roles are not going to come handed to you on a plate.
Transitioning to remote work can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. In this episode, we explore the hurdles you might face when trying to land your first remote job. It's not as easy as posting a request for work; you are competing with countless others, and recruiters screen through numerous applications before they even consider a candidate. We discuss how to make yourself stand out, attract the right attention, and make a strong case for your skills. Moreover, we explore the intricacies of switching to remote work or freelancing, the importance of developing a personal brand, and the value of keeping an open mind.
So, join us for an enlightening discussion and get a reality check on the world of remote work and freelancing.
It's time for some tough love!
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
A voice for e-residents in Estonia, with Mark Izatt
Remote Work Europe
06/03/22 • 45 min
Mark Izatt is a luxury brands consultant, early adopter of e-residency, and board member of the non-profit EERICA: the Estonian E-residents International Chamber Association.
EERICA is the official 'voice' of the more than 80 thousand strong community of e-residents, to the government of Estonia. They fulfil a vital lobbying and policy-making role, but also offer members highly valuable professional networking opportunities. For Mark, it's a chance to give back to e-Residency and Estonian business culture, which he credits with unexpectedly reshaping his whole approach to business and entrepreneurship.
As a freelancer, Mark provides a very interesting example of the way you can create a resilient and interesting portfolio career by combining a range of long term roles and directorships, if the gig-driven lifestyle does not appeal - a good reminder, for anyone considering their options in this space. And he includes some excellent tips for de-risking the shift into adopting an e-resident business lifestyle.
You can find out more, and sign up for updates, at https://eerica.ee/
Also do connect with Mark and his varied roles and interests online:
www.markizatt.com
insta: markaizatt
twitter: markaizatt
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🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
Creating digital nomad communities, with Gonçalo Hall from NomadX
Remote Work Europe
08/05/22 • 42 min
When your lifestyle means you travel all the time, what do you look for in a destination? And what does it mean to feel like you're 'coming home'?
Today's guest Gonçalo Hall knows that digital nomads seek community and connectedness, alongside their next adventure - and when you don't live in a fixed location, that sense of community matters more than ever.
NomadX is combining the persistence and permanence of a digital community, with a growing network of physical communities - places that digital nomads can find the accommodation and infrastructure they need to do their work, but can also find those less tangible things we all need. Other people who understand you, events which immerse you in the local culture, and ways to connect, share, and give back. As Gonçalo has memorably explained it, "people don't move from one place to another, they move from one community to another" - and NomadX make that easy, sustainable, and enjoyable.
From Madeira to Cape Verde, via Brazil, Switzerland, and a dozen more pins on the map, you can find your tribe wherever you go. And that tribe is changing, differentiating, and growing all the time.
Keep up with Gonçalo wherever he goes, at
https://www.nomadx.com/ and on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/goncalohall/
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for free for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap.
Meanwhile, this show is taking a 4-week break now, and returning to your podcast queue on September 9th. So, make sure you subscribe or follow in your app of choice, so you don't miss the start of Season Two 😎
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
07/08/22 • 35 min
Freelancing as a company-of-one is a great way to live - flexible, versatile, and autonomous.
But, as a solopreneur, you have different vulnerabilities, when unexpected change happens. Have you ever thought about how you'd cope, if something came up and you simply couldn't work as normal, if your whole world shifted overnight?
Or what if your client had a crisis, which directly impacted on your work together? What kind of relationship have you really established? Because there are other kinds of crises that affect the whole world at once, as we all know. If you can't prepare for unknown unknowns, how can you future-proof your income and lifestyle, when there's no in-house team to have your back?
As freelancers, we are usually more diversified than employees, in terms of our income and activities, and we're also used to change. That's a superpower we can use, to keep up with a changing world, and support our clients and associates through changes too.
Your podcast host Maya Middlemiss has rolled with some big shifts during her freelance career, from the global ones you all know about to individual family challenges, and she's learned a thing or two about positioning a solopreneur career for resilience - not just because she writes and researches future tech trends.
