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NEW 3rd Edition!
Turn Your Pictures into Cash: A Comprehensive Program in Taking and Selling Amazing Photographs
Can You Take a Simple Photograph?
If yes, you could make $200-$2,000 a week taking snap shots in your own backyard… on your family vacations… or anywhere in the world you care to travel.
You don't need fancy equipment. And you don't need to know a thing about photography to get started. You don't even have to quit your day job (if you don't want to, that is). Turn a picture here and a snapshot there into an extra $150...$400...even $800 in your spare time.
With this program, you'll learn:
- The three crucial components in every saleable photograph (and how, exactly, to master them)
- The difference between a great shot and a $5,000 photograph
- Five ways to be sure your landscapes will stand out and sell better
- How to shoot stunning close-up shots of nature, family and pets
- Little-known secrets that photographers use to land free meals, vacations, and other fun perks
...and much more!
Includes these five FREE bonus gifts:
- FREE GIFT #1 - The Photographer’s Shortcut to Travel Writing Success: Go From Beginner to Professional Writer... Fast. With this report, you’ll learn how to write great articles—even if you have no writing experience. You’ll also learn how to create a can’t-miss package—selling photographs and articles together.
- FREE GIFT #2 – Our free e-letter, The Right Way to Travel. Every week, you’ll get the latest tip on improving your photography... details on contests... profiles of markets you can contact (and get published in!)... techniques for exploring the world without spending a dime... a heads up on what other members of this program are up to, including what you can learn from them... and more!
- FREE GIFT #3 – Your Photographic Publisher’s Pack: Everything You Need to Know to Sell Your Photographs to Eight Diverse Publications. (With this guide, you’re getting solid client leads, and we’re happy to give you them!)
- FREE GIFT #4 – How to Get Published Using a Cereal Box...A Tube of Toothpaste...and the Back of a Coke Can. As outrageous as this sounds, this special e-report will teach you the shortcuts to getting published in four days. That means you could see your photos published before the end of next week!
- FREE GIFT #5 – Photoshop and Lightroom Tutorial. This is an exclusive online guide that was designed by professional photographers to turn you into a PRO fast. What’s more, it was created just for us. It can be yours FREE when you act now!
Click here to turn your pictures into cash.
NEW Set of 24!
Photo Tip Cards: The Next-Best Thing to Your Own Personal Photo Expert
Wouldn't it be nice if you had an expert to look over your shoulder when you snapped pictures? You know, somebody who could tell you, "Hey, change that f-stop for a much better shot." or "That'll come out quite nicely if you focus on something farther away."
Well, while we can't put an expert at your beck-and-call, we CAN do the next-best thing.
We can ship you a set of our Photo Tip Cards. These pocket-sized "cheat sheets" will ensure you get the best possible pictures all the time.
Sunsets, beaches, people, sports, waterfalls -- whatever you're shooting, just grab the card for that situation and it'll tell you which camera settings to use, what to look for, the pitfalls to avoid, and exactly how to get your best, most saleable images ever.
Click here to get pro photo tips you can take with you anywhere you go.
Unlimited Photo Critiques
Are your photos being ruined by tiny mistakes that you could easily fix if you knew what they were?
Send them in for a personalized professional critique, and know for sure.
With Unlimited Photo Critiques, a professional photographer will check your photos for hard-to-detect flaws that could make them unsaleable. Things like artifacting, crooked horizons, motion blur, improper focus, and anything else that could mark them for rejection.
It’s such a stress-eliminator. No more worrying whether you’re “doing it right.” You’ll know, with confidence, that when you’re sending your photos to an editor or to a stock agency that you’re submitting only high-quality, salable work.
Click here now to see a sample photo critique.
How to Look 10 Years Younger and 20 Pounds Lighter... In Every Photo You Take
✓ Downloadable e-guide!
Whether you want to look like a star in every photo you take, or you'd like your models to look their best and sell more photos, this guide will do the trick.
Using the same professional photography tricks that Hollywood and portrait photographers use, you or your model can appear slimmer, younger, healthier, and more natural whenever that camera flash goes off.
All it takes is knowing how to pose, what to wear, what colors to choose, and how to use lighting to your advantage in your photographs as well as pro Photoshop techniques to conceal any imperfections you/your subject may have.
