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Travel Matters
by Palle Bo, Radioguru
The official podcast from TBEX – The Future of Travel Media.In this podcast we will be sharing all the latest news, trends and tips for you, and interviewing the movers and shakers in the travel creative ecosystem.
Episodes
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78 | Beyond Blogging: How Travel Creators Can Make More Money
What if your travel blog is just the beginning of your business, rather than the business itself? Travel blogger and entrepreneur Yasmin Metz-Johnson, founder of Yasmin Tells, joins Palle Bo and Rick Calvert at TBEX to explore how travel creators can turn their skills, experience and connections...
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77 | From Viral TikTok Videos to Growing Your Travel Blog
What happens when a spontaneous travel tip turns into a viral TikTok video and thousands of new followers? And more importantly, how do you turn that attention into something that lasts? In this episode of Travel Matters, TBEX CEO Rick Calvert talks with Terry Abromitis, better known as Traveling...
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76 | How to Turn Your Travel Audience Into Paying Customers
What if your biggest opportunity as a travel creator isn't another sponsorship, but turning your audience into your customers? Chris Joondeph, the creator behind Authentic Traveling, has visited 170 countries and built an audience of millions by exploring places many travellers overlook or...
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75 | How Travel Creators Can Survive Google and AI
Google traffic is down. AI is changing how people search. Strategies that worked for travel creators just a few years ago are suddenly far less reliable. So what do you do when the rules of the game keep changing? In this episode, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert talk with Jarryd Salem, co-founder of...
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74 | How Travel Creators Survive Google and Social Media
What happens when the platforms you've spent years building on suddenly stop delivering? Travel creators have lived through countless social media changes, Google updates and shifting algorithms. In this episode, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with two creators who have built very different...
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73 | Is AI Stealing Your Content – And Can Creators Fight Back?
What happens when Google and AI companies can answer a travel question using the experiences, photos and expertise of creators – without sending the reader to the creator who did the work? Travel Matters hosts Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with travel creator and former attorney Nate Hake,...
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72 | Gary Arndt on Podcasts, Newsletters and the Fight Against AI Content
What happens when the platforms that built your business suddenly stop sending you traffic – or your entire industry shuts down almost overnight? Gary Arndt knows both scenarios very well. Gary was one of the early stars of travel blogging and an award-winning travel photographer. Then the…
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71 | Family Travel Doesn't End When the Kids Grow Up
What happens to "family travel" when the kids are old enough to order the cocktails? For Margarita Ibbott, it becomes a completely different kind of travel – and an interesting opportunity for destinations and content creators. Margarita started DownshiftingPRO in 2009, originally writing about...
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70 | Slash, Howard Stern and the Business Beyond YouTube – Marty Music (2:2)
What happens when one of your guitar heroes tells you he has your lessons saved on his computer? In Part 2 of our conversation with Marty Schwartz of Marty Music, we pick up exactly where we left off – with Marty casually revealing that Slash from Guns N' Roses knows who he is. The story gets…
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69 | Five Million Subscribers – and Why YouTube Isn't Enough – Marty Music (1:2)
What can a travel creator learn from one of the biggest guitar teachers on YouTube? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Marty Schwartz is the creator of Marty Music, a guitar education brand with close to five million YouTube subscribers and thousands of lessons produced over nearly two decades. Marty...
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69 | Slow Travel, Real Stories and a Blog Built to Last
With AI producing more content and Google constantly changing the rules, how does a travel creator actually stand out? Josefine and Dom of Red White Adventures have a refreshingly simple answer: be more yourself. The Danish-Canadian couple has travelled together for more than eight years and…
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67 | Will AI Replace Travel Bloggers – or Make Them Better?
Can AI save travel creators hours of work without removing the personality, experience and human perspective that make people trust them? At TBEX Eau Claire, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sat down with content entrepreneur and author Julia McCoy, who had recently made a dramatic transition from...
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66 | How Travel Bloggers Can Make Real Money with Affiliate Marketing
Shelley Marmor turned travel blogging into a multiple-six-figure business within two years. In this episode of Travel Matters, she shares why mindset matters, why SEO comes before monetisation, and how travel creators can use affiliate marketing more strategically instead of simply adding links…
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65 | Free Trips, Fair Pay – Know Your Value as a Creator
Should travel creators ever work for free? And is a free trip fair compensation – or simply unpaid labour with a nicer view? Travel Matters is back, and our first conversation of the new season brings together two longtime members of the TBEX community: Jen Ruiz, the travel writer, author and...
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64 | From Ground to Sky: Unleashing the Power of Drones with the Drone Queen
In this electrifying episode of Travel Matters, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with Christine Lozada, famously known as the Drone Queen. Dive into the world of drone photography and videography as Christine shares her journey from a newbie to a renowned drone expert. Discover the secrets…
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63 | AI Revolution in Travel: Insights from Mike Shubic at TBEX North America 2023
In this episode of Travel Matters, join hosts Palle Bo and Rick Calvert as they sit down with travel blogger Mike Shubic from Mike's Road Trip at TBEX North America 2023 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They dive into Mike's journey from early tech adoption to exploring the latest in AI tools, sharing...
