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Post» Finding Inspiration: A Year-End Reflection

Updated: Dec 25th, 2011Posted: December 27, 2010 Trisha Miller

At the end of each year, I have a personal tradition that I engage in. I spend the last week of the year in quiet reflection of the year that has just passed, and the […]

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Post» When A Guest Post Just Doesn’t Make The Grade

Posted: December 13, 2010 Janice Waugh

Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted from the Global Bloggers Network newsletter, with the gracious permission of Janice Waugh. I was asked recently how I manage a guest post that just isn’t the quality that […]

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Post» Finding Time to Write While On The Road

Posted: October 30, 2010 Prime Sarmiento

For most travel writers, finding the time to write while on the road is a challenge. Everything is a distraction – the excitement of going to a new place, meeting new friends, experiencing a culture […]

Overcoming Obstacles

Post» Q&A: Why Am I Not Getting Invited on Press Trips?

Updated: Jan 27th, 2021Posted: October 25, 2010 Trisha Miller

Welcome to another installment of Ask The Editor! This month a travel blogger I know personally called and asked me why he/she (I won’t say which, I’m trying to keep this anonymous since it involves […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» Optimize Your Travel Blog with Scribe

Posted: October 18, 2010 Donna L. Hull

  S-E-O.   Do those three little letters cause panic whenever you think about Search Engine Optimization? How does a non-techie travel blogger optimize a site without writing text that sounds artificial and spammy? What […]

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Post» Keeping A Travel Blog Fresh When The Trip Is Over

Posted: October 4, 2010 Michael Falk

Do you own a travel blog but at the moment you just aren’t traveling? I’ve seen this brought up before and empathized with the rants of frustration and envy.  It can leave one full of […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» Make the Most Out of a Writing Workshop

Posted: August 23, 2010 Prime Sarmiento

Writing is my passion and my livelihood. This is why it’s important for me to join a writer’s workshop as I consider it both as a treat to myself and a career investment. Going to […]

First Person Experience

Post» When Good Press Trips Go Bad

Posted: August 6, 2010 JoAnna Haugen

  When we go on press trips, we hope that we’ll have fun, eat the local food, meet interesting people and pick up a story or two along the way that will knock the socks […]

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Post» PR/Blogger Relations Manifesto

Posted: July 21, 2010 Trisha Miller

Today’s Post is a re-print of a terrific article I found that I believe every travel blogger should read. The author, Lisa Gerber of Big Leap Creative, graciously agreed to let me re-publish her wonderful […]

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Post» Freelance Writer’s Rights

Posted: July 16, 2010 Jill Pertler

Most writers have a certain ownership of their words. Of course we do! As professionals, we also expect others to pay us for our words. When publishers or editors purchase an article or story, they […]

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