Episode #8: Travel podcasting and the tourism industry

Tourism Tweetup the Podcast

English - November 17, 2014 14:08 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Tourism Tweetup the Podcast

Chatting with Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler about podcasting and podcasting and the travel and tourism industry.

Episode #8 of Tourism Tweetup the Podcast we talk to experienced travel podcaster Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler a travel podcast series that has been running for four years and has had over 7 million downloads.

Chris chats about what he loves about podcasting, the opportunities podcasting has brought him, the changing landscape of travel PR and tips for destinations or tourism businesses thinking about their own podcast or wanting to work with podcasters.

Highlights

[Tweet "Podcasting: your going to be talking to fewer people but a much longer engagement says @chris2x"]

[Tweet ""You don't build up followers overnight...it does help if you have some consistency" says @chris2x"]

[Tweet ""....reach is important, but so is impact..." says @chris2x #tourismtweetup"]

[Tweet ""There is more opportunity with longer form content (such as podcasts) to have more impact""]

Links we mention in this podcast

Amateur Traveler blog and podcast details

Chris Christensen on Twitter

Tonga Amateur Traveler podcast episode

Iran Amateur Traveler podcast episode

History of Rome podcast series

Grammar Girl podcast series

This Week in Travel podcast series

Startups for the rest of us podcast series

HostelBookings.com podcast series

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