What makes someone a social media influencer and how can hoteliers seek them out? Recently, I spoke on this topic at a ReviewPro webinar entitled “How to Leverage Social Media for Public Relations.” ReviewPro offers a set of tools that help hotels manage their online reputations, from monitoring online reviews to social media conversations. I […]
I love Instagram (connect with me as Travelogged), the mobile photo-sharing platform. I don’t use it as frequently as Twitter or Facebook, but I still have fun posting photos that would otherwise languish on my phone. My Instagram photos tend to be quirkier, more artistic, more food-oriented, more personal and more slice of life than the photos I post on Twitter and Facebook.
One of my day jobs is working as an adjunct faculty member with Sree Sreenivasan at Columbia Journalism School for its continuing education social media courses. Sree is the Chief Digital Officer at Columbia University and is known worldwide for his social media expertise. Here, he gives Twitter tips for Cosmo India, and I’ve embedded […]
The great irony of travel blogging is that it’s hardest to blog when you’re actually traveling. Of course, that’s when you want to blog the most because you have the most to share with your readers. But it can be difficult to find the time to sit down and write a post, not to mention […]
I thought I loved volcanos — I’ve helicoptered over a bubbling Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii on my honeymoon, hiked over a hissing Nea Kameni in Santorini and gotten close enough to hear the boulders rumbling down Mt. Arenal in Costa Rica. But as I hear about Sicily’s erupting Mt. Etna, which has already exploded six times […]
Travel seems like a subject that was custom-made for social media, even though of course it predates it. Travel enthusiasts love talking about travel and bond easily over sharing stories and advice. So it’s not surprising that that the travel community has flourished on Facebook, StumbleUpon and Twitter, where it has developed an extensive list […]
Where I have met the most fellow travelers? Turkey? England? Alaska? Greece? Nope. I tend to travel with my husband or in a group with other writers/bloggers, which makes it harder to meet people, although I always try because it’s an important part of traveling. I’ve actually met the most travelers right at home, sitting […]
(photo of Sri Lanka’s Aukana Buddha Statue by Ikmal/Flickr) Sri Lanka emerged as one of the hottest travel destinations for 2010. It was no. 1 on the New York Times‘ The 31 Places to Go in 2010, and it was also on Conde Nast Traveler‘s 2010 It List. The civil war ended in May and […]
A lot of hotels are on Twitter, and as a travel blogger, I follow a lot of them. Not only are they great contributors to the Twitter-wide travel conversation, but sometimes they offer Twitter-only deals. Starting tomorrow morning (Monday, Dec. 21st), the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino is doing something a little different […]
For some time now I’ve been meaning to create a page on Facebook for Travelogged, and today I finally did. You can check it out here if you’re a member of Facebook. I really hope you’ll become a “fan” and maybe even share the page with your friends who like travel. I’ve been on Twitter […]
