I’ll just come right out and say it if you’re looking for the best email marketing software for your new small business, then ConvertKit is going to be your best choice. If that’s all you want to know, then look no further, and go signup for ConvertKit right now. But my guess since you’re reading this, is […]
Product Reviews: Essential Tools for Business and Life
At Location Rebel, we come across a lot of products every single day. Tools that can help you run your business, tools we know and love, products that are great for travel, you name it.
We do deep dives on some of our favorites to help you decide what's best for your business. And so the product reviews category was born.
Each post in this category is a product review of a specific tool, service, or product that we've actually used and recommend.
We review everything from tools and resources that are essential for running a business to cool things that can help you travel better.
Here are a few of our favorite product reviews at Location Rebel:
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 […]
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 […]
100 Side Hustles Review: Struggling with a Business Idea? This Book is for You
My First Mentor I’ve told this story a lot on the blog, but given the circumstances, I feel it’s worth telling again. It was March of 2009. I was out of vacation days (already) for the year, so during my first meeting with Chris Guillebeau I was at a “doctor’s appointment” – which in some […]
Travel Hacking Cartel Review for 2019
Check out the Travel Hacking Cartel For a number of years I worked with Chris Guillebeau as his affiliate manager. I helped him market and promote all of his products including the Unconventional Guides, as well as the Travel Hacking Cartel. There were a few years there where THC was a little lackluster. The updates […]
Bluffworks Review: The Best Travel Pants and Shirt On the Market?
From 11/15 to 12/2 get a ton of stuff for 30% off at Bluffworks during their “Black Friday sale. Check it out here! Originally published in October 2017, updated with reviews of new styles, and a “one year in” checkup in October 2019. When I think of travel pants, the first thing that comes to […]
Want to Start a New Habit? Here are 5 Easy Ways to Build Habits
The year was 2012, and I woke up one August morning to an email from a friend that said: “Want to fly to NYC for free and go to a bunch of fashion week events?” If you know me, you know I don’t belong within 100 yards of any type of “fashion” event, but how […]
Sumo Review: The Easiest Way for Bloggers to Improve Their Marketing
Sign up for Sumo and take the marketing on your website to another level. A couple years ago I found myself in a blog rut. Traffic was steady, our content was good, and we had a solid stream of new members joining Location Rebel Academy. But there was one thing missing. There was one big […]
ConvertKit Review 2019: Why I Switched from Aweber to ConvertKit
Well, I finally did it. I switched my email provider from Aweber to ConvertKit. I’ve been on Aweber for over 5 years – pretty much ever since I started blogging. And while it’s been good to me up until this point, I don’t feel like it’s evolving with the times very well. I feel like […]