18 thoughts on “How to be a Successful Travelblogger”
FYI, Step #2 can get you arrested in some jurisdictions.
Short and sweet! I was expecting 2,000 words. I had to do a double take. 😉
I don’t think the general public gets the definition of crap.
And by general public, I mean most travel bloggers and quite a few travel writers as well.
Actually, I think people know when they’re phoning it in. I mean, the folks hitting publish, that is. They know the links are junk, or the story published prematurely. They know they’re not giving their readers something they’ll love. They do it anyway. They need my easy, two-step plan!
I know a few people who get by with crap.
SEO optimized crap.
Yup, they do indeed. More’s the pity. Unsubscribe.
I was expecting more as well but really appreciate you offering this for free! 🙂
Really, this is all you need.
The brevity of Michael Pollan for the writerati.
Short and sweet.
i just learned *so* much. university in a nutshell.
yes. & thanks.
Hahah awesome.. love it
I would love to follow these rules… but I’m fear all of the stuff I write is crap…
Seeing the world. For so many “grown-ups”, the idea of the gap year, bugging out, putting it all in storage is the stuff of post-college. Youthful 20-something types who don’t care about carrying a pack or sharing a dorm room get to do this, not people with responsibilities or jobs…
I have responsibilities and jobs. And I care about carrying a pack and I won’t sleep in a hostel and I’m old, dammit. And i travel as often as I can. Trade offs, lots of ’em.
FYI, Step #2 can get you arrested in some jurisdictions.
Short and sweet! I was expecting 2,000 words. I had to do a double take. 😉
I don’t think the general public gets the definition of crap.
And by general public, I mean most travel bloggers and quite a few travel writers as well.
Actually, I think people know when they’re phoning it in. I mean, the folks hitting publish, that is. They know the links are junk, or the story published prematurely. They know they’re not giving their readers something they’ll love. They do it anyway. They need my easy, two-step plan!
I know a few people who get by with crap.
SEO optimized crap.
Yup, they do indeed. More’s the pity. Unsubscribe.
I was expecting more as well but really appreciate you offering this for free! 🙂
Really, this is all you need.
The brevity of Michael Pollan for the writerati.
Short and sweet.
i just learned *so* much. university in a nutshell.
yes. & thanks.
Hahah awesome.. love it
I would love to follow these rules… but I’m fear all of the stuff I write is crap…
Seeing the world. For so many “grown-ups”, the idea of the gap year, bugging out, putting it all in storage is the stuff of post-college. Youthful 20-something types who don’t care about carrying a pack or sharing a dorm room get to do this, not people with responsibilities or jobs…
I have responsibilities and jobs. And I care about carrying a pack and I won’t sleep in a hostel and I’m old, dammit. And i travel as often as I can. Trade offs, lots of ’em.
You could probably shorten this list to one rule…
Don’t crap on your readers.