Comments on: Review - Real Travel Blog http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/09/16/review-of-real-travel-blog/ Online interactive travel magazine about authentic travel in Europe on a modest budget Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/09/16/review-of-real-travel-blog/#comment-162898 karen Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:32:26 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/09/16/review-of-real-travel-blog/#comment-162898 Yes the web is a double edged sword, am amazing amount of information to suit all tastes but a load of rubbish as well. It can be hard to find what is useful to you. I have mixed feelings about travel social networking sites. They can potentially bring a lot of traffic but often this traffic is very fleeting and doesn't yield any revenue for me. It may be good for building your brand but if visitors go to loads of sites every day I'm not sure that your brand will stick in their minds. I do think that writing a travel blog is a challenge. I'm writing a blog for my travel business so I have to satisfy the reader and promote my business. Yes the web is a double edged sword, am amazing amount of information to suit all tastes but a load of rubbish as well. It can be hard to find what is useful to you.

I have mixed feelings about travel social networking sites. They can potentially bring a lot of traffic but often this traffic is very fleeting and doesn’t yield any revenue for me. It may be good for building your brand but if visitors go to loads of sites every day I’m not sure that your brand will stick in their minds.

I do think that writing a travel blog is a challenge. I’m writing a blog for my travel business so I have to satisfy the reader and promote my business.

]]> By: laradunston http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/09/16/review-of-real-travel-blog/#comment-162877 laradunston Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:38:46 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/09/16/review-of-real-travel-blog/#comment-162877 The beauty about the web is that there's something out there for everyone, and while there's a lot of garbage too, after one visit you don't have to go to a site again if you don't like it. Personally, I'm not one for the social networking travel community sites, I did try a few last year to see if it's something I might like to get involved in, but it just didn't appeal to me. But they - like Real Travel - certainly meet the needs of some travellers. And we don't all want information from the web. Personally, I like blogs where I can see the writer has a unique voice and vision and is more reflective and/or opinionated, I can't stand these blogs where people only comment on other travel news. I'd rather read the straight news myself, rather than someone's take on it, unless of course they come from a strong position of experience in the industry, but then that's my opinion and obviously other reader's think differently. And that's the beauty of the web... :) The beauty about the web is that there’s something out there for everyone, and while there’s a lot of garbage too, after one visit you don’t have to go to a site again if you don’t like it. Personally, I’m not one for the social networking travel community sites, I did try a few last year to see if it’s something I might like to get involved in, but it just didn’t appeal to me. But they - like Real Travel - certainly meet the needs of some travellers. And we don’t all want information from the web. Personally, I like blogs where I can see the writer has a unique voice and vision and is more reflective and/or opinionated, I can’t stand these blogs where people only comment on other travel news. I’d rather read the straight news myself, rather than someone’s take on it, unless of course they come from a strong position of experience in the industry, but then that’s my opinion and obviously other reader’s think differently. And that’s the beauty of the web… :)

]]> By: Europe A La Carte Blog » Blog Archive » Turf war with Real travel blog? http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/09/16/review-of-real-travel-blog/#comment-43316 Europe A La Carte Blog » Blog Archive » Turf war with Real travel blog? Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:57:44 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2007/09/16/review-of-real-travel-blog/#comment-43316 [...] to my blog, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Since l reviewed the Real Travel blog I’ve been reading their blog posts about Europe.  The entry entitled, [...] [...] to my blog, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Since l reviewed the Real Travel blog I’ve been reading their blog posts about Europe.  The entry entitled, [...]

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