Whether you’re doing the photographing, the posing – or both – this report unlocks the secrets to more flattering photographs for everyone!
Click here to look better in every photo you take.
The Ultimate Summer Photo Guide: 70 Easy Tips for Taking Amazing Photographs this Summer
✓ Downloadable e-guide!
Turn Everyday Summer Fun into Money in Your Pocket
We've compiled 70 of our best photography tips -- the ones that will help you make the shift from taking amateur shots to taking professional-quality shots.
They're quick, easy-to-learn, and they'll positively transform the way you take pictures. Your family and friends will think you've been practicing for years.
You'll discover how to:
- Take heart-stopping portraits of people, pets and wildlife...
- Take the perfect photo outdoors -- using Mother Nature's summertime lighting for best results...
- Capture amazing shots of the beach and even underwater shots, too...
- Capture memorable shots at weddings, family reunions, picnics and other gatherings...
- Turn an overcast summer's day into an opportunity for stunning photography...
- And much more...
Click here to learn more about taking great summer photos!
The Ultimate Holiday Photo Guide: 83 Quick Tips for Taking the Best Holiday Photographs Ever
✓ Downloadable e-guide!
In just 23 short minutes you can learn to snap expert-quality family portraits and transform standard-issue Thanksgiving dinner shots into pictures you’ll pass down from generation to generation.
You’ll also learn the best techniques for photographing kids in the snow, opening presents, giving Grandma a kiss… and you’ll walk away with amazing photographs of holiday lights, fireworks and more…
Click here to get started taking better holiday photos now!
Money-Making Travel Photography: Train Yourself to Take Saleable Photos in 15 Minutes or Less
✓ Downloadable e-guide!
If you're a traveler on the go, this guide gives you a simple, quick set-up for taking and selling great vacation shots. It's designed to get you ramped up fast so that you can be taking saleable pictures within minutes of opening it up.
Inside, you’ll discover: the simplest and best camera to take with you (you don't want to be lugging a trunk full of equipment)... ways to take saleable shots of overly photographed places… how to photograph people... and more.
Click here to start profiting from your travel photos now.
The Lazy Man’s Guide to Stock Photography
✓ Downloadable e-report!
Get yourself up and running with stock photography in the shortest time possible with The Lazy Man’s Guide to Stock Photography. In it, you’ll find out how to choose the right stock agency to sell your work, and learn six techniques to grow a large portfolio with minimal effort, key tips for cutting down on post-processing time, and much more.
Click here to get up and running with stock photography today.
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Stock Photography: How to Sell Your Photos Online for Quick and Easy Cash
✓ Downloadable e-report!
With The Quick & Dirty Guide to Stock Photography you’ll get professional photographer and official stock inspector Shelly Perry’s advice on fixing the most common mistakes new photographers make… and a directory of over 20 hot stock agencies, from the top-selling agencies on the web to lesser-known sites that are easiest to break into … complete with detailed instructions on how to sign up and sell your photos with each one you choose…
Click here to get started today.
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Magazine Photography: How to Sell Your Photos to Magazines
✓ Downloadable e-report!
In this new downloadable report you'll learn all about how you can make extra cash -- or even a full income --selling your photos to magazines.
You’ll learn:
- How to break into magazine and editorial photography by starting locally…
- What magazines pay and how to move up to higher-paying glossies …
- Three fool-proof strategies for selling my shots in magazines …
- How to approach editors and land assignments …
- How to get onto an editor’s go-to photographer list …
- Where to find the most saleable photo subjects right in my hometown …
- Specifics on when I need (and don’t need) a model release …
- How to make an article/photo package that will grab an editor’s attention and double my income …
- And much more …
Plus, this guide also comes with a directory of magazines that buy photos … complete with detailed instructions on who to contact, what each publication needs, how to submit my photos …
Click here to get started today.
The Business of Photography: A Practical Guide for Photographers Ready to Turn Pictures into Profits
✓ Downloadable e-report!
With this new, downloadable report you’ll get a crash-course in how to make money as a photographer in today’s world. It lays out all the money-making solutions for you so you can spend your time behind the camera .. enjoying all the “fun” stuff.
