Adventures of a
blogging traveler
Saturday, March 7, 2009

my way of travel
Saturday, March 7, 2009

no need of guidebooks, wikitravel works
Saturday, March 7, 2009

help make your cities wikitravel page better, help local
businesses make money, increase your cities GDP
Saturday, March 7, 2009

offbeat guides, get customized guidebooks
Saturday, March 7, 2009

how to get local intelligence?
i find knowing local issues, news, buzz is more important
than knowing local language
Saturday, March 7, 2009

globalvoicesonline.org world’s best blog aggregation
service, helps you discover local blogs and find out what
are the hottest issues that locals care about
Saturday, March 7, 2009

use google’s blogsearch service. once you find interesting
blogs, leave comments. comments help you make friends.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

find local flickr users. complement their photos.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

some ideas on meeting locals
Saturday, March 7, 2009

meetup.com has information on local meetings. Usual
groups are based on travel, books, language learning,
entrepreneurship etc.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

find local groups, events on facebook
Saturday, March 7, 2009

organize blogger/twiterrer meetups. email local bloggers/
twitterers. tell them that you are in their city and want to
have a gathering. interview them from your blog or
podcasts.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

barcamps are best place to meet locals. barcamp.org has list
of all barcamps happening around the world.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

join a barcamp, offer to speak, most barcamp organisers
make space for foreign guests
mostly tech topics but you can speak about books, how-to,
music, tech, love etc.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

talking about love/relationship will 100% get you a
slot
Saturday, March 7, 2009

contact local universities, schools and offer to speak about
your region. Find the relevant school/department. offer to
conduct workshop on something, everyone is a expert on
something. email teachers directly and not the
administrators.
document previous talks on your blog. use that as
reference for future cold calls.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

blogging ideas
Saturday, March 7, 2009

everyone blogs about known stuff, I try to blog about
rarer, lesser known things. provide clear instructions and
directions.
Saturday, March 7, 2009

rarer topics get you top google search spot
Saturday, March 7, 2009

make friends with your commentors
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ou once left a comment on my blog and now is a good
fried and my source of info for thailand
Saturday, March 7, 2009

blogging about negative travel experiences
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no bickering/less bickering rule: if I find something is
not working, I would provide alternatives, positive tips
to my readers rather than just write a complaint/
negative post
Saturday, March 7, 2009

be blogged about. how?
Saturday, March 7, 2009

send postcards to
bloggers you have
met, online people
love physical artifacts
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do we have time for a little story?
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Saturday, March 7, 2009

do random things,
you never know who is a blogger (or future blogger) maybe
write about you
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other web services of interest
dopplr.com - list your travels and track your friends travels
couchsurfing.com - stay with locals
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Saturday, March 7, 2009