The Travel Hackr
May 29, 2016, 11:49 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 9
The Travel Hackr
I would like to get some feedback on a new blog http://www.thetravelhackr.org/
Please let me know your thoughts, suggestions, ideas, etc..
Please let me know your thoughts, suggestions, ideas, etc..
May 30, 2016, 5:31 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere above the Mason-Dixon
Programs: DL Ham Samich
Posts: 1,661
1. I see nothing unique on your site that couldn't be found on that garbage pile otherwise known as BoardingArea.
2. Nothing of your recent posts equates to travel hacking, which your name seems to imply.
3. THIS was your first post? Really?
4. Welcome to FT
2. Nothing of your recent posts equates to travel hacking, which your name seems to imply.
3. THIS was your first post? Really?
4. Welcome to FT
May 30, 2016, 5:40 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP, mid-tier with pretty much everyone else
Posts: 873
What I tell all new bloggers:
-Assume they've heard it before, why should they read your version of it?
-Be careful about sourcing your images, make sure you either have a stock subscription or explicit permission before using an image that's not your own.
-Just. keep. posting. The times where my blog has had the most traffic were when I posted consistently, even if not all of the content was epic.
-Have fun! Find your own voice and before you know it you'll have your own following. It's a very crowded and competitive space, so best of luck!
-Assume they've heard it before, why should they read your version of it?
-Be careful about sourcing your images, make sure you either have a stock subscription or explicit permission before using an image that's not your own.
-Just. keep. posting. The times where my blog has had the most traffic were when I posted consistently, even if not all of the content was epic.
-Have fun! Find your own voice and before you know it you'll have your own following. It's a very crowded and competitive space, so best of luck!
May 31, 2016, 2:35 am
#6
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
As Hack My Trip found, the corporates have an aversion to the word 'hack' and you won't get any airline or card partnerships with that name - which is why Hack My Trip became Travel Codex. You might as well have called it 'F*** The Airlines and The Card Companies' - they will have the same response.
May 31, 2016, 11:29 am
#7
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,424
As Hack My Trip found, the corporates have an aversion to the word 'hack' and you won't get any airline or card partnerships with that name - which is why Hack My Trip became Travel Codex. You might as well have called it 'F*** The Airlines and The Card Companies' - they will have the same response.
Jun 2, 2016, 3:33 pm
#9
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,047
Dropping the "e" in hacker and the ".org" tag pretty much guarantees that nobody will ever remember your website name. If you don't even show up on google as "travel hack/hacker" you're doomed.
Good luck. It will take about 10 times as much effort as you expect to get 10% of the traffic you hoped for. Original and sought-out content is about the only way to get onto Google search rankings and that's assuming one of the big blogs don't write about the same topic as well.
Good luck. It will take about 10 times as much effort as you expect to get 10% of the traffic you hoped for. Original and sought-out content is about the only way to get onto Google search rankings and that's assuming one of the big blogs don't write about the same topic as well.
Jun 2, 2016, 5:03 pm
#10
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,424
Dropping the "e" in hacker and the ".org" tag pretty much guarantees that nobody will ever remember your website name. If you don't even show up on google as "travel hack/hacker" you're doomed.
Good luck. It will take about 10 times as much effort as you expect to get 10% of the traffic you hoped for. Original and sought-out content is about the only way to get onto Google search rankings and that's assuming one of the big blogs don't write about the same topic as well.
Good luck. It will take about 10 times as much effort as you expect to get 10% of the traffic you hoped for. Original and sought-out content is about the only way to get onto Google search rankings and that's assuming one of the big blogs don't write about the same topic as well.