The Travel Creator: Tips For Travel Influencers
The podcast for travel creators to learn smarter ways to use their content so they can save time and get back to traveling.
I'm your host Laura and I saw travel content creators spending way too much time on their content creation. I used my six years of digital marketing experience to create smarter ways for travel creators to use their content.
In this podcast you'll find tangible tips on how to trade your content time for travel time. We play the long game here! No 'get rich quick schemes' but real strategies you can implement to help you love your travel creator journey again and make it sustainable.
We officially launch Jan 11th 2024! Episodes are out every Thursday after.
The Travel Creator: Tips For Travel Influencers
98: Pitching Tourism Boards: Get Paid to Travel and Land Paid Trips
In today’s episode, I pull back the curtain on how tourism boards really choose creators—plus the step-by-step system I use to pitch, follow up, and land deals.
I’m breaking down the pitch mistakes that are tanking your chances, the exact process I use as a travel creator and UGC creator, and how you can confidently pitch—without needing a massive following.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Why tourism boards love working with UGC creators
- How to build a pitch-ready portfolio in one afternoon
- The correct way to find decision-makers at tourism boards
- The 4 elements every winning pitch needs
- The truth about email volume (it’s a numbers game)
- The follow-up strategy that gets me responses on my 4th, 5th, and even 7th email
- Mistakes killing your pitching
💌 Tools + Links Mentioned
✨ Bento – My favorite pitching tool (400–600 automated emails/month)
I use Bento to send hundreds of pitches on autopilot for just $50/month. The ROI is actually wild. Grab my Bento discount code in the show notes to get 10% off anything you choose.
The affiliate code is: LAURA1
The affiliate link is: https://app.onbento.com/?acode=laura1
✨ Email-finding tools
- apollo.io
- hunter.io
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