Announcement: We Now Pay $20 Per Article

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Yes it’s true, after 8 months of slaving over this magazine every morning (and often night), it’s finally reached that magically happy place of attaining decent ad revenue. This comes from a variety of sources, including Google Ads, Text Links, Sponsored Posts, and Banner Ads.

Starting July 1, I will be paying $20 for each original published article. Which means that Brave New Traveler has now entered the ranks of a paying publication.

What is an original published article? It’s an article that is not published anywhere else (including your own blog). This is important for a variety of reasons, but mostly to avoid search engine confusion.

Reprinted articles will remain unpaid, since the reward for an article reprint is usually wider author visibility and traffic sent to their own blogs/websites.

So thanks again to all the readers and writers that have contributed to the success of Brave New Traveler! I’m excited to see what the future holds…


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Matador ID: ianmack

Ian MacKenzie is the founder and editor of Brave New Traveler. He is currently editing the One Week Job documentary. Aside from writing, he spends his time exploring the fundamental nature of existence and wishing he did more backpacking.

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  • Jasmine Huang replied on July 3, 2007

    Congratulations on the success!!! Looking forward to contributing more articles to BNT.

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  • ourman replied on July 3, 2007

    It’s a great sign of progress. Congratulations.

    Maybe I’ll find a really subversive charity you can donate mine too if the opportunity comes up again.

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  • degan replied on July 3, 2007

    awesome, yay!

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  • Lucia replied on July 4, 2007

    Great News! Better start writing then!!

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  • pam replied on July 4, 2007

    Congrats. This must mean you’re earning enough from the site to give back to your writers. To that I say, hooray for you! Hooray for BNT!

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  • ian mackenzie replied on July 4, 2007

    hi everyone, thanks for the comments! it’s an exciting moment.

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  • Dave replied on July 4, 2007

    Congrats – always cool to see a goal set and achieved!

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  • sean replied on July 4, 2007

    sweet man, thats great news! Into the future we go.. haha!

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  • Eugene replied on July 5, 2007

    That is good news for anyone in to the writing mode and for your site. Excellent.

    EV

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  • cam2yogi replied on July 5, 2007

    So… by chance does this include articles already published? Hah, it’s worth a try.

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  • Ian MacKenzie replied on July 5, 2007

    cam – you know, i’d love to back pay all the previous authors, but that would bankrupt the meager storehouse i’ve managed to stock up many times over. ;-)

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  • John replied on July 10, 2007

    I’m impressed that you have got to the position where you can pay. I don’t have any ads on my own blog, because it’s early days and they wouldn’t bring in any revenue. Good luck with it all now that you’re paying.

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  • Jack replied on July 10, 2007

    Well done and congratulations on being able to make this switch!

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  • Kuanyin replied on July 10, 2007

    Hooray for your kindness on sharing the wealth and good fortune. Keep up the good work.

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  • Cindy replied on July 10, 2007

    That is really cool! You have achieved the goal that many bloggers have always dreamed of :) Great job!

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