You’ll learn:
- How to sell your photos to magazines and newspapers …
- What to shoot in your hometown … and how, when, and where to sell those shots …
- How to get your photos to sell themselves, even while you sleep …
- How to look like a professional to editors and photo buyers, right from the start …
- What you need to know about copyright … model releases … photo guidelines …
- How to buy the right camera …
- Seven habits of highly successful photographers …
- And much more …
Plus, it comes with a full resource guide to help you look, act, and earn like a pro fast – including sample photographer’s guidelines … photography contests you can enter … travel trips for photographers … a glossary of terms … and lots, lots more …
Click here to get started today.
NEW 4th Edition!
The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program
Take advantage of the perks travel writers enjoy... even travel for free... with the help of The Ultimate Travel Writer's Program.
You'll learn -- at your own pace, wherever and whenever you wish -- every technique, every secret, everything there is to know about how to turn an idea into a publishable piece... get what you've written into print... and then get paid for it...
Where to find the publications that make the most sense for your story…
And how to take advantage of the "perks" that go with this work, such as paid vacations, paid meals at the world's best restaurants, access to behind-the-scenes locations you've probably never seen…
…and much, much more.
Click here to read more about the benefits travel writers enjoy.
Closeout Sale!
Breaking into Airline In-flight Magazines: Secrets, Tips, and Tactics to Quickly and Easily Crack one of the Industry’s Most Lucrative (and Glamorous) Markets
Writing for in-flight magazines is fun. It's glamorous. It's lucrative.
And it can provide you with the credibility and pro-level track record you need to land more and better by-lines… and start cashing in on amazing travel perks, too.
The common misperception is that this market is nearly impossible to break into. And, to be fair, if you're only thinking about writing for the magazines in the seat pockets on United, Continental, Northwest, Delta, American, and US Airways -- and you're just starting out -- you could find yourself frustrated.
But you don't need to be. There's a back door to this market that's a lot less "tapped" than you'd imagine. And the market is HUGE.
Once you know the secret formula to getting in, it's remarkably easy to get published in one… even if you've never had a travel article published anywhere before…
This program includes:
- A complete set of the audio recordings from AWAI’s sold-out Breaking into In-flights workshop in Houston with freelance travel writer and author of The Ultimate Travel Writer’s Program, Jennifer Stevens, as well as Ann Silva, an in-flight magazine editor.
- Writer's guidelines for 25 "smart-start" in-flight magazines – because remember: Part of the reason this niche is so revered by travel writers is that the publications don't usually post their writer's guidelines, and it's not easy to find out about them.
- Interviews with in-flight magazine editors to find out what, exactly, they're looking for in articles. We asked, on your behalf, what they like… what drives them nuts… and what you can do to increase your chances of landing a by-line there.
Click here to learn more about getting started in this lucrative in-flight magazine market!
Closeout Sale!
Get Paid to Eat Well… All Over the World
Love to Travel? Love to Eat? Want to get paid to do both?
As the “food trend” gains more and more popularity these days, food –- and the dining experience as a whole—has taken on a more important role in travel coverage everywhere!
And not to be blunt: But if you're not including food in your travel articles, you're missing out big time. This is one of those niches where the freelance action is "hot."
Get a jump-start with our new food writing program, Get Paid to Eat: How to Quickly and Easily Break into Food Writing and Turn Your Dining Adventures into Cash. In it, you’ll get all the secrets about writing for this growing niche -- including what to look for, the questions to ask, formulas for writing well about food and dining -- and much more!
This program includes:
- Full audio recordings and PowerPoint presentations from our sold-out Food Writing Workshop with freelance writer Jennifer Stevens and former food critic and current Denver Post travel section editor, Kyle Wagner...
- 101 story starters to give you ideas for articles you can just pick up and take to an editor...
- Interviews with food editors revealing their wants, needs, likes, dislikes, and the best ways to break into their niche markets...
- Current Writer's Guidelines for 65 publications looking for food-related coverage right now...
- The practical keys you need to write about food in a way editors will sit up and take notice...
Click here to see what others have to say about the Get Paid to Eat program.
