CURIOUS WRITERS SNIFF AROUND

Curious writers hook you and they know it.

What’s their proof?

You turning the page or scrolling down to read more is all the proof needed.

What are writers curious about? A check in the mail?

Sniff this:

The contract writer reviews and accepts a proposal and sets up shop in an administrative office.

They stack books around them, pop open a laptop, and get to it.

Imagine if you will a professional writer in an administrative office next to another office occupied by a staff member negotiating their departure.

There’s the curious writer drafting a chronological timeline of events related to the launch of an important product with an insurrection next door.

The department head who hired the writer talks to the staff person. HR makes a dutiful appearance before the axe drops and the staffer locks themselves in their office and won’t let anyone in.

And won’t come out.

This is the staff person he met while reviewing the proposal, the person he was hired to collaborate with.

What is the real story here?

Curious Writers Seek Payment

One curious writer signed up to work on a financial website.

It contained investment advice, world money market predictions, and insider savvy.

The marketing team met after the writer signed a load NDAs.

In what felt like a web of secrets, the writer settled in and cranked out posts for the kingpin’s approval.

The world traveling leader had agreed to a certain number as payment for each post.

At the one month anniversary, and payday, the number had been adjusted on one side.

Curious writers know which side.

After the top guy returned from a trip to Austria he explained the difference.

“I do presentations at the highest levels of financial speculation to guide world cashflow, to direct the current. You write blog posts. I say you need to accept what I’m offering.”

“Thank you for the offer, but that’s not the writer you hired and had sign ten NDAs. This is the number we agreed on.”

“And, as the market fluctuates, so does the pay. It’s in the fine print.”

“This is the new headline: I Wish You Well In Your Endeavors.”

“I see. Let’s move forward and finish the next series of posts. I have all the research you’ll need.”

“I’m glad for your next writer. I’m sure they’ll be much better at this.”

“You’re the best I’ve had. I love the way you mix the technical with the common sense. I’ve been getting more response than ever since you’ve been aboard.”

“Thank you for that. See my coat over there? It may not look like a lifejacket, but I’m putting it on when I jump ship.”

“What does that even mean?”

“You can mail my check.”

Making A Deal With Writers

In the world of curious writers there is one goal: Get it done.

But when do you know anything is done?

I use the same finish line remodeling contractors use:

The client either runs out of time, or runs out of money.

One or the other is a sure sign to wrap things up.

I’ve posted a proposal for a wrap up: Vacation review.

This is my update:

I will write a post per day on experiences a week before arriving at a set destination, a post per day every day on site, and a post per day for a week after.

If I’m someplace for two weeks, that’s a month of posts.

Here’s the deal:

You will provide seven first class airline tickets to New York City and back, including ground transportation to and from the airport.

Along with airline tickets and ground transport, you will provide three connecting suites on Fifth Ave. above the trees in a pre-WWII building.

If you are one of the many admirers of New York City’s pre-war residential buildings, chances are you count those designed by Rosario Candela among your favorites. As architecture critic Carter Horsley puts it, “These buildings reek with good taste, better proportions, lavish expanses of limestone on the exterior, and considerable square footage inside the apartments.”

Included in my fee are tickets to shows and events, comped food and drink, and a thousand dollars in my bank account for every day.

Who needs my blogger services?

Well funded start-ups in vacation and travel who are a sure thing with the right exposure.

My Deal To You

You want to attract visitors who spend money.

In other words, baby boomers.

Who but a baby boomer would want to drag his wife and kids along on his adventures?

Well, maybe I’m alone here, but my wife is the catalyst, the planner, the organizer.

What do I do? She’s the big plan, I’m the executioner.

I create time for others to enjoy themselves, the same way your start-up is breaking new ground on what is and isn’t enjoyable.

If you locate me in my dream location for two weeks, others will want the same treatment.

And they’ll go through you.

How many active grandparents offer to take their hoard to New York for walk arounds, museums, local grocery stores, restaurants, plays.

I’m no John Steinbeck but I am a man of the people with my first wife, two sons, their wives, and one firecracker grandie.

Your target audience will learn how you add value to their travel experience.

They may not stay in Central Park East, but booking with you will give the feeling of exclusivity.

My rambling around the city in a multi-generational group will inspire them to do the same.

For reference:

Paris.

London.

Hawaii.

Portland.