Dear Reader,
This week's Featured Publication is a little different than most.
It's an online marketplace where you can post your travel stories and set your own fees.
Details below...
Lori Allen
Director, AWAI Travel Division
P.S. Selling stories about what you see and do on your vacation is only one part of the "four-pronged" approach we'll be talking about in Panama this December 7-9 at our How to Fund Your Travels Conference.
Learn about all four money-making travel techniques here.
October 16, 2008
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Featured Publication: Constant Content
Website: http://www.constant-content.com
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NAME YOUR PRICE AND LET THE EDITORS COME TO YOU
By Bonnie Caton in Arlington, Virginia
If you'd rather have someone else market your travel stories for you, a good place to start is Constant-Content.com. Here you also get to set your own price and maintain control over what kinds of rights you'd like to sell.
Well-written articles can sell multiple times to different editors browsing for content. Once an article sells, you share a percentage of your earnings with the site.
To sell your articles through Constant Content, first you have to sign up as a writer (it's free). Then, you'll have to follow the strict writer's guidelines. Articles that don't conform to the guidelines may be rejected... and if you're rejected too many times, you can be blocked from submitting. This process assures that the site only offers quality articles, and buyers won't be disappointed by its content.
The stories you'll find on Constant Content aren't just high-quality, they also cover a wide range of topics. Travel stories are welcome, as well as articles on a myriad of subjects that you can relate back to travel. You can also post reviews, how-to pieces, and travel guides.
One of the best parts of Constant Content is the Public Request Feed. This page is full of articles in demand...along with the price range that the editors are willing to pay for them. If you're out of story ideas, it's a great place to check.
Your articles will sell best if they're well-written, free of errors, targeted to a specific topic, and, ideally, contain one or more keywords that are attractive to the editor looking to buy.
You'll find the writer's guidelines here.
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