MadUdder
Newbie
- Sep 23, 2017
- 32
- 4
Iv'e always thought this would be a great idea to share exactly what I did and how I did it with others for several reasons.
1. I can receive feedback and constructive criticism.
2. I can learn from others and their mistakes.
3. I can grow and be a success.
4. I can help others along the way.
With that being said, I am new here to BHW but love the forum and really appreciate the members and the content.
Here are my goals and here is what I am doing so far.
I wrote my book. Well, I actually rewrote the book. The current title is not yet set in stone, but its a Travel Hacking Book. I originally wrote the book about 12 years ago and recently updated it. When I orignially wrote and published the book I was making on average 1K a week selling only on Ebay. Ebay took down all ebooks in the travel section and I gave up on it. But that was a long time ago. Things have changed.
In the book, I teach people how to legally hack the travel industry, and get deep discounts on travel. There are also other cool hacks and techniques in the book and It's now with my editor.
I hope to re-publish it within a month.
Two months ago I started an Instagram account. You can follow it hear. TheOriginalTravelHacker
I currently have 29.8K Followers.
I did the following to get it started.
I first posted some inspirational quotes and realized it had nothing to do with travel hacking, but it was more or less to motivate others. I gave up on this idea and read that what I need to focus on is a theme.
So I now post destination photos and I am about to post travel gadgets and products. I already included a few travel hacks in there as well.
I did hire someone on Fiverr to manage the account and I get lots of likes and followers this way, but most of hte people who follow me are low engagement accounts. Not sure if I will continue.
I do add hashtags. Like #travelhacker, #travelhacking, #travelhack and I also include tags for the cities I mention. This seems to work as I rank very high for these phrases. Most of the time I am #1.
Since I was close to 30K followers, I reached out to several websites that sell cool and interesting travel products. within 24 hours, almost all of the sites gave me permission to use their images and I can start to push their products on my IG account. I am not looking for anything in exchange at this point as the goal is to add great content and simply grow the account. Plus, by not asking for anything in return, the hope is that the relationships I build will bear fruit later when the account gets really big.
The next step is to create a twitter account and Facebook account with the same theme and images.
When the book comes back from the editor, I'll work on the title and the cover art. Research is key so I will focus a lot of attention of both as this is really what sells a book.
I'm going to then get some reviews to add to the back from prominent sources.
I plan on selling the book on the following places.
Amazon as a paperback and ebook
numerous ebook market places.
classified sites
ebay
clickbank
jvzoo
and I'm also going to try getting the book into numerous bookstores as a physical product.
On top of all of this, I also plan on selling in retail shops in airports and in some major cities across the US.
I'm going to reach out to the following:
Luggage stores
AAA locations
Beyond this I also plan on advertising on Facebook, Google, and some travel sites.
In order to build my social media presence, I have learned that quality content counts. As does posting at the right time of day.
I have yet to purchase any guidebook or sign up for anything except the Fiverr marketing at 35/month.
I do plan on using a landing page designer to create my landing page and I also plan on helping my affiilates and resellers with content to make them successful not only with my product but any product they want to sell.
Along the way, I'll continue to share with you all what products I purchase and what works and what does not.
Split testing for ads will also be important and I plan on doing some if it.
On my landing page , I want to make sure I convert lookers into buyers and I plan on offering a money back guarantee as well as excellent customer service. I'll try to respond to any questions any buyer has and help them save hundreds if not thousands on thier next trip. The book should cover everything from hotels, to car rentals to airfare, but my personal responses will be a great bonus.
I really do care about my product and my buyers are important to me, so I want to ensure they get real value out of my book.
On top of the book, I also plan on partnering with many of the sites and companies I mention and the book will have thousands of dollars worth of coupons for my readers.
Well I think I covered it all. If you have questions about anything specific, let me know. I am excited to publish this and start writing my next book. And of course, put my marketing plan into action.
Cheers,
The Original Travel Hacker
1. I can receive feedback and constructive criticism.
2. I can learn from others and their mistakes.
3. I can grow and be a success.
4. I can help others along the way.
With that being said, I am new here to BHW but love the forum and really appreciate the members and the content.
Here are my goals and here is what I am doing so far.
I wrote my book. Well, I actually rewrote the book. The current title is not yet set in stone, but its a Travel Hacking Book. I originally wrote the book about 12 years ago and recently updated it. When I orignially wrote and published the book I was making on average 1K a week selling only on Ebay. Ebay took down all ebooks in the travel section and I gave up on it. But that was a long time ago. Things have changed.
In the book, I teach people how to legally hack the travel industry, and get deep discounts on travel. There are also other cool hacks and techniques in the book and It's now with my editor.
I hope to re-publish it within a month.
Two months ago I started an Instagram account. You can follow it hear. TheOriginalTravelHacker
I currently have 29.8K Followers.
I did the following to get it started.
I first posted some inspirational quotes and realized it had nothing to do with travel hacking, but it was more or less to motivate others. I gave up on this idea and read that what I need to focus on is a theme.
So I now post destination photos and I am about to post travel gadgets and products. I already included a few travel hacks in there as well.
I did hire someone on Fiverr to manage the account and I get lots of likes and followers this way, but most of hte people who follow me are low engagement accounts. Not sure if I will continue.
I do add hashtags. Like #travelhacker, #travelhacking, #travelhack and I also include tags for the cities I mention. This seems to work as I rank very high for these phrases. Most of the time I am #1.
Since I was close to 30K followers, I reached out to several websites that sell cool and interesting travel products. within 24 hours, almost all of the sites gave me permission to use their images and I can start to push their products on my IG account. I am not looking for anything in exchange at this point as the goal is to add great content and simply grow the account. Plus, by not asking for anything in return, the hope is that the relationships I build will bear fruit later when the account gets really big.
The next step is to create a twitter account and Facebook account with the same theme and images.
When the book comes back from the editor, I'll work on the title and the cover art. Research is key so I will focus a lot of attention of both as this is really what sells a book.
I'm going to then get some reviews to add to the back from prominent sources.
I plan on selling the book on the following places.
Amazon as a paperback and ebook
numerous ebook market places.
classified sites
ebay
clickbank
jvzoo
and I'm also going to try getting the book into numerous bookstores as a physical product.
On top of all of this, I also plan on selling in retail shops in airports and in some major cities across the US.
I'm going to reach out to the following:
Luggage stores
AAA locations
Beyond this I also plan on advertising on Facebook, Google, and some travel sites.
In order to build my social media presence, I have learned that quality content counts. As does posting at the right time of day.
I have yet to purchase any guidebook or sign up for anything except the Fiverr marketing at 35/month.
I do plan on using a landing page designer to create my landing page and I also plan on helping my affiilates and resellers with content to make them successful not only with my product but any product they want to sell.
Along the way, I'll continue to share with you all what products I purchase and what works and what does not.
Split testing for ads will also be important and I plan on doing some if it.
On my landing page , I want to make sure I convert lookers into buyers and I plan on offering a money back guarantee as well as excellent customer service. I'll try to respond to any questions any buyer has and help them save hundreds if not thousands on thier next trip. The book should cover everything from hotels, to car rentals to airfare, but my personal responses will be a great bonus.
I really do care about my product and my buyers are important to me, so I want to ensure they get real value out of my book.
On top of the book, I also plan on partnering with many of the sites and companies I mention and the book will have thousands of dollars worth of coupons for my readers.
Well I think I covered it all. If you have questions about anything specific, let me know. I am excited to publish this and start writing my next book. And of course, put my marketing plan into action.
Cheers,
The Original Travel Hacker
