Archive for the ‘Opportunities’ Category

Travel Writing’s Bright and Lucrative Future…Online
By Matthew Barker
[Posted on: 12 December 2011]
[Posted in: Enhance Your Writing, Getting Started, Guest Blog Posts, Opportunities]
[5 Comments]

About four years ago, in a fit of naivety and suffering from a serious case of itchy feet…
…I jacked in my steady career job in PR, bought an entry level D-SLR camera and booked a ticket to South America. I had it all worked out; I was going to become a travel writer.
I was old [...]

Can You Become a Travel Writer at Any Age?
By Teresa Roberts
[Posted on: 28 November 2011]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Guest Blog Posts, Opportunities]
[10 Comments]

Some people realize very early in life what they want to do when they grow up. Some people figure it out later on.
However, a few people, like myself, stumble across their destiny quite by chance.
I am not young. I am not rich. I wasn’t born under a lucky star. I don’t have connections.
I [...]

Studying Journalism vs Grass-Roots Travel Blogging
By Robyn Vinter
[Posted on: 24 October 2011]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Guest Blog Posts, Opportunities]
[2 Comments]

In the world of travel writing you meet many different people….
…Who all entered the industry in their own way.
Traditionally, people wanting to become travel writers had to study their craft and work their way up in the industry, but with the advent of the internet, many people have become blogging stars without prior experience.
But [...]

Top 7 Posts Worth Revisiting
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 12 September 2011]
[Posted in: Opportunities, Overcoming Obstacles, Tips & Tricks]
[2 Comments]

Many of our readers are already familiar with TripBase’s 7 Links Project…
…And many have already participated.
For those of you who may not have heard of it, the idea is for nominated bloggers to offer their readers a roundup of links to previous posts, one in each of seven categories, as a way of introducing new [...]

Marketing Your Magazine Articles: Inside Secrets of a Successful Freelance Writer
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 29 August 2011]
[Posted in: Book Reviews, Opportunities, Travel Writing Books]
[1 Comment]

What’s the one thing every writer must do to be considered a professional?
Get their articles published and get paid for it.
Last week I reviewed Roy Stevenson’s eBook, “Free and Low Cost Travel: Inside Secrets of a Successful Travel Writer“, about how to enjoy one of the perks of being a professional travel writer.
This week, I’m [...]

Free and Low Cost Travel: Inside Secrets of a Successful Travel Writer
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 22 August 2011]
[Posted in: Book Reviews, Opportunities, Travel Writing Books]
[1 Comment]

Probably the number one question I hear from new travel writers and bloggers….
…is “How do I get free travel?“
The answer, unsurprisingly, is very similar to that for the old joke “How do you get to Carnegie Hall” (answer: practice, practice, practice!)….in this case it’s “work, work, work”.
However, if you’re looking for much more from an [...]

Are You Missing a Golden Opportunity?
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 8 August 2011]
[Posted in: Opportunities]
[4 Comments]

Opportunity is a very interesting thing.
It’s always there, even when few can see it.
On the one hand, travel writers everywhere bemoan the shrinking opportunities to get published in print, as well as the steady decline in pay.
And yet others point to growth in online opportunities and the ease with which nearly anyone can see their [...]

A Positive Lesson in Rejection
By JoAnna Haugen

 
Rejection is a natural part of being a writer.
Even those writers and authors who have gone on to achieve international success were, at one point or another, rejected.
One of the differences between those who go on to be successful and those who don’t is the willingness to learn from the experience and try again.
It’s [...]

The Art of Interviewing: 5 Tips to Get Great Quotes
By Prime Sarmiento
[Posted on: 21 March 2011]
[Posted in: Enhance Your Writing, Guest Blog Posts, Opportunities]
[1 Comment]

Interviewing another person is one of the important skills that any travel writer may wish to develop.
Interviewing anyone – whether a tour guide, a celebrity, hotelier or a fellow traveler – will give you new ideas to write about, and a fresh angle on what might have looked like a stale story line.
Quotes [...]

Q&A: Why Are My Article Pitches Getting Rejected?
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 31 January 2011]
[Posted in: Opportunities, Overcoming Obstacles, Q&A]
[14 Comments]

 
Welcome to another installment of Ask The Editor!
Today I cull once again through the copious questions from my email inbox, and pull another one that I hear frequently enough that it belongs in an FAQ somewhere:
Q. Why do my article pitches and guest posting efforts get rejected? Sometimes I don’t even get [...]

Serious Travel Writing: It’s Not About First-Class Hotels
By Susan Farewell
[Posted on: 3 January 2011]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Opportunities, The Ambidextrous Travel Writer]
[15 Comments]

Since I started FarewellTravels.com just over a year ago, I’ve been approached by many writers who say they simply want to write for the site so they can stay in luxury hotels.
This always stops me.
I can’t help but wonder….did they get into the field so they could stay in luxury hotels?
I have a very [...]

When A Guest Post Just Doesn’t Make The Grade
By Janice Waugh
[Posted on: 13 December 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Opportunities, Overcoming Obstacles, Tips & Tricks]
[9 Comments]

Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted from the Global Bloggers Network newsletter, with the gracious permission of Janice Waugh.
I was asked recently how I manage a guest post that just isn’t the quality that I want on my site.
And from there, the discussion expanded. We discovered that there are many issues around guest bloggers [...]

Is Self-Publishing Your Book Right For You?
By Maria Staal

I am a traveler, and like many people on this site, I write about it.
That is to say, I don’t blog about my trips, but instead have written a book, Time Zones, Containers and Three Square Meals a Day, about a few particular journeys I made while working on a container ship.
Now that my [...]

Why I Fired a Travel Writer
By Lisa Gerber

I’ve been working on this post for several days now…..
…and hesitated even publishing it but on Monday I read Trisha’s “Why Am I Not Getting Invited on Press Trips?” Then, a couple nights ago @solofriendly and @dkferm had a similar discussion.
Trust me, I am not the type of person that dots my I’s [...]

Forget Budget Travel – Learn to Travel for Free!
By Shelley Seale
[Posted on: 22 September 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Opportunities, Tips & Tricks]
[10 Comments]

Are you tired of the conventional wisdom that says that you have to spend a lot of money to travel the world?
Well, it’s not true.
In spite of the general consensus that you have to be rich to travel extensively, I will let you in on a little secret: not only is it possible to [...]



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