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62 | TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Elena Sergeeva and Ivan Bengeri
In this final episode from TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, you can meet two guests. First, Rick talks to Elena Sergeeva. With a decade-long career in Sales & Marketing, she co-founded Travel Bloggers Greece in 2015 with the purpose to unite like-minded individuals and to educate the Greek market on…
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61 | TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Eric Stoen from Travel Babbo
In this episode, you can meet travel blogger Eric Stoen from the family travel blog Travel Babbo. He used to work in healthcare but was addicted to travel. So, in 2014 he quit his job and started the travel blog to inspire more people. So far, he's been to 101 countries and seven continents. Hear...
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60 | TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Cazzy Magennis and Bradley Williams
In this episode, we have two guests. Cazzy Magennis and Bradley Williams are the travel blogging duo behind Dream Big, Travel Far. Using captivating content and an intelligent approach to sharing their stories on mainstream media, their website reaches as many as 350,000 page views a month. In...
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059 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Brennen Bliss and Anna Kalogeropoulou
In this episode, we have two interviews. First, we meet Brennen Bliss, a US Search Award-winning SEO consultant and principal at the US-based travel and tourism-focused SEO agency, Propellic. The agency forms successful and creative SEO campaigns for its clients. Brennen is passionate about…
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058 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Caroline Makepeace from yTravelBlog
In this episode, we meet Caroline Makepeace (Caz) from yTravelBlog and This is Raleigh about Raleigh, North Carolina. Together with her husband, Craig, she's been traveling the world since 1997 and since 2007 with their two daughters. The White House invited them to attend a travel summit as one…
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057 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Melvin from Travel Dudes
In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with pioneer travel blogger Melvin Boecher from Germany. Melvin is the founder and CEO of Travel Dudes, co-founder of the Social Travel Summit, former COO of iAmbassador, and with more than 15 years of successfully running his business, he is a...
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056 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Catharina Fischer
In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with Catharina Fischer about sustainable travel. Catharina is one of the leading experts in influencer marketing and a digital leader with over ten years of experience in tourism. At TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece, she gave an interesting…
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055 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Jessica Schmidt from Hamburg Marketing
In this episode we say "mojn" to Jessica Schmidt from Hamburg Marketing. By developing, communicating and coordinating the Hamburg brand, they highlight the locational attractiveness of Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region in Germany and abroad. Hear how they work with content creators.
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054 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Travel YouTuber Martin Solhaugen
Martin Solhaugen is a filmmaker, youTuber and photographer from Oslo, Norway. Martin has worked on global projects for Tourism-boards, luxury hotels, and high-profile clients. Martin has been traveling the world for the past 6 years in pursuit for cultural and visual expressions. With a big heart...
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053 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Travel YouTuber Christopher Lau
Chris Lau talks about his YouTube channel, SeeLauTravel and then we get into a long conversation about selling – an important skill to have as a travel content creator. With 10+ years of experience in a professional-level sales role, being recommended by other world-class creators, and having...
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052 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Yeison from MyTanFeet
In this one, we meet another experienced travel blogger and entrepreneur, Yeison, from the Costa Rica travel blog, Mytanfeet. The keynote speaker at this TBEX, Yeison (pronounced like Jason), is Costa Rican, born and raised. He started Mytanfeet with his wife Samantha, who moved to Costa Rica in...
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051 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Anne and Mike Howard
Welcome to Travel Matters, recorded at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with the amazing couple, Mike and Anne Howard from HoneyTrek.com. They're two Americans that realized life is short; the world is big, and the value of travel too great to wait another...
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050 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Edu Giansante
Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one, we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Edu Giansante – a Brazilian who lives in Dublin. He's the Founder and Content Creator at E-Dublin – a brand that has reached more than 50 million...
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049 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Social Media Strategist, Itai Marshall
Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Itai Marshall. He's a Social Media strategist from Israel who made the leap from YouTube to TikTok, where he has now amassed more than 200,000...
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048 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Shane Dallas
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the first of many episodes from TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one – recorded today, two days before the conference, we talk to conference director Shane Dallas about what to expect from this conference.
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047 – Traveling Cheesehead Dannelle Gay
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we're joined by serial entrepreneur and travel-junkie Dannelle Gay, AKA the Traveling Cheesehead. She loves to talk about Travel, Partnerships with Destinations, and teach bloggers how to make money. Her latest book '100 Things to Do in Wisconsin Before You Die'…
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046 – TBEX Asia with Ajay Sood of Travelure
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we're joined by Pro Travel Photographer, Ajay Sood from Travelure. 'Travelure' started on wordpress.com in 2007, and switched to this self-hosted site in May 2015. It began as an aggregation of Ajay Sood's articles published in travel, photography, and in-flight...
