How to avoid blogger burnout - particularly in tourism - and stay inspired and creative as an online publisher. Presented at the Building Community / Midwest Travel Bloggers conference 2018 held in Clear Lake, Iowa. Related post on my personal blog - https://www.sheilasguide.com/2018/08/06/avoiding-blogger-burnout-particularly-in-tourism/

1. Avoiding Blogging Burnout
Sheila Scarborough
Tourism Currents

2. Out of Altitude, Out of Ideas?

3. 3 Reasons for Burnout
Actually burned out.
Like, really fried.
Just need to get it together
with better content planning.
Working too hard. Re-use
stuff you’ve already made!
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents

4. Actual
Burnout

6. “Tiny steps allow
action to slip
through the cracks
in your anxiety.”
Martha Beck
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents

8. Better
Content
Planning

11. “Inspiration is a
daily habit; rarely
a stroke of genius”
Joe Vargo
Director, Interactive Marketing
Experience Columbus, Ohio
#tourismchat September 2017

19. Get Your
Goat!

20. Archives:
Work
You’ve
Already
Done

21. Evergreen
and
Seasonal
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents

23. Every long
comment, or email
to answer a
question, is a
potential blog post.
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents

25. Beat Burnout
Take an actual break, &
take care of yourself.
Detailed content planning
opens up possibilities.
Use/re-use stuff you’ve
already made. @SheilaS
@TourismCurrents

26. Get those
monkeys in your
head under
control

27. Photo Credits
All photos my own, except …
• Skydiving (courtesy Andrew
Neild at Flickr Creative
Commons)
• Lava Through the Vog
(courtesy Kelly at Flickr CC)
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents

28. Thank you!
Sheila
Scarborough
Tourism
Currents
@SheilaS
@TourismCurrents