Travel Articles for 2007
December 18th, 2007 | by lissie |As I have said before I have been enjoying writing over at HubPages I
thought I would finish off the year with a round up of my published articles to date. However this post got too long so I am going to have to split it up on topics!Back in October 2007 HubPages announced their Flagship Hub program - choose one of their topics: write 1500 words add 3 videos, 5 photos and 10 links, get paid $25 - I can do that I thought! Also I knew enough about internet marketing by now to know that the topics chosen weren’t random - they reflected searches people were doing and wanted information on, which meant also that I was more likely to make money off the advertising sales from EBay or Amazon.
Vacation Packing List and Tips I struggled to get this one together - not quite sure why? I guess I don’t have other people’s obsession over packing I just do it - the article does well in the search engines though so a lot of people are asking the question - it seems to cause a lot of anxiety - something which has always missed me - though I have to got off-line and throw some stuff in a bag soon for the flight tomorrow!
Air Travel Tips Now this one I could actually use some of my own photos given Paul’s fascination for WW2 relics! It also puts in one place some handy websites for planning on getting the best/most comfortable trip possible. If you want to know which seat to pre-book this one is worth a look
India Travel Information Tips Advice I have been to India twice, though long, long before the digital camera so none of the photos or videos are mine - though the video about crossing the road is an all- time favorite of mine because it’s so true! I got lucky with this and got “stumbled” from one of the web2.0 sites - I got over 400 visits withing a few hours - I spent most of the night up watching the figures- unfortunately I didn’t make a spectacular amount of money but I did get the $10 bonus for this hub - the only one to date!
Italy Travel, Information Tips Advice Well like I said I didn’t choose the topic - but I figured I could use a lot of the same resources as for the India one, plus I know some good European travel sites. I have been to Italy - but it wouldn’t be my pick of Europe - though I know Americans love it! I must say though it was exceptionally to find some gorgeous photos and videos to use for this one.
The whole travel tips theme was developing nicely so I threw in another one that answered a question often see in the backpacker travel forums:
Should I take my Laptop Backpacking was a pretty easy to write having dragged a laptop all around Australia for 6 months - and no you probably shouldn’t!
Now I am trying to make a living doing this so with an eye on the new products news and Christmas I reviewed :
Kindle a Solution for Travelers? If you want one of these new e-book readers please buy it from the link in this article - the 10% of $399 would be very nice!
Map of Europe was the result of a slightly odd keyword combination that I was trying - it fits with my Travel theme anyway but I can’t say its been a resounding success yet! I think I will use it as a central article to spawn off a series of European tips in the new year.
You can approach hubpages from a keyword-driven marketing approach or just for fun - most people do one or the other - but I like to mix it up a bit! My fun hubs include this one about the earliest form of life - found in Shark Bay WA:
Stomatolites which gave me an excuse to show off some photos from Shark Bay Western Australia.
Hubpages is a good place for publishing quick 1000 - 2000 word articles on travel. There are an awful lot of article sites out there but travel really needs picture and video and colour. Would you pick up a travel book with no pictures? The other nice thing at HubPages is the community feel - there is an active forum and 99% of the comments you get on an article are from fellow hubbers - you can become a fan of a hubber and be notified when they publish a new hub. You can also share hubs on the standard Web2.0 sites (Stumble, Digg, et al). So go and check it out and have a look around!
