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The Average Day in the Life of a Travel Writer
Our New Weekly Travel Writing Webinar Series Unpacks the Ins and Outs of Professional Travel Writing
In case you haven’t caught the news in our weekly travel writing newsletter (sign up at the bottom of this page and get the beginning of The Six-Figure Travel Writing Road Map for free if you’re not already receiving it) or social media accounts, we’ve started a weekly webinar series covering the inside scoop on travel writing.
Each week, we’ll look at what you need to know to become a pro:
- the most lucrative types of travel writing gigs–and how to get them
- step-by-step tutorials on all aspects of travel writing from pitching to coming up with ideas to writing different kinds of travel articles
- how to set up the work processes that professionals use to get their work done and keep assignments rolling in
The Gift that Keeps Giving: How to Break One Trip into Unlimited Travel Articles
25 Ways to Move Your Travel Writing Career Forward Today—In 15 Minutes or Less
A few years ago, I came across the idea of microactions: things you can do in incredible short amounts of time (they focus on seven minutes) to move your career forward, whether in terms of networking, getting organized, increasing revenue, or clearing your head to be more productive when you dive back into work.
How to Launch Your Travel Writing Career in One Hour (Seriously!)
Are You Wasting Your Best Writing Hours By Not Energy Mapping Your Day?
WTF Are You Doing with Your Travel Writing Time?
What did you do today?
Do you know? Is that because it just happened? Let’s try a harder one.
What did you do during your work hours last Monday?
This One Thing Can Dramatically Change How Much Money You Earn Writing About Each Trip
What is the first thing you do when you are done with a trip?
When you board the flight home or finish packing for your return journey or next destination?
Do you start working on your to-do list for the following week? Upcoming travel plans? Photo editing? Social media posts? Read More
How to Take Notes Like a Pro: In the Words of Three Award-Winning Travel Writers
At last year’s Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference, the group had the pleasure of listening to the Tim Cahill, founding editor of Outside magazine interview, Susan Casey, with whom he had worked for years, on the occasion of the publication of her new book Voices in the Ocean.
Are You Missing Out By Not Doing These 5 Types of Research Before Your Trip
I’ll never forget the first time I met Robert Reid.
The former Lonely Planet editor is known for his wry observations, being an aficionado of the varying mustaches of Siberia, and giving keynote speeches so fantastic and fantastically long that conference organizers let him go 20 minutes longer than he should. And during a short car ride from a conference party to dinner in Athens a few years ago, he paid me one of the biggest compliments I have received in this line of work.