Posts Tagged ‘Making Money’

There’s Nothing Ghostly about Travel Writing
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 5 January 2009]
[Posted in: Opportunities]
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There’s good news if you’re a travel writer. Would you like to know what it is? Of course you would that’s why you’re reading this blog!
U.S. News announced their “annual list of 30 best careers” and ghostwriter made the cut. You may be saying to yourself “what does that have to do [...]

Discover Travel Writing Jobs on Demand
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 31 December 2008]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Opportunities]
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Travel writers, by now you know that freelance writing jobs can be found all over the internet. From Guru.com to Craigslist to Oogle.com to countless other job sites, the list is endless. Well, guess what? There’s another site for you to take a look at in addition to the ones that are [...]

Become a Tour Guide and Discover Freelance Writing Opportunities
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 26 December 2008]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Opportunities]
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So, you would like to be a travel writer but need a steady paycheck as well. No problem, become a tour guide. You could start in your own backyard before you decide to go abroad. However, if you love international travel, go ahead and pursue a job giving tours of London, Edinburgh, [...]

Travel Writers, How Will You Support Your Dream?
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 22 December 2008]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Opportunities, Overcoming Obstacles]
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Many travel writers give up on their dream of travel writing for many reasons. These may include but are not limited to the following: it’s too difficult, there’s no money in travel writing, no time to write, it will take too long to achieve my dream, and finding travel writing jobs is tough. [...]

How Do Organizations Find Freelance Travel Writers?
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 19 December 2008]
[Posted in: Opportunities]
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Travel writers, will organizations be able to find you? Do you know how important it is to market your writing services? It all comes down to “how you position” yourself. If you understand how companies find freelance writers, you’ll be a successful travel writer.
Companies search for freelance writers in different [...]

Market Your Travel Writing with Blogs, Podcasts, and Social Sites
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 15 December 2008]
[Posted in: Enhance Your Writing, Opportunities]
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Travel writing is a fun “niche” writing market. Of course, within travel writing there are many “niche travel markets.” Are you doing all that you can to market your travel writing? If you’re not, then find out how you can better position yourself and your travel writing.
There are three main “niche” markets [...]

Travel Writers Use These Guidelines to Freelancing
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 12 December 2008]
[Posted in: Opportunities, Tips & Tricks]
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Travel writers love their job and many people would like to transition into freelance writing. Before you leave the “corporate world” for travel writing, here are some questions to consider. Will you be a full-time or part-time travel writer? How will you self-promote? Do you know what your domain name will [...]

Sail into Travel Writing on a Cruise Line
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 8 December 2008]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Opportunities]
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When you think of travel jobs, what comes to mind? Travel agent? Working for AAA? Tour Guide? These are fantastic travel jobs, but have you ever thought about working for a cruise line?
If you were a fan of the Love Boat or MTVs Real World Semester at Sea, then [...]

Start Your Travel Career in Travel Writing — A Fun Travel Job
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 1 December 2008]
[Posted in: Opportunities]
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Freelance writing includes many genres of writing such as travel writing. This is one travel job that is fun, exciting, educational, romantic, and not uncommon. Many travel writers can be found around the world. Some write for newspapers and magazines. Others capture their travels with a blog or journal. Some [...]

Travel Writers Use these 5 Tips When Seeking Travel Writing Jobs
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 28 November 2008]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Opportunities, Tips & Tricks]
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A couple of travel writers discovered a plethora of travel writing jobs. They were smart enough not to listen to the economic doom and gloom speak of family, friends, and the media. They started their search a few weeks ago, and boom; they found many different types of travel writing jobs.
These travel [...]

Travel Writer Scores BIG DEALS with Non-Profit and Corporate Sponsorships
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 26 November 2008]
[Posted in: Opportunities, Tips & Tricks]
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A travel writer scored big with non-profit and corporate sponsorships. She was thrilled beyond belief. The deals are worth thousands of dollars! Not too shabby for a travel writer; we all know what most of them make.
The travel writer listened to a tele-seminar on “how to get non-profit and corporate [...]

To Travel Writer: Hunt for Freelance Employment on the Internet
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 17 November 2008]
[Posted in: Opportunities, Writer's Resources]
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Dear Travel Writer,
Are you still searching for employment? Do you look to the heavens each day and pray for freelance employment opportunities? Did you look on the internet?
You must have some form of daily employment to sustain your life. In addition to your full-time or part-time job, you can begin [...]

Travel Writer Took the Hassle Out of Landing Clients and Publishers
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 12 November 2008]
[Posted in: Opportunities, Overcoming Obstacles]
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A travel writer signed up for the AWAI’s newsletter and received many tips and tricks with regards to writing. After all, writing is writing; it makes no difference if it’s travel writing or writing copy for the web. Your writing must be engaging and hold a reader’s attention! What’s in your travel [...]

3 Ways Travel Writer Mom Makes and Saves Cash from Travel Writing
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 10 November 2008]
[Posted in: Opportunities, Tips & Tricks]
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A working mom who wanted to save money on daycare, food, and gas, decided to transition into travel writing. She was a staff writer for a local newspaper with some editing responsibilities. Her resume was jammed packed with experience. But, she wanted a change in her career which included working from home. [...]

Travel Writer in Search of Funds Hits the Jackpot
By Amandah Blackwell
[Posted on: 27 October 2008]
[Posted in: Getting Started, Opportunities]
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A travel writer in search of funds scored big over the weekend. She discovered many ways to fund her travels. Talk about hitting the jackpot in travel writing!
Our travel writer did not have to travel to Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, or Atlantic City. Not that traveling to those places would [...]



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