These days there are plenty of interesting conferences to fill your diary and your thirst for knowledge: BlogHer in NYC, TBEX in Colorado, TBEX Europe in Spain, Travel Bloggers Unite in Australia, Europe and the Americas, World Travel Market in London, ITB in Berlin or Malaysia International Tourism Blogger Conference & Awards in… well, Malaysia. As nice as it is to have an excuse to visit Continue Reading
If you are planning to organise a group fam trip for bloggers, as opposed to traditional travel journalists, here are 10 planning tips to consider.
Firstly some background. There are a number of factors that make a blog trip different from a traditional press trip…
Travel bloggers are nearly always independent travellers and their followers are the same – Expect them to write about travel components (experiences, destinations) not whole packages.
Travel bloggers are grouped by Continue Reading
Blogging while travelling? Is this work or a holiday? After finishing an article and a few hours spent on social media, you’re out of time to soak up the sights of your current location. Or you spend all day exploring a beautiful place only to find you’ve missed a deadline.
As a travel writer there are two ways you can organise your time: you can wait until you get home to write up your trip, or write while you travel. Continue Reading
Are you planning your next round the world trip? Have you already thought about the synergies you can create with Tourism Boards and Tourism Operators?
When I took my first trip in 2001, I didn’t own any smartphone and I had no laptop with me. We landed in Dublin with our backpacks full of travel guidebooks, to explore Ireland in what now seems a very old-fashioned and certainly not 2.0 way. Back then, tourism boards were tiny offices scattered in Continue Reading
Everyone’s heard it, a blogger updates a popular plugin or to the latest version of WordPress and suddenly their blog won’t load.
Immediately the war cry goes out across the lands “STOP DON’T UPDATE IT BREAKS YOUR SITE” and panic sets in as everyone in the blogosphere blames the developer for the problem… sigh.
Updating your blog successfully should always be a planned and scheduled process so that the above never happens. As a blogger you make time each week Continue Reading
Are you looking for compliant travel PRs who’ll jump at any chance to offer you a fam trip?
Yeah, well good luck with that dream! But there are times when travel PRs are more open to pitches from bloggers & journalists and you can make the most of those moments with a bit of forethought and if you keep your eyes & ears open for the right signs.
Work the shoulder seasons
To start with, there are regular points in Continue Reading