The International Travel Writers & Photographers Alliance (ITWPA)
Become a member today!The ITWPA started with a group of travel writers and photographers who wanted to swap services. Travel writers needed a good photographer to illustrate their articles. And photographers wanted help selling their photos by including a travel article in their pitch to an editor. Today, travel writers take their own pictures and photographers write their own articles. So the ITWPA has turned its focus to helping writers and photographers gain the professional polish they need to travel the world and sell their pictures and stories to magazines and newspapers across the globe.
With a personalized membership badge in-hand, they can access events, museums, festivals, and more, sometimes for free. Members also get discounts on AWAI Travel Division workshops, and a twice-monthly newsletter, the ITWPA Insider, edited by Denver Post Travel Section editor, Kyle Wagner.
Members also get their own professional online photo website where they can maintain their photo portfolio and send interested editors to a very professional looking page with photos specific to them and no other magazine.
A membership in the ITWPA opens your world to travel writing and photography resources that aren't available anywhere else. Gain the look of a “pro” when you join this network of professional travel writers and photographers today and start benefiting from all of the perks and advice members receive!
Click here to learn how membership in the ITWPA can benefit you!
The Business of Writing: A Practical Guide for Travel Writers (and Other Freelancers) Ready to Turn Words into Profits
✓ Downloadable e-guide!
This guide includes everything you need to know about the business side of writing and setting yourself up as a freelancer.
In it, you'll learn all about:
- Eight ways to position yourself as a professional freelancer… even before you’re published...
- How to use rights and copyright to your best advantage...
- Using syndication to increase your exposure and bump up your earnings...
- What travel writers earn… and how, practically speaking, you get paid...
- What you really need to know about contracts and agreements...
... and more.
Click here to learn more about the business of freelance writing and photography.
The Writer's Tax Guide: A Money-Saving Manual for Travel Writers and Other Freelancers
✓ Downloadable e-guide!
A LOT more of every freelance check you earn can go into your pocket instead of going to the IRS. How? Simply by taking advantage of certain tax provisions, which might as well have been created for writers…
Find out where you can save... what the IRS really needs to know... how to make the most of those deductions for travel, meals, entertainment, home office, and more.
This guide also includes practical worksheets you can use to make sure you're paying as little as possible to Uncle Sam.
Here's what others have to say about the Writer's Tax guide.
How to Sell Your Articles and Photos Outside the U.S. with The Foreign Market Shortcut: How to Write Less and Double Your Sales
✓ Downloadable e-report!
With the decline in value of the US dollar, more and more foreigners are traveling to the United States on the cheap... so, naturally, foreign publications are covering more and more US destinations.
And they’re looking for insider coverage -- exactly the sort of thing you can easily provide.
It’s not only fun to write about places you know well… but, when you sell to publications outside the States, it can be incredibly lucrative, too.
Tap into this hot market and start getting paid in strong Euros and British Pounds... while writing about your favorite cafes, scenic drives, and happenings around your very own hometown!
Click here for details on selling your hometown stories abroad!
Teleconference: Spare-Time Photo Income
Listen in to the Spare-Time Photo Income Teleconference and discover if the photographer’s life – filled with fun, adventure, and great flexibility – would be a good fit for you. On the call, travel stock photographer Holger Mette, pet photographer Adrian Hitt, and food photographer Lois Frank talk with Lori Allen, Director of the AWAI Travel Division, about their unique photography niches, how they have found success in each, and how you can too. They reveal what you need – and what you don’t need – to be a successful freelance photographer.
You'll learn:
- The steps that Holger (an attorney and amateur photographer from Australia) took to get from a handful of online photo sales to enough each week that the income is funding his trip around the world. He'll show you how you can get photos in your spare time that do exactly the same thing. And fund your own adventures …
- How to get started capturing photos of your pets – and other people's. The kinds of images that sell best … the simple, frugal secret to snapping shots that stand out …
- Three different kinds of food photography – and which one is perfect for spare-time income. What to shoot, how to sell those shots, and why shooting food in just the right way can make your photos stand out, sell better, and fund all sorts of fun – all in your spare time.
With these secrets, you’ll be armed and ready to start snapping some photos and bringing in a nice little side income—to fund weekly dinners … a weekend getaway … maybe even a whole two week vacation…for under $20!
Includes FREE bonus gift report: Spare -Time Photo Income: How to Get Paid to Do Something You'd Gladly Do for Free
Click here now to listen on how you can earn spare-time income doing something you love.
