If you are a travel blogger or writer, you know that making a living while doing something you love is truly rewarding. Of course, it can also be difficult. When challenges present themselves, just remember that you are capable of overcoming them. If you are in need of a little help, here are 4 helpful tips for travel writers and bloggers.
Increase Your Online Visibility
Increase your online visibility by growing your social media following and posting your writings in a bunch of different places on the internet. Rather than only having posts in one place such as your own website, if you have them all over and post links to them within your social media accounts you will be more likely to have more eyes on your work at all times, thus increasing your visibility online.
This can be very helpful in your career because having a large following online will lead to more opportunities with sponsorship which equals more income for you! And aside from just helping you to make money, it can also be a huge confidence boost which is often what writers need the most.
Take Vacations
Even though it may feel like a vacation sometimes when you’re traveling for work, it’s important to remember that you need to take actual vacations too. Travel sometimes when you’re not planning on writing about it, but just for yourself! Or write about it later, but just don’t think about it while on your trip. Taking vacations (or even staycations) is important for your mental health, and this applies to all lines of work – including travel writing.
Be Open Minded
Being a travel writer is sure to involve trying new foods and going on unfamiliar adventures, so having an open mind is a must. Wherever you go, you will be coming into contact with all kinds of people from all different places and cultures different from your own. Taking it all in with an open mind and never any judgment will allow you to process everything you learn in unique ways and this will help you to create interesting and informative pieces of writing that others will gravitate towards.
Branch Out
If you have been a travel writer for a while and are known for writing about something specific such as the American Southwest, Thailand, or off road adventures, you may be finding it difficult to branch out, out of fear your readers won’t be interested. However, this may not be the case. Take a chance and go to a place different than where you’re used to traveling and you may be able to come out of it with some great writing.
Being a travel blogger/writer is always an adventure! Hopefully these tips will help you with your continued success.
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