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Title:

Blog Highways: Travel Blogging for the Wanderer

Your vote:
Yes No
Organizer:
Sheila Scarborough, Writer
Description:
If you want more out of your travel blog than just showing Mom some nice pictures from "My Trip to Vietnam," then learn how to really convey a sense of place and build a community of fellow travelers.
Questions
Answered:
  1. How can I convey a compelling sense of place?
  2. How can I build a community of travel-enthusiast readers?
  3. How can I deal with bizarro connectivity problems to upload in faraway places?
  4. Where are some of the coolest lesser-known places to see?
  5. Can I parlay travel blogging into paid travel writing?
  6. What are some good tips for travel photography?
  7. How can I incorporate vlogging, podcasting, Twitter, etc. into richer travel blog content?
  8. What are some underserved travel niche topics?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Content
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Connie Reece
on 8/8/08
Sheila is a great travel writer and experienced blogger. I've attended sessions where she has presented before and can recommend her without hesitation. This session will be lively!
david neff
on 8/8/08
This sounds like a winner to me. Shelia is always outspoken in our Austin Social Media Club meetings and very up on all the new tech.

- David J. Neff
julie gallaher
on 8/8/08
I'd sign up to see Sheila speak!
Caitlin Fitzsimmons
on 9/8/08
Yes, please. Travel blogging is a vibrant and growing niche.
Sheila Scarborough
on 12/8/08
Thanks to everyone who has dropped by to vote and comment; I promise a lively group of panelists if we're selected!
Carla Young
on 19/8/08
Sounds awesome!
Ryan Joy
on 21/8/08
Sheila is a wonderfully engaging speaker. She'll bring the inner-writer out of anyone!
Beth Blair
on 24/8/08
I plan to attend SXSW and will be thrilled to see Shelia as a panelist.
Nancy Brown
on 24/8/08
Sheila Scarborough is a wonderful travel writer and knows her way around the blogging world. I would love to attend this panel.
Sheila Scarborough
on 25/8/08
Tentative panelists include:

*** Wendy Perrin, consumer travel editor at "Conde Nast Traveler" magazine and author of the Perrin Post blog - http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/blogs/perrinpost/

*** Pam Mandel, writer/photographer and author of Nerd's Eye View - http://www.nerdseyeview.com/

*** Leif Pettersen, guidebook author ("Lonely Planet Guide to Romania and Moldova") plus his Killing Batteries blog - http://killingbatteries.com/ - and This is Why I Love Minneapolis (and Sometimes St. Paul) - http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/

All three are dynamite writers and panelists!
Robert Quigley
on 25/8/08
This is a session I'd definitely attend!
Amy Lemen
on 25/8/08
Any panel Sheila is on will be a great one - she's a fantastic speaker, funny as hell and knows her stuff. I'll see you there, Sheila! :)
Kara Williams
on 27/8/08
I'd go to SXSW if this panel was on the menu.
Sheila Scarborough
on 27/8/08
Thanks very much for the supportive comments and votes; may we sit next to each other in the Coach section someday. I'll share my sandwich and water!
Erica Ortiz
on 29/8/08
Sheila is a great addition to the panel! Funny, knowledgeable, and very active in the social media arena.
Elliott Ng
on 31/8/08
Everyone can benefit from hearing from Sheila on travelblogging. Its relevant to everyone who travels, not just people with a travel blog. Come on guys, lets do it!
Taylor Willingham
on 31/8/08
Always enjoy your tweets. I'll be there @sheilaS
Sheila Scarborough
on 9/1/09
***** From Sheila *****

Thanks very much to SXSWi for accepting this panel idea - I'll be speaking with Pam Mandel of Nerd's Eye View (http://www.nerdseyeview.com/) on Saturday, March 14, 2009.

Specific room and time are still TBD.

Follow me on Twitter at @SheilaS and Pam is @nerdseyeview

We plan to talk about writing compelling travel blog content, getting lots of posts out of even short visits or local travel, how to publicize your blog without being an annoying spammer, how travel/tourism PR folks can interact with travel bloggers and as many other topics and questions as we can cram into one hour.

Tweet us ahead of time with your suggestions!

We'd also like to arrange some sort of informal travel blogger tweetup during SXSWi, if we can find a good time and place.

See you there....
Nancy Brown
on 10/1/09
Whoa is me. I can't make it to SXSWi for your travel panel. Will you have a podcast or something for those of us left in the dust?
Twitter @Nancydbrown
Sheila Scarborough
on 10/1/09
Hi Nancy,

I'll bet you anything that with all the travel geeks there, we'll be able to podcast it AND UStream it AND live-tweet it AND Qik it AND....well, I'll hold up my Old School cell phone for you to hear, or something. :)
Sheila Scarborough
on 29/1/09
Hi readers,

The Blog Highways panel is confirmed for 3:30 - 4:30 pm on Saturday, March 14. Still working out room details, and possible traveler's meetup. Thanks!
Taylor Davidson
on 31/1/09
Looking forward; I read a lot of travel blogs and am looking forward to hearing your perspective...
laura lee
on 2/2/09
Nice!!
Anuya beb
on 25/2/09
What websites are great for travel blogging, like blogs that I can insert photos into the text and story? I.e. I don't like myspace for this, because photos go on one spot, and blogs on another, and they can't be viewed together...
Lathika kevan
on 11/3/09
Who is liable if, my dog is attached to a cable in my yard that does not allow him to reach over my property line and does not allow him to sidewalk or sidewalk to mailbox and a no trespassing signs posted facing all directions, by protective nature bites a person wandering into my yard (dog is not on dangerous breed list) and please tell my husband the reason for registering a dog at the city clerk's office.
swarovski rhinestones
on 22/3/09
Nice traveling blog. Nice blog to post in. Traveling is my passion. I use to make holidays and outings. I do own some traveling blogs.
Travel Deals
on 18/4/09
nice blog!!!, I also love traveling. I went to various countries and visited many historical places.
Cricut Expression
on 27/4/09
Traveling is my passion. Recently I went to a hill station. I also captured some beautiful snaps of that place.
Istanbul property
on 29/4/09
I run a couple of international destination blogs myself (related to overseas property) and this really does give a little more than the norm. Genuinely fantastic narrative and easy to get into. Great blog I have leant plenty from this.
Essay help
on 7/8/09
traveling is very serious nice!
you may be attentive!
free online games
on 24/10/09
Sheila is a great addition to the panel! Funny, knowledgeable, and very active in the social media arena.
M4R Converter
on 18/11/09
Your vote: Yes No; Organizer:
Payday Loans
on 20/11/09
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.
~Seneca
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