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Making money from travel websitesMaking money from travel websites
By Mike Henry
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Table of Contents
Travel the world making money from the Internet................................................1Introduction...........................................................................................................4My story.................................................................................................................6Why create a travel based site.............................................................................7Instant price comparison................................................................................10Targeted traffic................................................................................................10Evergreen Content.........................................................................................12Getting Started....................................................................................................13Computer .......................................................................................................13Digital camera.................................................................................................13Basic setup costs............................................................................................14Sound recording.............................................................................................14Basic computing skills....................................................................................15Writing ability..................................................................................................15Eye for detail...................................................................................................16Organizational skills........................................................................................16Defining your target market............................................................................16Registering a domain......................................................................................17Hosting................................................................................................................19Reliability........................................................................................................19Support...........................................................................................................19Location..........................................................................................................20Price................................................................................................................20Services..........................................................................................................20Windows/Unix based......................................................................................20Structuring your site............................................................................................22Content Management Systems......................................................................22 _______________________________________________________________ 
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 _______________________________________________________________ Blogs...............................................................................................................23Writing an ebook.............................................................................................23Creating Content.................................................................................................25Hiring Writers..................................................................................................25User generated content..................................................................................25Public Domain.................................................................................................27Interviews........................................................................................................27Free articles....................................................................................................28Promoting your website......................................................................................29Traffic – getting visitors to your website.........................................................29Getting your site indexed................................................................................30It’s all about links............................................................................................30Get to top of the search engines with anchor text..........................................32Getting initial visitors to your website.............................................................32Forums............................................................................................................33Social networking sites...................................................................................33Blog Carnvials.................................................................................................34Traffic from Search Engines...........................................................................34Monetizing your website.....................................................................................37Pay per click advertising.................................................................................37Affiliate programs............................................................................................39Affiliate Networks............................................................................................41Selling links.....................................................................................................41Directly selling advertising..............................................................................42Selling to Sell..................................................................................................42Interviews............................................................................................................45Interview with owner of Durant Imboden Europe for Visitors.........................45Resources and Further Reading.........................................................................50Webmaster forums.........................................................................................50Press Releases...............................................................................................50Professional blogging.....................................................................................50Photography...................................................................................................50 _______________________________________________________________ 
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