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SEO Expert Wanted: Staff Position Available
Date: November 25th, 2009 |
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BootsnAll Travel Network is looking for a full-time SEO expert to assist in our SEO/SEM initiatives.
The ideal candidate would be responsible for:
Working with editorial team on content development
Work with current SEO’s on staff
Link building
Competitor analysis
Keyword research
QA and Site audits
Driving traffic to sites through social media
Keeping up with latest SEO trends
Managing directory submissions
Qualifications:
2+ years of full-time [...]
[read more]BootsnAll’s Interview with the Coca-Cola Expedition 206 Winners
Date: November 19th, 2009 | 4 comments
By now you’ve probably heard about Coca-Cola’s new round-the-world travel adventure, Expedition 206. The winning trio of travelers - Antonio, Kelly, and Tony - will spend 2010 visiting all 206 countries in which Coke products are sold. Yes, that’s 206 countries in one year. I’m absolutely not a math whiz, but my calculator tells me [...]
[read more]2009 BootsnAll Holiday Party
Date: November 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Date: Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Time: 6-9pm (to start with)
Place: Emanon Café, NW 17th & Lovejoy
The annual BootsnAll Holiday Party is back! Join us as we talk about travel with fellow Portland travellers and out of town guests. After we blew out all the stops last year for our 10 year anniversary we’re going a little [...]
I’ll be at BlogWorld Expo in Vegas next month, will you?
Date: September 22nd, 2009 | 1 comment
If you’ve been paying attention to this blog, you may remember my recent posts about how I’m not the biggest Las Vegas fan in the world - and then how I found out I was speaking at a conference in (of course) Las Vegas. What I failed to mention then was details about the conference. [...]
[read more]How Does Twitter Fit Into Your Backpack?
Date: September 21st, 2009 | 1 comment
Are you on Twitter? Love it? Hate it? Do you use it in any part of your trip planning, or even while you’re on a trip? Does it make no sense to you at all?
Travel Insights 100 is a panel of travel experts that was asked “All About Twitter”. If you’re interested in social [...]
There’s gonna be a Bootie wedding!
Date: June 26th, 2009 | 4 comments
Those of you who read the BootBlog may remember my recent musings on how online friends become real-life friends. What some of you who read that article may not know is that I heard from several BootsnAll members after it was published who said, “Yeah, that’s interesting and all, but we’ve been doing that for [...]
[read more]Travel Stimulus Package Completed
Date: June 9th, 2009 | 3 comments
The sixth and final prize of BootsnAll’s Travel Stimulus Package has been drawn, and the lucky winner of the Kindle 2 from Amazon is Silvia Sanchez!
Silvia Sanchez is a recent Stanford University alum and is currently working for Beau-coup Favors. She has been obsessed with traveling since she was a little girl and some of [...]
Travel Stimulus Package: Week Four & Five
Date: June 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
We’ve drawn the fourth & fifth prizes in BootsnAll’s Travel Stimulus Package contest.
The lucky winner of the Olympus Stylus Digital Camera is Suzie Woods. She was leaving for Thailand just a few days after the drawing and unfortunately we weren’t able to get her prize to her in time before she left. But we bet [...]
“Budget Travel on the French Riviera” - Julie’s Radio Interview
Date: May 27th, 2009 | 1 comment
I wasn’t the only one who got interviewed on the radio - our resident Francophile, Julie, was asked to divulge her best secret spots on the French Riviera. Places that are both less expensive than the more famous spots, and also less crowded. She may regret giving up state secrets like that eventually, but for [...]
[read more]“Using Twitter for Travel” - Jessica’s Radio Interview
Date: May 26th, 2009 | No Comments
If you follow me on Twitter, you probably saw me mention that I was being interviewed by a local Portland radio station’s travel show about the article I wrote a month or so back, “To Use Twitter for Travel or Not to Use It: Is That Really the Question?” They wanted to talk about Twitter, [...]
[read more]What is BootBlog?
BootBlog is the company blog of the BootsnAll Travel Network, a company that has been connecting travellers since 1998. Our goal is to inspire, educate and cultivate an organic community of independent travellers. But what does that mean? Well, we love to travel and we love to connect other travellers who have the desire to get out and see this great world of ours. BootBlog will showcase what is going on around the office, around the company and within our community of travellers.Top Categories
Featured Post
One of the things that tends to happen when I talk to people about my job at BootsnAll is the, "Oh, you're so lucky!" moment. I do consider myself extremely fortunate to be able to write about travel every day - to do something I love so much that work doesn't feel …
[Read more] Member Spotlight
Those of you who read the BootBlog may remember my recent musings on how online friends become real-life friends. What some of you who read that article may not know is that I heard from several BootsnAll members after it was published who said, "Yeah, that's interesting and all, but we've been doing that for years now." And it's … [Read more]
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Awhile back I posted here about getting into the Boston Globe Travel Show for free. Turns out that was for the trade conference during the day on Friday Feb 19th, not the travel show for regular consumers like you and me that runs from the evening of Friday, February 19 to …
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