Here’s a confession: getting new freelance work can be hard. Super established freelancers often have this down pat. But, if you’re new to the game, 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 […]
Freelance Writing: The UItimate Beginner's Online Business
Freelance writing is hands down one of the best businesses for new entrepreneurs to start with online.
Why?
Because it's a skill the vast majority of us already have at least a little bit of a grasp of, and there's a huge demand for freelance writers.
For people just starting out in their journey to build a lifestyle business we are big advocates of starting with freelance writing. It's the fastest way I know of to build income and confidence and it can be a great bridge business to go from your day job to entrepreneur.
Here are some of our best posts on Freelance Writing:
The Definitive Guide: How to Start Freelance Writing (For Total Beginners)
- Getting Started: How to Become a Writer
- Finding Writing Jobs: 105 Places to Find Writing Jobs Online
- Copywriting: What is Copywriting and How to Become a Copywriter
- B2B Writing: Everything You Need to Become a B2B Writer
- Best Writing Tools: The Best Writing Tools for Becoming a Freelance Writer
- SEO Writing: How to Make $3,000 in Two Months SEO Writing
15 Types Of Blog Post Titles That Get Clicked: A Beginner’s Guide
Note From Sean: Most bloggers will spend hours writing a blog post, and then write their headline in seconds as an afterthought. This is a HUGE problem though. Why? Because if your headline isn’t good enough to get someone to click on the post and read it, then what’s the point of having great content […]
Freelancing Advice: 15 Valuable Lessons You Should Learn
It sounds crazy to say this out loud, but I’ve been freelancing for five years now. It seems like forever and feels like I’m only getting started all at the same time. And while I haven’t seen fame or riches come from my freelancing skills quite yet, I’ve learned a lot. Inside Location Rebel Academy, […]
6 Months and 128k Words: 5 Lessons Learned from Daily Writing
About three years ago, I decided I wanted to start a daily writing practice. I immediately set a goal that I’d never actually achieve: 1,000 words a day. You can guess how long my writing practice lasted…. Two days. Writing 1,000 words was absolute torture. It made me feel worse about my writing than ever. […]
Blog Post Ideas: 100 Fool Proof Ideas for Your Next Blog
Here’s a crazy stat: the vast majority of data and content ever produced has been created in the last few years. Impressive to think about, right? So it shouldn’t be too shocking to see that everyone is blogging right now. I mean, blogs are great. This blog has changed Sean’s life, and honestly, mine too. […]
How to Be a Successful Blogger
Clearly due to the title of this post, I’m going to share with you all the secrets you need to know in order to be a successful blogger. Things like the perfect posting schedule, the absolute best way to guest post, how to fill your site with content upgrades that will have readers begging you to take […]
How to Craft a Guest Blogging Pitch No Popular Blogger Can Resist
A few weeks ago, you saw one of the very best guest posts I’ve ever seen, and the best on this site by Location Rebel member Alp Turan called How Complete Newbies Can Land Killer Guest Posts: The Ultimate Guide. At over 7,000 words it was a pretty epic post to say the least, and chock […]
How Complete Newbies Can Land Killer Guest Posts: The Ultimate Guide
Note from Sean: I still think guest posting is one of the absolute best ways you can grow your audience, email list, and search rankings. And today I’m sharing with you just a portion of the very best guest blog post I’ve ever had here on Location Rebel. (If you’d like to guest post on this […]
How to Create Massive Amounts of Creative Content on Demand
Note from Sean: Danny Flood runs Open World Magazine, a site dedicated to helping people design their own lifestyle businesses to add more fun, passion, and adventure in their lives. Danny has traveled all over the world from Buenos Aires to Bangkok, creating tons of epic content along the way. He also has just a few […]
Quick Hit: How Long Should Your Blog Post Be?
I started growing Location 180 during a time where it was all about the “epic blog post.” The longer, and the more detailed, the better. I still fall into this trap, and assume that if I write a 3,000 word blog post, it’s going to be shared all over the internet. Not the case. Sometime’s […]