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A Travel Blog or a Business?

Published on June 16, 2013 By Tim

As I’ve mentioned on this travel writing blog several times and in the travel writing newsletter, I was a speaker at the TBEX conference earlier this month in Toronto. My talk was titled “Beyond Your Blog: Expanding Your Publishing Empire.” If you missed it attending another one at the same time or couldn’t attend TBEX [...]

Your (Free) Ticket to Travel Blogging Success

Published on March 19, 2013 By Tim

TBEX 2013 will be in the happening city of Toronto, Canada in early June and I’ll be joining 750+ attendees to talk about travel, adventures, writing, photographing, blogging, and making a living with the combination. I attended TBEX last summer in Keystone, CO and was a panelist. The face-to-face opportunity was a huge success for [...]

An Interview with Beth Blair

Published on February 12, 2013 By Kristin

Beth Blair, one of the co-founders of the popular travel blog for moms, The Vacation Gals, was recently contracted by McGraw-Hill to write Break Into Travel Writing. In addition to doing travel writing, Beth also has a fitness column in Shape magazine. In our interview today, Beth talks about how she’s made life work as [...]

The Travel Writing Newsletter and Popular Posts

Published on January 15, 2013 By Tim

First a quick reminder that if you’re serious about upping your game as a travel writer, blogger, or publisher, you’d be wise to sign up for our travel writing newsletter. There’s a new one going out Thursday with some good advice from me, good advice from others, resources, and maybe even a free book for [...]

An Interview with Mark Smith of Seat 61

Published on January 8, 2013 By Kristin

Mark Smith is definitely a success story in the travel industry–his site, Seat61, which started out as a hobby, became his full-time occupation in 2007. Just this year, Seat61 won ‘Favourite Travel Website’ in the Telegraph Travel Awards 2012 and continues to grow. In our interview, he talks about taking a hobby to a full-time [...]