Welcome These TBEX North America 2015 Speakers

We are announcing a few more speakers for North America today, and I hope you find a speaker and a topic that catches your eye. This isn’t the end of speaker announcements, so keep an eye out for more coming up soon. Will we see you there? Adriena Daunt Adriena Daunt has 15 years of

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TBEX Speaker Guest Post: Creative Email Marketing for Travel Bloggers

Travel bloggers are a funny group. Dangle a new social media outlet in front of them and they’ve got a username and password faster than they can upload a snapshot of tonight’s dinner. Ask them how they use their email list, and they usually answer, “Ummmm, I’ve been meaning to work on that.”

TBEX Speaker Post: Re-Think Video – Screencasting for Travel Bloggers

When we talk about video, everybody assumes that video requires complex equipment, a big crew and plenty of time and money.

But video can be much more that what we see on TV. Video in the web uses different forms that can help us promote and expand our brands. Yes, also for travel bloggers.

Travel Blog Exchange: Welcome to Our New TBEX Dublin Speakers!

TBEX Dublin is coming up quickly! We’re already made several speaker announcements to let you know who will be presenting in Dublin. Today, we are happy to welcome another large group of speakers to the TBEX stage. Check out who you’ll see in Dublin:

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TBEX Speaker Post: Want to be a better travel photographer? Stop sneaking shots

One of the most challenging aspects of travel photography is photographing people. I mean truly photographing people and capturing their spirits, not just sneaking a shot when they’re not looking. And this is often magnified when we travel through regions where locals have unique and striking facial features as well as vibrant native attire.

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TBEX Speaker Post: Creating Your Own Job Security (in a World Without Any)

We all should know by now that getting a degree from a good university or landing a job with a big company does not mean a secure future anymore. Half of recent college graduates are either unemployed or under-employed. We’ve gone from a world of pensions and steady paychecks to one of job-hopping, joblets, and hustling to build up enough freelance gigs to pay the bills.

TBEX Speaker Post: Ask Me About Art

I’ve been blogging since 1997. I have work in the early archives of Matador and BlogHer and World Hum and Travelblogs. I used Tripod (gone), MSN Communities (gone) and Blogger (now owned by Google) before joining the church of WordPress in 2001. I have a loyal audience, readers that have been with me for 15 years. Parallel to my blogging timeline, there’s a career in technology; I moved to Seattle right before the tech bubble hit and built a portfolio of skills that has served me very well.  Given all this, it’s not surprising that from time to time, a newbie asks me how to make money blogging about travel.

Upcoming Events

TBEX North America 2026

June 23 - 26 * Richmond, Virginia

TBEX Asia 2026

August 20 - 23 * Almaty, Kazakhstan

TBEX Summit America 2026

September 29 - October 2 * Fargo, North Dakota

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September 7 – 10 * Izmir, Türkiye