All Posts Tagged: Getting started
“101 Things You Need to Know to Make it as a Travel Writer” Has Landed
We actually have a category here on our blog called “Free Stuff,” and I have been clicking it a lot lately.
Just now, as the first of our two books debuting this spring edges its way out into the world, I find myself clicking it once again, because we have put together some very special bonuses for anyone interested in purchasing 101 Things You Need to Know to Make it as a Travel Writer from us directly.
Which Retreats Should We Schedule This Fall and Winter? (Win a Delightful Chocolate Gift Box!)
It was very much a coincidence that we came to own our retreat house in the Catskills right when Dream of Travel Writing and the Travel Magazine Database were getting off the ground.
Now, of course, I couldn’t imagine it any other way.
Having the opportunity to work intensively, in-person with writers on the issues that they are struggling with has completely transformed my ideas for how we can help writers.
An Exclusive Sneak-Peak at Our Landmark Idea-to-Pitch Series
To catch our brand new webinar each week live, you need to be a member of our coaching or Dream Buffet programs, but as you may have already discovered, you can also catch one webinar for FREE from our archives each weekday at 5pm EST.
This coming week, in our free webinars for June, we’ve got something very special on the schedule…
…the very first chance to catch a landmark Idea-to-Pitch webinar series that we did anywhere outside of our coaching and Dream Buffet programs.
It’s not even available yet for purchase in our webinar library!
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The New Books are Coming! The New Books are Coming! — And a Special Holiday Flash Sale to Celebrate
Already ready already? Grab your launch special collection here.
Don’t forget. This special ends at 12am HST/3am PST/6am EST/11am BST/12pm CET/8pm ACT on Tuesday, May 28th.
Since we announced that we’re debuting two new books this spring, there have been a lot of ways to get special access to our resources:
- We’ve selected 25 folks who helped us choose the magazine list for 101 Magazines Looking to Publish Your Travel Articles—And Everything You Need to Know to Pitch Them to win free copies of the book and a month in our Travel Magazine Database when the book comes out.
- We’ve given five folks a week who help us choose the questions to answer in 101 Things You Need to Know to Make it as a Travel Writer to win free copies of the book and coupons for four webinars from our library.
- We’ve even given out coaching calls to folks who helped us select the covers and titles or have entered every week and won more than once!
We could totally stop there. That’s a lot of resources to give away!
But we’re not done yet. 🙂
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All The Things!!! (Our Coaching Programs Include)
Not ready to hit the gas pedal of a Maserati and tear up the open road with the momentum of your travel writing career?
We get it.
Not everyone is!
Over the years I’ve met people finishing graduate degrees, or whose spouses are finishing graduate degrees so they are the sole breadwinners, or whose parents are in and out of the hospital several times a month, or who have just had a serious bout in the hospital themselves.
We all have our own pace and our own times to accelerate it and move on to the next stage.
If now is not that time for you, please keep enjoying our free webinars, newsletters, and blog posts for inspiration.
But, if you hit 2019 saying, “Wtf? 2020 is next year. That’s like the end of my personal Mayan calendar. Now. Is. The. Time.”–then I’ve got news for you.
Now Announcing: The Final Titles of Our New Books Debuting This Spring (And A Cover Sneak Peak!)
We are so thankful to all of those who helped us to finalize the titles and covers of our two new books debuting this spring!
One of the interesting things that we noticed when reviewing the survey results was that in some cases, there wasn’t an obvious winner on one count or another, but there was a clear display of the direction people wanted to take things in.
As a result, for the covers of one of our books, we’ve taken a slight detour back to the drawing board to consider some new choices in line with what people seemed most excited about, and we have a very exciting new cover that we’re working on for that and jazzed about presenting to you very soon.
In the meantime, I’m very pleased to announce the final titles of our new books and share more about what they will cover and contain!
Join Us This Week for Free Travel Writing Lessons on Crafting the Perfect Pitch and Getting More Assignments
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.
How to Take Ownership of Your Freelance Travel Writing Success
When I was first asked to coach other travel writers on how to meet their business goals and finally get their dreams off the ground, I spent a long time thinking about it, observing writers I knew, and taking stock of the marketplace.
The 18 months of research that led to The Six-Figure Travel Writing Road Map actually centered very specifically on one question:
What is the difference between the writers who have normal careers as if they were in any other field, earning a great amount of money, buying houses, etc., and those that never seem to be able to crack making this into a viable, stable, long-term career?
Will You Win a Free Travel Writing Coaching Call This Week? + Let Us Know What Are Your Biggest Questions on Getting Started in Travel Writing
Our customer service person has spent the last two Mondays sending out awesome emails.
Seriously–what’s more awesome than giving people the great news that they’ve won something!
Here’s how to get in on the action:
Everything You Need to Know About Early-Bird Prices for Our New Press Trip-Style Event
It’s time to open up early-bird registration for our new event: My First “Press Trip.”
Early-bird registration is a special opportunity that we offer once for each event to get two things:
- $150 off the event
- special bonuses that are only available to early-bird registrants!