Hi, I'm Marie Watkins and welcome to the FreedomLab Blog!
FreedomLab is where we research and find the best resources to help you grow your online business.
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- Home Business, Affiliate Marketing & Freelance Work
- Online marketing tools & strategies
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- Software to automate processes or streamline your work
- Courses to guide you in applying the above so you can increase your customer base
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No Gimmicks And No BS Here!
An online business is just like any other type of business. It takes hard work.
However, my goal is to bring you some of the best available resources from around the Web to make your life as an online business owner easier.
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Home Business
Quarterly Planning Strategies for Productivity on Autopilot – Consistency Is Key
Consistency is a key tool for you to overcome procrastination, as long as you’re being consistent with the right actions. It’s about committing to move forward and act no matter […]
Quarterly Planning Strategies for Productivity on Autopilot – Managing Your Energy Is A Must!
Effectively managing our energy Is essential for digital solopreneurs. Fatigue leads to poor choices, potential injuries, and more problems that will only waste your time and dissipate your focus. For […]
Quarterly Planning Strategies for Productivity on Autopilot – Get It Done Two Minutes At A Time
Kick procrastination to the curb with the “2-minute rule”, a simple “snackable” time management or better said, focus management technique. Use it whenever you feel you’re procrastinating and indulging in […]
Quarterly Planning Strategies for Productivity on Autopilot – Why Your To-Do Lists Are Failing You
Do you make a to-do list for the day? How far did you get? Go ahead, you can tell me… Well don’t beat yourself up if you didn’t complete it. […]
Quarterly Planning Strategies for Productivity on Autopilot – 6 Steps
Quarterly planning is a strategic productivity technique to organize your goals and objectives into a 90-day action cycle. This method is designed to help you accomplish more meaningful goals in […]
Teaching Moments – Content Template # 5 The Q&A
This is the last in my series of Content Templates – the Q&A – question & answer format. The Q&A makes it simple to come up with great content. You […]
Buyers Want To Know – Content Template #4 The Product Review
The product review is so popular because people want a second opinion, one that’s not directly from the maker, when they’re about to make a purchase that’s totally new to […]
Practical & Useful – Content Template # 3 “Listicles”
The listicle is a list, fleshed out with added information. So list plus article. It’s also specific in quantity of items covered, typically short & sweet and easy to consume. […]
Have Clients Sell For You – Content Template #2 The Case Study
Last week the first content template featured was the How-To .This week, I want to talk about how you can get customers to sell for you using a Case Study. […]
Never Be At A Loss For Content Ideas Again! #1 How-To
If you have a blog, social media page, etc., you may at some point wonder what you should write about for a particular post. You may think that it’s all […]
Affiliate Marketing
Growing A Viable Niche Site – Progress Report
Growing a viable niche site doesn’t happen overnight as many “gurus” would have you believe. Deploy a popular topic website with lots of related affiliate product ads and BOOM, […]
Niche Factors For Success As An Affiliate
To create a focus for your site you need to choose a target market that we call a niche. A niche can be a group interested in any particular topic. […]
Finding A Passionate Niche To Serve!
Let’s start with a definition… Niche = Distinct market segment with specific needs. I.E. people with interests in: Fly fishing Better parenting Baseball card collecting Kit car building Cabinetmaking Survivalist […]
13 Vital Principles To Live By When You’re Starting Your Own Business (Part 2)
So picking up where we left off, here are the remaining 7 principles… Each principle is easy to remember and implement in your day-to-day business operations. If you haven’t […]
Promote Affiliate Marketing Programs – Choosing Products Ethically
In my previous post on Affiliate Marketing, I talk about the basics of getting started. Here I’d like to touch on the ethics of Affiliate Marketing and how to choose […]
Affiliate Marketing – The Basics
Click the button below to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for the latest news & updates. You may have heard the term Affiliate Marketing before but may be […]
13 Vital Principles To Live By When Starting Your Own Business (Part 1)
Click the button below to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for the latest news & updates. Starting and growing a business solo is tough stuff. It not only […]
Selling on Amazon
Selling Wholesale VS Private Label on Amazon
In last week’s issue of The Weekly Warrior I spoke about dropshipping as way to get into selling products on Amazon. Another method that has become more popular of late […]
Doing This? Your Amazon FBA Business Will Fail!
