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EVERYTHING YOU DON’T KNOW
ABOUT BLOGGERS AND BLOGGING
Matt Gibson
President, PTBA
Shane Dallas
Blogger, Travel Camel
Karen Osman
Writer, Travel Ink
http://xpat.media/atm
Presentation Download
President, Professional Travel
Bloggers Association
CEO, Xpat Media
Award-Winning Travel Photographer
and Blogger
Matt Gibson
Founder, Travel Ink
Content Writing Specialist
Award-Winning Novel Writer
Karen Osman
Travel Photographer & Social Media
Specialist
Known for taking The Road Less Travelled
Founding Member of Google+ Create
Shane Dallas
• What a blog is
• What blogging is
• What bloggers do
• Why blogging is valuable to your business
• How you can work with bloggers
What We’re Going To Talk About
What A Blog Used To Be
Q: What’s the difference
between a blog and a website?
Q: What’s the difference
between a blog and a website?
A: There isn’t one
• One person
• A personal website
• Writing
• Photos
What A Blog Used To Be
WHAT A BLOG USED TO BE
• One person
• A personal website
• Writing
• Photos
WHAT A BLOG IS NOW
• Any number of people
• Multiple distribution
platforms
• Writing
• Photography
• Audio
• Video
Influencers
Influencers
The repeated creation of content for distribution
on one or more online platforms with the
intention of influencing a specified audience.
Influencers
Content Distribution
• Writing
• Photography
• Broadcast
• Video hosting
What Influencers Do
• Public Speaking
• Social media marketing
• Domain Experts
• Consulting
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs
Above all influencers are independent
publishing entrepreneurs
Writing
Photography
Photography
Broadcast
Video - Migrationology
Mark Weins - 354,000 Subscribers - 79,100,000 Views
Video – Sonia’s Travels
Sonja Gil – 152,000 Subscribers - 12,700,000 Views
Video – Xpat Matt
CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE VIDEO
Video – Fly With Maggie
CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE VIDEO
Video – What Doesn’t Suck
Jeff and Anne
Public Speaking
Social Media Marketing
Domain Experts
Consulting
Entrepreneurs
1) Effectiveness
2) Value
Why Blogging Is Valuable To You
65% of leisure travelers are inspired by
online sources
Source: Google Travel Study, June 2014, Ipsos MediaCT
Why Blogging Is Valuable To You
About 80% of travelers use online
resources to plan their trips and search
is the most common starting point
Source: Google Travel Study, June 2014, Ipsos MediaCT
Why Blogging Is Valuable To You
Why Blogging Is Valuable To You
Tourist destinations & travel earned $7.04
in earned media for every dollar spent in
2014 on influencer marketing
Source: Burst Media
• Brand Alignment
• Knowledge and skill alignment
• Budgeting Overlap
• Clear Communication, Expectations, Deliverables
• Payment
• Professional Travel Bloggers Association
How To Work With Bloggers
Brand Alignment
– Is the influencer passionate about your product?
– Do the influencer’s values match your brand values?
– Does the influencer’s audience match your desired
customer?
How To Work With Bloggers
Knowledge and skill alignment
– Does the influencer understand your product?
– Does the influencer have the skills to help you
accomplish your goals?
How To Work With Bloggers
Budgeting Overlap
– Influencers can often offer more than promotion
– Opportunity for affordable service bundling and
overdelivery
How To Work With Bloggers
Clear Communication, Expectations, Deliverables
– Poor communication is responsible for most bad
experiences
– This usually arises from lack of clear goals
– A clear contract will prevent 99% of misunderstandings
How To Work With Bloggers
Payment
– Proven to achieve better value for investment
– Required by professional influencers
– Enables the employer to guarantee delivery on deadline
How To Work With Bloggers
Professional Travel Bloggers Association
– Membership of vetted professionals
– Influencer search engine
– Information on industry standards and best practices
http://travelbloggersassociation.com
How To Work With Bloggers
Influencer Collaboration Examples
• What a blog is
• What blogging is
• What bloggers do
• Why blogging is valuable to your business
• How you can work with bloggers
Conclusion
http://xpat.media/atm
Presentation Download
• Shane Dallas
• Next: 17:10 – 17:55
• Travel Tech Theatre
• Practical examples of how Social Media has
been successfully used in the Middle East to
promote travel brands and products
How People And Brands Use
Social Media for Success
• Karen Osman
• Tomorrow: 15:50 – 16:50
• Travel Tech Theatre
• Overview of how blogging and social media
work with existing marketing channels to
enhance them as well as work independently.
Tips, Trends, And Techniques For
Blogging And Social Media
Questions
Everything You Don't Know About Bloggers and Blogging

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Everything You Don't Know About Bloggers and Blogging

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Presentation download Blogger contact information Further reading
  2. What we’re going to talk about Blogging is changing rapidly. It’s not what it was last year. It’s becoming bigger and broader than most people realize. Platforms are changing. How industry works with bloggers is evolving. Goal: Give you an overview of blogging and the latest trends that are driving change in online marketing Also, give you some information you can use to take advantage of ATM’s blogger speed dating What we’re going to talk about: What a blog is / What blogging is / What bloggers do / Why blogging is valuable to your business / How you can work with bloggers
  3. What a blog is It’s constantly changing, and a lot of people have an outdated understanding of blogs and blogging. To understand what a blog is, first we’re going to talk about what a blog used to be – which is what most people think a blog is.
