Why advertise your travel brand on Travelwires.com?
17. Jul, 2009
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Travelwires.com as a travel and tourism blog, offers the industry at large frequent updates on news throughout each day. Selling advertising space to the industry is my only means of generating an income to pay among others hosting fees, freelance contributors and salary. Therefore it is very important that the blog always has paying advertisers to keep it going.
As a travel and tourism operator, you’re invited to consider advertising your brand on this growing industry blog to help it maintain its existence and inform you with news in the process.
Click here to view the available advertising options on offer.
1) Frequent Updates
Industry news are updated as they become available throughout the day, this ensures readers revisit the blog multiple times throughout the day to read on new content.
2) Social Networks Friendly
All new content published on the blog is also published on Twitter, Facebook and FriendFeed immediately, extending its reach to external subscribers outside the blog on these social networks. I publish an industry focused YouTube video clip each day, to highlight the video footage within the industry. I encourage the industry at large to explore benefits of using twitter, which helps to spread the word pretty quickly.
3) Search Engine Friendly
Blog is well optimized with major search engines and attracts 76% of visitors are new to the blog, as a result of search engine.
Source of traffic
71.83% traffic comes from search engines
18.31% traffic is direct
9.86 traffic from other sources.
4) Established Brands Trust Travelwires.com
I’ve served reputable brands on the blog from a month’s campaign right through to multiple months partnership.
On Rotation:
Mossel Bay Tourism – on a six months campaign
Vodacom – on a six months campaign
Past Brands
South African Tourism
Nedbank
First National Bank
5) Return On Investment (impressions and clicks)
All brands in partnership with Travelwires.com are able to monitor their impressions and clicks per campaign on rotation. I offer partners access through a link with username and password, where banner progress can be monitored anytime. I don’t merely sell you figures without any proof.
SAMPLE ENQUIRIES
Daily I receive enquiries (below) outside industry news, which is proof that your travel brand could be tapping into these potential business opportunities outside the scope of this blog.
Hi Muzi,
We would like you to allow us an accommodation for 35 people, commencing 23.08.2009 to 28.08.2009.
Accommodation starts on Sunday afternoon – inclusive of supper and refreshments.
Accommodation from Monday to Thursday – inclusive of full course meal & refreshments.
From Monday to Thursday, accommodate for 2 tea breaks each day. Friday accommodate for 1 tea break. (The reason being that will be leaving Friday after lunch.)
For lunch & supper please organize buffet meals. For tea break please organize sandwiches & scones, tea, coffee, juice & water.
We also need a conference hall for 5 days. During the conference we will need bottled water & some mint sweets.
We would also like to know more about the facilities you have for the whole accommodation, Bed rooms & Conference Hall.
Regards,
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Please can you advise me what to do if I want to advertise my house to rent during 2010.
Regards
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Dear Mr. Muzi Mohale
I have a 2 bedroom apartment in Sandown near Village Walk that I currently rent out to corporate clients and would like to discuss the grading of the accommodation and what the procedures, terms, conditions, what I can expect and for what period I am looking at? Please advice.
Thank you kindly.
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We are looking to recruit a PR agency to support our operations in Africa to be based in South Africa – preferably one with travel (technology) experience. Could you recommend any?
Thanks Muzi – have a great day
Kind regards.
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My name is Muzi Mohale a full-time travel blogger, your host at Travelwires.com responsible for all editorial on this blog. I blog about the travel and tourism industry in Africa. Apart from blogging about tourism, I also run 
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