Guest Post by Cornelius Aesop
Usually when someone mentions any aspect of traveling the typical response is ‘cool’ or ‘awesome’, yet when someone mentions that they are a blogger thoughts usually drift towards ‘dork’, ‘nerd’ or ‘geek.’ So what happens when you combine the two? Sure setting off on a round the world trip is exciting but being a blogger or becoming giddy like a little schoolgirl over Apple’s announcement of the iPad, well that is not so cool. In fact that is down right nerdy, I’m talking pocket protector and tape around the glasses nerd. This is piss of ‘The Ogre’ in Revenge of the Nerds and Star Wars welcome to the dork side type stuff.
If you are the one trip traveler letting mommy and daddy know all the responsible and well-educated things you did on your trip, like visiting your local tourist trap and that edgy yet safe modern art museum then this isn’t for you. Especially if at the same time you omit the fact that you got suckered into drinking at a dive bar with an Aussie and an Irishman fighting over who comes from a true drinking culture. You didn’t win by the way; you weren’t even registered in the competition between the two. If this is the case then the technical side of travel blogging probably escapes you, don’t worry you still can travel and be part of the cool crowd.
However, if you bought an iPhone just for the travel apps, have had in depth conversations about SEO with friends (and they are still your friends) and/or have ever used words like digital nomad or vagabond then you are a travel nerd. It hurts a little I know, but the sooner you can accept the truth the better.
….Gives it a second to sink in…
To become a successful travel blogger it does require some nerd like qualities. Sometimes you have to give up doing something fun like drinking delicious beer to write out a post, or at least postpone it. Reading becomes your job, whether it is editing your own post or reading up on other sites. You have to be willing to learn some tech savvy skills in case you detect a minor flaw in your html/css coding. Lastly, you have to get really excited and get others excited as well about what could otherwise seem mundane – like getting to use the word savvy. In the long run if you think you have what it takes to be a travel blog geek then “party on, Wayne” like only a travel blogger can – with a tweetup.
About Cornelius Aesop
The coolest traveling monkey around. Cornelius is a monkey on a mission to figure out what makes you humans tick. A newbie to the travel experience, he presents his lessons and stumbles in his personal travel blog with a twist, a tail and some fur.
You can find Cornelius Aesop:
- On MonkeyBrewster.com
- On Twitter at @CorneliusAesop
- On Facebook
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