Click the button below to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for the latest news & updates. Of course you want your Amazon FBA business to succeed, but there […]
Amazon Sellers & Sales Tax: It’s complicated…
Government has taken notice (read: it “wants in” on the cash cow – sales tax!) and is going to get its pound of flesh from you if you’re an Amazon […]
Amazon: Get The Buy Box!
What the heck is a Buy Box anyway? It’s not something that you may know about when starting your Amazon business, what with you being more concerned about choosing products […]
13 Vital Principles To Live By When You’re Starting Your Own Business (Part 2)
So picking up where we left off, here are the remaining 7 principles… Each principle is easy to remember and implement in your day-to-day business operations. If you haven’t […]
Selling on Amazon: Retail Arbitrage
How to sell on Amazon, let me count the ways… starting with Retail Arbitrage. It sounds fairly simple – find product people want, they order and give you money. Rinse […]
13 Vital Principles To Live By When Starting Your Own Business (Part 1)
Click the button below to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for the latest news & updates. Starting and growing a business solo is tough stuff. It not only […]
Freelance Work
How To Become More Productive In Your Home Office
Being self-employed and productive from a home office is one of the toughest gigs around. Why? Because you get to work when you want, in your jammies even, and […]
Freelancers: 5 Simple Ways To Increase Income
Click the button below to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for the latest news & updates. How do you increase income without increasing hours spent working? That’s the […]
Freelancers – Have You Heard of Quora?
Have you ever heard of Quora? It provides a great opportunity for freelancers to attract new leads without doing any selling! Quora is a question-and-answer site where questions are asked, […]
19 Freelance Sites Worth Checking Out!
So you want to start a freelance career, but where do you look for jobs? There are lots of freelance sites out there acting as middleman to freelancers and […]
13 Vital Principles To Live By When You’re Starting Your Own Business (Part 2)
So picking up where we left off, here are the remaining 7 principles… Each principle is easy to remember and implement in your day-to-day business operations. If you haven’t […]
No Experience? No Sweat!
Has the lack of formal experience ever stopped you from pursuing a freelance job? I know that many people feel that this is a showstopper. Not so! If you’re […]
13 Vital Principles To Live By When Starting Your Own Business (Part 1)
Click the button below to subscribe to my YouTube Channel for the latest news & updates. Starting and growing a business solo is tough stuff. It not only […]
Special Video Series
New Series: Video Marketing With No Regrets!
I want to give you a heads-up on a new series of posts: Video Marketing With No Regrets Learn To Love Creating Video And Reach A Larger Audience At The […]
Video Marketing With No Regrets! Different Types of Video Content
Usually the first thing that comes to mind when you say “video” is a recording which involves a person or people. However, there’s many types of videos that you […]
Video Marketing With No Regrets! Fearless Video
It’s time to get fearless with your video creation! Most people fear making video the same way they’re petrified of public speaking. More often than not though, when you […]
Video Marketing With No Regrets! Publishing Your Video
Publishing your video is just as important as creating it. Distribution is key to getting viewers and visitors to your site and social media accounts. There are many video […]
Video Marketing With No Regrets! Your Video’s Messaging & Purpose
So far we’ve looked at some of the technical aspects of making video, but a key element we need to cover is your video messaging and purpose. When you […]
9 Stress-Free Ways To Boost Your Self-Confidence On Video
Self-confidence on video is key. When you appear nervous and unsure, your audience will feel it and it will affect their perception of you as an authority on your […]