In recent years, it has become more and more common for travel bloggers to travel on press trips and various types of paid trips. So, how does it really work? And can you trust what a sponsored travel blogger writes? We have good insight into the industry and think that you as a reader also have the right to know how it is. Today we tell you how it works. Full transparency then!
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Today there will be some statistics here at FREEDOMtravel. It is always exciting to see who is reading the blog and bet that are most read. We looked at the statistics for our blog in 2017, from 1 January to 31 December. Here are the results. As expected, or surprising?
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What do you do during the Christmas and festive season? Hopefully, you're eating Christmas cookies, spending time with your family, watching good TV shows, or whatever else you want to do. We've certainly done some of that, but mostly we're working on improving the blog. We are working and working... and now we hope you will help us and tell us what you think!
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The weeks are flying by and it's already Happy Friday again. Where does time go? Soon it will be Advent and Lucia and Christmas ... This week has been hysterical for us and things have happened that will affect both our future plans and our blogging. We can't tell you yet, but you'll find out next week! For now: our blog goals.
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I (Helena) have a new blog computer. My old laptop, an Acer, has been fantastic, but after nine faithful years it was time to get a new one. Recently I've had problems with smudges on the screen and the computer has started to make a humming noise, so it feels like it's working hard.
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On Monday evening, an almost historic event took place in the Stadshuskällaren in Stockholm. The Swedish Association of Tourist Journalists, organised by its president Maria von Gegerfeldt, invited Sweden's biggest travel bloggers to join forces. Why historical, you ask? We'll explain!
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Facebook is constantly changing its algorithms, which affects both what individuals see in their feeds and the opportunities for business owners (and bloggers) to reach out. The latest news is that Facebook is testing something they call "Explore feed". If this is launched globally, it could kill all organic reach, according to an article in Dagens Analys.
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Today, we were supposed to present a story and a film about the island of Oxsten in Lake Mälaren (unexpectedly exciting!), but Peter's new Mac is at the doctor's for an indefinite period of time, so that will have to wait... Instead, we're writing about something we've been thinking about for a long time, namely how to find the best travel tips. Where do you look to find honest, personal and informative reports on different destinations? And how do you go about finding travel blogs' reports?
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Last Friday evening it was time for one of the biggest events of the year for travel bloggers: the Nordic Travel Blog event. The event, organised by Travel & Lifestyle Nordic, gathered around 100 Nordic travel bloggers at the Sheraton hotel in Stockholm. It was a long and pleasant evening with food and wine, mingling, lectures, crazy (to say the least!) antics and an award ceremony with fantastic prizes.
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The Côte d'Azur, or French Riviera as we usually call the area in Sweden, was on a Scandinavian tour this week. After quick visits to Copenhagen and Oslo, they organised an event at Fotografiska museet last Thursday. And FREEDOMtravel was of course there!
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