As a travel blogger, Instagram is perhaps one of the best tools at our disposal to building your brand.  While it sounds easy, it is a heck of a lot more work than how easy it seems popular Instagrammers seem to draw in likes and follows.  Not to fret though because I’ve brought in Melissa […]

Chatting with other travel bloggers is always a treat.  Each one of us have carved our own path to success and what has got them where they are to day is so different.  While that’s the case, that’s not to say that we can’t learn from each other and that’s why these podcasts are so […]

Affiliate marketing is scary.  I get that.  I had trouble figuring it out and continue to learn how to do a better job today.  With that, I thought it’d make sense to bring in an expert in the field to chat about this whole business of making money through links.  It’s jam packed with info […]

There are a ton of podcast out there and when Jason asked to interview me for his own show, I was delighted.  The tables are turned this time around and I thought I’d give you some insight on some very relevant information about travel blogging. Subscribe: iTunes | RSS Summary Jason Harris is the man behind […]

On episode 14, I try something a little different and interview a travel startup entrepreneur in Jason Will of Zipkick.  Very few people know about Zipkick but it’s hitting the scene hard with the product they’ve built so far, the ambassadorship program with travel bloggers they’ve put together and the mega road trip they’re on right now. […]

For episode 13, I again tap into early travel bloggers to start a conversation around what the challenges are and what the journey is like.  Debbie and John of Bridge The Travel Gap are awesome guests and from our banter, there’s a lot to learn. Subscribe: iTunes | RSS Summary Right off the heels of a […]

Episode 12 just couldn’t come fast enough right?  Amidst all the travel this summer and everything else going on with blogging, it has probably felt like the podcast has been a little bit neglected.  Back on the saddle, there’s fresh new content coming out over the next couple of weeks and we start off with […]

It’s no secret that I’ve been testing display ad networks for months and ever since switching over to The Blogger Network, I’ve been been singing their praises.  A lot of people have been asking me a lot of questions about the network and so I figure why not get one of the co-founders directly on the […]

As one of the pioneers in the travel podcasting space, and 1.3 million in downloads alone for Amateur Traveler last year, Chris Christensen was one of those guys that welcomed me to the podcasting community when I was only 2 to 3 episodes in.  That’s just the kind of guy he is. In this show […]

For 8 episodes of the Travel Blog Breakthrough Podcast we’ve been talking to other bloggers and seen different aspects of what it takes to be successful.  With this episode, I decided to shake it up a bit and instead focus on some of the nitty gritty things of blogging such as hosting.  It’s a necessity […]