Howdy! Finished first blog post
Hey friends,
I just finished my first blog post which was really mind-blowing. It took hours, or to be more honestly, a couple of days. Since English isn't my first language, it was really difficult but I would never give up, so I fought my way through all the writing stuff. Now I'm a little bit proud of the result.
I additionally changed the theme to "Travelify" and modified the menu to use categories only (except the about me and privacy policy pages). Then I registered myself as an affiliate on a hotel booking site and created a search box which I integrated immediately.
What do you think of what I've done so far?
https://howtotraveltogermany.com
Good luck and great success to all you guys! :)
Merlin
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Yep, good work Merlin...great looking site, know you
will do well, keep up the great work with Wealthy Affiliate,
the backbone off our business !
Have a good one my friend !
Cheers !!
Hi Merlin:
I went to your website and it looks great. I like the theme. I am sure it will work fine. One recommendation I have is to put your privacy policy in the footer and not in your main navigation. It is not a page that people will want to visit on a regular basis if at all. So just at the bottom of your website will be good.
Have you tried signing up with Booking.com. They are a pretty good company to affiliate with and easy to join. Another idea is there is a plugin called TravelPayouts which is also an affiliate company. You install the plugin and everything will be integrated into your website. and the widgets they have for you are really nice looking and can be customized very easily.
Look into it. Have a great day and let me know if there is anything else I can do.
Steph
Hi steph,
Thank you so much for your great recommendations! I followed some of your tips as well and replaced the hotelscombined searchbox by the one from booking.com. I realized that hotelscombined only pays 2 $ per lead whereas booking.com pays a commission between 25 to 40 % which seems to be a LOT. I moved the Privacy Policy link to the footer as proposed. I didn't know TravelPayouts but I'll give it a try.
Steph, this was awesome! Thank you!
Your site looks amazing!!!! I reallly like how you described the town and all of the pictures you included. It makes me want to book a trip to Germany.
The hotel booking site was a great choice.
I hope you have enjoyed your holiday.
Thank you Sondra. I wanted to express my very special thanks to you, because you helped me a lot with finding a niche and a topic to write about. You've been a real inspiration to me.
Let me know, Sondra, when I can do anything for you!
Have a nice weekend :)
You are welcome. That is very nice of you to say. I learning from you as I watch your progress. I may be asking your for your thoughts on my website soon. :).
I hope that you have a nice weekend also.
FANTASTIC! Congratulations on your site/blog ,,, very wonderful and encouraging.
As a person who's "awake" to what is happening world-wide, I turned cable off 3 years ago and began the journey of self-educating on world events via YouTube and other online venue's so am aware of what is happening in Europe and especially Germany,,, my line of ancestry,,, I am impressed with your site as it showcases the good side of things.
If I ever have the op to visit another country, Germany is my first choice of destination - I will surely take your commentary with me!
Have a wonderful and safe day,
Lisette
Hey Lisette,
Thank you for your sincere and nice comment, and also for visiting my site! Your plan of doing not a round-the-world but round-europe-trip sounds great! Maybe I'll follow this plan too some day ;)
I wish you to have more of these great opportunities to visit all the venues you like. Please don't stop in terms of believing in the good and the positive things of this world.
All the best and happy Epiphany (which is a paid public holiday in Germany).
Merlin
Congratulations, Merlin! You should be proud of these accomplishments! Keep up the good work. Best wishes to you!
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Looking good! Here's a little tip...you probably already know about but you can use Google Translate (just Google it to find it) if you want to get the translation in any language. I use it a lot when communicating with people who don't speak English and have a perfectly normal conversation with them and I don't even know 1 word in the language they speak. It translates from any language to any other language. It's real simple to use.
Hey, Gina! Thank you for this great proposal. I'm gonna check this out!
Google translate is very handy. I use it often to translate Spanish to English.