It is that time again. We're opening our site to bring on new staff members who are heading out to explore the world on a long-term trip beginning in mid-2016!
So if you are a new blogger looking to increase your exposure while earning some extra money for your own RTW trip, our staff position is for you! (Photo "Notes on Wood" by christgr)
Requirements
Although all of these requirements are flexible for the right match, we are looking for travelers who meet the following criteria:
- Heading off on a long-term trip in mid-2016.
- We are flexible with departure dates and would ideally like you to start 2-3 months before you leave to cover pre-trip topics.
- Have a tentative end date for the trip.
- Although we fully support nomadic travel, we are searching for those who can provide end of trip recaps with financials, stats, etc. as this is a very important component of long-term travel planning we need to cover.
- If you think you may end up traveling perpetually, you must be able to draw the line and say "my planned trip is now over" in order to provide the recaps mentioned above.
- Able to provide 400+ word articles with images once every 5-10 days. (3-6 per month)
- Willing to share images on Living the Dream's Facebook page periodically throughout your trip.
- Preference may be given to travelers hitting unusual destinations or are traveling on the luxury or with an extremely limited budget.
Our Offering
Okay, now we're getting to the important part. What can we offer you in return?
Staff writers for Living the Dream are offered the following:
- Payment of $25 per post paid monthly via PayPal.
- Any earnings of more than $600 in a calendar year will require us to issue a 1099-MISC tax form if you are a US citizen or are a non-citizen and worked on articles while in the USA. Sorry, can't avoid this one.
- Promotion of your blog via author profiles, internal linking in blog posts, tags in social media updates, and through our own marketing channels.
- Living the Dream currently receives 32,000 monthly page views and has over 40,000 followers on social media between Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
- Access to our partners for media assignments when available.
- Article placements from these will be unpaid in exchange for coverage if you choose to take a partner assignment.
- We take professionalism very seriously and expect you to as well.
- Our personal mentorship in helping with any blogging questions you may have for your site.
- Access to us for all things planning of your long-term trip!
For new writers, we'd like to think that beats out the free guest post market by a long shot!
The Travelers We're Looking For
If you're still with us after reading our requirements and offering, then great! Now we need to get into the details of the type of travelers we're looking for.
Our main goal with hiring staff writers is simple: to fill the void of what we are not. Are you a luxury traveler or extremely thrifty? That is different from us. Heading to destinations we have not? That is different from us. Are you retired or a family? That is different from us. Planning to volunteer, work, or travel on a theme? That is different from us.
The above are just a few of the numerous types of long-term travelers we'd like to hear from and have write on our site because as one twenty-something couple, we simply cannot do it all ourselves. As our quest is to transform Living the Dream into the premier long-term travel planning website for travelers of all styles, and to do that we need you!
The key, and really only requirement we have, is that you must have passion to help others travel the world on a long-term trip . That is why we started this site, why we always include planning tips that you just cannot find anywhere else on the internet, and is also why we share detailed spending log from every country we visit. If this goal resonates with you, please fill out our application form!
If you are interested in applying, please head over to our application form on Google Docs to get started! We estimate the form could take 15 minutes to complete depending on how much detail you include, but may be longer if you want to be thorough. Or, if you'd rather email us directly, please email [email protected] to apply.
Deadline
We have no fixed deadline for when applications need to be received. We are looking to hire one staff writer between now and mid-2016 and are more than happy to wait for the right candidates even if it means a later start date due to your travel plans. As long as you can start this position before the beginning of your trip (ideally 4-8 weeks at a minimum to cover pre-trip topics) and have a reasonable end date to follow it to conclusion on this site, we're looking for you.
As with all positions of this nature, we cannot guarantee that our availability will be open forever, so even if you are traveling later in 2016, or even 2017, and have reasonable plans put together, apply now! If you are the best fit we will wait for you.
If you have any questions about the positions we are offering here at Living the Dream, please email us at [email protected] . Otherwise please submit your application at our Google Docs form to get started!
