It’s been awhile since we’ve shared with you what we’ve been reading, but we’re back this week with some articles to inspire, inform, and get you thinking.
Do you have something you think we’d be interested in knowing about? Add #TBEX to your tweets or Facebook posts and we’ll take a look. We’ll share the best of what we find each week here on the blog.
About Content
- Travel Writing Advice: How to Write About Places You Have Never Visited – Can you? Should you? If you’re not pretending you’ve been somewhere you’re not, is there anything wrong with research an article about somewhere you haven’t been? Read more here Travel Writing Advice: How to Write About Places You Have Never Visited
- Smithsonian to launch new magazine on cultural travel – The Smithosonian launches a new glossy print magazine priced at $13.99 that will focus on cultural travel. The first issues features Paris and will be out on April 21st, with subsequent issues coming out quarterly. That’s a pretty hefty price tag – do you think you’ll buy it? Read more here Smithsonian to launch new magazine on cultural travel
About Community
- An Honest Guide To Social Media Buttons – Honest and humorous. Read more here An Honest Guide To Social Media Buttons
- 13 Instagram tools brands should be using – Are you using any of these Instagram tools to make using the platform easier? Do you have a favorite? Maybe one that didn’t make the list? We’d like to know about it! Read more here 13 Instagram tools brands should be using
- 8 Ways Twitter Chats Can Benefit Your Business – Does your business participate in or host Twitter chats? Learn some ways to be an outstanding participant in Twitter chats, while staying true to your business message. Read more here 8 Ways Twitter Chats Can Benefit Your Business
- How to Avoid Pinterest Jail – Have you had a problem with Pinterest jail? These tips will help you avoid that issue.Read more here How to Avoid Pinterest Jail
About Commerce
- How Richard Prince Sells Other People’s Instagram Photos for $100,000 – Fair use? Art? Theft? A controversial artist stirs up a hornets nest. After reading the article, please vote in the comments and we’ll check back to see how the TBEX community would respond to the situation. Read more here How Richard Prince Sells Other People’s Instagram Photos for $100,000
- Google reportedly blackmailed websites into giving it content for free – The FTC and Google mix it up. Details behind the 2012 settlement agreement. Read more here Google reportedly blackmailed websites into giving it content for free
- Why BuzzFeed is the Most Important News Organization in the World – A theory on why BuzzFeed, often criticized for linkbait headlines, is far closer to true journalism that many might think. Read more here Why BuzzFeed is the Most Important News Organization in the World
About the Travel & Tourism Industry
- PR Tactics in 2015: What’s Changed & What We Can Improve – What Angie said! Do you agree? Read more here PR Tactics in 2015: What’s Changed & What We Can Improve
- Optimize Your Website To Capture Last-minute Travelers – Have you ever tried to make a quick booking and then run into roadblocks at every turn? Yeah, us too. OTAs should clear these roadblocks and make it easy for us to book. Read more here Optimize Your Website To Capture Last-minute Travelers
- The 8 Golden Rules of Writing Great Press Releases – Bloggers may get dozens of press releases each day, so try these tips to help make sure your releases get read.Read more here The 8 Golden Rules of Writing Great Press Releases
About Travel
- Tourists flock to Cuba before the predicted modernization – Are you interested in going to Cuba? Read more here Tourists flock to Cuba before the predicted modernization
- 10 Things Americans Should Know About Cruising to Cuba – TBEX community member (and past speaker) talks about what’s involved in cruising to Cuba.Read more here 10 Things Americans Should Know About Cruising to Cuba
- 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Thai Food – One of the many things we enjoyed on our site visit to Thailand was the food. Of course. We may have been forever spoiled and won’t be able to eat Thai food back at home. This article helps deconstruct what you’re eating and why you may like it so much. Read more here 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Thai Food
