How to Make $3,000 in Two Months with SEO Writing

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I’ve been hearing from a number of you that you’d like to see more case studies from actual Location Rebel members, and guess what?! I listened. Today’s post is from Location Rebel member Kevin Cole.  Kevin joined in October of last year and in his first two months he made $3,000 from his new business. This may not seem like a ton of money, but when you look at the fact that this was starting from absolutely nothing, it’s a huge accomplishment which paved the way for him to live a lifestyle that most people would kill for. It’s stories like Kevin’s that keep me doing what I’m doing. It’s awesome to see people having success with the program, and

Continue Reading > 56 Comments posted: June 13th, 2013

7 Biggest Mistakes I’ve Personally Made as a Lifestyle Entrepreneur

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“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” – Henry C. Link Earlier this week I shared with you the 7 biggest mistakes I’ve seen beginning lifestyle entrepreneurs make when starting their businesses.  Ever since I posted that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about my own mistakes that I’ve been making. I’m far from perfect with my business, and there are some mistakes I’ve made that have definitely been haunting me over the last year as I continue to build and scale things over here. So I guess I figure that if I’m still dwelling on this a couple days later, then you’ll probably get some value out of

Continue Reading > 31 Comments posted: June 6th, 2013

7 Mistakes Beginning Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Make (And How to Avoid Them)

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Over the last 4 years I’ve had the privilege of getting to know, hundreds, if not thousands of budding lifestyle entrepreneurs. 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 with these type of blogs that’s kind of tough to ignore. Usually they start out because of a major shift in someone’s life; either they were laid off, or decided to quit and perhaps travel for a year.  They read the 4 Hour Workweek and proceed to “design their life.” Step one: start a blog! Woohoo! Do they want to be a blogger? Probably not. Do they know what the long term

Continue Reading > 39 Comments posted: June 4th, 2013

Adventure Capital Review: The Best Way to Scale Your Business

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Already know you want in? Sweet, Join Adventure Capital If you’ve been reading this site for awhile, you probably know that Chris Guillebeau was pretty instrumental to my success as an entrepreneur. He’s the one who inspired me to start a blog. He gave me the direction I needed in the early years. These days? He’s one of the first people I go to when I need advice on a project, problem, or in particular, strategies for growing and scaling what I’ve already created. When it comes to marketing Chris is about as good as they come. He’ll hate me for saying that, but it’s true. How many people do you know who have New York Times Bestsellers? How many people

Continue Reading > No comments yet. posted: May 29th, 2013

How to Take a Year Long World Trip (Interview with Adam Shepard)

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Today’s post is my first podcast ever. It’s an interview with Adam Shepard, author of the book “One Year Lived.” If you want to skip the backstory, you can listen to the podcast here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Location180/Adam+Shepard+Podcast.mp3 You can pick up his latest book One Year Lived on Amazon or check out his site. I will also be giving away three signed copies of the book as well. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this page, or tweet with this post. It was early 2008 and I was sitting at my desk job on a lazy Friday afternoon, when I first came across Adam Shepard. I was just beginning to sense the twinges of unhappiness and

Continue Reading > 32 Comments posted: May 21st, 2013

How to Build a Brand that Gets You Free Stuff (And Lots of It)

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Recently a good friend of mine read the original version of this post and sent me a message that said “Sean, this post makes me sad.  This is exactly what’s wrong with the travel industry, and more importantly, I know this post isn’t reflective of who you are.” I went back and read the post. Now, I’ve never taken a post down or done much heavy editing, but the bottom line, the original version of this post was completely inappropriate and wasn’t reflective of how I actually feel about the concept of “free stuff.” The original post made me seem like, for lack of a better term, a complete douchebag who was only blogging for the free stuff.  Nothing could

Continue Reading > 11 Comments posted: May 16th, 2013

10 Invaluable Lessons I’ve Learned in 4 Years of Being a Lifestyle Entrepreneur

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Yes, you read that right, today Location 180 is 4 years old. This is unbelievable to me. No seriously, I have a hard time believing that it’s actually been so long since I wrote that first post, and that I’ve been able to cram so much life into such a short time. Even in the time since our 2 year anniversary post, things seemed to have really picked up. This last week I’ve been in Chicago speaking at SOBcon 2013 which has had me reflecting a lot on where I’d like to see the next 4 years ago. Note – This conference was incredible, if you’re in Portland in the Fall I highly recommend you come check out their West Coast

Continue Reading > 28 Comments posted: May 8th, 2013

How Much Info Should You Give Away for Free on Your Blog?

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In the last 48 hours I’ve received the same question from 4 different people, so I figured now would be a good time to answer this question: “How much information should you give away for free on your blog or website?” This is something I used to think about a lot, and up until recently my blog posts probably suffered as a result. I was afraid that if I gave away all my best information for free in the form of blog posts, I’d have nothing left to offer as paid content later on. This is one of the biggest misconceptions I see people make, and a lot of it comes down to understanding exactly why people buy premium products

Continue Reading > 24 Comments posted: April 25th, 2013

The 60 Minute Blog Audit (How to Increase Reader Retention and Subscribers)

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I’ve seen a lot of crappy blogs. No really. I hate to say it, but I get a lot of emails from people asking me to check out their blog and give them feedback on it.  I do my best to be kind, and respond with some tips, but I’ve found that without fail, almost every single time I’m giving the exact same advice. Now, I may not have the world’s best blog, but I’ve worked with a lot of Location Rebel members and others to help them position their blogs in the best possible place to be successful. “What do you mean you need a tagline?!” “Oh, I need a photo on my about page?! Says who?!”  “Wait, people

Continue Reading > 26 Comments posted: April 22nd, 2013

What Would It Look Like If…

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What would it look like if… …I ran a marathon even though I’ve never done it before? …I moved to a tropical island for two months? …I built a business that has the potential to help thousands of people? …I golfed all of the top 100 courses in the country – in a year? There’s one thing that sets successful lifestyle entrepreneurs apart between most other people: Their ability to imagine something most people would say is impossible. What Would It Look Like If… This is quite possibly the biggest mental reframe I’ve ever made in my life. Before I was running an online  business and traveling all the time, I used to spend a lot of time daydreaming. I’d pretend that I

Continue Reading > 11 Comments posted: April 15th, 2013

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