Getting Ready for TBEX 2010 in June

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Last July the Travel Blog Exchange or TBEX, which is a collection of travel bloggers and podcasters had its first conference in Chicago and it was a wonderful opportunity to meet and network with other people facing some of the same challenges I am. I was able to pass along podcasting tips that I had learned in 4 years of podcasting, but I was also able to hear tips about how to work with PR agencies that I simply would not have thought of.

I recall Pam from Nerds Eye View talking on a panel discussion about how she wanted to do a road trip to Chicago from Seattle so she called up Sean Carroll at New Media Strategies who arranged for a sponsorship and a car by Volkswagen. I recall sitting there thinking “that would never even have occurred to me”. That, of course, is the whole point of networking.

So with the next TBEX conference a short two months away I am preparing. I don’t have my air plane ticket yet (I am still trying to figure out if I should do something else the week before or after) but I do have my new business cards (from Vistaprint) for both Amateur Traveler as well as for a new travel venture (stay tuned).

I have more Amateur Traveler shirts on order (I use Queensboro Shirt company).

Amateur Traveler shirt

Now all I need is to set up a road trip.