Nope, the title isn’t a typo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A quick heads up before we start: we usually write about wins \u2013 record traffic, big monetization jumps, the kind of stuff that makes you want to start a blog tomorrow. Today we’re switching things up a bit and looking at failure instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time we asked experienced travel bloggers to tell us about the travel blog mistakes they made along the way. Think of it as a little collection of real travel blogging tips and lessons from people who lived through it and came out the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if any of these stories sound a bit too familiar, don’t panic. Most blogging mistakes can be fixed. Keep reading so you can avoid them, or maybe spot one you already made and figure out what to do next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A travel blog might start out as something just for you, but sooner or later, your readers become part of the picture too. Once you find your niche, it’s worth thinking about both sides: what you like writing, and what your audience actually wants to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That choice ripples further than the writing itself, straight into how much the content actually earns. Two sites can get the exact same number of visitors and end up with very different results. We touched on this in our article about the trends we picked up at TBEX<\/a>, but real examples make the point much clearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not all traffic is worth the same. Where your audience is from can seriously change your ad revenue, even if your number of sessions doesn’t move at all.<\/p>\n\n\nFirstly, forget where your audience comes from<\/h3>\n\n\n\n