I’ve got news for you, working for yourself isn’t necessarily super glamorous. In fact sometimes it straight up sucks. And often it’s the most “digital nomad-y” moments that can be the hardest. Sure it looks great on instagram to be sipping cocktail while over looking the ocean in that super tropical destination. But what you […]
How to Make $100 FAST: 10 Weird Ways to Make Money Online
So, you need to know how to make $100 fast, huh? I get it. Sometimes we get in a bind and need to come up with some extra dough as quickly as possible. We’ve all heard it said so many times, that money can’t buy happiness. But in the wise words of the 90s alternative […]
Freelance Writing Jobs for Beginners: 10 Strategies to Land Your First Job
Here are LR we talk a lot about freelance writing. There’s a good reason why. In most cases, it tends to be the easiest way to get started. We’ve seen people land their first freelance writing job within a week of joining and reading through the freelance writing blueprint. But, some people get stuck. We […]
How to Become an SEO Freelancer in 48 Hours
This post has been updated as of September 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 […]
Bluehost Review: The Truth About Bluehost Hosting Reviews
There are a ton of Bluehost reviews out there. 100s. Probably thousands. And here’s the deal, in the end, every single one has the same goal: To get you to buy hosting. Most Bluehost reviews? They will be overwhelmingly positive. Why? Because they pay some of the best affiliate marketing commissions in the hosting world. A handful […]
Does SEMrush Totally Suck? An SEMrush Review from a Real User
This SEMrush review is based on our personal experience with the service and using it for more than nine months. Learn more about SEMrush and sign up for a free seven-day trial here. Updated August 2019 to ensure accuracy. Like millions of other websites that have been around for a long period of time, here […]
How I Teetered on Top of a Waterfall and Blew Up My Desk
“Wouldn’t it be cool to shoot a video around everything that Location Rebel Academy embodies??” “Yeah, that’d be amazing. Why can’t we do it?” “Well…I guess we can!” And as simple as that, The Desk became a thing. If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is in all it’s glory! And now that you’ve seen […]
10 Years a Nomad Review: The Best Travel Book of 2019
I still remember the first time I ever met Matt Kepnes. It was outside a club in Bangkok, and as a mutual friend connected us he walked up, stuck out his hand and said “hi, I’m Nomadic Matt.” He was a minor celebrity in my world, where I’d just spent the last year doing research […]
When Should You Quit Your Job? Questions to Answer First
In the months leading up to the day where I left my job, I was terrified. I didn’t know what I was going to do, I was fearing the uncertainty of it all, and I didn’t have much of a plan together. I knew deep down that I wanted to travel and be running my […]
Why Thousands of Digital Nomads Failed to Sustain the Lifestyle
2007 might have been my most important year ever. The stock market was at an all time high. I was graduating college and entering the real world. And the Four Hour Workweek was published by Tim Ferriss. For myself (and many others), this was the beginning of a perfect storm of circumstances that would forever […]