Blogging

Hello Explorers! Can you believe it’s been 10 years since I wrote my very first blog post? Over the last ten years, I have learned a thing or two about travel blogging, especially when I [...]

Did you know in the US they only get 2 weeks’ vacation? In Australia, we get 4 weeks, but even 4 weeks out of 52 is hardly a perfect work-life balance. What would be your ideal time working? A [...]

This year marks ten years as a professional Travel Blogger and getting paid to travel. When I started back in May 2012, my primary goal was to create a blog for family and friends to read about [...]

A simple blog can be used to send a powerful message, convey interesting ideas, build a following, or just express what’s on your mind in a fun and playful way. However, no matter what the goal [...]

2020 kind of hit us hard, right? I mean my successful travel blogging career which earned $150,000 in 2016 was stripped down to less than a fifth of its annual income. Not a living wage in [...]

Gone are the days where travel writing is something that you can only find in magazines and books. These days, anyone can become a travel writer as many people take to blogs to display their [...]

So you built your blog in 5 minutes. Now what? It’s time to really get to know your followers. And the best way is through email marketing. Email marketing has been and still is one of the [...]

I have now been a professional travel blogger for more than 10 years! Did you know my first blog was Erin Eats That where I only wrote about food? Then I started etbender.com, which turned into [...]

Problogger feature. After running a very successful blog previously, I was asked to share some secrets with Problogger. Problogger is where bloggers worldwide go for advice and information on [...]