Travel BlogCamp

How to get media coverage for your travel blog

Darren Cronian — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:31:43 +0000

I started writing a blog called Travel Rants back in April 2005, and I became known for writing about the types of issues that consumers have with travel – over the years I have been quoted in national newspapers across the world including the New York Times, the Guardian and Sydney Morning Herald. I have …

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Using Instagram to promote a destination

Darren Cronian — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:17:01 +0000

I was asked to write a guest post about my experiences using Instagram for the World Travel Market blog, so I wrote about how I think it is a great tool for destination marketing. I’m going to write more about Instagram in the coming weeks, especially around how you can use it in conjunction with …

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How networking helped me build my travel blog

Darren Cronian — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:40:03 +0000

When I started writing about travel consumer issues in April 2005 on the Travel Rants blog, Twitter did not exist and Facebook was just appearing on the horizon – but I put time aside a few times a week to participate in discussions on blogs, forums and commented on high-profile media websites. Without spending quality …

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Recap of posts on the 4th Travel BlogCamp in London

Darren Cronian — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:47:03 +0000

I’ll be honest – earlier in the year I had doubts about organising another Travel BlogCamp – the thought of sourcing a new venue for 150+ people, knowing that last year’s venue wasn’t suitable for the style of event that the BlogCamp has become. Using your feedback to improve After reading the tweets and speaking …

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Supercharging your Travel Blog notes from Social Travel Market

Darren Cronian — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:21:57 +0000

The other day I frantically wrote notes on the points I wanted to cover in my presentation at the ‘Supercharging your blog’ talk at the Social Travel Market. Well, I got a little carried away and found myself writing a 900 word blog post, so here it is. The truth about publishing content Publishing content …

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