How to Leverage Your Smartphone to Improve Your Articles
Recently I spent a long weekend in Madison, Connecticut, a shoreline town that I’m profiling for an upcoming issue of my publication, Yankee Magazine. In the old days of gathering notes for a story, I would have had my trusted notebook, some good pens, and maybe a recorder. I would have collected my material, returned…
You Can Do This: Get the Confidence to Succeed as a Travel Writer
When I decided to take a serious shot at getting published, I had no idea how to approach an editor or how to find a story that might interest them. I read some books and took some online classes, but nothing gave me the tools I needed until I attended the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop.…
Editor Reveals: Make Your Articles Stand Out By Following The Untourist Trend
No doubt you’ve noticed it. It’s hard to avoid this “go where the mainstream isn’t” trend in travel coverage—and you shouldn’t try. In fact, if you’re looking for a smart way to cast an article for an editor today, think about following the untourist trend. In popular destinations like Venice, Italy, for instance, over-tourism is…
Top 5 Things To Know About Travel Blogging
In my six years of blogging about travel, I’ve learned a few things. I did some things correctly from the get-go, like creating social media accounts and letting all of my friends and family know about my blog. I emailed tourism bureaus and asked to be added to their press lists. And I got busy…
How A Blog Can Lead To Amazing Travel Experiences
I’ve been invited to Romania several times to work on an ongoing project to promote the country. While there, I’ve taken boat rides down the Danube Delta, stayed in luxury eco resorts, toured castles, and tried the best food and wine the country has to offer. In the Philippines, I’ve been invited to island hop…
My Top 3 Income Streams From Blogging
I know, you’ve seen those Facebook ads, too: A young couple, deeply tanned, sunglasses on, with a tropical background—living the dream. The headline reads: “3 years ago, we started blogging, now we earn six figures.” Or something similar. Your heart longs for it to be true, but your head tells you: It’s too good to…
Life As A Blogger – What My Typical Day Looks Like
I’m a full-time blogger at SemiSweetTooth.com. I began blogging around 10 years ago and I’m still very active in the blogging community. While my blog originally began as a focused exploration on food and fitness, I now discuss subjects related to becoming our best selves in mind, body, and spirit, while also highlighting related personal…
Become Part Of A Growing, Income-Earning Movement By Starting Your Own Blog
What would you have said 20 years ago, if someone told you we would all have tiny, magic keyboards in our pockets at all times that connect us to the rest of the entire world? That you could simply type in anything you want to know, anything you want to say, find details on where…
4 Ways To Make More Money As A Travel Writer
I’ll never forget my first published article. It came in the July 2007 issue of a small regional magazine in Palm Beach where I was living at the time. And it wasn’t just an article; it was the debut of my “Travel with Terri” column. The publisher had not only given me the opportunity to…
3 Tips (Straight From A Travel Editor) For Starting Your Story
Maybe this sounds familiar. You’ve just returned from an awesome trip, you’ve taken great notes, you’re all set to write and then…nothing. You stare and stare and stare at the computer screen, waiting for those magnificent words to just start flowing, but something quite the opposite happens. You don’t know where to begin. It happens.…