Birds of a Feather

Can You Write a Travel Guide? I did and you can too! Find out how I started my travel guide writing journey and how you can start yours.

Today’s author interview is with Amber Farrington who relocated to London, living and breathing the challenges of a this new city and then wrote about in it in her new book, The London Hustler. Amber shares insights into her writing and self-publishing process, advice you’ll find handy when writing your own destination guide.

Take a look at Ramsey’s blogging survey to see (among other things) why people blog and how much time they spend blogging. How do you compare? Have you ever abandoned a blog?

So you’re writing a travel guide, but how do you compete in the marketplace alongside established brands like Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, and Moon Travel Guides?

I’m part of a joint audio presentation with Derek Murphy, Fancy Becoming A Digital Nomad? How To Travel The World As You Write, Publish and Sell Your Books

The Princes family carved out a new nomadic lifestyle for themselves, learning tools, tricks, and hacks along the way, and Dan shares this knowledge in a self-published book called “Choose Life”, which is living proof that anyone can forge a better, fuller life if you’re just willing to take the risk.

Find out more about guest blogging and the impact on your SEO in this month’s guest blogging article roundup.

Josh Summers has written a travel guide about the western region of Xinjiang so that fellow travelers can discover this remote area of China for themselves. Find out how Josh packaged his local area expertise into a travel guide with personality.

Attending London Book Fair for the first time can be overwhelming when you’re an indie author, so I’ve created this survival guide to help you make the most of your day (or days) there.

Greg Seymour from Appalachian Trail Tales quit his job to become intentionally unemployed and then relocated to Costa Rica and wrote two books about the experience. Find out about his self-publishing experience and tips.

The editors of Travelers’ Tales announce the winners of the Twelfth Annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year.

When it comes exerting effort to write articles for other websites you have to have a clearly defined guest blogging strategy to know which tactics to use to land yourself a guest blogging spot. Do you know what your guest blogging goals are? Which strategy is best? And what guest blogging mistakes to avoid?

Destination Travel guides are the most popular guides written and read, and many of the other niche travel guides are a sub category of destination guides. Find out what a destination guide is and how you can use this definition to define your scope.

Robert Fear is the memoirist behind Fred’s Blog as was featured in an Author Interview last year. As well as being a travel writer he has been running a successful travel writing competition that is now in it’s 4th year. There are monthly prizes as well as overall prizes and it’s FREE TO ENTER … so what are you waiting for?

This week we’re joined by Dean Johnston from Routinely Nomadic who shares tips about his approach to writing and self-publishing. He’s an accidental blogger on his way to building a travel writing empire in his niche.

Ruth Livingstone shares her walking exploits on her blog and a new beginner’s walking guide that tells you everything you need to know about exploring the coast of England. There’s no need to don your hiking boots for Ruth’s next journey – get comfy and let’s find out about Ruth’s writing and self-publishing journey.

To take your travel blog to the next level by building your brand awareness and establishing your subject matter expertise you need to expand your content offerings over and above simple blog articles. Here’s some Content Marketing options to consider.

John Weiler swapped his Chicago screenwriting career for a new meditative life in Bangkok. Find out how he’s incorporating his travel and meditation experiences to build an author niche around the passions that drive and inspire him.

Nina wrote “How to be Your Own Travel Agent” to empower independent travelers to plan a trip for themselves by themselves, and today we glimpse how she empowers other travel bloggers to write and publish their own book.

I was interested to read about the branding of Nook Press to Barnes and Noble Press. Find out what changes they’ve made and what it means to you as a Nook direct publisher.

This week we’re joined by travel blogger Allan Wilson, from Live Less Ordinary, who shares his writing and self-publishing journey with us. He’s the author of Potato in the Rice Field about rural life in Thailand.

Lori Puma put together a comprehensive list of 33 writing podcasts with recommended episodes and our Beginners’ Self-Publishing Salon for ALLi has made the list.

Confused about how to use Reddit but know that it’s important to have a presence there? Join our guest blogger Diane Kollman as she explains how writers and authors use Reddit to build their network and collaborate with others writers.

In our Alliance of Independent Authors’ Self-Publishing podcast for beginners, Michael La Ronn and I discuss our 2017 writing achievements and make a commitment for what we’d like to achieve in 2018.

There’s no better way to establish your subject matter expertise than writing a non-fiction book about your specialist topic. Valerie Alexander, this week’s guest author, has taken her niche one step further and created a self-help brand around her “… as a second language” phrase. Let’s find out more about her successful book series and her approach to self-publishing, which can easily be applied to building your travel blogging niche.