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045 – TBEX Asia with Zeekman,Travel Dave, Sarah Hughes and Nathan Sado
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we're joined by four awesome content creators: Nathan Sado, Sarah Hughes, Dave Brett, and Dan Zeek. Sarah and Nathan have several sites, but their main site is Live Dream Discover. Adventure traveler Dave Brett is better known as Travel Dave UK. You can follow Dan...
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044 – TBEX Asia with Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson
Welcome to Travel Matters and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this episode, we're joined by Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson from Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Founded in 1951, PATA is a...
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BREAKING NEWS: We're going to Africa
Breaking news.... See more on the new TBEX website.
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042 – TBEX Asia with Jason Rupp, Ric Gazarian and Yosh Dimen
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. First you can meet two American Thailand experts. Jason does a lot of content from Thailand on his YouTube channel, and Ric has his…
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041 – TBEX Asia with Scott Gurian and Maria Haase
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with two unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Scott Gurian from Far From Home Podcast and Maria Haase from San Diego Explorer. Scott mentioned his podcast where he met a Medicine...
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040 – TBEX Asia with Sharon Gourlay and Megan Singleton
Welcome to Travel Matters, and another episode recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Australian Sharon Gourlay from DigitalNomadWannaBe. Sharon is an SEO expert and runs 15-20 sites, does training, and hosts the weekly podcast "Make Money Blogging with Digital Nomad Wannabe". Here she...
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039 – TBEX Asia with Kyle Jennermann aka "Kulas"
Welcome to Travel Matters and the first episode of 2023. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Kyle Jennermann, a Canadian national who found himself falling in love with the Philippines and its people. He calls himself "Kulas", a nickname he was given several years…
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038 – TBEX Asia with Trinity, The Naked Traveler
Welcome to the Christmas episode of Travel Matters, also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this one Tomiko is sitting in for Rick in the interview with Indonesian travel blogger and author Trinity Traveler aka "The Naked Traveler". Trinity is Indonesia's leading travel writer, author…
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037 – TBEX Asia with Conference Directors Shane Dallas and Anton Diaz
Time to kick off the episodes recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. And we start with the men of the hour, Conference Directors Shane Dallas and Anton Diaz. Hear about the biggest TBEX of the year and what was so unique about it. You can also hear a bit about some of the upcoming guests.…
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036 – TBEX Lafayette with The Cajun Traveler, Toby Doré and Nicole from Explore Houma
In this episode, Rick speaks with travel blogger and Airbnb expert Toby Doré about connecting travel influencers to short-term rental hosts. His blog is The Cajun Traveler, and he's on Instagram as @TheCajunTraveler. We also meet Nicole from Explore Houma, Louisiana. Just 55 miles from New…
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035 – TBEX Lafayette with Frederic Aouad, Stay22 and Allie Eggert, Visit Billings
In this episode, Rick speaks with Frederic Aouad from Stay22 and Allie Eggert Visit Billings. If you're interested in working with Visit Billings at [email protected]. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert.
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034 – TBEX Lafayette with Shelia Scarborough from Tourism Currents and Dianne McNamara from Go RVing
In this episode, Rick speaks with Shelia Scarborough from Tourism Currents and Dianne McNamara from Go RVing. If you're a content creator and would like to work with Go RVing, you can reach out to [email protected] This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by...
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033 – TBEX Lafayette with Vivian TrovaTrip and Susan Melton from Janesville Wisconsin
In this episode, Rick speaks with Vivian TrovaTrip and Susan Melton from Janesville, Wisconsin. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.
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032 – TBEX Lafayette with Tripello and Gerald Gruenig
In this episode, Rick speaks with Sven and Rene from Tripello. Tripello does Travel in a new and different way, it's a platform that can get you up to 60% discount hotel rooms. Also, they have an affiliate program that might interest you. He also has an interesting conversation with the closing...
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031 –TBEX Lafayette Jay Jay Maniquis and Tim Leffel
In this episode, Rick speaks with his homeboy San Diego Travel Host Jay Jay Maniquis from the YouTube channel, Jaycation, and TBEX Conference Director for North America Tim Leffel. Tim is a veteran travel writer who has dispatched articles from five continents. He is an author of multiple books,...
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030 –TBEX Lafayette Jay Ducote and Ines Boutamagia from SafetyWing
In this first episode from TBEX North America in Lafayette, 2022, Rick speaks with Radio host and culinary personality Jay Ducote and Ines Boutamagia from SafetyWing. Not only does SafetyWing have Nomad Insurance, but they also plan to build a country on the internet, calling it Plumania. This...
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029 – Rolf Potts and The Vagabond's Way
A vagabond is a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home. Our guest today is the bestselling author of the widely celebrated Vagabonding. Now, Rolf Potts has written a new book called "The Vagabond's Way" This book is a bit different, containing 366 Meditations on Wanderlust,...
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The official podcast from TBEX – The Future of Travel Media.In this podcast we will be sharing all the latest news, trends and tips for you, and interviewing the movers and shakers in the travel creative ecosystem.
HOSTED BY
Palle Bo, Radioguru
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