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What do you wear to Seven Magic Mountains?

Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…

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What is global entry?

Global Entry is a program that allows pre-approved travelers to expedite the process of entering the United States.To apply for Global Entry, you must be a citizen or national of the United States, Mexico, or Canada and have a valid passport. You can also be a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico.Once you have applied for Global Entry and been approved, you will receive an email with instructions on how to complete your interview appointment at any U.S. Customs and Border…

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What is the most historical place in india?

The most historical place in India is the Taj Mahal. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the building of this beautiful mausoleum for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died while giving birth to their 14th child. The Taj Mahal took 22 years to build and is considered one of the world's most iconic buildings.Other historical places include the Red Fort in Delhi and Qutub Minar in Delhi. These sites were built during the Mughal Empire and are known for their architectural beauty.

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The Ultimate Travel Writing & Photography Retreat, Charleston, South Carolina, June 18-21, 2022

The Ultimate Travel Writing & Photography Retreat, Charleston, South Carolina, June 18-21, 2022If you want to boost your travel writing skills to a new level this workshop is for you. We'll focus on travel writing and photography - how to write exciting travel stories and create photo galleries that editors will love. This interactive course features lectures, writing exercises, in-the-field tours, group readings & discussions, and hands-on experience. You’ll also receive on-on-one feedback and…

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  • @ Allan..........I often wonder where people get the time as well. Right now it seems (at least to me) that there is a blogging frenzy going on with travelers. Like everything new it will quiet down after a point and only the persistent will survive. The other thing about travel blogging is what do you write about once you stop traveling :)
  • Re. Twitter..........Personally, I think Twitter is one of the easiest and fastest ways to get your message out to a huge group of like minded people. Twitter has also made it much easier for us to find people that we want to connect with.
  • I guess perhaps it's a time-management issue. I don't know how people have time to do all this tweeting and blogging. It takes an hour of my day to keep up with emails and other correspondence. Another hour to sort through my daily news sources, then I get to work writing or querying.

    I've heard a number of writers mention how markets have dried up, but does all this cyber stuff simply fill out your time versus spending it on marketing? Last week I sold two editors on feature ideas, a third is mulling a query over and I got a publisher interested in a book idea (he replied in less than two hours to my email).

    I'm playing devil's advocate here, but are we so obsessed with what's new that it's impacting our income because we (as a group) have given up on our traditional markets? People have talked about how print is dying. It's having a rough go in some countries right now, but is this a shift in society or simply a reflection of these particular economic times? Other industries have cyclical trends. Steel, auto, manufacturing, etc. all have good and bad years. Why should we be surprised when media suffers a downturn? And don't forget that a lot of the supposedly bankrupt media outlets were still making money on their traditional product (their print and broadcast media), but because their new, non-media owners had so saddled them with debt that they couldn't cover that.

    I read a piece yesterday on how print advertising spending was up 5% over last year. I've mentioned before how in Canada across the board circulation for newspapers and magazines only dropped 1 - 3%, which is probably just some belt-tightening by households. (Some titles were down more, but if you looked at which ones they were, it was understandable that they would suffer - I'm thinking now of one that focused on entrepreneurship. It's a hard time to be selling that idea.)

    One magazine I have contributed to for almost 20 years has re-organized (they'll eventually learn their mistake). And while all the other writers ran away thinking their was no more work here, I simply shifted my focus to another part of the title. I'm still selling to them because I know the readership and their issues. Same amount of money, but less time required because I'm not on the road. But to keep me on the road, I found a new market that will afford me the opportunity to still travel. It's a little less per word, but they're buying multiple articles per issue.

    It is interesting for me to see how others are using tweeting and Facebook. I struggle to get my head around how it can work for me and how I could find the time to work it into my day. And I'd probably have to be nice to far too many people to get them to want to read anything I'd tweet. I'm not sure I can do nice on a mass scale.
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  • Yes, I use tweetdeck and sort follwers into lists that make sense to me.
  • Sam, I like Monet far more than I like Renoir. Freudian slip, and thanks for the correction. Donna, well said. Do you use tweetdeck?
  • Re your example, Ed: I believe the exhibition is about Renoir, not Monet.
  • Twitter is invaluable for connecting with the travel industry, other travel writers, keeping up with travel trends, conducting travel research and attracting readers to blog posts and online articles. Planning a twitter strategy helps reduce the amount of time I spend on twitter and keeps me efficient.
  • P.S. to Lana: Thanks for the recap of the seminar for wine journalists. Sounds like you all were right on target.
  • I find Facebook more fun than Twitter. But the bottom line with Twitter is that if I tweet something with a link, visits to that page go up. And if I want to see how other people are reacting to, say, the Monet exhibition in Philly, I can get an instant answer that's more up to date than google's.
  • I don't think anyone has quantified how social media--including Twitter--is helping their business. More than being just the newest vehicle for creating buzz, it's for saying "I am here with the rest of you" and seeming like you're part of the inevitable transition in the communications field.

    I attended a social media seminar for wine journalists where even the most successful wine bloggers said, "it's the quality of your tweets--not the frequency." Who you follow also matters--again, not the number, but the quality of who you follow. (They also said "don't give up your day job to be a blogger.")
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