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How to Get A Job In Video Game Journalism

When I first started BioGamer Girl--over a year and three months ago--it was just to share my gaming interests with a few friends. I soon turned our online forum into a website and finally a print/online magazine. The next few steps involved creative marketing techniques and tons of hard work. Millions of people are trying to make it in the field of video game journalism yet only a few succeed. In order to have a profitable website that readers will come back to involves writing tons of entertaining articles with well-thought out topics. Do not try to copy every other gaming publication and/or website out there dedicated to video games. You need to stick out and make what you are doing UNIQUE. This is the one part that most all journalists seem to forget in the process. Why would people rather come to your WEBSITE versus the millions of others on the web?

Once you make a name for yourself then you need to get yourself out there as much as you can through conventions, video game events, etc. You have to build a fan base, because without fans then you will go nowhere. As your business plan changes overtime then you also need to make sure you are bringing in people who will be interested in what you are doing. Your fan-base will change and grow with you. If you are not very tech-savvy and know nothing about making your own website then start out writing for another person's gaming site. A great website to find such opportunities is GameJournalismJobs.com which posts tons of paid and volunteer jobs in the video game industry. Find a website that works for you and start there. Once you have built up enough writing credentials then you can move on to better opportunities and use your work as samples of what you can do. Just remember that it will not happen over night and will take tons of motivation in order to make it. You will come across people that will make you want to quit the field all together, but that will happen in anything you try to accomplish in life. Just keep writing toward your goals and one day you will finally reach the top of the video game journalism pyramid! Hopefully, your not scared of heights! Happy Gaming!

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