How blog can Score you can freely travel

Anthony written this Guest post from Travel Tart.

When I started my first trip to the site in 2009, I wanted to just get my travel writing since I was a blank, traditional media worked way. A little having online presence would result in all corners of the globe, setting out the fishing opportunities and the press TRIPS, and I did this from the outset to know!

In 2010 alone, I went Fiji, press trips, United Kingdom and in South Africa. I have also recently become partners in a large Sacramento company that provides more opportunities for press TRIPS in the coming year.

When I press trips, I mean, if all of the costs of travel, such as flights, meals, accommodation and activities are. Considering I started my blog just 2009, and almost zero knowledge of how the Internet worked, which is pretty good!

Do you want to travel the world travel blog? This is what I've learned my lessons.

Traditional media such as newspapers, radio and television are the scattergun approach: they broadcast all sorts of information for everyone, but this information is not relevant or interesting to all those eyeballs.

However, the blogger with online presence means that one is currently using the multimedia such as writing, photography and video to the website. These media can be used to tell the same story in different ways.

A number of advantages to offer media blog, traditional media through:

Speed: bloggers can post something in the experience of the days of the date on which the data and begin attracting traffic immediately. Traditional media people have to write the story, as the case may be, shall submit to the editor, waiting for approval and thereafter shall be published in the piece — a process that can often take weeks, or even monthsUsing photography and video footage to show experience, says instead. Newspapers and magazines will not be able to do this. For example, try writing about such as bungee jumping off a fully stable rock ledge for the 70-metre freefall experience. this video the experience much more effectively communicates.You can create more than one (1) of the trip. (I) the usual blogging campaign for these press trips by presenting a number of stations, each one focused on something other than travel. The amount varies depending on the number of posts per flight, depending on experience. For example, I created a two-week trip to post press 15-20, and to schedule these publish over time.The biggest advantage that the blogger is targeted, long-term Internet traffic, which is so far the shelf-life can attract. For example, if someone is Googling "South African Sacramento", you can be sure of what they're looking for particular information on the topic. In addition, because people are searching for keywords in the search engines through a expressly, and this means that the traffic is made up of people who are interested in these topics and are therefore likely to take, you will be able to provide information. It has a laser focus on the content!

Now ' m going to assume you already have a travel related to the blog or blog a strong focus, so not going to tell you how to write a trip to the post. Instead, I want to explain, you have used to build your own profile and travel blogger, I was approached with the organizations of my trips to the sponsor than technologies.

Sell the benefits of the above, the online presence and to promote, what can I do business or tourist Commission — and back again depending on the type of evidence.

For example, turned to travel in my city of fairs, as is usually the Tourism Commission, and other travel industry exists. Then start a conversation with someone at the stand, as they are in most cases, the public relations staff. This is how I am the actual one press of the TRIPS Agreement.

In addition, the use of business cards, and on the other hand, as they are relatively cheap, and you've discovered, they are a great Icebreaker.

I have often had only a travel blogger, I have been, the press, most of the TRIPS Agreement — and that I can be the writer, photographer and video production for all at the same time!

However, the trips to provide exposure to other travel-related contacts, expand network, and open more opportunities — ironically — traditional media! Excellent feedback for you, as the case may be, these guys about how video can capture travel experience as well.

I followed all of these trips through the Internet traffic report data in my reports are subsequently attracted press, achieved by video views and Google keyword positions in the Organization, which shall be paid for my travel. Accompanied traffic strategies to contain information about the organization might like to consider, such as search engine optimization (SEO), Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon, etc), and so on. All this has accumulated in my evidence, and even a strong track record for me.

Having an online presence can give you a huge advantage over traditional media.

It seems to me that the biggest advantage is that the Internet is quantifiable. You can offer clients or sponsors of the journey, the transport statistics, information on where the traffic is originating from, and even information on how long visitors stay on your site.

The first is the hardest to get press trip. But if the track record of attracting targeted Internet traffic in advance shows your chances of scoring that first is much greater. And when you have the track record, called for more Press trips! This is how a blog can create opportunities that lead to free travel.

If you've managed to score a free travel, thanks to your blog, what other tips to add?