Comments on: Blogging for travel writers – Why bother? http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-itravel-writing-reputation.html Banter between travel writers, travel PRs and travel social media people Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathryn Liston http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-itravel-writing-reputation.html/comment-page-1#comment-452 Kathryn Liston Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:12:24 +0000 http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-for-travel-writers-why-bother.html#comment-452 Some of us might not like it but the web and social networking is definitely the way forward. It has been my biggest earner for the last five years and the marketing potential of twitter <<a href="http://twitter.com/Kathrynliston rel="nofollow">">http://twitter.com/Kathrynliston></a> etc is vast. Unfortuntely, out with long lunchs have gone long commissions - the 5,000 word travel business feature is definitely extinct. Some of us might not like it but the web and social networking is definitely the way forward. It has been my biggest earner for the last five years and the marketing potential of twitter < ">http://twitter.com/Kathrynliston> etc is vast. Unfortuntely, out with long lunchs have gone long commissions - the 5,000 word travel business feature is definitely extinct.

]]> By: Michael Howorth http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-itravel-writing-reputation.html/comment-page-1#comment-451 Michael Howorth Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:59:23 +0000 http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-for-travel-writers-why-bother.html#comment-451 I just wanted to say thank you to Jeremy and Alastair for speaking about the subject and making it such a clear and easy to follow process. Inspired, we sat on the train going home from the London meeting to compose the first of our blogs. Its up and running and by the time we are dead it may have made a shilling or so. But that is not the point, what is the point is that we write to get widely read and to get read you must be published. Every avenue must be considered and where advantageous, taken. Truthfully the best thing I have done in my writing career to date is to join the British Guild of Travel Writers <<a href="http://www.bgtw.org/ rel="nofollow">">http://www.bgtw.org/></a> and I commend all freelance travel writers to do the same. Michael J Howorth <a href="http://www.bgtw.org/michael-howorth.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bgtw.org/michael-howorth.html</a> <a href="http://superyachtblogger.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://superyachtblogger.blogspot.com/</a> I just wanted to say thank you to Jeremy and Alastair for speaking about the subject and making it such a clear and easy to follow process. Inspired, we sat on the train going home from the London meeting to compose the first of our blogs. Its up and running and by the time we are dead it may have made a shilling or so. But that is not the point, what is the point is that we write to get widely read and to get read you must be published. Every avenue must be considered and where advantageous, taken.

Truthfully the best thing I have done in my writing career to date is to join the British Guild of Travel Writers < ">http://www.bgtw.org/> and I commend all freelance travel writers to do the same.

Michael J Howorth
http://www.bgtw.org/michael-howorth.html
http://superyachtblogger.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Jeremy Head http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-itravel-writing-reputation.html/comment-page-1#comment-450 Jeremy Head Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:08:57 +0000 http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-for-travel-writers-why-bother.html#comment-450 Hello everyone! It's been fantastic reading all the discussion going on here. Fascinating! I feel quite honoured. There's an oft-quoted stat out there somewhere that only 10% of people who read blog posts comment, the other 90% just watch the conversation. So thank you for taking the time to comment too. (Average time on page for this post is now over 8 minutes!) Lots of interesting stuff here for follow-up posts too. I agree with the general tone of most comments that embracing the web and all its fascinating facets is absolutely the way forward for travel writing...(but maybe we are all preaching to the converted?) Jeremy Hello everyone!
It's been fantastic reading all the discussion going on here. Fascinating! I feel quite honoured. There's an oft-quoted stat out there somewhere that only 10% of people who read blog posts comment, the other 90% just watch the conversation. So thank you for taking the time to comment too. (Average time on page for this post is now over 8 minutes!)
Lots of interesting stuff here for follow-up posts too.
I agree with the general tone of most comments that embracing the web and all its fascinating facets is absolutely the way forward for travel writing...(but maybe we are all preaching to the converted?)
Jeremy

]]> By: Times Online Travel Desk http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-itravel-writing-reputation.html/comment-page-1#comment-449 Times Online Travel Desk Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:00:18 +0000 http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-for-travel-writers-why-bother.html#comment-449 Hi there - just winding up a weekend at the Association of British Tour Operators to France (Abtof) conference in Reims when I came across Jeremy's post. That happened because Jeremy was a Tweeter at a Travolution conference last week, to which he enthusiastically participated (as did Mark Frary and Mark Hodson). I am far more aware today of which freelances are now embracing new media, as much as typewriters/PCs and landlines/mobiles were to someone of my generation (51, since you ask). Yes, the question of how to make money is paramount for freelances, as much as cutting costs is for traditional media. And yes, the decline in, quotes, of traditional journalism is rightly mooted - but as Mike G points out, I think the model has been receding for some time as more and more freelances and Editor's mates pile in and swamp a very saturated market in a declining media. What I do applaud is the reaction to a dying market by able freelances - and in reading the posts above, there are many who are willing to give it a go. Online is not a 'new' market for freelances in an old media - it's out there in new forms which we are all beginning to discover. Do not rely on print paying for features - it is a rapidly degenerating model. Equally do not rely on new media as the panacea - as ever, it's somewhere in between and for the individual to work out. Good luck! - Steve Keenan. Hi there - just winding up a weekend at the Association of British Tour Operators to France (Abtof) conference in Reims when I came across Jeremy's post. That happened because Jeremy was a Tweeter at a Travolution conference last week, to which he enthusiastically participated (as did Mark Frary and Mark Hodson). I am far more aware today of which freelances are now embracing new media, as much as typewriters/PCs and landlines/mobiles were to someone of my generation (51, since you ask). Yes, the question of how to make money is paramount for freelances, as much as cutting costs is for traditional media. And yes, the decline in, quotes, of traditional journalism is rightly mooted - but as Mike G points out, I think the model has been receding for some time as more and more freelances and Editor's mates pile in and swamp a very saturated market in a declining media. What I do applaud is the reaction to a dying market by able freelances - and in reading the posts above, there are many who are willing to give it a go. Online is not a 'new' market for freelances in an old media - it's out there in new forms which we are all beginning to discover. Do not rely on print paying for features - it is a rapidly degenerating model. Equally do not rely on new media as the panacea - as ever, it's somewhere in between and for the individual to work out. Good luck! - Steve Keenan.

]]> By: Anthea Gerrie(tweeting as aceglobetrotter) http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-itravel-writing-reputation.html/comment-page-1#comment-448 Anthea Gerrie(tweeting as aceglobetrotter) Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:02:40 +0000 http://www.travelblather.com/2009/04/blogging-for-travel-writers-why-bother.html#comment-448 What kind of database can you build from Twitter? I'm puzzled. Just like how Carlton could post a whole article on Twitter - was it in several consecutive tweets? What kind of database can you build from Twitter? I'm puzzled.
Just like how Carlton could post a whole article on Twitter - was it in several consecutive
tweets?

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