Expand Your Portfolio To Access New Markets
A short while ago I wrote this post about the emerging online market for travel writing. I explained how changes in search engine and social media technology were causing commercial travel websites to...
View ArticleTravel Writing: Are You Niche Enough?
You’re a travel writer. You don’t write about food or gardening. You write about travel therefore, you have a niche. Unfortunately, unless you have star status as a travel writer, you’re not niche...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Successful Blog Posts
This post is mostly aimed towards those who are relatively new to the blogosphere…. …However, I believe that the key points of this post can be beneficial to bloggers of all statuses. My goal is [...]
View ArticleFinding YOUR Voice
When I started my travel blog some seven years ago, I’m quite sure I wrote as I thought a “travel blogger” should. Ironically, in the process of trying to be something I wasn’t, I was [...]
View ArticleA Clash of Titans: Digital Versus Print Travel Media
As a travel writer for print media, I’m often asked by other freelancers how digital media has affected the print travel magazine business. That’s a fair question. DEFINITIONS Print travel media...
View ArticleYou Can (& Should) Publish Your Travel Articles in Non-Travel Magazines
Many novice travel writers believe the only type of publications that will publish their stories are travel magazines. This couldn’t be further from the truth. And there’s a good lesson that beginning...
View ArticleHow Should Freelance Travel Writers Be Using Social Media?
Pick up any article about freelance travel writing, and the chances are it will advocate the tremendous value of social media. Social media, according to some, is the universal cure-all for everything...
View ArticleNine Questions That Travel Writers Need To Ask Themselves
There’s plenty of advice floating around on the Internet about what prerequisites you need to be a travel writer. I’ve certainly contributed to this pool of information. For this post, I’d like to toss...
View ArticleNow Is the Golden Age of Travel Writing*
*If you own your own website. Travel writing has never been a lucrative business. The glamorous view which people had of the profession ensured that there were always more people who wanted to do it [...]
View ArticleMarketing Tasks To Establish & Promote Your Travel Writing Brand
The multitude of marketing tasks it takes to promote ourselves and our freelance writing these days, is daunting. So much to do, so little time! When we’re overloaded, we tend to freeze up and not [...]
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