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Interview with Kristi, a CEO and remote team leader
A LOT is happening these days! I run a fully remote content marketing firm called Founders Marketing, with a distributed team that spans ten time zones. We develop content and social strategy for organizations focused on the future of learning and the future of work—so learning design firms, popular education blogs, remote-focused startups, edtech companies, and mentoring platforms are all part of our current client portfolio.
My background is in marketing communications in the education space, so they appreciate our domain expertise. The work takes the form of content audits, editorial strategy, writing (blog posts, social campaigns with imagery, case studies, etc.) and high traffic blog curation.
But behind the scenes, I'm also responsible for business development activities and all the less-than-sexy tasks tied to running the company.
Kristi is a CEO, remote work author, and speaker. In this interview, she shares the impact of new motherhood and remote team leadership on her work.
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Interview with Vaishali, a content marketer and a productivity tool expert
I am a content marketer, and I work with the remote marketing team at Time Doctor, a SaaS time tracking and productivity tool for companies and freelancers. I specialize in link building and content promotion.
Vaishali persevered until she found the right remote work job for her lifestyle—check out how she uses productivity tools and time management strategies to stay productive.
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Interview with Gino, a founder skilled in building remote teams
I’ve been leading TECLA for almost six years. We are a hiring platform that helps companies in the U.S. and Europe meet and directly hire top software professionals based throughout Latin America.
To date, we have 3,500+ pre-screened candidates in our network. Most of them are engineers, designers, data scientists, and QA analysts. We have remote candidates who work from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and many others throughout the Americas where time zones are very similar to the ones in the U.S.
For clients in North America, we typically help them recruit remote talent. Some companies also offer relocation.
For European clients, we typically help them offer relocation opportunities to candidates in our network. Hiring remotely through our network is a bit more challenging for European companies given the differences in time zones.
Gino realized how important remote work could be to finding the best talent—see his strategies for building remote teams.
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Interview with Marian, a nomadic social media manager and day trader
Right now, I am building my marketing skills, and I work for a few clients. I also work as a Day trader on binary, which allows me to work from anywhere.
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Day trading & virtual assisting has allowed Marian to see the world—in this interview, she lays out her routine and priorities for those thinking of traveling while working.
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Interview with Saibu, an HR content writer for a remote company
I am a content writer at Remoteteam.com, a comprehensive HR tool built by remote professionals for remote companies and virtual teams.
I write content, help with social media management, and develop email newsletters.
On my side, I’m starting a newsletter soon as a side hustle.
My newsletter will focus on funding for emerging technologies, especially in Africa. It’s an area that I have previously worked while getting gigs with other companies during my early remote years, which has caused me to really love this sector.
Hear how Saibu, a thriving HR content writer, navigates the complexities—and perks—of working with a remote team from Ghana.
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Interview with Kay, an independent software consultant who found freedom in remote work
At the moment I'm writing a book on learning React, one of those opportunities I would have to ask my employer, before I could do (and sell) it. Also some companies showed interest in hiring me for some projects in the next months.
Learn how Kay made the jump from full-time employee to full-time remote consultant
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Interview with Michael about being an entrepreneur and freelancer
I am currently freelance writing for individual blogs, large websites, and producing content for my blog, Inspire Your Success.
Some clients I'm given the outline while others I have free reign on creating articles around topics they want.
I write anywhere from 8-15+ articles per week. Some are short 500 word posts while others are more comprehensive, research based posts up to 4,000 words.
Michael is an online entrepreneur, author, and freelance writer who specializes in self-improvement and personal finance.
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Interview with Steven Wade, a software engineer working on a remote team
I work for a company called Help Scout. We make help desk software. I work on the Platform team. Our backend stack is mostly Java and PHP and I work with the team that manages our PHP backends.
Currently, we're adding some new features to our application that are powered by PHP micro-services.
Learn more about how Steven works remotely, including his work routine, habits and how he found his remote job
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Interview with Patric, a UX designer and usability engineer that works from home
Currently I split my time between own (side) projects and freelance UX consulting for medium sized software companies. As a UX freelancer I am defining specifications, wireframes and new products while reviewing old applications for usability issues.
The other part of my time goes into our side projects like digital hiking guides, How to hire the perfect UX Designer, WhatsApp Memo-Bot for notes and ideas and a german DIY blog where I support my wife on the tech side (as well as a few Android Apps which have been running since 2008 now...)
Patric works on his own projects while also consulting for medium sized software companies, learn how he works remotely.
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Interview with Tyler, a director of customer success models how to start a remote work career
Hubstaff is a time tracking, project management, and proof of work solution tool built to accelerate remote work and empower more kinds of work to go remote. As director of customer experience, I lead the customer success and customer support functions.
From networking to land a remote work gig, to building out an exceptional remote work tool stack, Tyler has quickly figured out how to thrive in remote work. See his tips for starting strong.
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