Submit Travel Tips to HoboTraveler.com

Submit Travel Tips to HoboTraveler.com
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RULES FOR WRITERS - They must be followed.

Hello,
I am Andy of HoboTraveler.com

Synopsis:
   Tips Written in HTML
   55 Characters wide
   Pay with Western Union, Paypal or Check
   No tips on travel destinations allowed.

I need Travel Tips written by international travelers or Hoboes
that understand the world. I am not good at grammar and it is
not natural for me to write, so do not worry, I want people that have
truly traveled the planet.

I am offering 150 U.S. Dollars for an original tip.
The letter is presently distributed to about 10,500 persons bi-weekly
or when I can write the letter.

The tips must authentic and interesting travel tip articles written
that will be published in my travel tips newsletters.

My articles are not public relations feel good tips, but real life travel
situations with solutions. To learn the style and types of tips I wish
to receive please simulate my formats in my NEWSLETTERS

Letters need to be written in HTML and simulate present WIDTH.
 

NORMAL REASONS I WOULD NOT PUBLISH OR USE?

The number ONE reason!

The person did not read and follow the the guidelines on this page!

PLEASE READ!

I believe that listening and reading needs to be learned, it is
an art.

1.  ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOUR BUSINESS disguised as tip.
   I want business to tell me about their business, and welcome
   tips about unique types, but may not hide as bait and switch.
    
2. ARTICLE NOT A TIP. An article on a location could work sometimes and
   especially if I am entering or going to this location presently. However I am
   mostly looking for tips.
    
3. USA centric or only possible for an United States Citizen to achieve.
   The tips here are for the world and not only the English world.
    
4. NOT comprehensive, short and brief and not an all inclusive well
   researched tip.
    
5. RICH PEOPLE ONLY TIP - I write off the shelf tips, how to live
   on an extreme budget, and not how to pay your way through.
   I want even a wealthy person to learn how to get the best value
   for their money.
    
6. COPIED AND PASTED FROM ASIAN OR FOREIGN NOTEPAD.
   The characters must be USA, British, or done in HTML so they
   can be copied and pasted in English characters with no strange little
   Asian, Spanish, Russian, or other strange little letters, thanks.
    
7. FORMAL, NOT PERSONAL
   Say the tip like you are talking to your friend, do not be so formal,
   let us have some fun.
    
8. Make links work or only in this manner
   http://www.hobotraveler.com
   
   This is NOT ok! www.hobotraveler.com
    
9. No prices given, to me, advice without the price is not advice.

FACTORS IN A GOOD TIP?

A tip has a NEED factor--- How much is the tip needed?

Then it has a EXPLAINED FACTOR - Is it explained thoroughly and in detail. Is there plenty of examples and links.

RESEARCH factor. A great tip is simple and easy to understand, but after a person completely understands a topic they can explain the highlighted points easily.

INTERROGATIVES? Are these answered
Who
When
Where
Why
Why
How Much?

State the PROBLEM and the SOLUTION

HOW TO START?

1. Decide on a topic or subject.

2. Write Andy and see if he has already wrote a tip about this subject?
CONTACT

3. Research your tip!

HOW TO RESEARCH?

Note - TRAVEL to South America or Asia... Europe is not the best
place to learn how to think internationally.

But you can write tips even if you do not travel.

A. GO TO PAGE THAT HAVE LIST OF TRAVEL TIPS PAGES
http://www.alexa.com/browse/general?catid=9283&mode=general
http://www.dmoz.com/Recreation/Travel/Preparation/Tips
http://www.about.com
http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/section.jhtml?id=3

Search Google.com for the subject you have chosen. Read and read
until you feel you know every article about the subject on the internet.

B. READ ALL THE TIPS, but then think... Am I thinking internationally?
Or am I too American, European, or even Asian?

C. Read and apply the guidelines I outlined above on why
a tip would not be used!
If you wish to learn my style, the blog is good way to start.
http://www.hobotraveler.com/blogger.html

D. NOTE that the 10 best or 10 worst, or 20 of something
or the 50 of something is always easy to understand and
simple, but you must have a comprehensive list!

WRITING YOUR TIP - Recommendations or guides

My travel writing problem!
First let me explain my big problem... contrary to what you may think the problem I have is not with ideas or subject that I wish to write about, it is about the time it take to convert ideas or topics into a format which I can use with minimal amounts of work. So unfortunately I have a need for ready-to-use material. If it requires formatting, editing, proof-reading etc then I can write the articles myself, so try to empathize with my time of working in internet cafes, living on the beach, and in some very exotic locations, you will understand I cannot fix your work. Plus remember we are to be Hoboes and we do not live in 5 star hotels.

1. Write the tip quickly and for fun.

2. Go back and proofread and fix the obvious blunders but do not fix
the tone, we are Hoboes, not diplomats.

3. Spell Check! Probably best if possible to use Microsoft Word or
Microsoft Word or some other spell checker. I believe in Yahoo Mail
or Hotmail they now have spell checkers.

4. No ACRONYMS PLEASE. Or use and explain.
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid) is good.
LOL is not ok, as it confuses my mother.
LOL (Laugh Out Loud) is fine, now we learn.

