Join Us for Free Travel Writing Lessons on Writing for Trade Magazines and Photography
In the two years since we began running regular one-hour travel writing classes, we’ve covered more than 80 topics, including:
- how to land free trips
- how to get paid really, really well for your writing
- how to get on magazine editors’ good sides
- how to navigate every step of the process to land travel content marketing work, including phone calls and proposals
- how to keep your hourly rate down so your bank account goes up
- how to get work done on the road
- how to write, step-by-step, 15 different types of travel articles
- how to land guidebook and other traditional publishing deals
You can grab access to all of our past webinars (and a ton of other resources you can’t find anywhere else) with a subscription to our Dream Buffet or grab them one-by-one when you need them in our On-Demand Webinar Library for a set with the video, audio, transcript, and slides.
But we also air a free replay of one of our travel writing classes each and every weekday.
Each weekday at 2pm PST / 5pm EST / 10pm GMT / 11pm CET (and 9am AEDT Tues-Sat), we show one webinar from our archives, rotating through all of them over the course of four months.
Here’s what we’ve got for you this week:
Monday, July 20, 5pm EST: Writing for Travel Trade Magazines 101
These magazines work quite different than custom and consumer titles in many ways, notably editors pitch you ideas rather than the other way around, making your hourly rate go way up. Some trade editors will even provide you with interview sources!
Trade magazines are the single best way to establish a clear pipeline of assignments and also maximize your hourly rate when writing for magazines, and we look at how, why, and how to get started writing for them in this week’s webinar.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Monday, July 20.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Tuesday, July 21, 5pm EST: How to Write a Letter of Introduction – The Pitch Equivalent for Trade Magazines
Unlike consumer and custom magazines, trade magazine editors are approached by something called an LOI or letter or introduction, which has more in common with a cover letter on a job application than a magazine pitch.
We look at when to use a letter of introduction, how to craft your own boilerplate one for each vertical within the travel trade world that you’re looking to pitch, and how to avoid information overload.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Tuesday, July 21.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Wednesday, July 22, 5pm EST: The Difference Between the Photos You’re Shooting Now and What Magazines are Publishing
Learn how to get the shots that editors need so you can get more assignments and make more money with your pieces.
We will look at the shots that work online and those that most of us shoot most of the time and what the difference is in terms of the approach to shot format, variety, and composition to generate the types of photos magazines can use.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Wednesday, July 22.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Thursday, July 23, 5pm EST: Creating a Shot List to Organize Your Trips Around Saleable Photography
Last week, we dove into the types of photographs that magazines are looking for. Now, we break down a step-by-step method to organize your trips to ensure you get the shots you need to fill out your stories and enter the (thriving, actually!) world of photo essays.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Thursday, July 23.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Friday, July 24, 5pm EST: Plating, Staging, and Food Photography: Bringing Still Lifes to Life
I recently spoke at the International Food Bloggers Conference and picked up a couple cool styling things here that I’ll show you, but we’ll primarily be focusing on the concept of the still life and how to take age-old painting techniques into your photography to create amazing shots for Instagram and beyond.
You’ll learn food photography and more: this week we’ll cover staging, lighting, and how to create posed shots of everything except people on your trips.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Friday, July 24.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Don’t be late! All the free replays start right on time, and the system isn’t able to accept late attendees.
You can read all about our free webinar replays and get answers to any questions you have on our comprehensive FAQ page, or grab any webinars you have missed in our On-Demand Webinar Library.