Looking for 10 travel writers to write for our Travel Website - articles/blog posts

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: from entry to advanced, as long as you have great ideas and good writing skills.

ESTIMATED JOB DURATION: could be on-going

REWARDING: For more details see ‘budget and more’ section below.

TONE: enthusiastic, witty/sharp, casual and informal.

EXTENSIVE RESEARCH NEEDED: yes

OUTLINE: Ideally we find several good quality writers to create interesting content for our Travelmapper.com blog and website.

NUMBER OF ARTICLE/BLOG POSTS: initially 1 - 5 per author (more work to be done for the right candidates).

WORDS PER ARTICLE/BLOG POST: between 300-1200 (depending on the type; blog post or article)

INDUSTRY: Adventure Travel Planning

TOPICS: can be various!
• We like List posts -> top, best, most, ever,10 things to do, etc.
• Also travel tips, specific destinations, less travelled areas, experiences, stories etc.
• Write for the adventure traveller. But don’t get single minded. Articles may be written on many topics and many different
travel styles. From mountaineering, to rail journey, to family safari. From basic camping to luxury hotel style. From solo
travelling to group travelling. From 18 till 65+ years.
• Think of what is useful, interesting, and fun, and focus your article on a specific group that is most likely to be interested
in your topic.

INFORMATION:
• We are a visual focussed Adventure Travel Planning website. For you this means that we will add photos to your article, or
that you can add them yourself.
• Blogs/articles need to be written in English. They need to be well researched, creative, unique, authentic, true, interesting,
and of good spelling and grammar.
• Ideally we find several good quality writers to create interesting content for our Travelmapper.com blog and website.

Our Travelmapper website is still undergoing development and the url to the blog is just there to provide you with an idea of possible layout and style. http://travelmapper.com/blog/5-Spectacular-Photos-of-Lonely-Planets-No-1-Destinations-36

ABOUT BUDGET AND MORE:
Please note that we’ve got some, but not a massive budget for article/blog writing. Even if you are an expert in this field, we can’t hire you if your prices are too high. Please consider this when posting a proposal for this job.
This is a great opportunity for any writer to get their work published.

1. Let me know your price (in € or £ ) per article/blog post, or one price for 5 articles or blog posts.
2. Do you prefer writing articles or blog posts (or both)? Why?
3. Let me know approximately how many words you plan on writing per article/blog post.
4. How long you are available for?
5. How many articles/blog posts per week/per month would you have capacity for?

WHO ARE YOU? Please provide some information about yourself:
1. Why are you passionate about travelling? What is your travel experience? Is this in your own country and/or elsewhere? Tell
me about your writing skills?
2. What level English can you write? intermediate low/medium/high - advanced low/medium/high
Can check out: http://www.3imobile.com/courses/skillleveldescription.htm to find your level.
Are you a native English?
3. Do you have experience in proof reading and editing?
4. Can you send some examples of your work (preferably live urls). You could also add (but don’t have to) a short test article to
your proposal.
5. Can you briefly detail your experience and why this job is interesting for you. Just plain language please!

PHOTOS
At Travelmapper we love photos. When it comes to writing about travel, showing some photos can really help tell the story. They are not necessary, but if you have some, please feel free to add them. You can only include photos if you own the copyright (they are yours). By sending or posting them, you automatically agree to our Terms of Use http://tripmapped.currentdomain.co.uk/TermsofUse.aspx.

NOTE: You and others can bid on this job by posting a proposal. In this proposal please answer all questions from the sections ‘about budget and more’ and the ‘who are you’. Following this, we hope to select around 10 authors who can start writing for our Travelmapper.com website.

We really appreciate your time looking at this job, and hope you feel inspired to reply. Depending on the prices, we would like to hire 5-15 people and if you are good, we may come back for repeat articles/blog posts.

If you have ANY questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

All the best,

Team Travelmapper