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GoNOMAD Writers Guidelines 2007-11-18 09:44:16 Company: GoNOMAD
Website: www.gonomad.com
Email: editor@gonomad.com
What they are looking for:
Stories should be anywhere from 800 to 2,000 words long. Try to stay focused on the main theme, but don’t hesitate to include interesting asides. The only limitation should be the reader’s interest.
Currently accepting quries and articles for specific departments:
Journeys – First person accounts of a trip
Destination Guides – Typical travel information for region/city
Go Local – Information getting personal with local culture
Destinations - WE CURRENTLY ARE SEEKING MORE STORIES ABOUT WOMEN”S TRAVEL, FAMILY TRAVEL, and features about great travel experiences. We are not as interested in long descriptions of your trip, but of a highlighted event, place or lodging that would really make some else’s trip better had they known about it.
Queries – Check website for updated submission process
Payment: Payment is made upon publication. GoNOMAD can offer writers li Read more:Writers
, Guidelines
How To Make Money with Your Videos 2007-11-17 18:23:54 How To Make Money
with Your Videos - Easier than you think.
Until recently, figuring out how to make money with your videos was a complicated process. There was no easy way to insert ads, get link backs, or tracking features. Luckily, AdBrite has found a way to change that. Learn how AdBrite can help you to make money from your videos.
Whats Cool About It
Fully customizable video player
Watermark branding on the videos
Split screen ads
Earns money even when video is shared
How it Works
To start making money with your videos, simply upload them to a video sharing site, private server, or whatever you chose. Then make your way to your AdBrite account and fill in some basic info such as video url, title, keyword, etc.
You can chose keywords to help show relevant content in the videos ads. You can also choose what page the video links back to if the video is “shared” on another website. Thus helping you make even more money with your videos.
The ads initially show in the video fo
How to Make Money with Your Travel Blog - Part 1 2007-11-17 16:33:37 Welcome to part one in the How to Make Money
with Your Travel
Blog mini-series.
In this part of the series we will cover the basics of getting your travel blog started. Building a good foundation is the key ensuring that you will make money with your travel blog as fast as possible. Learn what you need to get started off on the right foot to making money with your travel blog.
In part 1 of the “How to Make Money with Your Travel Blog mini-series” you will learn:
Top 5 Wordpress Themes for Travel Blogs
Best Money Making Plugins for Your Travel Blog
10 Online Resources for Travel Blogs
Spend some time learning as much as you can on these subjects. Don’t stop with this article. There is a wealth of information on these topics and I suggest you do your research. One skill I would suggest learning early on is some basic html/css skills. These will help you understand how customize your theme, work with adsense code, format posts, and much more.
Top 5 Wordpress Themes
Spend j
WP Tiger Admin Plugin 2007-11-17 11:13:45 WP Tiger AdminPlugin
- Best admin plugin ever.
If you have spent any amount of time playing with Wordpress, you know about all the wonderful plugin features to enrich your blog. But did you know there are plugins for your admin panel too? Most of them suck or aren’t worth downloading. The WP Tiger Admin Plugin however, is not one of them.
The WP Tiger Admin Plugin is one of the favorite WP Admin plugins. It is well designed, has a better user interface, and is just a pleasant change from the old WP admin screen. Do yourself a favor and download the WP Tiger Admin Plugin right away to shorten the learning curve.
If you have been blogging for a while, don’t be afraid of change. While there is a slight learning curve for the WP Tiger Admin Plugin, everything is pretty well laid out. Once you get used to the WP Tiger Admin Plugin you’ll wonder why you didn’t download it sooner.
Download the WP Tiger Admin Plugin
Brave New Traveler Now Paying 2007-11-16 21:14:55 A fairly new travel website that has got a lot of traffic recently is Brave
New Traveler
. Not a destination based website, but more about the experience. They have a lot of interesting and unique articles written by a wealth of travelers.
Brave New Travel recently announced that they would start paying for content. Currently they pay $20 for a 400-700 word post.
Apply for the job on our Travel Writing Job Board
Read more:Brave New Traveler
How to Make Money with Your Travel Blog - Mini Series 2007-11-16 20:53:32 How to Make Money
with Your Travel
Blog – A 4 Part Series
Decide you want to jump on the bandwagon and try to make some money with your travel blog? Sounds like a good idea to me. Forget the query letters and deadlines, all you need is a computer and the internet. As long as you aren’t in a hurry, I’ll show you how you can make money with your travel blog.
