Welcome to the May edition of Travel Blogger News! Here are the best articles and news related to the business of travel blogging from the last month.
Latest Posts
What brands are looking for in a media kit – Guest post by Khanh Tran from Villa-Finder.com on what they look for when working with bloggers.
Travel Blogging
Travel blogging media kit and pitching to sponsors – [Gina Bear’s Blog]
Travel Writing
Wish I were there: The life and times of a travel writer – [LA Review of Books]
How not to write a travel essay about Hawaii – [The Atlantic]
Why is it so hard to be self-promotional if you’re a woman? – [The Everywhereist]
Travel Photography
A new travel photogrpahy course is being launched by Gary Arndt. I will post the details when it is live.
Social Media
7 tips for squeezing social media in – [Balancing Wanderlust]
I spent two years botting on Instagram — here’s what I learned – [PetaPixel]
It’s time to rethink the travel Instagram aesthetic – [Skift]
How to win friends and influence people on Instagram – [Young Adventuress]
Influencers
Ja Rule’s music festival disaster is a good reminder not to trust Instagram sponcon
Blogiversaries
14 lessons learned from five years’ travel blogging – [Bridges and Balloons]
On Travel Blogging
Ethical travel blogging: being honest with readers – [The Wayfaring Voyager]
8 things I wish I knew before I became a full-time travel blogger – [Bravo]
6 things you didn’t know about travel blogging – [Tara Lets Anywhere]
Travel blogging: the bits that bore me – [Girl Tweets World]
Income Reports
Income and blogging stats reported in April for the month of March, 2017.
Income from travel blogging | How we made over $2K for the month of March 2017 – [Wanderlust Storytellers]
March 2017 travel blog income report – wrapping up my first 12 week year – [The Wandering Gourmand]
How much I earned from blogging: March 2017 – [Ali’s Adventures]
Income and traffic report for November 2016 – $1684 – [Travel Blog Breakthrough]
In The News
Meet the Instagram-famous travel blogging couple who get paid up to $9,000 to post a single photo – [Business Insider]
This is what a week in the life of a professional travel blogger is really like – [Metro]
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