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I just spent a four day weekend down the coast at Byron Bay, a well known backpacker holiday location about two hours drive south from my hometown of Brisbane. Byron Bay was once a very hippie-centric town and it still carries some of the vibe from days gone by, but today you are more likely to meet up with an international traveler sporting a European or North American accent fresh from learning how to surf or a skydiving jump.

I hadn’t been to Byron since I was kid, so I was eager to remember the place and more importantly, test out a remote-working lifestyle and answer the question - can I actually have a holiday, write blog articles and run a membership site all at the same time?

I’ll be honest with you, as much as people proclaim how great the Internet business lifestyle is, taking your work with you anywhere in the world and of course, sitting on the beach with your laptop, it’s not always as easy as the image portrays.

In previous years I’ve had many a mad dash to an Internet cafe to answer customer support emails for BetterEdit while supposedly on holidays and spent nights at my hotel blogging or responding to emails, with people around me complaining about my inability to properly take time off.

My “holidays” involve my work because I enjoy what I do - I don’t require a “break” from it - I want to do it, however it’s not quite perfect yet. I still get a sense of stress when I travel and feel a need to check the Internet just to make sure everything is okay.

I don’t quite have all the systems in place to cover everything I do, however things are different now because I don’t have as many time pressure deadlines as I did in the past when I was the only person in charge of everything. Now I can let things run without me, but I still have to play catchup when I get back, which is something I want to change so I can actually leave the computer for a few days - even a week - without coming back to a day’s worth of email and helpdesk queries.

Byron Is Seriously Wired

Byron Bay is a fantastically well wired little town, in fact there is better wi-fi access in Byron than there is in Brisbane, but that’s not surprising since Brisbane is absolutely terrible for wi-fi Internet access. All of the cafes and restaurants I went to in Byron had free wi-fi access plus we had it in the apartment we rented too, although it wasn’t free.

If all you wanted to do was head to the beach, spend some time writing articles to your blog and enjoy great food, Byron is a fantastic choice. The great thing about just blogging is that it really is just an hour or two a day activity. If your income is driven solely on publishing a one thousand word article every day or two, then you could certainly make a holiday work easily and get work done too.

Some of you might think I’m strange, but here’s a photo of what I enjoy doing on my holidays (and that’s green tea I’m drinking by the way)…

What To Do When News Breaks While On Holiday

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***Updated***

I’ve added a few more details to respond to some questions and responses I’ve received so far - see below for more…

Do you want more traffic to your blog or website?

I’m taking a leaf from Darren Rowse’s book and having a holiday from blogging here at Entrepreneur’s Journey and I’m looking for contributions from you so we can keep this place updated with great content while I’m gone.

I’m accepting article submissions from any reader on topics related to -

• Entrepreneurship
• Internet Marketing
• Blogging
• Business

Articles should be a minimum of 500 words. No advertorials - We don’t want to hear how good your business is, we want to know the stories behind the business, or your opinion/advice on any topic in this industry.

Case studies are allowed, however the best response is always to “How-To” articles that teach something new. If you want to really impress people and bring in the most traffic, write a how-to article on business, entrepreneurship, Internet marketing or marketing in general - something you really have strong understanding of or experience with.

Note: Only original articles will be considered. I won’t republish articles you have already published online at your blog or other publication. I always produced original pieces for Darren Rowse and other media sources when they asked for content and it brought in a lot of traffic for me. It shouldn’t take you much more than 30-60 minutes to produce a new 500-1000 word article.

Deadline: I’ll take articles up to July 3rd and publish the best over the following weeks.

To submit your article email it to - yaroATblogtrafficking.com

I’ll be having a few weeks off in July so I can focus 100% on getting Blog Traffic School finished so I’d like to feature 5-10 articles during this time. I’ll be selecting the best and most relevant articles to be published here at Entrepreneur’s Journey and of course you get links back to your site in return for the content. This site is a PageRank 6 so the links are quite valuable!

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