How I Make a Living From My RV Working Over The Internet

For some time now I’ve been answering what seems to be the same email over and over.  It goes basically like this:

“Phil, how’s it going with CoolRVToyz?  I read on the site you’re a full-time RV’er and I have a question if you don’t mind.  I’m wanting to go full time as well, but can’t really afford to retire yet.  Can you share a few of your secrets about how you make your living over the Internet?  You don’t have to get specific, but any information you’d be willing to share would be gratefully received.  Thanks.”

Truth is, I’ve received so many of this kind of email from my camping and RV friends that I actually started copying and pasting my answer from the previous one and changing it around a little just to keep from typing so much.

To that end, I decided to open yet another web site - WorkFromYourRV.com.  In reality I own over 100 Internet domains that I use for various reasons in my Internet business; so what’s one more.  Most of them deal with camping, campgrounds, RV parks or GPS related information. None of them dealt with the subject of internet marketing. I wanted to avoid including this type of subject matter on CoolRVToyz because, well, it just wasn’t in keeping with the spirit of that site.  CoolRVToyz is all about cool stuff for your RV lifestyle; in particular the Ultimate RV Parks & Campgrounds Directory - our flagship product.  I didn’t want to start cluttering up the camping theme of that site with Internet Marketing “junk”.

Being a full-time RV’er presents specific challenges when you’re trying to run any kind of a Home-Based business.  You obviously can’t carry much in the way of inventory in the back of your RV.  Inbound shipping is problematic at best, especially if you move a lot like I do.  Communications are also problematic since you don’t have many of the normal business tools like land-line phones, fax machines, etc.  Those challenges can be overcome however, and it is completely possible to run a business from your RV while still maintaining the type of camping lifestyle we all love and enjoy.  That’s why I opened this web site.

The purpose of WorkFromYourRV.com is to pass along what I use to make a living over the Internet while working from my RV.  But, before I give away any “secrets”, I must provide a bit of a disclaimer of sorts.

Please read this next paragraph carefully:

In my Internet business, just like any other business, I work hard.  If you came to this site looking for a way to get rich quick, you’re on the wrong site.  Yes, there are a few opportunities out there that can make you a great deal of money if you catch them at the right time and do everything just right.  However, the vast majority of the schemes over the internet are outright scams!  Even the good ones don’t always work for everybody.  I have failed at some of the things I’ve tried, even though I’m still convinced to this day they would make a profit if I had just worked on them a little harder, or differently.  Some of the things I’ve tried made a little money and some made a lot.  But, just because one particular idea made a lot of money for me, doesn’t necessarily mean it will for you.  Each of us is different and will approach each challenge differently.  I have a reputation to uphold, which is one of the primary reasons I’ve avoided this subject in “public” for as long as I have.  I will do my best to only bring you ideas that have a reasonable chance of making a profit on your investment, but I can’t, and won’t offer any guaranties.  In the end, much of your success will be based on your willingness to pull a few weeds in your garden, and never lose site of the big picture.  Working over the Internet is a bit like trading stocks.  You have to look at the entire portfolio and not get too hung up on how much you made on one stock versus how much you lost on another.  As long as the overall portfolio continues to make you money, you spend your time refining it.

The Internet is a quickly changing landscape.  What works today will not necessarily work tomorrow.  My efforts on this site will be to keep you up-to-date with what I am finding out there and provide you with pre-screened ideas that I am either using myself or think are good ones to try.  I can’t try them all, even the ones I think are pretty cool.  After all, it’s just me and my RV.  I’ll always let you know however which ones I’m using myself and which ones I just think are worthy of consideration.  Sign up for my newsletter and I’ll send you new information as I run across it.

Happy RV’ing …

Phil King