Practical Ideas On How To Earn Money Freelance Writing For The Gaming Market

1. An Interview with BRIAN KONRADT, author of Freelance Texas hold'em Writing: Insights On How to Make Money Writing for the Video Gaming Market Q: Inform us about your book BRIAN: Freelance Poker Writing is the very first book revealing freelance writers insights on how to earn money writing for the video gaming industry. Q: So it's not just writing about poker? BRIAN: No, book reports must always be in written form it's writing for the pc gaming market as a whole. This consists of all sorts of casino-style video games. I focus a lot more on casino poker in my book since it is the most prominent game as well as writers make even more money covering poker and also the influences of casino poker. Q: Inform us regarding your writing career. BRIAN: I've been a specialist freelance writer since 1992. I have actually written for many publications as well as firms in numerous sectors. I am generally skilled as a copywriter, since most of my clients were firms and ad agencies who employed me to write their advertising and marketing products. I have actually been reporting on new patterns in freelance writing given that 1998. I do not do much freelance writing for clients any longer since in the last 10 years I have actually branched out into various other locations. You can review my writing career at my internet site, www.BusyEntrepreneur.com. Q: Insights on how did you generate the suggestion for your book? BRIAN: I became addicted to Texas Hold 'em when The Travel Channel started airing texas hold'em tournaments on TELEVISION. I after that started playing casino poker for fun as well as ended up being a lot more addicted. My texas hold'em addiction led me to research more regarding poker and the pc gaming sector. During my research I fulfilled freelance writers that were earning money in this growth industry. I had an interest in ways in which they broke in and also what it was like freelancing in this market. I wanted to tell their tale. This is what gave me the suggestion for my book. Q: What was the writing experience like? BRIAN: It took me near seven months to complete my book. I invested a great deal of time investigating the industry and also speaking with writers and also casino poker gamers. Due to the fact that I run my very own company during the day, I composed this book in my free time. Q: What challenges did you face when writing your book? BRIAN: Obtaining a few of the information and also facts deal with was hard, especially discussing the pc gaming regulations. Analyses of some of the gaming laws conflict with one another and do not make good sense entirely, depending upon who is analyzing the law. Q: That developed your book cover as well as web site at FreelancePokerWriting.com?

2. BRIAN: I did. I love visuals design as much as I love writing. Both skills go hand-in-hand with me. I discovered a very long time ago if you offer both services to business customers-- writing and graphic style-- you can make a great deal even more cash. The skills I had developed from my freelance occupation made writing and creating my book a lot easier. I likewise have two unfavorable qualities that work in my support: I am a control fanatic and I have a (less than) no focus span. I appreciate managing all facets of a project (writing, modifying, creating, publishing, and advertising) as well as managing a number of other tasks throughout the day. I obtain bored extremely easily, so staying active artistically is my cure. Q: Can you earn a living writing for poker publications? BRIAN: You can make some money, however do not quit your day work just yet. Poker magazines (the ones on the newsstand) do not pay high rates. Average prices are between.10 as well as.15 cents per word. Developed freelance online poker writers earn between.35 and.65 cents per word. Unless you are a writer with several clips and also great deals of experience, it is very affordable writing purely for casino poker magazines. Poker trade magazines, on the other hand, do pay even more and also are less affordable, however this needs you to understand business sides of video gaming. Several writers look outside the range of texas hold'em publications to other magazines that cover topics related to casino poker and pc gaming; these include magazines on women's issues, guys's concerns, lifestyle, sports, wagering, gaming, innovation, traveling, entertainment, regulation and so on. Several writers do earn a living writing for these magazines. Pay rates are a lot higher, as much as $1 per word and also often much more. Q: What other writing gigs exist for texas hold'em and also video gaming writers? BRIAN: Competition insurance coverage, such as WSOP as well as WPT; SEO writing (writing search engine optimization duplicate) for services and also affiliates; copywriting (writing for casino sites, ad agencies, and video gaming firms); ghostwriting books as well as ebooks; and, of course, magazine writing (that includes writing for papers, special magazines, sites, as well as blogs). Q: Which pays the most? BRIAN: That depends. Treatment a large tournament can make you a lot of cash due to the fact that you can generate numerous short articles and information pieces with unique content and meetings. Plus, networking at competitions is priceless. You can nearly ensure yourself you'll walk away with more writing gigs. Nevertheless, covering a big event needs a great deal of time-- or, ought to I say, a great deal of non-billable time. Lots of writers locate that SEO writing pays well. A client will ask a writer to write 20 short articles at 300 words each on a topic (making use of specific keyword phrases) for $10 per short article. A competent SEO writer can use these write-ups in less than three hours. That's $66 a hr. Numerous SEO writing jobs are not for me due to the fact

3. that I write gradually as well as I prefer writing write-ups that amuse as well as educate visitors. Freelance copywriting in the pc gaming market pays well. The average hourly rate is between $25 as well as $45 per hr with 3 or even more years of relevant experience. Several freelance copywriters safe and secure copywriting jobs from ad agencies in this industry. The best popular writing gig, I would certainly have to say, is freelance writing for poker-related publications, both offline as well as online. Online poker as well as gaming cover many subjects, and lots of writers offer their write- ups to a selection of media electrical outlets. Q: How do writers burglarize this market? BRIAN: I answer this concern extensively in my book, so I will certainly be short. Some writers begin their very own blogs. Various other writers pitch a post concept to an editor. Yes, that's it. No real huge secret. Naturally, you need to understand your stuff. You can't fake it till you make it in this market. Q: What is the most efficient advertising and marketing strategy to publicize your writing solutions? BRIAN: Online and offline social networking is the least costly as well as creates the best results to develop a faithful audience and also to build relationships with prospective clients. Online as well as offline social networking includes blogging; networking as well as schmoozing at texas hold'em occasions as well as competitions; participating in conversation online forums at texas hold'em websites and writing-related websites; signing up with a writer's organization to network with other participants; developing a character account at MySpace.com; posting insightful short articles at AssociatedContent.com to create cost-free publicity for your services; and more. There are a lot of variants of social media network these days, I can't provide everything. Q: What makes your book unique or what adds value? BRIAN: That's easy-- the whole facility of the book is one-of-a-kind. I feel what adds worth is the interviews with freelance writers and also texas hold'em gamers. A number of them go to the height of their jobs. They exhibit success in every you can possibly imagine method. I was very fortunate to pick their minds. Every one of the writers and texas hold'em players I talked to aspired to share their experiences so they could aid other writers to

4. succeed. Q: What's following for you? BRIAN: I am currently under contract to ghostwrite two books, one on small company financing, as well as the other on Internet marketing approaches. This must maintain me additional hectic for some time. Thank you for your time.