Active Voice Writing Service

Updated 2009 Edition Now Available!

Get Your Articles Published in High-Paying Magazines and Become a Widely Known Fitness Writer

Share your valuable health and fitness knowledge with others while creating exciting and profitable career opportunities for yourself. Discover the inside scoop on how to get your articles published in magazines, newspapers and on websites - that pay!

Do you see your competition getting valuable article space in the magazines you want to write for? Are you losing thousands of extra revenue dollars because you submit your articles to magazines that don't pay, or don’t even get back to you?

Picture articles with your name on them appearing in all the same magazines your clients and industry peers read and discuss. Imagine regular paychecks arriving in your mailbox in exchange for the health/fitness articles you write, on familiar topics you teach clients about every day.

Join the ranks of fitness pros who have broken into the following magazines after completing Active Voice’s online workshop, How to Write Winning Queries: Get your articles published for profit and promotion as a health/fitness writer and expert.

Fitness pros who bought How to Write Winning Queries now write for:

Men's Fitness

Shape
Fitness
Canadian Running
Muscle & Fitness HERS
Beyond Fitness
IDEA Fitness Journal
Fitness Business Canada
Pilates Style
Viva
Women’s Health
Oxygen
Best Health/Reader’s Digest
and many others

“Being in the competitive field of personal fitness training, I wanted something to give me an edge over others who do what I do. I began to seek out magazines that might be interested in my ideas even though I didn’t know much about the process and etiquette. After signing up for How to Write Winning Queries and benefiting from Amanda’s help, I now laugh at the dumb things I did in the past in an attempt to get published.”

- Roger White, CSCS, owner of Sport X Training, Sterling Heights, Michigan

Fast-track your way to seeing your name in print, many times over
If you already write for a handful of low-profile, low-paying magazines, or even if you've been lucky enough to contribute to a big magazine once or twice, that doesn't guarantee your long-term success as a solid writer and prominent health/fitness educator. And it certainly won't keep the paychecks coming or ensure that you continue to share your passion for fitness with magazine and newspaper readers.

To keep getting your articles published, you’ve got to know exactly what you're doing. That means preparing something called a query letter (i.e., article pitch) and presenting it with professionalism and savvy to the right editor at just the right time. How to Writing Winning Queries explains how to do it.

Get paid to share your health/fitness expertise with others
Why continue to submit your articles to non-paying publications when you can get them accepted in prestigious paying ones? It's not that hard if you know what you're doing.

Editors at magazines that pay $1.50 or $2 a word or more won't bother with you if you don't know the simplest things about how magazines work. Your ability to write a winning query is the key to receiving the assignments and paychecks you deserve.

You can stab in the dark for months or years, getting sporadic assignments or contributing to cheap magazines. Or, you can catapult your writing to an exciting new height, starting now.

"I recently purchased the How to Writing Winning Queries online course. I am very impressed! This is information I would have never gotten from just reading books and trying on my own."

- Barb Tyers, Certified Personal Trainer, Vancouver, B.C.

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Selling just one article more than pays for How to Write Winning Queries

Fast-track your way to educating hundreds, thousands or even millions of readers about the benefits of fitness and the most effective and safest ways to work out. The exclusive insider advice in How to Write Winning Queries shows you how.

"As a result of working with Active Voice, I now know all the strategies needed to write a winning query and land assignments, not only with smaller publications, but also the big ones, such as Shape and Muscle & Fitness Hers. Active Voice helps move you from the back of the line with all the writers who scrape a few pennies together, to the front with real paychecks in your mailbox."

- Matthew Kadey MSc., RD, Fuel for Life, Toronto, Ontario

"I can tell you from personal experience that getting published in national fitness magazines isn't easy. Even with more than 10 years of experience writing for fitness websites and conducting seminars, it was still an uphill battle for me. Like in many industries, it's often about who you know. If you're not fortunate enough to know the grandson of the editor, then you better get to know Amanda Vogel.

Her online query workshop tells you exactly how to structure your pitch, using an easy-to-follow model. Amanda analyzes your query in detail and offers suggestions that greatly improve your chances of getting the writing assignments you desire.

