Planning your travel guide

In the first book in my “How to Write and Self-Publish a Travel Guide” series I focus entirely on the Planning Process.

You may be tempted to skip this planning step and dive straight into the writing phase, but the more time you spend on this initial planning phase will benefit you in the long-run.

As an indie author, there’s no point writing a travel guide about a destination that has already been covered profusely and effectively, unless you can bring a different angle to the topic. By following my straight forward seven step process for planning a travel guide, you will be able to validate your ideas against the marketplace potential of the topic you want to write about, and this will help you streamline your travel writing experience.

I demystify the steps involved in writing and self-publishing a travel guide and provide you with the information and tools you need to achieve your self-publishing success.

Your time is precious, and this planning guide speeds up your creative process.

7 Step Planning Process

In this first book, we focus entirely on the Travel Guide Planning Process, in 7 manageable steps:

• Step One: Review Travel Guide Categories
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Step Two: Consider Angles, Themes, and Passions
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Step Three: Brainstorm Your Ideas
• Step Four: Research Your Competition
• Step Five: Reaching Your Target Audience
• Step Six: Write Your Descriptive Statement and Content Scope
• Step Seven: Create Your Working Title

Leverage your Blog Content

To take your travel blog to the next level, build your brand awareness and establish your subject-matter expertise, you need to expand your content offerings over and above simple blog articles.

You may be tempted to skip this planning book and dive straight into the writing phase, but the more time you spend on this initial planning phase, the greater the benefit will be in the long-run.

If you believe you have a fresh perspective or insights to bring to a destination you’re passionate about, and want to earn passive income from your knowledge and expertise, this book is for you. 

As a travel blogger, the most obvious path to achieving a broader reach is to leverage your travel writing skills and repurpose the content you’ve already created on your blog. If you believe you have a fresh perspective or insights to add to a destination you’re passionate about – this book is for you.

Free Downloads

I’ve also created a set of free downloadable workbooks, worksheets, and toolkits to help you naviagate your way through all of the steps needed to plan your travel guide.

Read more articles in my How to Write a Travel Guide Series

I’m putting the finishing touches on my How to Write and Self-Publish a Travel Guide Series, which details a step by step approach for writing and producing your own travel guide. It’s part of a four-part series aimed at helping travel bloggers achieve passive income based on their passions and existing content.

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