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Ian Ord on Running Travel Tours Where Sidewalks End

Like me, Ian Ord is based in Mexico. He lives in Oaxaca, which frequently tops "world's best cities" lists from glossy travel mags. He runs the tour company Where Sidewalks End and was one

Why Travel Publishers Should Connect With Stay22

I work with a lot of different affiliate partners, both direct and through aggregators, but the one that has been paying off the most consistently over the past six months has been Stay22. I

The Real Story on Press Trips for Travel Writers

"I had one question about press trips, which I thought you might be able to address on the blog or in the newsletter, if you think it makes sense. I'm wondering which markets accept

Marketing Campaign Tracking for Blog Partnerships

As bloggers we call them partnerships, collaborations, or sponsored post campaigns. On the other side they call them content marketing campaigns, influencer campaigns, or paid publicity. No matter what name you use for it

Meagan Drillinger: Wandering Freelance Writer and Travel Weekly Editor

I recently got to hang out with Meagan Drillinger at Mexico's largest tourism conference and then for a couple days we were both by chance staying at Hotel Makaaba in the Lake Bacalar area