The Complete Guide To Starting A Travel Blog In College

College life will pretty much be the last time that you will have extended breaks during the summer and winter before you enter the workforce. Most students choose to spend this time working on internships and part-time jobs so they can have money for the upcoming semester.  However, some choose to travel during this precious time which is a luxury only a few can afford.

Traveling can be expensive, especially if you are planning on going longer distances or going abroad. What if we told you that there is a way you can do both? Starting a travel blog in college might be the perfect option for you as you will get to travel the world and make money sharing your experiences. Here is the complete guide to starting a travel blog:

Create A Presentation Channel

A common misconception that people have about blogs is that they have to be a website with written content and embedded links. The truth, however, is far from that as social media has given rise to an excessive need to engage the audience. There is no way a written blog can have nearly the same impact on engagement and retention as a video blog or vlog.

This is why so many bloggers now choose to present their content in all media types possible. For example, bloggers will write an article about a topic to publish solely as an article on their blogging website. Next, they will write a video script using that article to record and post a video. Finally, they will strip the video to keep the audio and post it as a podcast.

Although this is the best way to make sure your content is accessible everywhere, doing all of this requires a lot of work so you should start with one presentation channel. Depending on your topic and niche, you should choose the presentation channel that has the highest audience.

Create Exciting Content

Creating content is arguably the hardest part of this process as you need to decide what exactly is good enough to be considered content. If you are choosing a video blog as your main way to share your journey, you should invest in some wearable technology that won’t hinder your experience while traveling.

Sometimes content creation can be burdensome too, especially if you take up the responsibility alone. If you do not have the time or money to handle a team given that you are in college, you can easily just hire ENL writers that can write great articles for you while you focus on traveling.

Get Sponsors And Monetize

If you are choosing to travel or even study abroad during college, you can easily make money through your blog to monetize the traveling costs. While your earnings may be low in the beginning, your website can gain traction quite quickly.

Stay ahead of the curve and start selling ad space on your website. You can also become a partner on social media apps that have programs for content creators.

Getting sponsors and monetizing your efforts is the best way to ensure that your blog is profitable as well as adding value to your audience. Feel free to reach out to companies you think can use your content and ask to be a collaborator/partner. You would be surprised to know how often smaller companies are willing to give nano influencers a chance to promote their products as it seems more organic.

Conclusion

Finally, there is no one way to create a travel blog. Depending on the type of content you are creating, there will be many different platforms to use and ways to market the blog.

The one thing that all successful blogs have in common is that they know what their audience likes and makes exactly that content. Creating a travel blog in college is the perfect way to make the most of your study abroad experience or summer vacations. If your blog does well, you may even consider blogging as a career after college.