Have you already published your books on Amazon? Then here’s a list of 7 easy steps for making the most of your presence on Kindle.

Dave Chesson, creator of Kindlepreneur.com, shares his 3 favorite ways of finding a nonfiction opportunity within the travel niche you’re researching to help you write books that people are looking for.

Does your book have a new cover design and now you need to choose the one you’re going to use to self-publish your book? Whether you’re working with a cover designer, using a cover design service, or designing your own cover you could end up with the same dilemma: “which cover should I choose?”

If you plan to hit the roads for a fun-packed and hassle-free journey, here are seven travel applications that you must download on your iOS or Android-powered smartphone or tablet.

Knowing who you’re writing for not only helps your audience but it also helps you. Being a travel blogger who is in it for the long-haul is hard work. You need to create a continual stream of content for your blog, so finding ways to streamline your content creation process is an essential step, and defining your audience will help you do that.

Here’s the entries from the sixteen finalists for the Bradt Travel Writing Competition so that you can read each one and use them as inspiration to hone your own travel writing skills. Better yet, use it as a research opportunity for your own submission to their 2018 travel writing competition!

Alexandra’s travel memoir chronicles her physical and spiritual journey, which transformed her life. Today she shares her indie author experience to inspire your author journey.

In this Guest Blog article roundup you’ll discover Guest Blogging guidelines, How to Streamline your Guest Blogging Process to achieve more with less, and how your guest posts Generate Traffic and Credibility.

My 10th #TravelWriting Prompts Workbook is now available. Download it for FREE.

Jon and Mia’s YouTube channel presents their Southeast Asia travel experience and tips in a fresh and unpretentious manner and is as addictive as any reality TV show. They’ve built an avid social following, and while these guys may be young their open and no nonsense approach to travel mean they have strong foundation to build their travel brand around. Watch out Nomadic Matt and Adventurous Kate – the next generation are ready to topple you.

If you’re new to Kindle Direct Publishing and want to self-publish your own book via Amazon KDP but don’t know where to start, you’re in luck. Amazon have just created KDP Jumpstart, which is a streamlined, step-by-step process for self-publishing your book on their KDP platform.

My 9th #TravelWriting Prompts Workbook is now available. Download it for FREE.

Guest blogging is still a really effective way of using content to increase your reach and raise awareness of your blog. Find guest blogging opportunities, understand why guest blogging is still an important content marketing technique, and what guest blogging mistakes to avoid.

Do you want to know what your Book Cover will look like in all the different display positions that are offered by Amazon? Bookalyzer is a free author tool that shows you.

Join Michael and Jay as they extoll the virtues of the indie author triangle of success:the right mindset, effective writing tools (that work for you), and a strong support network. #AskALLi Self-Publishing Podcast.

If you’re wondering how you could feasibly become a digital nomad, below are some of top business opportunities, which allow you to live the nomadic life, along with links to additional resources, related courses, and ebooks on Amazon you can read to get educated and inspired about your chosen path.

For the Frankfurt Book Fair Indie Author Fringe event I’m joining forces with my ALLi podcast co-host Michael La Ronn to present a session at the October 14th about being a part-time author but getting full-time results.

Travel Writer Jack Moscrop is hosting an ebook giveaway on Book Funnel this week, which features a promotional version of my Freewriting for Travel Writers ebook that introduces you to the concept of freewriting and includes a 100 freewriting prompts.

My 8th #TravelWriting Prompts Workbook is now available. Download it for FREE.

A resource list of 100 Travel Blogs that accept guest posts. How guest blogging grows your audience. Why you should supplement your own content with content from other bloggers in your niche.

Find out how travel writer Jennifer S. Anderson is building a Facebook community centered around Travel Books and how she self-published her travel fiction and travel memoir.

Guest Article by Marc William Joseph Hetu Take Better Travel Photos with these 5 tips There are many different situations…

Each month I’m scrolling through the New Release Travel Guides on Amazon to see which Traditionally & Indie published guides have hit the marketplace. I also provide my commentary about branding and design so you can get best practice tips and advice for your own travel guide.

If you’re a digital nomad who wants to pursue your filmmaking dreams, Armando Costantino offers inspiration and advice to taking that next step.

Considering writing a Slow Travel themed travel guide, here’s some background and additional resources to explore this travel niche a little deeper.