In this mini-series I will cover some of the basics of how to make money with your travel blog. Many of the resources and tips you’ll find here are relative to blogging in general. What this series will do is try to relate these practices to travel writing.
Some things you’ll find in this mini-series:
Best Wordpress themes for travel bloggers
Top affiliates for travel blogs
Promoting your travel blog while you travel
Tools for blogging on the road
Good SEO practices
And MORE!
How much money can I make with my travel blog?
With enough work, I would say you could be making enough money off your travel blog in 8 months t
How to Write Headlines 2007-11-16 18:31:16 Learning how to write a headline is an important skill to have as a travel writer. It is important to point out that writing headlines for print and writing headlines for the web are two very different things. While the can share a few of the same basic ideas, web headlines need to be more thought out. Writing headlines for the web is a whole other article completely.
The purpose in writing a headline is simple, you want to catch the reader’s attention. Time is precious and many people don’t want to waste their time reading something they don’t think is interesting. You could have the best article ever, but without a catchy headline, many won’t bother to read it.
Ways to Write
a Good Headline
Spend some time looking through magazines and newspapers. Look to see what kind of headlines they are using. You should see a variety of examples, but also some commonalities.
Here are a few ways to get you started writing headlines:
Ask a question or provide an answer
How Much Sh
Associated Content - Website Review 2007-11-16 12:22:28 Associated Content
– Earn money while building your portfolio.
I have mentioned several times that Associated Content
is a good place to earn money while building your writing portfolio.
A Great Learning Tool
One of the reasons Associated Content is such a good place to jump start your travel writing, is that you can write about anything you want and still earn money. There is no limit to the subjects you can write about for Associated Content. In fact, the more unique your article is the better.
Associated Content is also a great place to learn how to write for the web. The more unique and searchable your article is the better. If you want to earn more money with their performance payments, you will have to learn to use keywords wisely, write SEO friendly headlines, and other useful internet writing skills.
How You Make Money
There are two main ways to make money with Associated Content. These are; initial payments for articles and performance payments.
Here is an explana
Travel Writing Gear for the Road 2007-11-15 12:57:34 Travel
writing gear for the road is a little different than what you work with at home. You don’t have all the luxuries of working from your home office, so you need to pack wisely. No point in carrying more travel writing gear than you need to.
Here is a basic list of travel writing gear for the road. This travel writing gear should should be safe enough to carry just about anywhere.
Moleskine Notebook – If you are going to keep a travel journal, why not use the most famous? Used by some of the greatest writers, artists, and travelers; Moleskines are as good as any. These journals come in a variety of sizes paper types. Pick up a larger one for writing in and a smaller one for taking notes.
USB Key – USB keys are a great backup system for your travel writing and photos. I like to use a USB key in combination with an online storage account. That way should something happen to one or the other, I’ll be prepared.
iTalk Recorder – This is a great piece of travel wr Read more:Travel Writing
5 Travel Writing Tips 2007-11-15 12:00:06
Here are a few basic travel writing tips to help get you going. These travel writing tips are things you should practice and think about on a regular basis. If you work on the tips on this list regularly, you will be on your way to becoming a better travel writer.
These travel writing tips are an easy way to help improve your travel writing and make you an all around better travel writter.
Here they are, 5 Travel
Writing Tips:
1. Read – One of my biggest travel writing tips is to always be reading something. By reading good travel writing you are bound to soak up some important skills or, if nothing else, get inspired to become a better travel writer.
2. Write – The only way you’ll get better at travel writing is if you do a lot of it. We all carry a journal or write a blog. So why not write in these as if we were writing or National Geographic? Write often and write to the best of your ability.
3. Keep Working – One of the most popular travel writing tips given by publi Read more:Travel Writing
Travel and Leisure Wrters Guidelines 2007-11-20 13:40:16 Company: Travel
and Leisure
Website: www.travelandleisure.com
Email: Form Only
What they are looking for:
Look at several issues of the magazine and become familiar with the types of articles published in the various sections.
Please note that a place is not an idea, and that editors are looking for a compelling reason to assign an article: a specific angle, news that makes the subject fresh, a writer’s enthusiasm for and familiarity with the topic.
