tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1567234 2010-01-31T18:52:49+00:00 Regular rants and musings from the life of an online travel editor... TypePad JeremyHead-Travelblathererhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f48834012877360181970c 2010-01-31T18:52:49+00:00 2010-01-31T19:20:02+00:00 Jeremy Head I got an interesting email yesterday. I really appreciated the honesty of it. And, clearly John who sent me the email 'get's what he is trying to do - that's demonstrated by the way that he includes some pertinent information...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=eGWHwlr6XHw:wmr7r1Mar8M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2010/01/travel_features_mentions.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f48834012876fb9100970c 2010-01-21T18:19:04+00:00 2010-01-21T18:19:04+00:00 Jeremy Head So... here I am sat in the pub (I am drinking coffee OK?!) I'm on the verge of relaunching Travelblather in a shiny new Wordpress skin and very excited about it. But before I do, I am rethinking the categories...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=FRulpyUI1tk:egMEllLjdjQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2010/01/blog-categories.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f488340120a7c54e44970b 2010-01-11T23:29:09+00:00 2010-01-24T20:27:00+00:00 Jeremy Head A recent press release set me thinking. It was publicising a Chartered Institute of Marketing debate titled Travel Agents - Are They Past Their Sell-By Date? The debate is on Jan 25th in London. Click the link to find out...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=9NZeSrFPRkk:oLEQWzf1gbc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2010/01/a-kind-of-new-travel-agent.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f48834012876a9420b970c 2010-01-05T10:16:41+00:00 2010-01-27T21:22:15+00:00 Jeremy Head A slightly offbeat post from the usual here on Travelblather - but heck, if you have a network... no harm in using it from time to time eh? I'm looking for interviewees for a cool new project we’re doing for...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=Ds8EqgtqXlw:D_NxWrAw854:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2010/01/romantic-london-cash-paid-interviews.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f48834012876950d33970c 2010-01-02T18:34:01+00:00 2010-01-02T18:42:13+00:00 Jeremy Head 2010 will I think be a pretty interesting year for travel writers. Printed travel media continues to decline but, slowly,the web is taking up some of the slack. A trend that has really struck me here in the UK is...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=c8Ex1F8t36Q:7RSuYUKSMYQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2010/01/new-breed-of-travel-writer.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f488340120a73d8671970b 2009-12-10T15:20:24+00:00 2009-12-10T15:21:19+00:00 Jeremy Head Welcome Tom Power for a guest blog post. Tom runs a rather nice boutique tour company called Pura Aventura which specialises in tours to Latin America and Spain. It's on a theme I've touched on before... but, coming from an...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=qGRhKRAkG10:ysGlCR_KsgU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2009/12/a-free-holiday-or-a-job-with-no-salary.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f488340120a707c606970b 2009-12-03T23:22:25+00:00 2009-12-03T23:22:25+00:00 Jeremy Head I've been doing quite a lot of research around social media in the last few weeks - in particular because I was presenting at WTM. If you're interested, my presentation Social Media for Travel Marketers: Unpicking the 2.0 hype is...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=nCuBOzYYD0w:rzq3egJd6vA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2009/12/web-2-0-killing-travel-brands.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f488340120a6562ff0970b 2009-11-05T12:43:20+00:00 2009-11-05T14:26:43+00:00 Jeremy Head NB: Clarification from Ash Communications follows this post (comment number 3) Gah! Time for an anti-PR rant. I've already blathered about it... but I have to do it again. Today I received 2 press releases from Ash communications (take your...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=n9gvVxRcR-0:_itePjbM1mI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2009/11/pr-mistakes-press-releases.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f488340120a647d348970b 2009-11-01T19:21:58+00:00 2009-11-01T19:20:44+00:00 Jeremy Head I’m speaking at WTM (World Travel Market in London) on Wednesday 11th November. If you’re there... drop by! Whether you’ll be there or not... how about participating now? The seminar is called Social Media for Marketers: Unpicking the 2.0 hype....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=2UVAVz0sY_0:SLo4CiF2rA4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2009/11/socialmedia-travel-marketing-hype-wtm.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5502499f488340120a68add7e970c 2009-10-29T20:13:05+00:00 2009-11-02T20:11:03+00:00 Jeremy Head I'm in the stunning city of Seville updating my Frommer’s Day by Day guide to the city. As you know, this is the first time I’ve updated a guidebook, so there’s a bit of a learning curve. But something happened...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?a=oCW4O_xEqjQ:TbV1r_7BYnE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/JeremyHead-Travelblatherer?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://www.travelblather.com/2009/10/guidebook-seville-travelwriting-reviews-campana.html