Comments on: The Travel industry is afraid of blogs and bloggers http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/07/21/the-travel-industry-is-afraid-of-blogs-and-bloggers/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/07/21/the-travel-industry-is-afraid-of-blogs-and-bloggers/#comment-118170 Darren Cronian Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:37:17 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=1206#comment-118170 @ Sam Sorry, I don't allow keywords/business names as part of the Name field in comments. I have used your first name on your email address, if this is a problem then let me know and I will remove the comment. I think it'll be 5 years too late if companies are so slow to take on blogs and social media, because those that have jumped in first will be ahead. Your right thats blogs are a good way to communicate, but they are much more than just a communication tool. @ Sam

Sorry, I don’t allow keywords/business names as part of the Name field in comments. I have used your first name on your email address, if this is a problem then let me know and I will remove the comment.

I think it’ll be 5 years too late if companies are so slow to take on blogs and social media, because those that have jumped in first will be ahead. Your right thats blogs are a good way to communicate, but they are much more than just a communication tool.

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]]> By: Sam http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/07/21/the-travel-industry-is-afraid-of-blogs-and-bloggers/#comment-118167 Sam Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:21:30 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=1206#comment-118167 Hi Darren, I totally agree with you that companies, (not just travel ones) need to engage with their customers better, and blogging/commenting on blogs is a very good way to do this. I think some of the more traditional companies are yet to realise the power of blogs, and don't see it as something worth putting much resource into. I expect this will change - and within 5 years or so, pretty much every company will have a blog of some sort. Hi Darren,

I totally agree with you that companies, (not just travel ones) need to engage with their customers better, and blogging/commenting on blogs is a very good way to do this.

I think some of the more traditional companies are yet to realise the power of blogs, and don’t see it as something worth putting much resource into.

I expect this will change – and within 5 years or so, pretty much every company will have a blog of some sort.

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]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/07/21/the-travel-industry-is-afraid-of-blogs-and-bloggers/#comment-110207 Darren Cronian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:55:39 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=1206#comment-110207 @ Kevin I’ll tell you that when I look at this weeks stats for visitors and RSS readers on Sunday! Let’s be honest travel is such a vast area to talk and rant about. I’d be crazy to think that everyone is going to love reading every single blog post that I write. They’re going to be subjects that some readers don’t like reading about, and some they love. That’s the advantage of RSS, in you can pick and choose what you read. Then you have the search engines where people are finding the content that they want to read or information they are looking for. The last week has been very travel tip and advice related, but I’d be stupid not to take advantage of the peak times of the year when people are looking exactly for that advice. The stats for last week prove that. I think people tend to forget that this is a personal travel blog, written as a hobby, in my spare time. @ Kevin

I’ll tell you that when I look at this weeks stats for visitors and RSS readers on Sunday! Let’s be honest travel is such a vast area to talk and rant about. I’d be crazy to think that everyone is going to love reading every single blog post that I write. They’re going to be subjects that some readers don’t like reading about, and some they love.

That’s the advantage of RSS, in you can pick and choose what you read. Then you have the search engines where people are finding the content that they want to read or information they are looking for.

The last week has been very travel tip and advice related, but I’d be stupid not to take advantage of the peak times of the year when people are looking exactly for that advice. The stats for last week prove that. I think people tend to forget that this is a personal travel blog, written as a hobby, in my spare time.

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]]> By: Kevin May http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/07/21/the-travel-industry-is-afraid-of-blogs-and-bloggers/#comment-110204 Kevin May Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:41:12 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=1206#comment-110204 Darren: i wonder, as an aside to all this, what the "majority" of your users would think about this current topic given that it's a bit navel-gazing about journos and bloggers, rather than handy tips and advice for travellers. :-) Darren: i wonder, as an aside to all this, what the “majority” of your users would think about this current topic given that it’s a bit navel-gazing about journos and bloggers, rather than handy tips and advice for travellers. :-)

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]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/07/21/the-travel-industry-is-afraid-of-blogs-and-bloggers/#comment-110201 Darren Cronian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:23:06 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/?p=1206#comment-110201 @ Kevin Okay, point taken, you got me there ;) I meant to say that whilst the blogger might have an opinion, it's not necessary right and the comments do give the balance. Which is why I would expect more companies to jump in and disagree (or agree!) @ Richard I love getting comments, it means people want to form a discussion, but it's worth pointing out (I don't know if this is the case with Travelmole) but I reckon only 8-10% of my visitors actually comment, the majority are here to find information, advice or tips, and have come from the search engines. @ Kevin

Okay, point taken, you got me there ;) I meant to say that whilst the blogger might have an opinion, it’s not necessary right and the comments do give the balance. Which is why I would expect more companies to jump in and disagree (or agree!)

@ Richard

I love getting comments, it means people want to form a discussion, but it’s worth pointing out (I don’t know if this is the case with Travelmole) but I reckon only 8-10% of my visitors actually comment, the majority are here to find information, advice or tips, and have come from the search engines.

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