NEW PROGRAM! Leading Tours for Fun and Profit
The Quickest and Easiest Way to Turn Your Hobbies and Interests into a $10,000 Pay Day...
Get paid to travel to places that interest you -- simply by sharing the experience with others -- and creating your own niche tours!
Learn how you can make tens of thousands of dollars each year traveling to places you love, meeting people with similar interests... and you don't even have to quit your 9-to-5 job to get started!
This program includes:
- An 89-page downloadable guide: Leading Tours for Fun and Profit… plus five FREE bonuses.
- Bonus #1: 3 free downloadable audio guides with the best tips, insights, and techniques recorded for easy listening (a $69 value)…
- Bonus #2: A new free e-book with step-by-step instructions for setting up a website (in 19 minutes or less) to sell your tours online. This handy little cheat-sheet will have your website up and running in no time flat… and you’ll be ready to hang out your shingle and sign up your first tour attendees with pride.
- Bonus #3: A Special Bonus Packet (a $39 value) that includes downloadable easy-to-use forms, checklists, and spreadsheets to plan, budget, and organize your own tours. Using the tools in this bonus packet all but guarantees your success in developing, marketing, and leading a successful and profitable tour.
- Bonus #4: A free downloadable copy of 110 of the World’s Strangest Tours and Cruises... You Can Use to Create the Ultimate Adventure
- Bonus #5: NEW! Report: Mini Marketing Machines: Six Social Networking Strategies to Reach More Potential Customers... and Fill More Tours... in Just Minutes a Day (a $19 value). With this new report, you’ll learn how you can easily promote your tours online for little to no expense and with minimal work. You’ll have more time to enjoy planning and taking trips and your adventures will be much more profitable for you.
Find out how to lead your own tours for fun and profit here.
Travel Around the World: How to Design, Book, and Enjoy the Ultimate Adventure… and Even Make it Pay for Itself
✓ Downloadable e-report!
Imagine you could take a trip around the world... for less than a single round-trip ticket to Europe. Using the travel secrets in this report, you can!
This report includes:
- Three strategies for getting the best around-the-world airfare deals...
- Why you should consider flying business class to save money… this one might surprise you…
- Around the world itineraries that cater to your interests including budget-conscious itineraries (nature, bustling cities, beaches, spirituality and more)...
- All kinds of affordable destinations to visit, including where to find the best value for your money...
Learn more about booking cheap around-the-world tickets by clicking here.
Travel Better for Less: 101 Secrets for Traveling Well (And Even Getting Paid to Do It)
✓ Downloadable e-report!
At AWAI’s Travel Division, we believe that the best travel information about a place comes from someone who’s "done it" or "been there" before.
There's nothing quite like insider intelligence to help guarantee a successful trip -- to save you time, trouble, and money.
It's with that idea in mind that we put this report together -- Travel Better for Less: 101 Secrets for Traveling Well (And Even Getting Paid to Do It).
Every tip you'll find here comes from a savvy traveler (we teamed up with International Living to ensure you're only getting tested, proven, work-in-the-real-world ideas here).
Whether you want to know the quickest way to get your passport... or how to get a good deal on a luxury hotel... or a sure-fire method for meeting locals, you've come to the right place.
In this report, you'll learn about:
- Affordable Luxury: Where to Lay Your Head Without Breaking the Bank
- How to get around hotel phone surcharges
- How to Avoid jet-lag... even on the longest long-haul
- 11 Things to Know Before You Go - Keeping You and Your Property Safe on The Road
- Learn the Language: 4 Key Phrases You Must Know Before Leaving Home
...and much more!
Gain access to the full list of helpful travel tips here.
How To Get a First Class Seat -- For Less -- On Most Every Flight You Take
✓ Downloadable e-report!
Amazing first class flight deals exist, if you know how to find them. In fact, there are seven insider secrets that will have you flying up front, for less -- secrets that many airline reservationists and travel agents may never tell you.
If you plan to fly anywhere in the next 12 months -- whether it’s for business or pleasure -- you need to read this report immediately... while the information is up-to-date. After all, why fly in cramped-up coach... when you could fly in luxury, enjoying plenty of room, plush leather seats, complimentary beverages and VIP service... without paying top dollar?