Get Paid for Living Abroad and Giving Your Advice

Do you consider yourself to be an expert?  Well, whether you do or you don’t, the fact that you’re living life abroad as an expatriate makes your experiences and your knowledge of true value to others who would like to make the same move as you, or who would just like to explore more of the country you’re currently living in.

Just imagine how much easier your transition abroad would have been with the benefit of the hindsight that you now have!  Well, how do you feel about the fact that you could get paid just for living abroad and giving pithy advice to other would-be expatriates and keen international travellers?  Sounds pretty exciting doesn’t it…almost like getting money for doing something you love and something you do naturally every day…

Well, a brand new website – indeed, a brand new concept for a website is emerging.  It’s called SimonSeeks.com and it’s brought to you by the man behind the massive success of MoneySupermarket.com, Simon Nixon.  The site is a community for travellers and international location experts like you to share your tips and your advice with others, and get paid potentially handsomely for taking the time and the trouble to write all about what it’s really like abroad.

We were lucky enough to have an introduction to SimonSeeks.com from Simon Nixon himself – he explained to us earlier this week how the site would truly benefit from the depth of local advice and knowledge that expatriates like you can provide to this new travel community online.

The site is in the beta stages at the moment – therefore it is the best time for you to get in on what will probably become a huge hype and success on the Internet in quite a short time. 

Taking the bold step of asking travellers, tourists, expats and those who have been about a bit (!) to write all about their recommendations for places to visit abroad – with in depth information required on everything from where to stay, where to eat and even where the best public conveniences are - SimonSeeks.com will then pay its contributors like you a commission when others read what you write, and book a trip abroad based on the back of your words of wisdom.

Unlike other travel sites that just slate destinations, complain and tell you where not to go and where not to eat for example, SimonSeeks.com wants to hear from those of us who have had positive experiences abroad – the website’s owner and its editors want to be able to provide a healthy community where we can all go for trip recommendations, hotel reviews, restaurant suggestions - and the website is fast growing to become an incredibly valuable resource for anyone about to set foot abroad.

As an expatriate you have incredible local knowledge about a given destination.  You know where the best restaurants are for real – not just where the best tourism trap eateries are.  You know how to really haggle in the local markets, where best to watch the sun set and how to avoid getting into trouble by misunderstanding the local laws and customs.  You know short cuts to the best beaches, you know when to visit local sites of interest to avoid the crowds, you can tell people what the weather’s really like out of season and even which local goods and products are worth searching for and buying as souvenirs and gifts for your family back home.  You can tell visitors where there’s a good bar, an off the beaten track café, which bus takes you to the nearest town and how to find the most authentic, best value, most luxurious or under rated hotel.  In other words, as an expatriate living your life in a given location, your knowledge and your advice about that location are almost invaluable – yet thanks to the concept that Simon Nixon has come up with through SimonSeeks.com, a value can actually be placed on your words of advice, wisdom and hard won knowledge!

If you’re interested in sharing all that you know about a destination you live in or near or have even visited since you’ve moved abroad, if you’re prepared to write up an in-depth and insightful guide to what you know, you could find yourself published on SimonSeeks.com – a website with guides from the likes of expert authors and leading travel journalists – and because your content will potentially be so much better researched because of the length of time you’ve been living abroad, you never know, readers may well rank your reports and content above that written by the professionals in the travel journalism business and you could end up earning even more than them from SimonSeeks.com…

This is truly a great opportunity – what’s more, it’s an accessible opportunity for all expatriates.  We can all get involved and get paid for our insight, our local knowledge and for writing for our fellow citizens who want to know what it will be like for them travelling in the country in which you’re now living.  Your hindsight is valuable – and now there’s a way to put a monetary value on you sharing your experiences and recommendations with others.

Check out the SimonSeeks.com concept and see how you can get involved from day one…in time everyone will be talking about this site, but your guides will be up there first and hopefully making you money just for living abroad and enjoying the lifestyle that others literally dream of.