Welcome to the September 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
Choosing a niche based on passion – Jub from tikitouringkiwi.com on his epiphany to turn his general travel blog into a niche site based on a passion.
Travel Blogging
28 ways to make money travel blogging – [Once In A Lifetime Journey]
How to make money travel blogging – [Burger Abroad]
How I’m upping my travel blogging game – [Kirsty Leanne]
Press Trips
Our short lived career in media trips – [Live Less Ordinary]
Influencer Marketing
Rules of engagement: travel bloggers v review websites – [The Drum]
Social Media
Explaining the Unbelievable Popularity of Xavier Lur – [Rice]
Becoming a social media “influencer” is the new unpaid internship, and just as exploitative – [Quartz]
Amy Lyons, 24yo star of Chinese social media, takes stock of ‘quirky’ career path – [ABC]
Fake followers are ruining influencer marketing – [The Next Web]
Are fake Instagram influencers deceiving brands? – [Mediakix]
The zombies of Instagram are killing your creativity – [TravMonkey]
This Instagram boyfriend went to *such* great heights for a vacay photo – [HuffPost]
Instagram millionaire Gianluca Vacchi’s ‘yachts and properties’ seized by bank – [Independent]
From dreaming to departure: how Pinterest reaches travelers throughout the entire customer journey – [Skift]
Blogiversaries
10 years of blogging: the best of + lessons I’ve learned – [Camels & Chocolate]
On Travel Blogging
12 reasons why I’ve succeeded in making travel blogging my job – [Vicky Flip Flop Travels]
11 surprising facts about life as a professional blogger – [Angie Away]
Don’t start a travel blog to make money – [Ditching Suburbia]
Life as a travel blogger: what we don’t talk about – [That Travel Blog]
Income Reports
Income and blogging stats reported in August for the month of July, 2017.
D2D monthly recap and income report: July 2017 – [Desk to Dirtbag]
In The News
How this successful family of four makes travel blogging work for them – [Making Sense Of Cents]
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