  4. What’s the difference between a blog and a website?
  5. There isn’t one
  6. What a blog used to be / One person / A personal website / Writing / Photos
  7. WHAT A BLOG IS NOW / Any number of people / Multiple distribution platforms / Writing / Photography / Audio / Video
  8. Influencers Most ‘bloggers’ create content on multiple platforms, so the term blogger is becoming outdated. Influencers is a better term to use.
  9. Influencers New definition of blogging: The repeated creation of content for distribution on one or more online platforms with the intention of influencing a specified audience.
  10. Influencers Influencers are content creators. Blogs, publications, social media, television, radio, podcasts are all just distribution methods.
  11. Content Distribution Content is King, but distribution is queen, and she wears the pants. Jonathan Perelman, Buzzfeed Influencers are content creators. Blogs, publications, social media, television, radio, podcasts are all just distribution methods.
  12. What Influencers Do Writing / Photography / Broadcast / Video / Public speaking / Social Media Marketing / Domain Experts / Consulting
  13. Above all influencers are independent publishing entrepreneurs
  14. Above all influencers are independent publishing entrepreneurs
  15. KAREN Book Authors -- Lauren Julif, How Not To Travel The World -- Torre DeRoche, Love With a Chance Of Drowning Travelers Handbook Series – All Bloggers Karen Osman -- ???? Me: En Voyage (Eva Inflight), Up! Westjet Inflight, Action Asia, Huffington Post
  16. Gary Arndt of Everything Everywhere, one of the most awarded travel photographers in history Dave Bouskill of The Planet D – Won and was finalist 10 times for photography in the 2015 NATJA awards
  17. My own portrait of a woman from Bhutan won a NATJA Gold last year
  18. SHANE Dubai Eye - Shane Dallas This Week In Travel - Gary Arndt - Chris Christiansen - Jen Leo Indy Travel Podcast – Craig Martin Daily Travel Podcast - Nathanial Boyle
  19. Mark Weins - Migrationology 354,000 Subscribers - 79,100,000 Views
  20. Sonia Gil – Sonia Travels Languages – Entrepreneurship - Travel Sonja Gil – 152,000 Subscribers - 12,700,000 Views
  21. A video that I made with Keen Shoes for cable television in Canada
  22. Maggie Wu of Fly With Maggie and Hidden Gems Productions 30,00 subs on WeChat Gaining tens of thousands of subscribers per week on various platforms
  23. What Doesn’t Suck - Jeff Johns, professional producer, and partner Anne. Local video bloggers focussing on getaways for Dubai residents.
  24. Public Speaking - SHANE
  25. Social Media Marketing - KAREN client account management - Twitter chats - Instagram takeovers - Snapchat takeovers - cross promotional campaigns
  26. Domain experts - Jodi - celiac travels // Nancy Vogel - Family on Bikes - Family adventure // Shane - social media in travel // What Doesn’t Suck – Dubai getaways // Matt - adventure travel - travel blogging industry // Maggie Wu – independent travel for Chinese women
  27. Consulting - Domain expertise: consumer taste, consumer behavior, product feedback - social media marketing - influencer outreach and campaign management
  28. Above all influencers are independent publishing entrepreneurs
  29. Why travel blogging is valuable to you Two main reasons: 1. Effectiveness and 2. Value
  30. 65% of leisure travelers are inspired by online sources Source: Google Travel Study, June 2014, Ipsos MediaCT
  31. About 80% of travelers use online resources to plan their trips and search is the most common starting point Source: Google Travel Study, June 2014, Ipsos MediaCT
  32. BurstMedia Study: Tourist Destinations & Travel earned $7.04 in earned media for every dollar spent – the third most beneficial study in the industry http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-research/best-influencer-marketing-research/
  33. Brand Alignment - Knowledge and skill alignment - Budgeting Overlap - Clear Communication, Expectations, Deliverables - Payment - PTBA
  34. Brand Alignment - Knowledge and skill alignment - Budgeting Overlap - Clear Communication, Expectations, Deliverables - Payment - PTBA
  35. Brand Alignment - Knowledge and skill alignment - Budgeting Overlap - Clear Communication, Expectations, Deliverables - Payment - PTBA
  36. Budgeting overlap / Influencers can often provide more than promotion. This creates an opportunity for very affordable service packaging and overdelivery **Successful bloggers always preach overdelivery
  37. Clear Communication, Expectations, Deliverables / Poor communication is responsible for most bad experiences / This usually arises from lack of clear goals / A clear contract will prevent 99% of misunderstandings
  38. Payment / Proven to achieve better value for investment / Required by professional influencers / Enables the employer to guarantee delivery on deadline
  39. Brand Alignment - Knowledge and skill alignment - Budgeting Overlap - Clear Communication, Expectations, Deliverables - Payment - PTBA
  40. Kalispell – Pay per day / Deliverables: live social media coverage, blog posts, hi-res marketing photos Yonderbound – Consulting / Pay per hour / how to develop and attractive product for bloggers / results: blogger testing and ambassador program Calgary – Pay per day / Video hosting / Video promotion / Also resulted in blog posts and social media coverage SHANE KAREN
  41. Presentation download Blogger contact information
  42. How People And Brands Use Social Media for Success Shane Dallas Next: 17:10 – 17:55 Travel Tech Theatre Practical examples of how Social Media has been successfully used in the Middle East to promote travel brands and products
  43. Tips, Trends, And Techniques For Blogging And Social Media Karen Osman Tomorrow: 15:50 – 16:50 Travel Tech Theatre Overview of how blogging and social media work with existing marketing channels to enhance them as well as work independently.