This post has been updated as of February 2019 with updated information on SEO strategies, mobile changes, and more resources on how to become an SEO freelancer. The first real business I had online was working as an SEO freelancer. This was a few years ago, and obviously, in the last 5 years search engine […]
Three of the Best Affiliate Programs for Beginners
Last week, I made this video on how beginners can start affiliate marketing. The response was awesome, which I was so excited to see. On a personal note, affiliate marketing has been huge for me over the years. The success I’ve seen with my golf site, Breaking Eighty, has been amazing and I’ve been able […]
The Best Email Marketing Tips for Beginners (From ConvertKit’s COO)
Building an email list is hard. In the battle for attention online, getting an email list not only up and running but sustainable over the long term is a serious challenge. Let’s face it, the struggle is real. But, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. I took to the mountains on a sneaky ski day with […]
How to Start Affiliate Marketing (The Complete Beginners Guide)
In this post I’m going to walk you through everything you need to know to start affiliate marketing on your blog, even if you’ve never made a cent online before, don’t know what affiliate marketing is, or haven’t even started to build your blog.
Epidemic Sound Review: How to Find Music For Your YouTube Videos
I’ve been making videos for years, and for years, I’ve struggled with one critical element of these videos: how to find music for your YouTube videos. It seems simple. You hear a sweet song on the radio, you download it, you edit it to your video and voila! Super cool YouTube vid. If only it were […]
7 Mistakes Beginning Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Make (And How to Avoid Them)
Over the last 9 years I’ve had the privilege of getting to know, hundreds, if not thousands of budding entrepreneurs who are set on creating a lifestyle brand. In that time, I’ve seen an equal number of “lifestyle design” blogs that have come and gone (can we ditch that term yet?) There’s a harsh reality […]
The ONE Thing Your Freelance Writing Website MUST Have to Get Clients
Over the years of running Location Rebel Academy it’s fair to say that I’ve helped a lot of people build freelance writing websites to help them market their services. In time it becomes a great source of leads for people to find you, but in the early going, the chances are someone is showing up on your […]
4 Types of Membership Sites That Will Crush it This Year
Let’s face it, the internet has evolved. Making money online, passive income, lifestyle business – whatever you want to call it – it’s more difficult than it used to be. It’s still entirely possible to build, but the things that worked 5 years ago, aren’t necessarily working quite as well as they are now. Affiliate […]
Bluffworks Review: The Best Travel Pants and Shirt On the Market?
Originally published in October 2017, updated with reviews of new styles, and a “one year in” checkup in January 2019. When I think of travel pants, the first thing that comes to mind is an older gentleman in cargo pants that zip off into shorts. It’s the ultimate kiss of death when it comes to […]
How to Set Goals and Achieve Them in 2019
Every year I send out the same email to my newsletter subscribers, right before the start of the new year. In it, I ask them to tell me the one thing they hope to do in the coming year – and then I respond back with the biggest change I hope to make as well. I’m a […]