Half the people that read my letters do not speak English as their
first language, and abbreviations, acronyms, slang, and obscure
colloquial phrases can drive me and them crazy. But are also
fun so please use and do not use.

5. Send off to Andy for opinions if you wish, so you do not waste
days making a perfection and he says, NO WAY JOSE.

6. No curse words, cussing, cursing, expletive deletives, groseros, or
crude language. This mean you cannot say SHIT.
People have filters on their boxes and this type of language
will not go through, I do not so much mind the words, but
you must disguise them as S$%^ or somehow.

7. Make all links complete:
BAD: HoboTraveler.com  or www.hobotraveler.com

GOOD: On one line, do not put inside the paragraph.
http://www.hobotraveler.com

5. No Cliche.

These type of link will not be CLICKABLE in a newsletter.

Make the link complete
http://www.hobotraveler.com

Do not enmesh them inside a sentence like they are just
a word like this, http://www.hobotraveler.com they are not words
and the links can hook on to words in a newsletter.

The need their own line:
http://www.hobotraveler.com/

This makes reading easier.

MAKING YOUR CREDITS

I need to say who did then, why, when or what not.
I need to acknowledge that this is your original work and not
mine, so that we all agree that I have obeyed those copyright laws.
Plus I do not know what to say about you...

A brief biography and a picture is nice to include also but
note necessary. But you need to make your credits box.

EXAMPLE CREDITS

Make as you wish, but have inside the box and not more
than 55 characters wide.

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Article written by Andy the Hobotraveler.com
On year 7 of Hobo trip around the world.
Budget Travel, Jobs, and Adventure, etc
Subscribe to Free Newsletter at:
http://www.hobotraveler.com
You may publish this article for Free
on the internet If this box stays attached.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

NOW the difficult part!

Make your tips into an HTML page or an internet page:

ONLY HTML WILL BE EXCEPTED - New Standard. Andy the editor
needs to be able to copy and paste direct into newsletters.

Make it ready for me to copy and paste.

MAKE IT THIS WIDE OR A LITTLE LESS - 55 Characters

123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12345

Notice how this page is made or how WIDE the text is on the page!

HOW TO SUBMIT?

Please send to me in two fashion to guarantee receipt.

Copy and paste the tip into this page.
http://www.hobotraveler.com/contact

I will read and then send you my email address, whereby you can send
HTML folders as attachements.

CHECKLIST

1. Notepad document ATTACHED with HARD RETURNS.
    
2. 55 characters wide - In Notepad with hard returns!
    
3. Credits included.
    
4. Photo included - Not necessary.
    
5. Biography include, Not necessary.
    
6. Send SECOND by copying and pasting into the comments box of this
   form.
   http://www.hobotraveler.com/helpcenter/
    
7. Include your home land Address, so I can mail you money by normal post.
   (Note outside the USA, better if you have paypal.com.)
    
8. Paypal.com -
   I need the EMAIL you use for paypal.com!
   http://www.paypal.com

PAYMENT

I will pay by check mailed to your home or paypal.com only.
I will pay with Western Union, however the fees reduce you net.

I pay when published and reserve the right to place on my internet site
only as digital information.

COMMENTS Andy has written to writers explaining the reason or thoughts on tips sent.

Comments 1
I keep thinking about your desire to write tips, and the one you submitted.

It is an interesting and well written tip, however very general, and is even difficult for me
to classify as to what type of tip.

Generally all the tips I write are going to be in one or many of the categories
on this page of tips I have written.

(Referenced the specific tip, however omitted for anonymity.)

http://www.hobotraveler.com/indenewslettipsbysubject.shtml

The other way of looking at a tip is where does it fit into the 150 Categories of HoboTraveler.com
Where could I put a link to your tips in the 150 Categories?

I am looking with tips or hints to fill up the 150 Categories or to the index of tips pages.

I am looking for very specific tips for each of these categories.

I am going to create a place on Wikihobo.com
http://www.wikihobo.com

For people to put tips they have written, a great place for you to put a tip
and other people can read, live links and such.

The site is up and working I believe and I believe you could submit
these tips for publication, however I have not figured out how to do so yet.

If you wish you can post this on the site, I will link to it for sure.

Andy

Comments 2

I have to make your tips into a page that will go into the archives of newsletter for HoboTraveler, this means that the time it take me to convert your tip to an HTML page is time I have to work, to publish your tip. I can write my own tips, therefore the reason to utilize another person tip is for normally two reason, one to not have to work one week on the tips part of newsletter or maybe a person had really collect information way beyond my ability or knowledge. A general tip you wrote is difficult to use, however sometime I would love to maybe use a tip directly off the internet. I see or have written writers that have a tip posted on a page and asked permission to use. If a page is already on the internet in a HTML page, then I can copy and paste quickly, you may consider just making a webpage of your tip and then send me the link this makes it extremely easy for me to want to use your tips because there is less work. I use tips by other to say time mostly, then I also hope they can get specific and research enough to give me something besides some glossy, nice smelling, feel good tip.

Please post your tip on the internet and send me the link to the tip.

Thanks Andy

Thanks
Andy a HoboTraveler.com

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