Amanda's workshop helped me break into Men's Fitness magazine. If you really want to see your name in the best publications, then I highly suggest you sign up for Amanda's workshop."

- Stephen Ladd, C.H.E.K. Practitioner Level II, The Human Form, Columbus, Ohio

1) A step-by-step guide for how to write an impressively professional and saleable query letter.

2) SIX sample queries you can use as time-saving templates when writing your own queries.

3) A complete e-book that covers:

Five important things to consider before writing your query.
Where to get the best story ideas.
How Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can help you get published.
The best time to send a query.
Why you should always email your queries.
Secrets to scoring editors’ direct email addresses.
What you should never write in a query.
A little-known etiquette rule about query submissions that most fitness pros don’t know about.
Why your status as a health and fitness professional can put you ahead of other writers.
Why contributing to some small publications can increase your revenue more than you might think.
Why a big magazine’s FOB section is especially important for new writers. (And what FOB means.)
The simple technique that many writers overlook that could significantly boost income.
How to make your writing more catchy so it’s instantly appealing to editors.
When to follow up with editors, and how to do it so you get a response.
How to avoid the six most common querying mistakes fitness pros make.
How to use a query to re-sell an article you’ve already written.
and more

4) Personalized consultation and professional edit on your query. You also receive a professional edit, in-depth feedback and a personalized consultation on one query letter you write, including detailed suggestions for how to make your query more irresistible to editors and a sure-fire seller.

"The query you helped me with was accepted by a major fitness magazine, and my article will be the cover story! I'm very excited. As well, I have used your email and snail mail query templates for all of my queries and have seen increases in my story ideas being accepted. Thanks again for your wonderful advice and suggestions."

- Nicole Palacios, Perfect Fit Personal Training,
North Vancouver, B.C.

FAQ: Can I sign up for the workshop from anywhere, and complete it anytime?
Yes. It's easy to participate, no matter where you live, because How to Write Winning Queries is conducted online. You can start the workshop as soon as you receive it, or set it aside and get to it later. Of course, the sooner you begin, the quicker you'll prosper from having your articles appear in so many notable magazines. This workshop carries a 60-day money-back guarantee if you're not satisfied.

FAQ: How is this online workshop delivered?
After you sign up for this online workshop, you will receive an email containing a link to access How to Write Winning Queries as a PDF download. Simply save the online workshop to your computer and refer to it as often as you like. (You may also request that it be emailed to you in a Word or PDF document if you prefer.) Once you complete the workshop, just email your query to the address provided in the workshop document to receive your personalized edit and consultation (also via email).

Remember selling just one article with your newfound and professional query-writing skills will more than cover the price of this workshop.

BCRPA fitness pros receive 4.0 BCRPA-approved continuing education credits (CEC).
Can-Fit-Pro recognizes this online workshop for 3.0 CECs (FIS, PTS, NWS, PFS, OAS, MBS, PDS)

FAQ: Who created this online workshop?
Amanda Vogel, owner of Active Voice Writing Service, is the workshop creator and instructor (that’s me!). I hold a Master's degree in human kinetics and am a certified group exercise instructor and presenter at popular fitness conferences, such as IDEA World and Can-Fit-Pro Toronto. In addition to co-authoring two books on health/fitness, I’ve become a successful and prolific magazine writer by contributing to top magazines, including IDEA Fitness Journal, ACE Certified News, Best Health, All You, Today’s Parent, Chatelaine, Cooking Light, Health, Fit Pregnancy, Fitness, SELF, Shape and Prevention.

For more information, contact Amanda Vogel by email or by phone at 604-730-9246 during office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (in Vancouver, B.C.)

"Starting out as a fitness writer was harder than I thought, and I couldn't have done it without Active Voice. The How to Write Winning Queries workshop is professional and easy to follow. Amanda's personalized feedback was clear and concise, and she always answered my questions, happily and quickly! Because of her ongoing support, I landed my very first assignment shortly after taking her course. I have thought about writing for a very long time - Active Voice helped me make it a reality."

- Tracy Simmons, Fitness Educator and Presenter,
Hamilton, Ontario