Hey everyone,
I wanted to write about website article optimisation, to see how many people are making an effort to optimise their travel content, so that it's ranked by Google?
For those that don't know about Google SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), this might be the perfect starting point to improve your content and its reach. For those that already do, this will be a perfect opportunity to discuss tips and advice to help improve website rankings for you and and other readers of this post.
To kick things off, I wanted to share what we do when publishing content on our website www.thetravelpocketguide.com
First of all, we take care in choosing articles we write about. This level of care is to ensure the article is a new topic not previously featured, and to make sure it will appeal to our demographic target market (people who enjoy travelling typically 30+).
Once the content topic is decided we aim to write 1,000 words+. Now, I am not claiming to be a Google expert, and I can...
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Hi! I’m looking for a good affiliate marketing program or app where I can create a few US/International itineraries and make an affiliate income. These are for places that do NOT have affiliate links. Does this exists? OR what sites do you use to share your itineraries in your blogs and why do they work best for you? Thanks!
Hi Stacey, this is a nice one tho: www.linkedin.com/company/smart-guide/
We featured Smart Guide here on Travel Massive :)
Hello, nice to meet you! I'm Idan from Maslol. Our platform supports tour guides, travel content creators, and digital nomads in creating digital tours or smart maps tailored for independent travelers (FIT). Additionally, our system enables the use of these digital experiences as white-label products, allowing for seamless integration into your own offerings and the opportunity to generate additional revenue.
You can sell\share these digital experiences directly from your website, without needing to join a crowded marketplace or requiring users to download an app!
This is an example of what the digital experience looks like. While this particular example features a historical experience, the content can be customized to suit different themes (note: it must be opened on a mobile device): link-header.web.app/ti?id=1uXpkiDgBa4g2zTCioI6
How would a content creator monetize with SmartGuide? I wasn;t able to tell from their website.
Good question. I would love to know as well.
Awesome! I’ll check it out!
Interesting. So people buy the guide to my itinerary? Are they able to book the hotels, etc through this (if the hotels, etc don’t have an affiliate program)?
I was at that very Jaffa miniature a year ago! Thanks for sharing! I’ll take a look!
We're not SMART GUIDE; we're Maslol. We have a system that lets you create your own self-guided tours. You can add various multimedia, design, and brand your tour as shown in this example: link-header.web.app/ti?id=UxsDhupbkgXiNbVd4tGJ. The tours are accessible on mobile devices through Google Chrome or Safari without needing to download an app, which helps increase sales chances
GPS My City will create apps from your itineraries, and you get commissions when someone buys a subscription. I can provide a contact if needed.
cc @Jan Doleza :)
I've started using this website called Thatch: www.thatch.co
As far as I can tell, it's still quite unknown, but if you can generate interest in your links from elsewhere (like your blog), you can probably start making some money out of it. I have a small YouTube following where I promoted one of my free Thatch guides, and someone donated $5 for it. It's not much but if my small following has generated any income I'm sure a larger audience can get quite lucrative!
Thank you!
I came here to also say Thatch! I've signed up to it but have yet to actually use it properly. I know of several content creators who have had success with it, so it's definitely on my list of things to explore.
Hi Stacey, we've built a way for Travel Content Creators the ability to create trip ideas within our app, then sell and promote those trip ideas for whatever price they feel is fair. You can see details here slide.travel/travel-influencers. We can schedule a call if you feel you'd like to discuss further. slide.travel/travel-influencers.
Regards
I was going to suggest Thatch as well! I have signed up with them but haven't used the platform yet. I also just list itineraries on my website (built with strikingly), so I just have to pay the stripe credit card fees instead of splitting payments with another party: www.savorandsoak.com/itineraries
Coming in late here but Deets (not affiliated with them) also has a solution to monetize itineraries. info.deets.com/experts
You can host these itineraries on regular blogging site like wordpress and then use affiliate plugin like mintpres to monetize it.
Here is an example blog post with itinerary which have native affiliate widgets even with search experience - mintprez.com/demo/itinerary. (you see them towards end post).
Checkout mintprez.com for details.