A Paying Market: What A Concept!
It’s big news in the publishing world when somebody changes their rules and offers to pay money for travel articles. Sadly, content in our arena has become a commodity of plenty, so many outlets like Bootsnall never have paid writers for stories.
But today on Matador, a big headline, Paid Travel Writing from Bootsnall!
I think the Boots folks are going to benefit from putting out the dough, if for no other reason than writers will become very enamored of them, and submit a cascade of content their way. We have been paying writers since our inception, and we already get a huge amount of great stories and photos sent in. it’s just good kharma to pay out a little bit, even if web real estate is so plentiful it doesn’t command a very high price any more.
Here is the announcement on Matador.
March 31, 2009 @ 1:23 am
G’Day Max,You have a few of your facts mixed up.1) We’ve had paid staff writers since 2003…currently 5.2) We started a paid freelance program beginning as far back at 2005The Matador Post is about “New” opportunities.We have always had traveler submitted content. (Often known as UCG)Cheers mate,Sean