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A Blog Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas

By on August 15, 2016

I just realised my 2 year blogging anniversary just passed without me even realising! Like many other bloggers, I started blogging in January. It’s a great time to start as your head is full of ideas after the break from working life. But blogging isn’t just a fad or a toy that can be picked up and down when you fancy it – it takes a bit of effort and strategy to really make waves in the blogging world.

I know because I blogged very averagely for about 6 months before I really upped the ante and started to see success after putting into place a strategy I had observed from loads of successful bloggers already making a living doing it. Anyway, the reason I’m saying all this is because now I’m sharing what I’ve learnt, and here’s how you can get involved.

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Blogging | Lifestyle | Traveling

So You Want To Be A Travel Blogger, Do You?

By on August 14, 2016

If there is one question I get asked more than anything in the world, it has to be the dreaded “how do you make money?”

I kid you not, 99 out of 100 times when I tell people I am a professional travel blogger, that question pops up at one point or another, generally accompanied with a look on their faces like I’ve grown a second head. Sometimes it’s subtly snuck into the conversation masked with hoity toity language like, “so do you find travel blogging to be a fiscally sustainable option in this day and age?” but mostly I hear, “I don’t get it. You actually make money doing this blog-thingy AND you get to travel for free? Fuck you.”

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Make Stories Come Alive with Jodi Harvey – Brown

By on February 11, 2016

For globetrotting travelers, it’s easy to recognize a spectacular city. They are energetic, diverse destinations intent on preserving local heritage and revitalizing undervalued neighborhoods, and they possess distinct personalities that set them apart from other metropolises. Whether it’s the city you’ve called home for years or one you only just stumbled upon during your travels, the best destinations are intriguing cultural centers that can’t be replicated anywhere else. No city proves this better than Kyoto, Japan, which returned for the second year in a row to the No. 1 spot on Travel + Leisure’s annual World’s Best list.

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

Steve Jobs – Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conference, 1997

Readers called it the quintessential Japanese experience, offering visitors everything from history (in the form of spiritual shrines) to notable cuisine (shojin ryori) and encounters with Geisha. Italy’s classic crowd-pleasers, Florence and Rome, once again appear on Top 10 list — as they have for 10 consecutive years. Bangkok, likely bumped from the list in 2014 due to governmental unrest, has returned to the number six spot. Below is the full list of the World’s Best cities in 2015, which is compiled based on reader surveys. For more of Travel + Leisure’s 2015 World’s Best Awards, which cover everything from hotels to airports, click here: www.travelandleisure.com

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