This is a guest post from Location Rebel Academy member Allison Troutner. When Sean asked me if I would like to be interviewed about my path to freelance success, I started thinking about what got me from A to B. Looking back, my success comes down to 4 things that allowed me to grow quickly. […]
5 Freelance Writing Tips for Non-Native English Speakers
Note from Sean: Like with many successful LRA members, Dario has been super active in the forums. He’s the perfect example of someone who has used his skills and determination to succeed. When I started, I wondered if I could even land one client as a bilingual writer. I had my doubts. If I had […]
20 Mindset Tips from a Six-Figure Freelance Writer
This post was written by Location Rebel Director of Content and Community, Liz Froment. Money and clients. That’s what you usually hear about most with freelancing. How to get each of them. But another key part of freelancing success is having the right mindset and approach for your business. Without that, you’re going to struggle […]
How to Become a Freelance Writer in 2021
Updated in September 2020 to remain up to date and accurate. To understand how to become a freelance writer, we need to look at a brief history of freelance writing. Back when dinosaurs ruled the earth and Sean started Location Rebel, the easiest way to get into freelance writing was via something called SEO writing. […]
How to Setup a Mastermind Group (And Why It’s a Fast Track to Success)
This is a guest post by my good friend and community manager Liz Froment. When she isn’t working on her own freelance writing business, working on marketing automation or helping me out, she’s tweeting away at @lfroment. With that, I’ll let her get to it! Take it away, Liz… Being the Community Manager inside Location Rebel […]
15 Strategies to Find More Freelance Work
Here’s a confession: getting new freelance work can be hard. That’s true even for established freelancers and those who are trying to level up. More often than not it’s this part of the process that’s going to give you the most frustration. Which kinda sucks because, you know, it’s preeeeeetttty important! Without clients, it’s really […]
Freelancing Advice: 15 Valuable Lessons You Should Learn
It sounds crazy to say this out loud, but I’ve been freelancing for over five years now. It seems like forever and feels like I’m only getting started all at the same time. After a few years of pretty steady work and income, I made a few strategic changes and in 2019 my income skyrocketed. […]
Freelance Writing Niches: Do You Have to Niche Down?
Around these parts, we talk a lot about having a freelance writing niche. Read any of the big guides we have on becoming a freelance writer or how to be a B2B writer and you’ll see a big section in each of them about finding a niche. So we get a lot of questions from […]
How Do You Make Time to Start a Freelance Writing Business?
Are you reading this while swinging from a hammock on a beautiful beach in Thailand? No? Good. Because unless you’re independently wealthy or living off your savings in a destination where your money can really stretch, you probably have a job. And that job is something you want to keep, at least for now, while […]
Do Freelance Writers Need to Know SEO?
Being a freelance writer is often about a lot more than just writing. That’s the easy part. What most people don’t realize when they get into this career is just how much of it revolves around sales and marketing. To see success, especially at the start, you have to learn to market yourself to potential […]