Having a well located, upscale apartment as a home base is a great way to explore a city. TBEX sponsor Eric Vökel has launched an ongoing promotion with bloggers who are planning a visit to Barcelona or Madrid to provide them with just such a home base.
Three Ways for Bloggers to Get More Out of Social Media
For most of us, being on social media goes hand in hand with blogging. Even if it’s not a conscious marketing effort, chatting with friends on Twitter and Facebook or posting photos of food in jars to Pinterest is fun. That fun can easily translate from “Oh, I’m going to check Facebook for ten minutes” to “Holy wow, where did the last three hours go?!?” if you’re not careful. And I’m guessing you’ve got more important things to do on your blog (or, y’know, your laundry) with those three hours, right?
Best Budget-Friendly Restaurants in Girona
When I put out the call recently for guest bloggers on the TBEX blog, Isabel Leyva contacted me almost immediately offering to send in a post with tips for conference attendees that were heading to Girona. What makes her the right person for the job? She’s from Girona! Here are Isabel’s picks for budget eats in her city.
9 Tips for Travel Bloggers with a Day Job
Today’s guest post is from Chris Christensen, speaker, blogger and podcaster. He’ll be speaking on podcasting at TBEX Europe, but in his guest post today he talks about being a busy guy who also has a full time day job. How does he balance it all and still keep his content fresh and engaging? Even when he’s not traveling? Here’s his story.
How People Can Bring Your Blog Posts to Life
Today we have a guest post from Michael Turtle, one of our speakers for TBEX Europe. Michael has a journalism background, and will be joining with fellow journalist Chris Gray Faust, in a session titled Travel Writing 101: Writing the Creative Service Piece.
4 Tips to Keeping a Travel Blog Going While Traveling
One of the ironies of being a travel blogger is that the time when it’s hardest to keep up with the blog is when you’re actually, y’know, traveling. When we stay put for awhile, either at home or whatever we call a homebase, we can edit photos, decipher notes, write blog posts, respond to
Five Foodie Reasons To Visit Girona
Today we have a guest post from travel blogger Matt Long. Matt was a speaker at TBEX 2012 on the topic of social media. He will be a speaker again at TBEX Europe in Girona, Spain.
How to Travel From Barcelona to Girona for TBEX Europe
There are many ways to get to Costa Brava for TBEX Europe, whether you’re traveling by plane, train, or automobile. Or bus. Here’s a brief overview to help you make your plans:
Travel Writing Not All Fun and Sun
Today’s guest post is from Susan McKee, a print and digital writer who is also a blogger. She attended TBEX in Keystone.
Does Everyone Knead an Editor?
Here’s another guest post from one of our speakers, Spud Hilton, who’ll be co-presenting at an ed session titled: 10 Step to Writing that Better Engages (and Keeps) Your Readers.