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Cliff Chapman
www.traveljunkies.com
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Whether you’re starting a new blog, and if you’re in business you know you should, or already an established blogger there’s always more to learn.

Vicky Philpott (aka Vicky FlipFlop) compiled this list of blogging tips from top travel bloggers

• What to Blog
• Travel Tips
• Make Some Money
• Using Audio & Video
• Using Social Media
• Networking is a Must Do
• Develop Yourself
• Manage Your Time
• Keep Going
• Photography – Getting it Right
• How to Design Your Blog
• Getting Sponsored
• Technical Bits.

See Vicky’s 69 Travel Blogging Tips From the Top Travel Bloggers

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Cliff Chapman
www.traveljunkies.com
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1. Your College Degree is Meaningless (and sometimes a liability)
2. Don’t Quit Your Day Job Too Soon
3. Business Plans are Mostly Bullshit
4. Control Your Equity
5. Forge Networks and Learn to Connect
6. No other Skill is as Important as Sales & Marketing
7. Don’t Build Crap for the Sake of Making a Buck.

http://www.mindvalleyinsights.com/7-lessons-from-building-a-lifestyle-business/

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Cliff Chapman
www.traveljunkies.com
New places to go, good value accommodation, great activities and exciting things to do.
Get a free listing in traveljunkies for your travel or activities business!

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TIP #1 – Create Your Facebook Fan Page,  LIKE Other People’s Fan Pages And Invite them to LIKE your page.

TIP #2 – Always Post Anything About Your Business On The Wall Of Your Fan Page – NOT On Your Profile Page.

TIP #3 – Create Your Facebook Fan Page and add a Welcome Tab

TIP #4 – Our Most Valuable Tip - Just Do It

TIP #5 – Connect With Your Facebook Fans

TIP #6 – If It’s Not Working, Stop Doing It.

TIP #7 – Make Your Adverts Work For You.

• Advertise your website, not your services or products.
• Include a wide range of keywords and key phrases in your adverts.
• Be friendly, helpful and approachable.
• Use Social Media to promote your business – it’s free.

But how many of us use our lists and how do you go about finding out what to do next?

I’d like to share with you something we’ve been doing recently and it’s not going  to cost you a penny.

In these difficult times many people have less disposable income and are carefully watching what they spend, making sure they get good value for money.

Fortunately, holidays and travel are still high on their lists especially if they have children. They may spend less, have fewer breaks and even go without other things, but the family holiday is still a high priority.

But it does mean we all have to work harder to attract our customers, and we can expect less income at a time when our costs are rising.
And what about the quiet times? We all have quiet times. What can we do to boost our income, especially in the quiet times?

Back to where I started.

We have been looking at the assets we already have and how to make good use of them.
And one of the most under-used and valuable asset are our lists.

We all have our lists. Lists of customers, lists of prospects, lists of suppliers and even lists of people that have nothing to do with our business.

So what are we doing with our lists?. Why, when we have such valuable assets, aren’t we using them?.

There are more than 3,000 businesses in traveljunkies but we only ever hear from a few of them.
Why aren’t the rest advertising and promoting their businesses?

All businesses in traveljunkies have websites but how do visitors find them? How many websites never get updated and remain static?. It’s not surprising those websites get little traffic and a website without traffic is a dead website.

If you’re one of the relatively few who have thought about looking at other ways to generate income in today’s environment, you’ve most likely heard the expression, “The Money’s In The List.” This is true, but only if you use your lists.

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Cliff Chapman
www.traveljunkies.com
New places to go, good value accommodation, great activities and exciting things to do.
Get a free listing in traveljunkies for your travel or activities business!

Are you in business?

Are you using your lists?

If not – why not?

Not just your customer list … but all your other lists.
“What lists?” you might ask? “I don’t have any other lists”
Don’t you? Think about it!
First of all, what do you do with your customer list?
Do you send them a newsletter? How often? What do you say?
Are you trying to sell them more of what they’ve already bought?
Or are you helping them in some other way?
And what about your other lists?
Oh yes, your other lists!

Have you got a list of them somewhere?

“I DON’T HAVE ANY LISTS!” you shout!

Think about it. 

Here’s a few for starters ….

Your family, your friends, your neighbours

Friends of friends

Your prospects

Your enquirers

Your suppliers

Your advertisers

Your competitors

Your networks

Your groups

Your organisations

Your clubs

Your local shops

Your local businesses

Your local publications

Your trade publications

Your local telephone directory

Your local schools & university

Your Chamber of Commerce

Your local Government

Your Facebook friends

Your Twitter followers

Your LinkedIn contacts

Other people’s lists

The list here in traveljunkies

The junk mail you get

The business cards you’ve collected

And what about the reps that call on you, they’re a great list.

And how could you forget the Internet?

So you do have some lists don’t you?

(If not – go and get some)

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Cliff Chapman
www.traveljunkies.com
New places to go, good value accommodation, great activities and exciting things to do.
Get a free listing in traveljunkies for your travel or activities business!

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We send traffic to your website!

How do we do that?

We give you a free listing to try us out so you can see how it works. No strings. Then you’ll see why advertising with us is the best value for money thing you can do for your business. 

We have been promoting travel, tourism and activities businesses around the world since 2002. Are you getting your message out to the millions of people who want to buy what you sell?

Get your free listing in traveljunkies here. It costs you nothing and you’ve nothing to lose.

If you already have your free listing, and you can check by searching for your business or your web address here, you will already know the value of your membership to traveljunkies.

But did you know that an advert can drive 10 times the traffic to your website that you get from your free listing?

For a limited period we will create a keyword rich advertisement for you and display it in traveljunkies for a year, for just US$97.

See how your advert will look advert here. 

So who will see your advert?
In the first 6 months of 2012, 86,000 visitors worldwide viewed more than half a million pages in traveljunkies.

To find out more or to take up our offer, get in touch with us at www.traveljunkies.com/contact.php 

Cliff Chapman
traveljunkies

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Cliff Chapman
www.traveljunkies.com
New places to go, good value accommodation, great activities and exciting things to do.
Get a free listing in traveljunkies for your travel or activities business!

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