Comments on: A Graduate View of MatadorU

By: Online Courses on Travel Writing

Online Courses on Travel Writing — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:38:41 +0000

[...] THIS is a pretty good review of the program [...]

By: Numbers Goerdt

Numbers Goerdt — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:03:09 +0000

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By: phil@building materials

phil@building materials — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:12:03 +0000

hi rob. just going through your site can you tell me a few more details. i have been looking to take a trip in peru or somewhere in south america your option looks interesting can you tell me some more details please
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By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:53:17 +0000

Oh yes slowing building a community is a great achievement, but really a lot of people underestimate the work involved in that. At basic level you need to be part of many other communities/blogs to get those authors returning to your own.
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By: Nicolas De Corte

Nicolas De Corte — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:46:38 +0000

Nice article! I’ve always been wondering how it is to be in such a mentoring program, but I have been too cheap to actually subscribe.

Reading your post it seems like it’s more or less like I’ve expected. Gaining the basic knowledge of writing, building a blog and more like that but that the actual great value is the community you get access too. I’ve noticed before that students and writers of MatadorU praise their fellow students so they easily get a big load of attention.

In my opinion however, there’s nothing wrong with slowly building a community. If your work is good, people will discover you sooner or later. On the other hand, if your trip starts in three months and you need your blog to pay for it, a mentoring program might just do the trick.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:30:15 +0000

I think you’ve nailed it here, Rob! It’s information that you can find if you look hard enough, all compiled in one place for you. The best bit – as you say – is the chance to interact with the rest of the community and the editors. That is priceless.

Congratulations on finishing the course! (I *still* haven’t done Assignment 4… very bad!)
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By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:28:19 +0000

Rob-

Thanks for this thorough and thoughtful review. The feedback about incorporating “How I Became a Successful Travel Writer” is fantastic- the editorial team is talking about adding this as a topic within the bonus modules, which you’ll have access to as an alum of the program. Any particular writers you admire who you’d like to read about?

I also just wanted to thank you for being so involved in the U. You really provided support to your peers and I think that one of the best take aways of the program is the professional support system you helped establish with this first group of pioneers!

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:01:54 +0000

Thanks for Stopping by Lauren, I think the focus on more comtempory methods of being a travel writer is what puts the course ahead of more conventional old school media, which need to keep up really.
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By: Lauren Quinn

Lauren Quinn — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:41:36 +0000

Thanks for this. I haven’t signed up; since it’s such a financial commitment, I wanted to hear some feedback from folks like you before I took the plunge. But I’m a big Matador fan, so I suspected the course was pretty right on.

I’ve got the Lonely Planet book, and attended a costly but awesome travel writers conference in August. Both are fantastic, but definitely more focused on the old-school, print-media model of journalism, where opportunities are shrinking. I really like the idea of a course that focuses on blogging, networking and online media.

Too late to ask for this as a Xmas present?…
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By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:31:24 +0000

Thanks for comment and stopping by David :-) I hope the course keeps you busy in the future and more people decide to advance their travel writing careers with you.
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