Wow. 100 blog posts. That’s just under two full years of a blog post every single Wednesday, and I think I’ve only been late on one of them. That’s definitely something to celebrate, so pour yourself a drink for me tonight. Preferably Guinness.

In this post I will try to provide some helpful tips and tricks to those of you that are considering starting a travel blog of your own (or any type of blog), as well as some reflections and things I’ve learned along the way on my own travel blog journey.

Consistently Travel or Experienced Traveller

If you’re going to start your own travel blog, I highly recommend either being someone who is going to travel a ton in the future or someone who has traveled a bunch already. For me, I had been to 12 countries outside of the U.S. prior to starting the blog, so I thankfully had plenty of content to work with.

I recently noticed that despite having written 100 travel blog posts over the span of almost two years, I actually haven’t traveled internationally (or really traveled that much at all) since I started. That has made it super tough to come up with topics to write about every week, especially recently as my recollections of my international travels have gotten so distant that they aren’t fresh in my mind anymore and therefore tougher to write fully detailed posts about. This is the main reason as to why my recent blog posts have mostly been about Denver and places in the U.S. Luckily, I’ve moved around a bit since starting the blog (From Minnesota to Missouri then to Colorado) so I’ve had some level of new content to write about, but sooner or later I’m going to need a solid international trip to give the content a kick. U.S. content is good, but I feel as though it lacks the depth and richness that Europe content provides.

So, if you’re someone that travels consistently, it’s going to be much easier for you to have a constant flow of new content that you’ll be able to write about. You’ll be able to come up with new ideas as you travel, making it easier to deliver fresh posts at whatever frequency you choose. I also recommend taking as many pictures as possible when you travel, so you have plenty of pictures to put in posts and social media content to promote the blog. That leads us to our next topic.

Social Media

I’m going to be honest, I abhor the social media content cycle. Having to promote everything with a ridiculous cookie-cutter hook like “I did this in Europe, and here’s why:” or “Here’s how to quit your full-time job and make $12 billion/month as a travel content creator” every day in order to get interactions I find to be repulsive, unoriginal and discouraging, and that’s partly why my blog’s socials aren’t the most active or attractive.

Social media is a great way to promote your blog and get more readers, but I encourage you to find a new and creative way to gain interactions. This can get tiring and repetitive, but it will pay off in the long run. Also, never, ever use AI.

What To Expect

Growing your travel blog is a very long process, so you have to be patient. You might not get a single view for months after you start posting, so I suggest mentally preparing yourself for a situation like that. I doubt that it will take that long, but in my opinion it’s good to trick your mind into expecting less on things like these so it feels better when you get views quicker than expected.

I read a Reddit post in my early days of the blog that said it would probably take 2-3 years for a travel blog to gain traction or be profitable, so luckily that helped me understand what to expect.

That being said, it’s tough to remain consistent and continuously work on building a blog by writing posts and designing the marketing, social media and the website while also working other job(s). All I can say about that is that you should focus on writing the blog posts and staying consistent on that, and if you’re like me, then every once in a while you’ll get a burst of energy to work on another aspect of the blog. It’ll pay off, trust me.

Just Do It!!!

This section is not just for people that want to start a travel blog, but for anyone that might have an excess of knowledge in any facet of life. I highly recommend you start a blog and just start writing about what you specialize in. Do you love reading? Make a book review blog. Do you work in HVAC and have a bunch of crazy stories about houses you’ve worked in? Start a blog where you tell those stories. I have a friend that’s an audio technician for live shows and he’s constantly on tour with different bands around the country, and we came up with the idea of a blog called ‘Loading Docks & Lagers’ where he writes about and rates the loading docks he visits and the nearby bars. It would be a very niche blog, but I guarantee you that if someone comes across a blog rating the loading dock at MSG and the bar around the corner, they’re immediately going to be curious and check out some of the other posts.

It’s super easy to start a blog nowadays with all of the different hosting websites and templates and stuff, you can have the platform set up in easily less than an hour. I use WordPress and it’s worked great so far, but I think you can also use Wix or Squarespace. Especially in today’s world of AI slop, the world needs real blogs made by real humans more than ever.

Another thing is that a blog is not only (eventually) a good way to make some money on the side, but it’s also extremely rewarding to work on and build. The way that I look at it is that now I have 100 blog posts and can see how I’ve grown since I started, and I’ll always have content to look back on. If you’re like me and are fulfilled just by the feeling of building something that’s yours, then I highly recommend you start blogging. Anyone can do it, so why not you?

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Thank you all so much for sticking with me for 100 whole blog posts! It’s been quite the journey so far, and I don’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.

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Have a great week!