One of the things that keeps me busiest is answering the many emails I receive.
Although I encourage travel writers to use our Forum, where we have some great writers, bloggers, and tech-geeks, in order to get a wider variety of answers than just mine.
However, I know that some folks are a bit hesitant to [...]
A couple of months ago I was honored and privileged to be asked by Andy Hayes to review an advance copy of a new eBook from Travel Online Partners.
Many of you already know Andy through social networks and his consumer travel website and travel blog, “Sharing Travel Experiences“, but you may not know that Andy [...]
Google offers a wide variety of free products, services, and tools.
Some of these tools are designed to help websites become successful.
I use Google Analytics and Google Webmaster tools on a regular basis to gather the information I need to improve my blog.
Yes, I look at how my numbers are doing – it’s nice to know. [...]
While we are all travel “writers”, you may also want to consider adding podcast interviews to your repertoire.
Or even if you don’t want to use these recordings to publish on your site it is a great way to have a record of your conversation to listen to again as you write your article.
There are [...]
Imagine that you’re traveling in a foreign country.
Like any smart traveler, you’ve stored your most important and valuable items, such as your passport, airline tickets, credit cards, and extra cash or travelers checks, in your hotel room safe.
You arrive back at your room after a day of sight-seeing or lounging by the [...]
Twitter has become enormously popular.
Celebrities such as Oprah are on Twitter. Ok, Oprah is probably not tweeting herself, but someone from her organization is. It’s a great way to keep fans and followers up-to-date on what is going in your life or to promote your blog or website.
Instead of spending hours every day [...]
I’m assuming that a majority of travel writers are relying on their blogging platform and its built-in plugins to optimize articles for the best search engine results.
The problem with this method is that you are relying on automated code to guess the best target market.
For example, my article “5 Extreme Winter [...]
So you want to start your own audio podcast?
Perhaps you always dreamed of having your own radio show.
Or perhaps you just want to document your travels for your friends and family.
You can create your own internet radio show by creating a podcast.
A Plan
The first thing that a podcaster needs to do is [...]
Who doesn’t love a giveaway?
Especially one that is for a really great prize?
Yes, we have a really great prize you can win!
I’m thrilled to announce that Lisa Lambden, whom we interviewed last week about her new project, the New York Video School, has graciously offered us the opportunity to give away to one lucky travel [...]
So why should we focus heavily on Google?
The answer is crystal clear considering that Google commands a 78% market share while its other major competitors (Yahoo! and Bing) only make up a combined 19% market share.
This is why all bloggers (including travel writers) should make it a priority to target the search engine [...]
Many travel writers write their blog posts, reviews, and travel articles when they return from a trip, but they still need various writing tools, with which to take notes, while traveling.
These tools can range from a simple notebook and pen to a laptop computer. Which one you choose is largely based [...]
A good number of travel bloggers that I regularly read are doing a great job of incorporating video and audio into their travel blogs, so if you’re one of them — good for you!
If you’re new to travel blogging and haven’t yet tried adding either video or audio, well then you should! [...]
Last week I happened to mention on Twitter that I was not thrilled with TweetDeck, as it was unstable and crashed regularly on my Mac, and that I was testing an alternative Twitter Client called Nambu.
Nambu is a native Mac application, whereas TweetDeck runs on the Adobe AIR platform. I really love [...]
Choosing a web hosting service can be a daunting task, especially if you’re new to websites and hosting services. The WHIR can take the “bite” out of finding a web hosting company. Web Host Industry Review (WHIR) touts themselves to as the “the largest news organization and consumer resource dedicated to the web [...]
As I read some of my favorite Travel Blogs, one of the things I’ve noticed is that a lot of travel bloggers don’t realize that they can (and should) customize their default “404″ page that comes with nearly every WordPress Theme. Worse though, is that some bloggers don’t have a 404 Page at all, [...]
