Trials and tribulations of a wannabe blogger. From start-up to networking, monetization and the business of blogging.
‘Live Less Ordinary’ first started in the Halloween of 2012 my first post on Halloween in Manila. Now roughly one year later I look back at what we have achieved in the past year of blogging and more importantly what we have learned. Our original aim for Live Less Ordinary was to document experiences while …
About a year ago I wrote a blog in support of Dual Pricing in Bangkok; a policy which sees locals and tourists pay different prices for one off tourist attractions. I argued from the side of domestic tourism and the obvious gap in disposable income. I think I made fair points, maybe in a slightly …
When a blogger becomes more established in the travel industry they will likely be offered opportunities of free press trips travelling to various tourist destinations across the globe. Sounds great right? Not so much. Press trips are not free holidays they are obligations with expectations and strings attached. While this may appear somewhat cynical to …
The past month on Live Less Ordinary has no doubt been one of the slowest months with blog posts coming twice a week if lucky. The reason for this is internet marketing and after sharing my statistics page at the start of June I have begrudging descended into the ugly world of selling myself. With 1,000 …
In the past I may have got under people’s skin on occasion and it’s not so much because I like to annoy people (although that maybe part of it) but because I like to learn about the profession I am practicing. People would question why I’d highlight flaws in the profession I am part of …
The past few months have been set in somewhat of a limbo, as we planned to be in the U.K. in April, and then again in July, but now in September we are still twiddling our thumbs in Thailand. And this is to do with an ongoing long-term Visa saga, which we ironically applied for …
I have been somewhat of an anti-blogger in the past, a troll of sorts, where I have set out to contest the cliques, cultures and grey areas within the blogging world (or sometimes just for the sake of trolling). And admittedly I did enjoy a similar trolling before by the White Moose Cafe, when they …
