2010 Website Progress

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In late January I wrote a post sharing my goals for 2010 for adventureswithben.com. Progress takes time, especially when you’re working a full-time job, but I’m quite pleased with where I’m at to date. One of my goals has been completed (and in the process of being refined), and another is slowly emerging. Let’s start with the latter – networking with other bloggers.

It’s a big travel world out there and ya can’t go at it alone. I’ve spent the last week trying to gain exposure by partnering and learning from other travel bloggers. Had a quick, but positive conversation with Jeff Noel from midlifecelebration.com about putting our blogging brains together to build our sites. And earlier today, you saw some reciprocal support on twitter with Alan Rider from eXtraordinary eXperiences. But a big surprise came later…

Today, adventureswithben.com was listed on TravelBlogSites.com. TravelBlogSites.com is a great resource for us independent, travel-minded folk. There are a lot of travel sites on the web. If you google “travel sites”, all the big corporate names come up, Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. Us little guys have to fight for visibility. That’s where TravelBlogSites.com comes to the rescue.

Each day they profile an adventurous spirit on their site; Exposing readers to adventurers they wouldn’t have discovered on their own. In addition to meeting a new travel blogger each day, every week they rank the top 100 travel sites out there. I’m not on that list yet, but perhaps next year! Louise, whom I connected with from the site, also provided me with a website badge you’ll proudly see on the top-left corner of the site! It’s a pretty smart model. She helps me out, I help her out. And that’s what the world of social media is all about!

I’d like to thank TravelBlogSites.com for supporting adventureswithben.com. Web traffic to the site has already increased by a few hits!

As for another one of my goals, to create a facebook fan page, it can get crossed off my list! A few weeks back I created the site on facebook. I’m slowly trying to understand how to best use that network in conjunction with the content I have here. If you have any ideas, I’d love to know. Add your comment to this post with what you’d like to see. For now, I’ll continue to experiment. I currently have 22 fans and hoping to reach 50 by the end of the month. So click here to join and “suggest to your friends” too!

Travel season is gearing up. Are you ready? I already have a suitcase packed!

Have a great weekend.

I’ll see you out there!

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