I thought I was spinning a lot of plates in the air until I ran into Wisconsin-based Dannelle Gay at various travel writing conferences and started feeling like a slacker in comparison. She’s the woman behind Traveling Cheesehead, but that’s just a start. She’s also a TV host, book author, freelance writer, commercial photographer/videographer, public […] The post Dannelle Gay, the Travel Writer Wearing Multiple (Cheese) Hats appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: Interview with La Carmina, Multi-media Personality Interview with Beebe Bahrami, Author and Anthropologist Writ ..read more

I’ve known Kim Orlando for more than a decade and at times she has been a partner in my 360 Degree Travel Network travel bloggers agency, where we worked on campaigns for major industry clients. She appears often in the media as a female travel expert and is a publisher who has managed a large […] The post Kim Orlando, Founder and Publisher of SheBuysTravel.com appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: Nina Clapperton on SEO and Exploding Your Blog Traffic An Interview with Paul Johnson Why Are You Still Using Google for Searches ..read more

In case you haven’t noticed, Google has been waging war on small publishers for nearly a year now as I write this. Hundreds of really well-written, authoritative sites got hammered by the badly misnamed “helpful content update” and then a subsequent “kick them when they’re down” core update starting in March of 2024. For many […] The post Why Are You Still Using Google for Searches? appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: Nina Clapperton on SEO and Exploding Your Blog Traffic How Much Do Travel Writers Make? Marketing Campaign Tracking for Blog Partnerships ..read more

If you’re looking around wondering why other writers or travel bloggers are making twice as much money as you, there’s probably a simpler answer than you think. They’re just getting more done than you are.  Are you a travel blogger or writer who has so many income streams that you have trouble keeping them straight? […] The post Productivity Habits of Successful Travel Writers (Why Others Get More Done) appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: The Best Travel Writing Book for the Digital Age 11 Ways to Be a More Productive Writer (Who Makes Real $$) An Interview with Ama ..read more

I’ve known Laura Bronner for many years and she may be the only person interviewed on here that I’ve watched the Super Bowl with…in Mexico. She is known as the Eternal Expat but has not been living in a single place, or even a single country. She also added a second blog focused on one […] The post Talking With Laura Bronner, the Eternal Expat Travel Blogger appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: Late-blooming Adventure Bloggers Coleman Concierge The Best Travel Writing Book for the Digital Age Family Blogger Kirsten Maxwell of Kids Are a Trip ..read more

Is it better to publish an article with a branded media site and get paid quickly? Or is it better to put it on your own blog and potentially earn far more in the long run? Could pitching a freelance travel article end up costing you? When a magazine offered Jeremy Jones a slot to […] The post Pitching a Freelance Travel Article vs. Keeping It for Your Blog appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: What’s Going to Work in Travel Writing Going Forward 11 Ways to Be a More Productive Writer (Who Makes Real $$) Are You Creating Helpful Content, Entertaining, or Copying ..read more

Rolf Potts put out his Vagabonding book around the same time I put out the first edition of The World's Cheapest Destinations book and we've been popping up next to each other on Amazon ever since. He has written several other books, dispatched articles from around the world for major magazines and online publications, and […] The post A Conversation with Rolf Potts appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: The Best Travel Writing Book for the Digital Age A Conversation with Kara Williams From the Editor’s Mouth: Larry Habegger of Travelers’ Tales ..read more

I traveled with Megan Jerrard while living it up on Boracay, Philippines many years ago. Earlier that decade, after a chance meeting on an airplane with one of the world's most successful bloggers at the time, Megan set out to create the life of her dreams.  Many later she is traveling the world with her […] The post Get to Know Megan Jerrard of Mapping Megan appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: There’s No Instant Success in Travel Blogging Marketing Campaign Tracking for Blog Partnerships Nina Clapperton on SEO and Exploding Your Blog Traffic ..read more

Did you hear the one about the Italian living in Malaysia who was writing in English and got stranded in Peru during the Pandemic? It's not a joke: that would be Marco Ferrarese, a travel writer and author who has contributed to my Perceptive Travel publication, but also has done guidebook work for Lonely Planet […] The post A Conversation with Marco Ferrarese, Author and Travel Writer appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: Dave Seminara: Freelance Travel Writer and Book Author Interview with Beebe Bahrami, Author and Anthropologist Writer An Interview With Robin Esrock, Tr ..read more

Claudia Laroye is an award-winning freelance writer, author, and content creator living in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the Founding Editor of the award-winning Claudia Travels travel site (formerly The Travelling Mom), and Deputy Editor at Vacay.ca and Vacay Network. Her writing has scored awards from TMAC and NATJA.  What got you started in travel […] The post An Interview With Claudia Laroye, Canadian Travel Writer and Blogger appeared first on Travel Writing 2.0 Blog. Related posts: Interview with La Carmina, Multi-media Personality Interview With Kim Foley MacKinnon, Travel W ..read more