The Ultimate “How To Become A Travel Writer” Guide
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If you've ever thought about being a travel writer for National Geographic or Lonely Planet… you're in luck. In this very special "How To Employ Yourself as a Travel Writer" series, we are going to show you how. Have great travel stories and want to writer about your very own travel experiences? This training will show you how to profit by doing just that. Interested in blogging about all the top-attractions in your favorite city or location on earth? We show you how to make it your job. What about how to make money on-demand, when you want, and for the price you want, by completing writing projects for clients while you're out traveling? Yep, we cover that in full detail. Simply login to your account to get started with this exciting career.
"How to become a travel writer" is one of our most popular subjects, and we've done many interviews with travel writers in our 'Interviews With Travel Income Experts' series. It all adds up to many, many hours worth of content. After all, each writer has their own unique and individual way of being successful at making money – by writing – while traveling.
(By the way, even if you have no interest in being a travel writer, these videos are going to give you HUGE insight into how you can get paid while traveling. These are about marketing yourself and your services as you travel, and these principles are applicable to a wide variety of jobs!)
So, for those of you who are looking for travel writing jobs, look no further, because this month we've synthesized the entire travel writing industry into 3 full-length instructional videos. At your fingertips are the step-by-step instructions on how to get started… and stay successful… in the travel writing industry. In this month's Exclusive Access Club content, you're going to discover how to employ yourself as a full-time or part-time travel writer.
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The ULTIMATE Travel Writing Training Directory
The below interviews are referenced in the three members-only videos on how to employ yourself as a travel writer. As a MoneyForTraveling.com member, you get access to ALL 9 of these incredible interviews. This alone is enough information for ANYONE to start a full-time travel writing career.
Vagabonding – Interview With Travel Writer Rolf Potts
How to Travel in High Class Style On a Low Class Budget – Interview with travel writer Tim Leffel
Interview with Travel Writer Susan Griffith
How To Blog And Twitter About Your Travels… For Profit! Interview with Anthony Bianco
Interview with Matador Travel Network Editor-In-Chief, Julie Schwietert
How To Easily Profit From Simple Travel Videos and Articles – Interview with Jesscy Heimer
Elance Jobs & Freelance Travel Work Available NOW – Interview with Jon Diller
Travel Writer: How to Get Paid For Writing about Your Travels
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So you are a passionate traveler and you have an adventurous spirit. Have you ever thought about being a travel writer or about writing the story of your escapades in different places? You'd be surprised by the money you can make.
It is very easy to write about something you thoroughly enjoy. Its easy to write about your travels, just describe what you see. The majesty of nature, your feelings of amazement, and the beauty of the world!
One tip I can give aspiring travel writers is to learn how to write concisely No matter what your intended market is, you must be skilled in the art of short an informative writing.
Most likely, just writing off the top of your head and then rereading and editing your post will surely result in a literary product that is interesting and engaging. With your great passion, the readers may feel they are right there with you.
So, how can you make money out of it, you ask. Here’s how.
1. Become a Travel Writer On Your Own Blog
Build a website or use a free blog site to begin with. The content of your site will be, of course, about your travels and adventures. Lots of people find travel adventures very appealing and some even use it as an escape from their day to day lives.
If your content is great, using a few optimizations, link building sites, and SEO tricks, you will rank high in the search engine ranking and gain audience members. People will flock to your site and some may become regular readers if you update often enough with interesting posts.
You can gain money from this through advertisements placed in your site. Advertisement systems such as Adsense from Google, Chitika, and others are a great way to get pre made ads for your blog. Or you can be an affiliate marketer for products and services relevant to your content. All of this creates passive streams of income.
2. Write About Your Travels On Other People’s Blogs
If you don’t want the complexities of building your own site, you can write for other people’s site.
Some people are just too busy or too lazy to put articles on their sites so they will happily pay other people, like you, to create articles for them. Short articles, ranging from 450 to 700 words, are sufficient. If they like you enough, they will regularly ask you to make create more content.
3. Sell Your Travel Writing Stories To Magazines and Newspapers
Newspaper work is quite risky because payment is not assured, that being said, it is a good way to earn extra money.
Have a list of magazines, newspapers, or any other kind of reading material that may need content for their publication Your articles don't have to just be about traveling they can be about anything you want. Contact them and propose a deal that you will provide articles and stories for a nominal fee.
Of course, these publishing outfits will need some samples or something to substantiate your competence. You can give them samples and if they like it enough, they may just make you an offer you can't refuse.
