How To Start A Successful Travel Blog From Scratch

As for content, I’d recommend starting as soon as you can, and writing about your previous trips. That way, you’ll have got the hang of WordPress and how publishing blog posts, etc work by the time you take your next trip. The first thing I do before I make coffee is check how many e-mails I have received and quickly scan to see if there is anything important.

Step Three: Installing WordPress

I’ve read a gazillion “how to set up a http://mywaylife.net/” posts and even attended webinars but this is the first time I think I could actually do it. I started writing a weekly travel column for the newspapers 10 years ago but shied away from blogging because I’m technically challenged. Thanks for your confidence boosting “how to start a successful travel blog” post. Social media is the means by which you get your content out there, so setting up social profiles once you have a few posts up is key. Dave and Deb of The Planet D were among the very first travel bloggers in the industry, having started their blog in 2008.

I also think that when you start writing a travel blog it can be hard to portray who you really are. You may be so used to writing for school or work that writing with a blog style and flair doesn’t come easily.

A blog is online 24/7 and this means that you work with people across all time zones. My first activity is checking and replying to all the e-mails which have come in at night; then I check my analytics. I look at how many people visited the blog the day before, where they came from, how they accessed the website and what was the most popular post. Then I get ready to go out and explore my surroundings for stories I can write.

• That way, you’ll have got the hang of WordPress and how publishing blog posts, etc work by the time you take your next trip.
• As for content, I’d recommend starting as soon as you can, and writing about your previous trips.
• The first thing I do before I make coffee is check how many e-mails I have received and quickly scan to see if there is anything important.

Also, searching for hashtags like #rtwsoon for people who are about to head out on a rtw trip, or #rtwnow. Or googling travel blog 2016 “first post” or “my itinerary” or “travel plans” or something like that should bring up recent posts from new blogs. There are also a ton of Facebook groups, like the Travel Bloggers group, and lots of others for newbies as well. Finally, you could look for other travel bloggers who are commenting on blog posts.

The more you read travel blogs, and write your travel blog, the more you can work on your travel blogging voice. When I went to the Traverse conference in Brighton everyone was excited to see Will Peach on his panel. When I met him he didn’t seem the same as his douchebag online persona and a few weeks later he came out with this article about his disillusion with the travel blogging industry. After that he only posted a few more blogs before he went on to focus on the brilliantly written, yet less offensive, willpeach.com. Once you have a few posts done and your fingertips are finding their way round that keyboard with rhythm start to think about the kind of writer you want to be.

The adventurous duo have since won awards for their inspiring website, and worked hard to build a huge social media following. Becoming a mywaylife.netger seems like a great idea in theory, but as you get the ball rolling the process can get increasingly overwhelming. To be full time and make a living from your travel blog, it’s not quite as simple as just throwing up a few posts and having a Twitter account or Facebook page. Being successful in blogging takes a lot of strategy and good business sense, as well as talent for telling stories and presenting them in a way that inspires people to see the world.

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I regularly update my Facebook page status and tweet over my phone. At around 7-8 PM, when I get back to base, I start being productive and start writing, and researching for my future posts. I like to have about two weeks of posts scheduled so I can easily go on a spontaneous trip without having to worry about the content. Twitter chats could be a good place for starting to get to know other bloggers, like #TTOT.