From Spark to Flame: Fanning Your Passion & Ideas into Moneymaking Magazine Articles that Make a Difference (Monetizing Your Purpose & Passion Series Book 1)

Writing magazine articles about passion-filled topics is half the equation. The other half is finding markets with a deep hunger for what you’re offering.

At this point in the process, you need to begin looking from two different perspectives. The first perspective, already discussed, is what are you passionate about? That’s one side of the equation. On the other side is the question, “What kinds of article ideas are magazines interested in receiving?” Of course, the answer to that question depends o

Let’s say you want to write interviews and profiles, and you’ve found a magazine that takes these kinds of articles. Scan through the contents to see which ones you’re naturally attracted to. Then sit back and start reading, but not in the same way you’ve read them before. Now, you must be more than a reader; you must also be a writer.

Second, look closely at the advertisements where you’ll find a visual image of the magazine’s reader. Since magazines operate from the advertising revenues they receive, advertisers invest a lot of money to target their ads to their audience. Also, reading the ads can often give you a look inside the psyches of the readers, since they’re written to

Which magazines are likely to be interested in the ideas from your growing list of possible articles? - Which magazines pay a decent rate for their articles? (We’ll discuss how to find out this information a little later.) • What are some top-notch national publications where you’d love to see your byline? • How about some mid-range publications th

What do you want to have in your world after the Passion Police leave? It must be written down or, after they’ve left, it won’t exist in your world.

As Lisa Collier Cool writes in her book How to Sell Every Magazine Article You Write, the slant or angle of an idea is “what makes a submission right for one magazine, wrong for another.” Having a well thought-out and defined slant will not only make your idea more appealing to the editor, it will also make the article easier to write.

One of the most important ways to be sure you always have more great ideas to write about than you’ll ever actually write is to have a simple way to capture the ideas when they cross your path. I’ve two favorite methods. I keep a small memo pad and pen with me at all times. As soon as I stumble upon something I can use for an article, I jot it down

I created Project Purpose: To write and publish articles about people and institutions whose lives and missions are dedicated to a bold and inspired purpose or vision.