Service information is important to every destination article: when to go, how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, what to see and do. The reader must be able to follow in the author’s footsteps, and the articles are scheduled with that in mind.
Please do not telephone us about story proposals. Instead send a query letter that briefly outline the ideas (no more than three at once) being proposed. Please enclose recent clips of your work and a SASE. Query letters can also be sent by filling out the form here. In most ca Read more:Guidelines
Great Websites for Inspiration 2007-11-19 11:35:49 When you’re traveling in some exotic destination it’s easy to be inspired. Every day spent traveling is a endless barrage of ideas. What do you do once you get back home and the inspiration dies down? Not all of us can just pick up and leave, so here are a few places to find some inspiration online.
Top 3 Spots for Inspiration
Online:
Travelistic – This is the YouTube of the travel community. See folks home travel videos as well as lots of great self made travel shows. My personal favorite here is the websites own series, The Map.
Deviant Art – You know the old saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Deviant Art has no shortage of inspiring travel photography and art. Maybe one of these pictures will give you the word you need to get started!
Brave New Traveler – A young website that focuses more on the journey than the destination. Lots of inspiring stories and helpful articles here.
Our Forums – Don’t forget to add your suggestions or ask for help Read more:Great
, Websites
How to Interview Someone 2007-11-26 13:31:44
The ability to be able to interview someone is a skill every travel writer should feel comfortable with. If you have ever tried to interview someone you know that it’s a lot harder than just asking some questions. A good interview requires research, well planned questions, and good rapport.
Here are some simple tips on how to interview someone.
Be likeable. Spend some time getting to know your interviewee before you even start the interview. The more comfortable your interviewee feels the better the interview will go. Ask them some personal questions irrelevant to the interview and share some of your own thoughts on the answer to these questions.
Explain yourself. Before the interview gets started, explain the purpose and nature of the interview. Let the interviewer know why you chose them to interview. It will help build your rapport and initiate better answers by your interviewee.
Summarize. If possible, send the interviewee a short summary about the article at hand. Th
How to Make Your Own Travel Journal 2007-12-06 16:03:01 Every traveler has one , or two, or three…if note a whole shelf of travel journals. The next time you are in need of a new one, why not make your own travel journal? In this article we will show you some of the best websites that teach you how to make your own travel journal.
Making your own travel journal, other than just being cool, is a great way to keep you motivated to write in it. Not to mention it will help make your travel journal something you want to read years later. All it takes to learn how to make your own travel journal is a few bucks and less than a hour of your time.
If you want a customized travel journal but dont really feel like learning how to make your own travel journal, you have a couple options. Websites like LuLu and CafePress have printing options that allow you to make your own travel journal with minimal effort. Keep in mind though that its more expensive to make your own travel journal this way.
Here are our favorite sites that teach you how Read more:Travel
, Journal
Get Paid to Review Travel Gear 2007-12-05 14:29:14 I suppose one of the next best things to being a travel writer would be to get paid to test travel gear. Now you can do just that. ePinions is a website that helps people earn money by writing reviews of products, locations, hotels, and more.
Currently (December 2007) they are offering $10 for 10 product reviews. The reviews only have to be a minimum of 200 words. That’s less than half a page! You can write up to 100 reviews during the month of December, earning you a total of $100.
In addition to money paid upfront for these reviews, you also earn passive income. ePinions also pays you for the number of pageviews your review receives. So, in theory you will continually earn money from the reviews you write. It may not be much, but it’s a good start to practicing writing reviews; a skill every travel writer needs. Read more:Travel
How to Make Money with Your Travel Blog - Part 2 2007-12-03 14:38:31 Last week we talked about setting up your wordpress blog and getting the plugins and tools you need to make your travel blog. This week we will be talking about how to make sure you get good search engine rankings, as well as building up some good initial content. Which oddly enough helps with your search engine ranking.
In part 2 of the “How to Make Money
with Your Travel
Blog mini-series” you will learn:
Basic SEO techniques
Creating good initial content
What is Link bait?
Good Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Practices
That art of SEO is subject that is widely debated and theorized on. Many people, top bloggers included, only have their own experiences to go on when it comes to SEO. Nobody really understands the secret algorithms of search engines. For the most part, everyone’s ideas on SEO that you have read are “as best I can tell…” theory’s.
Some of these SEO ideas have proven themselves to be useful, while others are debatable. That said, there are
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