Sometimes a story gets better the more it’s told.
This is especially true if you get paid for each telling.
When you write an article and sell it to multiple sources as a syndicated piece, you are seizing the opportunity to tell your story over and over to a larger audience of readers.
Travel pieces lend themselves [...]

Here’s a way to turn your knowledge into cash..woo hoo!
To celebrate the launch of their new user submission service, How To Books (www.howto.co.uk), is running a contest through July 2010 for the best “how to” article submitted to their site, for which the winner will receive £200 (that’s roughly $300 USD), and that’s on top [...]

 
Most of you reading this know that TBEX10 was held this past weekend, in New York City.
Some of you also know that I was there, because we finally got to meet in person (yaay!).
No doubt you’ll be reading many “wrap-up” posts from any of the several hundred bloggers who also attended, as well as view [...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: The links below are now going to a DIFFERENT (but still good) video – the prior program of free videos has NOW CLOSED. You can still watch the new video (it’s about an hour) to get some good information without any obligation to sign up for his course.
Every day I get [...]

It seems like you can’t go anywhere these days without hearing the latest buzz words, “Personal Branding”
Seriously, I’d be surprised if it wasn’t mentioned in at least one – if not more – of the freelance writing newsletters you subscribe to.
In my email this week I learned that MediaBistro has an online course titled “Brand [...]

Here’s a secret that most traditional travel writers know, but only a few travel bloggers seem to.
Almost every city or town has a CVB (Convention and Visitor’s Bureau). A CVB’s mission is to promote their locale as a tourist destination, and they typically LOVE to work with travel writers and travel bloggers who have [...]

You’re at a Travel Writing Conference, and an editor or PR person wants to follow up with you.
So you quickly whip out a business card…..or do you?
I’m surprised by how few new media travel writers and bloggers take the time to create their own marketing tools such as business cards, post cards, etc…to market their [...]

 
Who doesn’t love a giveaway?
 
Especially one that is for a really great prize?
Yes, we have a really great prize you can win!
 
I’m thrilled to announce that Lisa Lambden, whom we interviewed last week about her new project, the New York Video School, has graciously offered us the opportunity to give away to one lucky travel [...]

I always find it a bit odd to see American fast food chain restaurants when I travel to other countries.
But I find it even more odd when I see them packed with Americans.
I totally get that they remind traveling Americans of home, and offer familiar food to those who don’t like gastronomic adventures. [...]

Most of the travel writers and travel bloggers we work with focus most, if not all, of their writing on (own) their travel blog, or the travel blogs of other individuals or blog communities.
And yet I’m guessing that most, if not all, of you are freelancers, and – like most freelance writers – are willing [...]

Many travel writers, both beginners and experienced, follow a familiar format.
They travel (even if that is to some local destination because their travel niche is where they live), they take notes, they take some photos, they return home, and then they begin writing numerous travel articles and essays on their trip, and submit [...]

Recently, a new member of our forum who plans to attend college in Canada asked us a question about creating a single travel blog to write about two different travel writing niches.
He has an idea about blogging about college life, with a focus on the perspective of a foreign exchange student living abroad. [...]

Many of you know that I’m on vacation this week (in Jamaica), which explains why I’ve been a bit less active online the past few days – internet access can be challenging to find here, sometimes expensive, and not as fast as I’d like, but hey when you’re in Paradise it’s hard to complain too [...]

Many travel writers opt to backpack all over the world, as it’s a great way to travel inexpensively and immerse yourself into a new culture.
If you’re a backpacking travel writer, the day will come when you’ll need a new backpack, however, a good, well-constucted backpack can be expensive.
You can overcome this expense [...]

Traveling doesn’t have to be boring. Some travel writers wouldn’t dream of staying at a Hostel because you share a room with a few (sometimes quite a few) other people, and share the bathroom with the opposite sex.
And yet some great travel writing has come out of such trips, as they [...]