This is what happens MGID, random online marketing something whatever scammy blogger-bait company, when you keep emailing me. I write about it. I don’t install your widget. I do mark all of you email addresses as spam. Mar 14th: First email. Totally fine. Not interested, so I don’t respond. Hello, Ms. Christine Gilbert I’ve been...
Read MoreTravel blogging campaign in China
Just got this email, if you’re a travel blogger and want to go to China, this might be a good fit. We are currently in the process of planning a world-wide tourism campaign, both print media and online [...] With that said, we would very much like to collaborate with you on our upcoming campaign that will entail one or both of the following: 1) ...
Read MoreTravel bloggers get $800K for crowdsourced flight finder Flight Fox
I have to catch up with these two, but I’m sure they are super busy right now. (Congrats, you guys!) Todd Sullivan and Lauren McLeod, who I happen to know because of globetrooper.com (Drew did the India Railway Circumnavigation trip with Todd & Lauren), well they started a new website last year (FlightFox). It lets you crowdsource your flight...
Read MoreUpdate on the documentary
In May 2010, my husband Drew and I raised $10,000 to film a documentary (the funds were used to buy camera equipment, including an HD pro-level video camera and pro-audio equipment) and over 2010/2011 we traveled to five continents (North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia) filming people who work online and travel the world. With the filming...
Read MoreThings you have to decide as a travel writer
Things to decide as a travel writer: do I want to write an article that will scare people or one about a popular destination that has been covered a million times with a one week lead time? Hmmm. I also love that they just sort of gave up after Barcelona and just started naming cities. Scam cities month weeee!! How soon until I’m dropped from this...
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