How to Score a Press Trip. Travel Writers Case Study: Suzy: Week 7 Goals – Adding Fresh Content. If you’re wondering what this Case Study is all about, please read the introductory post from Week One. In last week’s installment of this Case Study, we covered part of Level 4 of the Flow Chart and discussed the differences between Blog Posts, Articles, and Reviews. This week we’re continuing Level 4 with some methods for adding interesting content to your travel blog, as well as tips for finding blog post ideas and staying inspired.
Keeping the Travel Content Flowing Because Suzy is a longtime working travel writer, she travels frequently and continually has plenty of new content for her travel articles, which are regularly published in several respected outlets. One problem that many new travel writers struggle with is what to write about when they’re NOT traveling, primarily because they fall into the trap of thinking that every blog post or article has to be about a trip they’ve taken. InterviewsGuest Author Posts Interviews Guest Author Posts Finding Inspiration Stay tuned! ~Trisha. Travel Writers Case Study: Suzy: Week 2 Goals - Choosing a Travel Niche. (If you’re wondering what this Case Study is about, please read the introductory post from last week.)
When Suzy and I first chatted about her desire to have a travel blog, focused on a specific travel niche, upon which she could write about what she really loves and make money doing it, I put together a “flow chart” of action items that she would need to follow. The Flow Chart consists of eight (8) Levels, and each Level is broken down into a few easy-to-accomplish tasks. Here’s what Suzy accomplished in the first week with Level 1 of the Flow Chart, which has just three simple steps: First, she decided upon her travel niche.
The steps in Level 1 that Suzy took can be visualized in the chart at right. It may sound easy to choose a travel niche…..you just decide to write about what you love, right? Wrong. You need to choose something that you love AND that other people love too. To do that, you have to start with Keyword research – sounds technical but it’s not. ~Trisha Was this post helpful? Travel Writers Case Study: Suzy: Week 1 Goals - Profitable Travel Writing. Capture a Moment in Time with a Travel Essay. Looking to get more mileage out of your travel writing? You’re probably aware of the concept of taking your travel experience and writing about it in different formats. You can describe the scenery, the sites, the language and the people.
You can write about the best hotels and restaurants. You can explore the how-to’s, the what-to-do’s and what-to-bring’s. You can give advice on where to go and what to avoid; how to save money and where to spend it. It’s all good, factual stuff that’s useful for travelers, and there are numerous ways you can present the facts to your readers. And then, you can forget about all that and write a travel essay. A travel essay is not written to be helpful; it’s written to entertain. That’s not to say that a travel essay doesn’t include facts. An essay, written in the first-person, sees things through your eyes – up close and personal. Like a vacation, an essay takes the reader on a journey – to some observed truth or message. . ~ Jill. How to Make Money With Your Travel Blog – Nomadic Matt's Travel Site. Travel Writers: Writing The Perfect Lodging Review. My name is Nancy Brown and I have a confession to make: I sleep around a lot. Now don’t take that wrong.
I’m a lodging editor. I review two properties a week and I’m paid to sleep in other people’s beds. While this may sound like an ideal job, the type of travel writing I do requires that I actually visit the properties that I write about. After all, how can you write an honest lodging review in print or on a travel blog without actually visiting the property? Write your lodging review to be of value to your readers. As a journalism graduate, I take an old school approach to lodging reviews. I ask myself the Five Ws: Who, What, When, Where, Why (and of course, how much?). Setting the Scene The lede – yes, that’s spelled correctly – is the hook that draws your reader in. The Picture Tells the Story All journalists and travel bloggers would like to believe that their descriptive words tell a visual story. If possible, include your own photos in your lodging review.
Include an Insider Tip If You Go.