What is a Travel Blogger?
Many of us have that desire to travel, to see the sights, to see the world, and to earn money doing it. This is where the dream of travel blogging comes in. Visit faraway places, take photos, write about them and earn some money. Sounds simple.
A travel blogger is simply that, someone who travels and writes about their experiences on an online blog.
If you are new to this, you might be considering writing a travel blog to share your stories with friends and family. Or you might be thinking about making money from it as well.
To earn money from your travel blogs, you need to create high quality and consistent content.
- Take high quality photographs.It doesn’t matter how wonderful your writing is, if you are taking bad photos, you probably won’t get anyone reading your work. If you are posting on your blog or social media, photographs are the first thing that drags your audience in. They see an amazing image and want to know more. So the photos you put out have to be very good.If you’re thinking of travel blogging, why not have a look at our Travel Photography course?
- Treat your blog as a business. You are travelling to enjoy yourself obviously. But if your plan is also to earn money, then think how you will do this.Draw up a plan.
- Set up your blog and social media.
- How often will you post?
- Where will you post?
- Do you have a niche idea? There are a lot of travel bloggers out there, so having a niche idea can be a way to attract attention. For example – focussing on flora and fauna as you travel, or cars, or castles, or travelling on a budget, sunsets or sunrises etc.Decide what your plan is and aim to stick to it as much as possible.
- Write well. As well as having good photos, you also need to write well. People want to know what you see, what is good about the place you are visiting, interesting facts etc.If you want to improve your blog writing, why not have a look at our Blogging short course?
- Above all, be authentic.Write as yourself.Don’t try to write the way you “think” you should write. Write as yourself. People want to hear your thoughts, your experiences, not what someone else has already said. So be yourself!
Above all – Enoy yourself!