Nobody knows what the future holds, but you can face better than most, if you expect a state of flux, and keep one eye on the horizon.
You can keep up with Maya's projects and publications here,
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for *free* for 3 months - the perfect home for your resilient, future-proof, location-independent business.
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
Get a black belt in TikTok, with ‘Modern Samurai’ Matt Stait
Remote Work Europe
07/15/22 • 41 min
Matt Stait transformed his life through martial arts - but like so many in our amazing Xolopreneur community, his freelance career has taken him in various unanticipated directions. From his own championship achievements, he has found new ways to inspire audiences beyond those who can attend his gym in the UK, by mastering online publishing.
In demand as a speaker, consultant, and author, Matt has achieved great success recently with short-form video content, which is the perfect medium for him to educate and share the skills he has developed - on Youtube Shorts, Reels, and TikTok.
Today, Matt generously shares his insights into mastering this new medium, and unpacks the skills he teaches other businesses, when they want to create and grow a TikTok presence from scratch. So, if you're even remotely curious about what all the fuss is about, and/or whether you should be on TikTok yourself, you'll want to listen hard to today's episode.
Matt is definitely not a lipsyncing teenager, but there's a lot more to this fast-growing platform than that these days.
Catch up with Matt online:
https://www.facebook.com/matt.stait.5/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-stait/
https://www.tiktok.com/@modernsamuraima?lang=en
www.differentthink.co.uk
www.modernsamurai.online
And remember that the Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for free for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
From Enterprise to Content Marketing Autonomy via Deep Niche Mastery, with Dominic Kent
Remote Work Europe
07/21/23 • 41 min
Have you ever wondered how a simple passion like writing can morph into a successful full-time freelance business? Let's hear it from Dominic, the CEO and founder of UC Marketing, who shares with us his transformation from being an entry-level provisioning coordinator to running a successful content marketing freelance venture, with complete personal control over lifestyle and work/life balance.
With his wealth of experience, Dominic serves up a plateful of insights - navigating the complexities of the freelance industry, managing conflicts of interest, and building a successful clientele.
In our deep-dive conversation, Dominic shares strategies for diversifying your business to maintain a steady flow of work, while also deeply niching down to become the go-to expert in a category most people outside of his industry wouldn't even have heard of. What even is 'unified communications' anyway? You're probably using it already!
We also talk about sharing knowledge and experience via the traditional writer pathway of writing a book - and discuss Dominic's motivation for and drive behind his successful guide, The Autonomous Freelancer.
As we wrap up our conversation, we zoom in on the importance of treating your freelancing as a business, including collaborating with trusted fellow professionals to provide integrated services. Dominic unravels his journey to achieving this while simultaneously creating valuable products that provide passive income streams, and keeps his work pipeline steady. He also shares valuable tips on networking and building relationships in the freelance industry.
So, whether you're a newbie freelancer or a seasoned pro, this episode is chock-full of wisdom to help you soar high in your freelance career. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from Dominic's journey, and connect with him for further insight:
https://twitter.com/domkent
https://instagram.com/dominickentblog
https://www.youtube.com/@domkent90
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominickent/
🌟 REMOTE WORK EUROPE CONNECTED IS OPEN 🌟
(It's now even easier to get involved and kickstart your remote work career success)
And you can find all our latest training and resources in our online store.
Finally, make sure you're subscribed to receive our free newsletter, packed with information, updates, and REAL remote job opportunities every week 😎
Here's to your own remote future 🤩
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FAQ
How many episodes does Remote Work Europe have?
Remote Work Europe currently has 73 episodes available.
What topics does Remote Work Europe cover?
The podcast is about Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Freelance, Podcasts, Digital Nomad, Business and Careers.
What is the most popular episode on Remote Work Europe?
The episode title 'A vision for better life-work experiences, with Coliving Consultant Leah Ziliak' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Remote Work Europe?
The average episode length on Remote Work Europe is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of Remote Work Europe released?
Episodes of Remote Work Europe are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Remote Work Europe?
The first episode of Remote Work Europe was released on Apr 28, 2022.
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