The ‘Influencers in Travel’ Site – A Look Back From the Inside Out

by Rich Whitaker RSS 1 Comments
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For DataArt and Brilliant Travel Media, creating a site simply dedicated to hosting a number of ranking lists of those in the social media travel space, based solely on the vanity metric Klout, was both an experiment and an opportunity.

As the Influencers in Travel site is now a memory, I thought it would be good to create some closure for a project which was a success in some ways, such as the technical implementation and the response from the Continue Reading

Do Bloggers Need “Buddies”? Should PRs Provide Them?

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 3 Comments
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Bloggers are not short of ‘friends’ online, but, given the self-publishing and self-referencing nature of blogging, could they use some help in real life?

Already pro bloggers such as Nellie Huang (@WildJunket), Melvin Boecher (@traveldudes) and Gary Arndt (@EverywhereTrip) have assistants or co-writers to share the workload of publishing a busy blog, and blogging couples like Deb & Dave (@theplanetd) and Caz & Craig Makepiece (@ytravelblog), often openly acknowledge the working advantage of being a couple, but what about practical Continue Reading